Month: March 2024

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Strict Scrutiny - Welcome to Conservative Grievance Week

The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on two First Amendment cases that ask whether the REAL victims of government coercion today are… conservatives with fringe views! Leah, Melissa, and Kate preview those cases, along with the mifepristone case the Court will hear next week. Plus, they do a deep dive on how SCOTUS uses the shadow docket to clear the way for executions.

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The Daily Signal - Religious Freedom Part 1: Americans Fight to Get Off ‘Medical Death Row’ Over Vaccination Status

This is the first in a three-part series on the movement for religious freedom in the U.S. legal system today. Stay tuned for the next two installments.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute, represents Americans in religious freedom cases who have been turned away from hospitals because they refuse to take a vaccine for COVID-19.

"It's disgraceful to put anyone on medical death row simply because they're not willing to take a very controversial experimental vaccine, which is now proven to be very counterproductive," Dacus tells "The Daily Signal" podcast in an interview conducted in February at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention.

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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘2054’ is a political thriller about civil war, misinformation and AI

2034, the first novel by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis, chronicled a nuclear conflict between China and the U.S. Now, their sequel 2054 takes a look at the country two decades later. The President is suddenly assassinated giving a speech, which sparks a flood of conspiracy theories, digitally-altered images and horrifying technological discoveries. In today's episode, the authors speak with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the relationship between technology and American institutions, and how destruction is sometimes an inevitable part of progress.

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The Gatekeepers - 7. Rest of World

Jamie Bartlett travels to Minnesota to meet Abrham Meareg Amare.

The young academic is seeking asylum in the States following the murder of his father in Ethiopia in 2021.

In December 2022, Abrham became the lead complainant in a $2 billion lawsuit against Meta. Abrham believes that company is partly responsible for the death of his dad - a renowned chemistry professor - who was slandered and doxxed on Facebook, before being shot outside his home.

Abrham says he reported the posts multiple times but they were not taken down, until eight days after the killing.

Jamie meets the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who tells him that her decision to leak Meta's internal documents was driven by grave concerns about the way Meta operates in the Global South.

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Opening Arguments - Deported by an Immigration Court in a Strip Mall

Episode 1015 Part 2 of Azul's story

Folks... I implore you. I beg of you, please listen to this one all the way through. Azul tells us the rest of her story, and talks about where she is now, and it is one of if not the most inspiring, heartwarming things I have ever had the privilege of publishing. Seriously. And please share it. Another massive thanks to Azul, and to Matt, who we are so incredibly lucky to have on the show.

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It Could Happen Here - Crackdown on Stop Cop City

Sabotage attacks continue across the country as state repression intensifies. Meanwhile, organizers experiment with new forms of mass action.

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The Economics of Everyday Things - 40. Prosthetic Limbs

More and more Americans rely on prostheses. They’re custom-fitted, highly personal, and extremely expensive. Zachary Crockett investigates.