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Discussing a new surveillance program by NYC Mayor Eric Adams and the public-private partnerships with Fusus by Axon, we dig into how the moral panic around “organized retail theft” has become a smoke screen / cynical moral alibi for an arms race of policing. It’s new software for the old hardware of an oppressive corporate state.
••• Mayor Adams Announces new Pilot Program to Combat Retail Theft, Create Efficiencies, Improve Police-Community Relations Using Innovative Technology https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/383-24/mayor-adams-new-pilot-program-combat-retail-theft-create-efficiencies-improve#/0
••• Privacy or safety? U.S. brings 'surveillance city to the suburbs' https://www.context.news/digital-rights/privacy-or-safety-us-brings-surveillance-city-to-the-suburbs
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Amanda Knox joins Ravi to discuss her riveting piece in The Atlantic, “What If He Actually Did It?” In the article, she writes about her support of Jens Söring, a man who spent 33 years in prison for a double homicide he insists he didn’t commit, and how she began to reexamine her advocacy for his innocence. Ravi and Amanda explore her emotional journey as she reflects on the friendship she developed with Jens, how the parallels between his story and her own influenced her stance, and the process it took to reevaluate her position on his case.
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Closing arguments in the so-called "hush money" criminal trial of former President Trump. No policy changes regarding the U.S. and Israel, but the Biden administration condemns the loss of life in the Rafah air strike that Israel called a "tragic mishap." Building explodes in Youngstown, Ohio. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
Nearly two dozen witnesses and 21 days of court later, Donald Trump's New York hush money trial is coming to a close.
Twelve New Yorkers have been listening to witnesses like adult film actor Stormy Daniels and Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen.
Today, those jurors heard closing arguments, first from the defense, and then the prosecution. Now, they have to determine whether Trump falsified business records to cover up an alleged affair with Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
What final impressions did the closing arguments leave, and what could that mean for Donald Trump?
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David Ignatius, WaPo columnist and the author of Phantom Orbit: A Thriller discusses his reportorial tactics, and how he blends fact and fiction in writing his latest thrillers about weapons in space. Plus, there were 350,000 polio cases in 1988. Guess how many there were last year. So many pundits are saying that the Trump verdict will be what they've been predicting all along. The role of "priors" in on-air legal analysis.
Lawmakers technically have until June 30th to pass the budget – but their legislative session was supposed to end last week. Reset hears an update from a statehouse reporter in Springfield.
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Dental therapists have been practicing in other parts of the world for decades, but in the U.S. they are relatively few and far between. Like a hygienist, dental therapists can do cleanings as well as some procedures usually reserved for dentists, like simple extractions. They could also be the solution to getting underserved, rural communities better oral care. Today on the show, new momentum for dental therapy and why the American Dental Association is pushing back.
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Juan David Rojas, a Compact columnist covering the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to analyze the complex political climate and instability in Latin America and explain why Americans, especially conservatives, should care.
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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:
The New York trial of former President Donald Trump is reaching a conclusion.
Israel delivers an official written update of its terms for a ceasefire in Gaza to the U.S. and a few other mediating countries.
Housing prices hit a record in March according to a Fox Business report.
A new book titled, “Detrans: True Stories of Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult” by The Daily Signal’s Mary Margaret Olohan details the stories of detransitioners.
The Supreme Court rejects Michael Avenatti’s appeal of his conviction for trying to extort $25 million from Nike.
