Month: June 2024

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What A Day - Rep. Jamie Raskin On Project 2025

House Democrats on Tuesday launched an official task force to take on the far-right agenda Republicans envision under a second Trump presidency. The group of Democrats aims to directly counter the plans outlined in “Project 2025,” a 1,000 page policy blueprint floated by the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation that calls for eliminating federal agencies like the FBI and Justice Department, restricting access to contraception, and concentrating more power in the presidency. Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin is on the task force. He joins us to talk about why a second Trump term could be more destabilizing than the first.

And in headlines: President Joe Biden and other world leaders are convening in Italy for the G7 summit, the Southern Baptist Convention approved a non-binding resolution that condemns the use of in-vitro fertilization, and White House Press Secretary avoided giving a definitive answer on whether Biden will consider commuting his son Hunter’s eventual sentence on federal gun charges.

 

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The NewsWorthy - AG Held in Contempt, Florida Flooding & Divorce Registries – Thursday, June 13, 2024

The news to know for Thursday, June 13, 2024!

We're talking about a new agreement President Biden is expected to sign with Ukraine, and why Russian warships are now just 90 miles off the U.S. coast.

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Plus, a flooding emergency in Florida, a popular church's controversial stance on fertility treatment, and a new contest to reunite two of the biggest names in competitive eating...

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The Best One Yet - 🌬️ “Chewing Gum is Out” — Orbit’s gum turnaround. GM’s $8B robotaxi hole. Job Promotion dropoff.

Chewing gum sales have fallen for 14-straight years… so Orbit’s pivoting from freshness to mindfulness.

Job promotions have fallen by half in the past couple years… it stinks, but it also helps.

And General Motors has invested $8B into one $-losing startup… and it’s a banned robotaxi.

Plus, Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs just split from 16x hot-dog-eating champ Joey Chestnut… blame vegan wieners.


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The Daily Signal - Oklahoma Treasurer Leads Fight Against ESG

Oklahoma is center stage in the fight against environmental, social, and governance policies (ESG), and the man leading the charge is state Treasurer Todd Russ.


Russ was in Washington, D.C., this week and visited The Daily Signal to share an update on his efforts to combat the ESG agenda.


Oklahoma enacted the Energy Discrimination Elimination Act in 2022, and tasked Russ with managing a list of financial institutions prohibited from doing business with the state. That list currently includes BlackRock, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, State Street, and Climate First Bank. Russ found their ESG policies run counter to the financial interests of Oklahoma.


The law is now in jeopardy, however, following a judge’s ruling in May that temporarily blocked its enforcement.


Russ spoke with The Daily Signal about what’s at stake and how individuals can join the fight against ESG.


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Tech Won't Save Us - Silicon Valley is Courting Gulf Monarchies to Fund AI w/ Nitasha Tiku

Paris Marx is joined by Nitasha Tiku to discuss how US tech companies are flocking to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to fund their expensive AI ambitions.

Nitasha Tiku is a tech culture reporter at the Washington Post.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.

The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.

Also mentioned in this episode:

  • Read the pieces Nitasha contributed to on Silicon Valley getting funding from Saudia Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and its embrace of the US military.
  • Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018. There’s still be no accountability.
  • Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman met with many Silicon Valley CEOs months before Khashoggi’s murder.
  • The United Arab Emirates launched its own AI strategy in 2018.
  • The UAE also put Pegasus spyware on the phone of Khashoggi’s wife months before his murder.
  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was photographed signing a woman’s chest on June 4.
  • Many Arab Americans in Silicon Valley have reported being scared to speak out in support of Palestinians for fear of retaliation.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - She Met the Alitos—and Got Them on Tape

Furtively recorded conversations with Justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Alito’s wife Martha-Ann provided a window into what these powerful figures are saying behind closed doors. But do the means of getting these recordings undermine their ultimate goal? 


Guest: Lauren Windsor, journalist and executive producer for “The Undercurrent” and documentary filmmaker of “Gonzo for Democracy.”


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NPR's Book of the Day - Chelsea Devantez’s memoir finds the humor in dark situations

Comedian, TV writer and podcast host Chelsea Devantez moved around a lot as a kid. She jokes in today's episode that her mom "loved to get divorced" — but that also led to what she describes as a pretty great co-parenting situation between her mom and godmother for a while. It's one of the many stories in Devantez's new memoir, I Shouldn't Be Telling You This (But I'm Going to Anyway). She spoke to NPR's Elizabeth Blair about the book, her journey as a domestic violence survivor and the experience of being the product, in part, of a sperm donor

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It Could Happen Here - The Latest Peace Deal, Part 1

Shereen explains the most recent US proposed peace deal for Hamas and Israel and the events leading up to its announcement.

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Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova - Lifetime Terms, Lifetime Bans, and the Return of Roaring Kitty

This week on Risky Business, Nate and Maria discuss whether Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor should retire, the perils of sports betting among professional athletes, and what the return of Roaring Kitty means for traditional market analysis. 

Further Reading:

“Sonia Sotomayor Should Retire Now” from The Atlantic

“Should Sonia Sotomayor Retire?” from Slate

“MLB bans Padres’ Tucupita Marcano permanently for betting on baseball” from the NYT

“Lifetime bans and careers in tatters – recent sports betting scandals show how fringe players are vulnerable” from CBC

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