Month: August 2024

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Inside Europe - Inside Europe August 22 2024

Ukraine's Kursk incursion turns the tables in the war, US enthusiasm for Kamala Harris' campaign spreads to Europe, and Britain releases thousands of prisoners early. Also: Italy's private beaches may be shut this summer, what did Dutch spy chiefs know about Ukraine and the Nord Stream attack? Lukashenko's critics face snooping while reporting from exile and Paris counts down to the Paralympics.
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Native America Calling - Thursday, August 22, 2024 – What a Harris presidency would mean for Native Americans

Vice President Kamala Harris will wrap up the Democratic National Convention, a climax to the four-day political spectacle to launch the vice president into the home stretch toward the November election. A presidential candidate for barely a month, Harris makes her best case to lead the nation for the next four years. If voters choose Harris, what could her administration mean for Native Americans? We'll examine her record on the Indian Child Welfare Act, sovereignty, consultation, and honoring treaties. We'll draw from her work as a U.S. senator, California attorney general, and vice president when it comes to issues important to Native Americans.
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Up First from NPR - Tim Walz At The DNC, The Harris Agenda, Gen Z Survey

Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz introduced himself to the American public with a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. Vice President Harris will carry on portions of President Biden's agenda but there are some key differences she will campaign on, and a new survey finds Gen Z'ers feeling optimistic about the future but unprepared and disengaged at school.

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Bay Curious - The Low Down on Lowriders

Candy colored paint jobs, tons of artistic details, with bodies slammed almost to the ground or bouncing on hydraulics—lowriders definitely turn heads wherever they're cruising. Where exactly did this unique car culture get its start? This week, reporter Sebastian Miño-Bucheli takes us on a drive through lowrider history.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Electric eye: AI is helping fight terrorists

Predicting political violence is a painstaking job. Now AI is helping analysts look for clues and throwing up fascinating insights into the shifts that may indicate a strike is coming. Why Cuba could be heading towards economic and social collapse (11:01). And our correspondent visits Odessa where Ukrainians are rediscovering the beach (18:54).


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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 8.22.24

Alabama

  • SoS Wes Allen to continue purging voter rolls despite threat of legal action
  • Congressman Moore signs veteran letter calling out Tim Walz for stolen valor
  • AG Marshall calls Walz a Trojan Horse for ushering in a radical leftist agenda
  • Post election bill that passed AL House in 2024 to be re-offered in 2025
  • Library director for N. Shelby resigns from position this week
  • US News & World Report lists Dothan Medical school as 13th for rural care

National

  • Bureau of Labor statistics makes major downgrade in job # for the fiscal year
  • GOP pundit on CNN analyzes major flaw in DNC convention speeches
  • Target CEO says retailers are not price gouging as Kamala Harris claims
  • Donald Trump holds first outside rally in NC since assassination attempt in PA
  • Robert Kennedy to make major announcement this Friday re: his campaign
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WIRED Politics Lab - Influencers Take Over the DNC

The Democratic National Convention organizers really rolled out the blue carpet for influencers this year. Today on the show, WIRED senior reporter Makena Kelly joins from Chicago to talk about the Democrats’ strategy of favoring creators over journalists, and whether it will help them win votes. Plus, behind the scenes at the influencer after-parties. 


Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. Makena Kelly is @kellymakena.  Write to us at politicslab@WIRED.com. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.


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