Jonah Goldberg joins the podcast to discuss the amazing Israeli attack on Hezbollah operatives yesterday before going into rank punditry about the relative standings of Harris and Trump. Give a listen.
A quick note before we start: We recorded this as we always do on Tuesday for an early Wednesday release. The last part of the show focuses on what at the time was a wishy-washy and evasive response from Kamala Harris when asked about what Trump and Vance were doing to Haitian residents in Springfield, Ohio. Since then, Harris has come out and called their attacks a “crying shame” and likened it to Trump’s demonization of the Central Park Five. We decided to keep the section in the show because while it’s great that Harris did finally address it, I (Jay) still find it interesting that she chose to liken it to well-worn things she’s already talked about, but decline to say anything positive about immigrants or immigration at all. This defensiveness is what we were responding to and while I think the tone we reached would’ve been muted a bit, I still think the logic is sound and relevant.
Other than that, we talked about how we now view the “fascism debate” in light of these disgusting attacks on a specific, vulnerable population who already is seeing daily bomb threats at schools, and we talked a bit about the latest assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life.
Enjoy!
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Tribes in California are urging President Joe Biden to designate three new national monuments in order to protect what the tribes say are natural and cultural treasures. The proposed Sáttítla National Monument would cover 200,000 acres in northeastern California important to the Pit River and Modoc Nations. The California State Assembly also signed onto the push to designate 627,000 acres as the Chuckwalla National Monument and almost 400,00 acres as the Kw'tsán National Monument. The effort comes as the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals is expected weigh in on a challenge to President Biden’s use of the Antiquities Act to set aside some 1.5 million acres of land, including the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
Crypto security expert Ogle is advising World Liberty Financial to make sure the normies don’t get burned.
World Liberty Financial (WLF), the Trump-backed DeFi project, launched this Monday.
In this episode, crypto security expert Ogle discusses his role as an advisor to WLF. He dives into why he joined the project, what makes it unique, and how Trump’s involvement could bridge the gap for many who are new to the space.
Plus, Ogle shares his thoughts on the security challenges WLF might face and the project's potential to rival major players in the market.
He also touches on his new L1 blockchain Glue, and why he thinks it will provide a better user experience than what is out in crypto today.
Show highlights:
Ogle’s background and how he came up with a standard for dealing with crypto hacks
Where crypto hackers are usually from
Why he does security work for free
Why Ogle is advising the Trump family’s DeFi project, World Liberty Financial
Why some in the crypto community are skeptical of WLF
His thoughts on how to prevent a crypto hack of a high-profile project
Why Ogle is not worried about WLF having been forked from the hacked app Dough Finance
How the Trump family is involved in WLF
How Donald Trump is excited about the project and actually gets it, according to Ogle
Why Ogle believes WLF will attract as much traction as the entire market cap of Shiba Inu
How Ogle's new layer 1 blockchain, Glue, aims to be crypto’s AOL
Why Glue’s L2s will be specific to certain areas of the industry
When Ogle expects Glue to launch and whether it’ll have a token
How North Korean hackers are now “just so clever, socially”
Ogle’s tips for crypto users
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Interest rate relief with the Federal Reserve expected to cut rates by a quarter percentage point. Bail denied for Sean Diddy Combs. Israel suspected of rigging exploding pagers. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
Today marks one year since the Pretrial Fairness Act went into full effect, making Illinois the first state in the country to end cash bail. Many were opposed and believed ending cash bail would affect crime and jails for the worse. But what is the data actually saying?
Reset spoke with a panel of guests to break down the effort that ensued in 2016 and what it took to get there, along with what were the blockages, and why. Then, we hear from the research on what we’ve seen in the past year.
Electronic pagers carried by members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday. The incident killed at least a dozen people and injured thousands more. The Federal Reserve is set to announce a long-awaited rate cut. And drug overdose deaths in the U.S. are falling sharply.
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Ryan Roslansky is the CEO of LinkedIn and host of The Path podcast. He joins Big Technology to discuss how AI will change our jobs and the future of tech products. Tune in to hear Ryan's perspective whether AI replace workers, which tasks are ripe for automation, and how LinkedIn is adapting its products for the AI era. We also discuss the importance of professional content on LinkedIn, the rise of video on the platform, and why podcasts are a key LinkedIn focus area. Hit play for an insightful conversation with the leader of the world's largest professional network.
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The explosion of thousands of pagers across Lebanon and Syria was an attack on Hizbullah, a Shia militant group which had been trying to evade Israeli surveillance by using these low-tech devices. What will such an escalated attack mean for the region? Why Americans’ obsession with big cars makes the country’s roads so deadly (9:25). And the thrill of fossil-hunting (16:31).