Month: December 2024

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Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova - Presidential Pardons and Other Family Gift-Giving Strategies

Is Biden on tilt? Nate and Maria analyze the Hunter Biden pardon and try to find the line between false equivalence and equivalence. Then, inspired by the president’s present, they offer some thoughts on game-theory optimal gift giving for the holiday season.

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It Could Happen Here - The South Korean People Defeat the World’s Worst Coup

Mia and Gare discuss why South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's recent half-baked coup attempt failed in less than 4 hours and how South Koreans defeated it.

Sources:

https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-25a2a7c957e77a19f771b6b7c56a2173

https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/politics/assembly/1170874.html

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CBS News Roundup - 12/04/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition

The search is on for a suspect who gunned down the CEO of United Health Care outside a New York City hotel. Supreme Court hears arguments on Tennessee's transgender health care ban. Defense Secretary designee Pete Hegseth continues making rounds on Capitol Hill as sources tell CBS News that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as a potential Secretary of Defense pick as "very real." CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.

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Consider This from NPR - Can Pete Hegseth’s nomination survive?

At the time we publish this episode, Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, is struggling to hold onto his nomination.

There's an ever growing list of accusations of sexual misconduct, alcohol abuse and financial misconduct.

The former Fox and Friends weekend host has spent Wednesday meeting with Senators and doing interviews trying to control the damage.

Pete Hegseth's nomination for Secretary of Defense hangs in the balance...will he survive?

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Consider This from NPR - Can Pete Hegseth’s nomination survive?

At the time we publish this episode, Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, is struggling to hold onto his nomination.

There's an ever growing list of accusations of sexual misconduct, alcohol abuse and financial misconduct.

The former Fox and Friends weekend host has spent Wednesday meeting with Senators and doing interviews trying to control the damage.

Pete Hegseth's nomination for Secretary of Defense hangs in the balance...will he survive?

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - This Chicago One-Woman Show Makes A ‘Mixtape’ With The Audience

If you ask us, the Chicago theater scene doesn’t play enough Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. Enter: Chicagoans Ruth Guerra and Ricardo Gamboa. They are the co-creators of “Ruth on the Rocks,” a one-woman play starring Guerra that’s not your typical show. Each show, the audience picks a track from a list of songs that Ruth uses as inspiration in real time to tell a story from her life. Together, they create a “mixtape,” making the show a different experience every time. Reset sits down with the co-creators Ricard Gamboa and Ruth Guerra to understand the unique artistry behind the show.
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The Gist - Who To Root For In Syria?

The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels have gained ground in Syria, but they aren't the nice, unproblematic, good-for the environment, nice-to-old-people rebels of our dreams. What now? Plus, part two of our interview with Ben Rhodes, former Obama Administration speechwriter and current co-host of Pod Save The World. And how coverage of the many vulnerabilities of Pete Hegseth suggests that the media might just have a few moves left.

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The Gist - Who To Root For In Syria?

The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels have gained ground in Syria, but they aren't the nice, unproblematic, good-for the environment, nice-to-old-people rebels of our dreams. What now? Plus, part two of our interview with Ben Rhodes, former Obama Administration speechwriter and current co-host of Pod Save The World. And how coverage of the many vulnerabilities of Pete Hegseth suggests that the media might just have a few moves left.


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The Daily Signal - Supreme Court to Decide Major Transgender Case, Pete Hegseth’s Nomination In Trouble, Trump Names His Pick to Head NASA | Dec. 4

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • The Supreme Court hears oral arguments for a major transgender case. The big question before the court is: Can a state ban transgender treatments on minors? 
  • Trump might replace Pete Hegseth - his pick to lead the Defense Department — with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
  • Trump taps Jared Isaacman to lead NASA.


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More Coverage Supreme Court Transgender Case: 

Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGy7M_cQsBk

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oav_Q47LBnU 


Articles: https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/03/supreme-court-case-exposes-transgender-medical-scandal-epic-proportions/ 


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Pod Save America - Covering Trump 2.0

Tommy is joined by Eugene Daniels, Politico White House Correspondent, coauthor of the Playbook newsletter, and president of the White House Correspondents Association, to talk about the changing media environment and what will—and won't—change about covering a second Trump term. Plus, the latest on the blowback to the Hunter Biden pardon, Pete Hegseth's mom fighting back, and what's next for Trump's cabinet picks.

 

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