Mark Lucas, executive vice president of the Article III Project, joins The Federalist's Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss how the propaganda press is maligning Department of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth. Lucas, a friend of Hegseth's for years, explains how Hegseth is a "true citizen-soldier" and how that makes him a "disrupter" to the military-industrial complex.
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Our Data Vampires series may be over, but Paris interviewed a bunch of experts on data centers and AI whose insights shouldn’t go to waste. We’re releasing those interviews as bonus episodes for Patreon supporters. Here’s a preview of this week’s premium episode with Aurora Gomez Delgado of Tu Nube Seca Mi Río. For the full interview, support the show on Patreon.
We catch up briefly on news around the arrest of the alleged UHC CEO assassin. Then, journalist and musician Jael Holzman returns to the show to discuss a new piece she has for Rolling Stone on the potential threats to trans people in the coming Trump administration. We look at the rather grim potential of massively undermining of trans medical care, the equally grim state of Democratic opposition, and the general fecklessness with which Democrats have handled what Joe Biden once called the “civil rights issue of our time” in both policy and rhetoric.
Read Jael’s piece here: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-trans-health-care-republicans-democrats-1235198473/
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Jonathan Schanzer joins the podcast to talk about the fall of the Assad regime and why it's not purely good news. What happens next? Is Iran done? And, if it is, does Israel (and maybe even the U.S.) finish off the regime?
Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire joins CoinDesk Spotlight to discuss his vision for crypto in 2025 under the Trump administration. Plus, the state of stablecoin development and regulation around the world.
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Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso, is visiting Libya, in his capacity as chairman of the African Union's committee on the Libyan crisis. His aim is to get the country's rival governments, led by Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah in the west and Marshal Khalifa Haftar in the east, to the reconciliation table. Does the AU have any influence in Libya?
Also why are young women in Kenya opting for irreversible surgery as a means of contraception?
And a new regulation in Spain giving migrant workers a chance to get their papers in order. Is it good news for all migrants?
Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Susan Gachuhi in Nairobi. Bella Hassan and Sunita Nahar in London
Technical Producer: Jonny Hall
Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
We sit down with Lod, a Bitcoin startup focused on monetizing energy loads, from Bitcoin to AI and everything in between.
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! On today’s show we’re joined by Lod’s CEO Medi Naseri to discuss monetizing energy sources using software! While yes most people aren't thinking about energy past flipping on their laptops or charging their smart phones, energy systems are frankly pretty complex and deserve a little more love. That’s why we brought on one of the more interesting startups in the space, Lod, to discuss their business model, who they help and why energy hungry miners and AI compute should think about using a system like Lod!
Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!
Donald Trump targeted trans issues during his presidential campaign. He promised to take aim at gender-affirming care early in his upcoming term in office, including restricting federal funds for trans medical support. That could have a major effect on such care within the Indian Health Service. In addition, at least half of all states now ban gender affirming care for minors. A pending U.S. Supreme Court decision will determine the future of such care in those states. We’ll gauge the direction for trans issues and find out how trans advocates are preparing both politically and personally for the next few years.
Alleged New York shooter charged in CEO killing. What's next for Syria? Malibu wildfire. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.