Month: January 2025

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Honestly with Bari Weiss - Trump’s Second Week: DeepSeek, DEI in the Military and . . . Baby Chickens?

It’s President Donald Trump’s second week in office, and he has wasted no time being the wrecking ball he promised his voters he would be.


On Tuesday, he issued a memo freezing trillions of dollars in federal funding, in his attempt to purge the government of “woke ideology,” which was followed by chaos and confusion—and ultimately blocked by a federal judge. Earlier in the week, Trump convinced Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro to accept deported Colombian migrants—who Petro had turned away from his borders only a day earlier—after Trump threatened a 25-percent tariff on Colombian imports to the U.S. 


Back in Congress, the Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense in a dramatic tie-breaking vote cast by a hurried J.D. Vance who showed up just in the nick of time. Meanwhile, RFK Jr. is currently having his highly anticipated confirmation hearing to run the Department of Health and Human Services. Just as that began, Caroline Kennedy—the only surviving child of John F. Kennedy—came out Tuesday with a bombshell public denunciation of her cousin, calling him unqualified, “a predator,” and a hypocrite. She also alleged that he used to “put baby chickens and mice in a blender to feed to his hawks.” Can’t say we had that on our 2025 bingo card…


Finally, the Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek sent tech stocks plummeting on Monday (to the tune of more than $1 trillion) after it rolled out a new app on the U.S. market that is a fraction of the cost of American AI competitors. All of which brought up questions—and panic—about our brewing AI war with China. 


To talk about it all, Free Press senior editor Peter Savodnik is joined today by Brianna Wu and FP investigative reporter Madeleine Rowley, who spoke to Hegseth this week about his plans to end diversity, equity, and inclusion in the military.


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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | AI Exposure On-Chain: Breaking Down Helix’s AI Index

The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and Injective Labs co-founder Eric Chen.

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Injective Labs co-founder and CEO Eric Chen joins CoinDesk to discuss the launch of an AI index perpetual market and the common goal of TradFi and DeFi to bring assets on-chain.

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Inside Europe - Inside Europe 30 January 2025

Has Germany’s firewall against the right just fallen? We’ll be taking you through an historic week in the German parliament, with wide-reaching implications for both German, and European democracy. Expect expert legal opinion, political analysis, and a beginner’s guide to democracy prepping: https://fragdenstaat.de/aktionen/prepping/&maca=en-podcast_inside-europe-949-xml-mrss#upgrade
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Divided Argument - Double Negatives

Divided Argument is live from Stanford Law School, hosted by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center! We review an unusual summary reversal in a capital habeas case and the latest universal injunction developments, and discuss some of the implications of the change in administration. After that, we are joined by a very special guest to discuss the recent arguments in the excessive force case of Barnes v. Felix.

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Federalist Radio Hour - A Corporate Media Hit Job And The Future Of Young Conservatism

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," CJ Pearson, the Republican National Committee Youth Advisory Council co-chair, joins The Federalist's Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss New York Magazine's latest hit piece, explain why the article flopped, and discuss the positive effect youth can have on the future of conservatism and the country. 

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: Norway Central Bank’s Fund Owns $500M of MicroStrategy

Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has amassed almost $360 million in indirect bitcoin exposure.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has amassed almost $360 million in indirect bitcoin exposure, while simultaneously investing in bitcoin-related companies such as MicroStrategy to the tune of $500 million. Plus, the market reaction to the Federal Reserve holding rates steady and Trump Media offering crypto services through Truth.Fi. CoinDesk's Christine Lee reports on "CoinDesk Daily."

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Bad Faith - Episode 444 – Executive Disorder (w/ David Dayen & Freddy Brewster)

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Executive Editor of The American Prospect David Dayen and journalist at The Lever Freddy Brewster have been busy tracking Trump's executive orders. They join Bad Faith to break down what's been happening, how culpable Dems are in not being prepared, and whether the Pod Save America crew is correct in their assessment that Dems are being judged unfairly.

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CBS News Roundup - 01/30/2025 | World News Roundup

Passenger plane and helicopter crash near Reagan National Airport. A combined 67 on board. Gaza hostage release. Cabinet hearings. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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