Month: June 2025

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It Could Happen Here - Governing Fertility: How Pronatalist Policies Kill

The gang talks about the pronatalist right in Trump's orbit, and historical examples of pronatalism from Japan, Spain, and Romania.

Sources:

https://www.vscw.ca/en/node/119

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203059913-9/pronatalism-motherhood-franco-spain-mary-nash

https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781438402062/html?lang=en

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15335899

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237296749_Marriage_squeeze_and_changes_in_family_formation_historical_comparative_evidence_in_Spain_France_and_the_United_States_in_the_twentieth_century  

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ypdy05jl9o
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/trump-birthrate-proposals.html
https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/treating-infertility-the-new-frontier-reproductive-medicine 
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/2/2155893/-Texas-Republican-channels-Stalin-and-Putin-to-glorify-motherhood 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dot-memo-funds-communities-marriage-birth-rates_n_679bf8d8e4b0e1faebeef9c8

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Time To Say Goodbye - Elon’s Out!

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Today, we talk about Elon being full out of government and think back on all our favorite moments, discuss the funniest conspiracy theories/rumors about his time in Washington and think a bit more about the influence of Big Tech in Washington. Enjoy!



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The Source - How San Antonio went wild during the Wild West

The Wild West gunfighter is a stock figure in dime novels and cornball westerns—but what is the reality of the six-shooter packing outlaw?The new book by Bryan Burrough, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild, separates myths from truths about the violence of the Wild West. Many of the bloody shootouts happened in the streets of San Antonio.
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CBS News Roundup - 06/04/2025 | World News Roundup Late Edition

Tariffs on imported steel kick in and could mean higher prices for cars, homes and even beer. Arrest of a man authorities allege helped the suspected Southern California fertility clinic bomber. Congressional Budget Office finds budget bill would add to deficits by $2.4 trillion. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.

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PBS News Hour - World - News Wrap: Trump says Putin vows to respond to Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian airfields

In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump said Putin told him Russia would respond to Ukraine's drone attack on airfields, an aid group in Gaza temporarily paused food deliveries today at its three distribution sites, a stampede outside of a cricket stadium in India killed at least 11 people and injured more than 30 others. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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Marketplace All-in-One - Why employers are flocking to Utah County

Provo, Utah, which sits in one of the youngest counties of the U.S., has attracted some major employers in recent years. This week, “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal and ADP chief economist Nela Richardson visit and meet with some employers to find out why Provo’s young population and LDS community make a strong labor pool. Plus, a brief history of “tax the rich” and China curbs rare earth exports.


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PBS News Hour - Art Beat - Local arts groups face budget gaps as NEA pulls grants

On May 3, the National Endowment for the Arts sent emails to hundreds of arts organizations around the country terminating their grants. The abrupt loss of federal support has organizations scrambling to make up for budget shortfalls. Jeffrey Brown reports for our series, Art in Action, and our arts and culture coverage, CANVAS. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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The Gist - Getting on Leah Litman’s Case

Law Professor Leah Litman, author of Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes argues that the current Supreme Court operates as a vessel for conservative grievance, with its most consequential 6–3 rulings forming the true shape of its ideological project. Litman insists those rulings matter more than any others—but is that because they affect more lives, or because non-6–3 decisions muddy the thesis? Along the way, she’s not afraid to indulge in snark and overstatement—defending her “vibes-forward” tone as capturing a kind of deeper reality. Mike subjects this vibes-nalysis to a bit of strict scrutiny. Produced by Corey Wara
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