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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - What It Took To Close Rikers

This month, the New York City Council approved a plan to close Rikers Island in 2026. The jail has become a potent symbol for those fighting to reform the criminal justice system. Where do reformers go from here? 

Guest: Aaron Morrison, senior reporter for The Appeal 

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What A Day - Impeachment Rules and Facebook Drools

  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces a resolution that will formalize the impeachment inquiry. Expect more Rudy.
  • You know who else isn’t cool with Facebook’s policy of allowing politicians to lie in paid ads? Facebook employees. We discuss their open letter to CEO Mark Zuckerburg. 
  • And in headlines: car companies side with Trump, Missouri’s last abortion clinic fights to stay open, and a cancelled comedian goes on tour.


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Can Trump Save Kentucky’s Republican Governor?

Kentucky’s Republican Gov, Matt Bevin won a decisive victory in 2015 and has tethered himself to President Donald Trump ever since. But now, he’s up for reelection and his popularity has taken a nosedive—it doesn’t help that thousands of public school teachers have been aggressively protesting against his plan for pension reform. Can the Republican Party boost him through to a second term?

Guest: Ryland Barton, statehouse reporter at Kentucky Public Radio.

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What A Day - Baghdadi and Blackouts

  • ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died in a raid by U.S. special forces in Syria. President Trump announced the success his favorite way: a press conference that will haunt our dreams.
  • California wildfires are causing massive evacuations and blackouts. We tell you why it’s happening and why it matters, super quick, before we lose power.
  • And in headlines: Rep. Katie Hill resigns, Chance the Rapper’s good sweatshirt, and a will-they won’t-they super PAC flirtation.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - This Week in Impeachment: Storming the SCIF

We survey this week’s developments: the testimony from Ambassador Bill Taylor, a stunt at the SCIF, and what the founding fathers might have thought of our reticence to impeach. 

Guests: Dahlia Lithwick and Jim Newell. 

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