During a recent press conference President Trump said: ?I?ve created over a million jobs since I?m president. The country is booming. The stock market is setting records. We?ve got the highest employment numbers we have ever had I the history of our country.? This is not the first time the American President has taken credit for a booming economy. But is that fair? We take a look at the numbers.
Cato Daily Podcast - Neo-Nazis to One Side, Antifa to the Other
A full-throated rejection of Nazism in its various forms doesn't compel anyone to ally with the strongly anti-liberal elements of the Antifa movement. Daniel McCarthy of The American Conservative discusses the sad events in Charlottesville.
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Cato Daily Podcast - China Spells out Its (Limited) Commitments to North Korea
China has presented to the U.S. and North Korea its perceived commitments if the two countries decide to tangle. Chris Preble comments.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Evaluating the Practical War Power of Presidents
What powers are granted to the President to make war? What are the costs and benefits of constraining it further? Gene Healy comments.
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Pod Save America - “The dog whistle is now a bullhorn.”
Trump’s press conference goes off the rails as he defends the ‘fine people’ who were chanting Nazi slogans in Charlottesville, and the world reacts to the madness. Then Jon and Dan talk to VICE News Tonight correspondent Elle Reeve about her Charlottesville reporting, as well as the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Lecia Brooks about the rise of white supremacist extremism.
Cato Daily Podcast - School Choice, Public Schools, and Bigotry
The new attack on school choice appears to be claiming that proponents are bigoted in some way, or at least the roots of school choice arose from racist impulses. Neal McCluskey evaluates the bold claim.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Preserving the Iran Nuclear Deal: Perils and Prospects
Since he started his bid for office, President Donald Trump has been a forceful detractor of the Iran nuclear deal, repeatedly vowing to dismantle it. But the nuclear deal affords the United States a number of opportunities. Ariane Tabatabai is author of "Preserving the Iran Nuclear Deal: Perils and Prospects."
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Pod Save America - “Denouncing Nazis is so fucking easy.”
White supremacists and neo-Nazis descend on Charlottesville to provoke violence, and President Trump gives a statement where he refuses to condemn them. Then DeRay Mckesson talks to Jon, Jon, and Tommy about his perspective on Charlottesville, and immigrants rights activist Julissa Arce joins in studio to discuss what we can do about new threats to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Are there 15,000 transgender people serving in the US military?
President Trump says transgender individuals cannot serve, but how many do already?
Cato Daily Podcast - Chicago Sues Feds over Immigration Mandates
Chicago is suing the federal government over the withholding of funds if the city doesn't obey federal dictates on immigration. Alex Nowrasteh comments.
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