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North Carolina was one of six states last week to sue over US Postal Service changes believed to be intended to help President Trump's reelection chances. North Carolina's Attorney General Josh Stein joins Jared to talk about USPS, Republican challenges to the Affordable Care Act, public universities in his state going back for in-person education, and the RNC happening (partially) in Charlotte. 

Segment 1: “That’s why I’ve gone to court. I don’t trust [Postmaster General DeJoy’s] words on a page”

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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]

Juliana Bssawmai serves as  Safety and Security Coordinator for CARE International in Lebanon. 

Support CARE's mission in Lebanon and around the world: CARE.org

Segment 1: “Triple crisis” in Lebanon

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Federal law enforcement began to leave Portland after a tumultuous July, marked by occasional protester violence and inflamed by unidentified officers. Oregon's Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joins Jared for an in-depth conversation about protecting freedom of assembly, the political motivations behind the decisions by President Trump and US AG Barr, and how attorneys general around the country are finding best practices on thorny issues like immigration and voting this fall. 

Segment 1: Feds out of Portland

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Dr. Daniel Summers is a pediatrician in Massachusetts. His most recent piece on Arc Digital: A School is Not Home Depot. He also writes for Slate.

Segment 1: Absolute vs. adjusted risk

Dan Summers on Twitter

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Rebecca Cokley is the director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. She joins Jared to talk about her recent argument against ableist language when criticizing President Trump, the impact the Trump administration has had for the disability community, and her work with the Biden campaign on disability policy.

Segment 1: More than ramps and water glasses

Rebecca Cokley on Twitter

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Cecilia Muñoz is the vice president, public interest technology and new initiatives at New America. She served in the Obama White House as Director of the Domestic Policy Council. She is the author of More Than Ready: Be Strong and Be You... And Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise. [Indiebound] [Bookshop.org]

Segment 1: On DACA: “I couldn’t stop sobbing”

Cecilia on Twitter

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Juan Escalante, Digital Campaigns Manager for FWD.us, joins Jared to talk about this moment in an immigration fight that has dominated half his life, and what's next now that the Supreme Court has ruled - for now - against the Trump Administration on DACA.

Segment 1: DACA Yoda

Juan Escalante on Twitter

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Sebastián Molano is the leader and founder of Defying Gender Roles and a Senior Adviser on Gender for Oxfam America.

Link to his recent DGR piece

Segment 1: Father's Day & Juneteenth

Sebastián Molano on Twitter

Defying Gender Roles on Facebook

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Christina Wolbrecht, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and author, most recently, of A Century of Votes for Women with Kevin Corder, talks with Jared about the political mobilization of women over the last hundred years, and how women may use their political power over the next few months of the US general election. 

Segment 1: Edwardians playing golf

Christina Wolbrecht on Twitter

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Kevin Kruse, professor of history at Princeton University, joins Jared to talk about telling nuanced stories, why he engages on Twitter, whether AG Bill Barr can be sure of his legacy, and the next big political issue: labor rights after COVID-19.

Segment 1: In a crisis, people "aren't gonna buy that gauzy, simplistic story"

Kevin Kruse on Twitter

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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]