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  • Stay Tuned Bonus 08/22: Michael Sandel
    In this bonus clip from Stay Tuned, Harvard political philosophy professor Michael Sandel discusses the global hunger for debate, his celebrity status in China, and why he calls for progressive patriotism.
    Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.
    7 min
  • Stay Tuned Bonus 08/22: Michael Sandel

    In this bonus clip from Stay Tuned, Harvard political philosophy professor Michael Sandel discusses the global hunger for debate, his celebrity status in China, and why he calls for progressive patriotism.

    Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. 

    7 min
  • CAFE Insider 08/19: Prosecutor v. Prosecutor
    In this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, "Prosecutor v. Prosecutor," Preet and Anne discuss:
    -- The New York City medical examiner’s announcement on Friday that Jeffrey Epstein’s death was a suicide by hanging;
    -- U.S. Attorney William McSwain’s statement blaming the shooting of police officers in Philadelphia on District Attorney Larry Krasner and accusing him of fostering a “culture of disrespect” toward law enforcement;
    -- Kansas federal prosecutors held in contempt of court in connection to an investigation into their improper access to confidential phone conversations between criminal defendants and their attorneys;
    -- President Trump’s interest in buying Greenland, a proposition he compared to a “large real estate deal.” 
    REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
    BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN“Blinded by the Light,” IMBD, 2019
    JEFFREY EPSTEIN Letters exchanged between Metropolitan Correctional Center Warden Lamine N’Diaye and SDNY Judge Richard Berman, 8/10/19-8/12/19 “Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy Results Show He Hanged Himself in Suicide,” New York Times, 8/16/19“Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate cleared of wrongdoing in incident that preceded his death,” NBC News, 8/16/19“The Gall of Ghislaine Maxwell,” New Yorker, 8/16/19“Jeffrey Epstein’s gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell spotted at In-N-Out Burger in first photos since his death,” New York Post, 8/15/19
    PHILADELPHIA SHOOTING“Statement by United States Attorney William M. McSwain on the Shooting of Six Philadelphia Police Officers,” US Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 8/15/19“Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police’s 64th National Biennial Conference,” Department of Justice, 8/12/19“The Case for More Incarceration,” William Barr, October 28, 1992, NCJRS.govClip of U.S. Attorney William McSwain discussing District Attorney Larry Krasner on Fox News, 6/10/19“The Trump Justice Department’s war on progressive prosecutors, explained,” Vox, 8/16/19“Philadelphia Federal Prosecutor Blames Police Shooting on ‘Culture of Disrespect,’” Wall Street Journal, 8/15/19“Suspect surrenders after 6 officers are wounded in Philadelphia standoff,” NBC News, 8/14/19 “Larry Krasner’s Campaign to End Mass Incarceration,” New Yorker, 10/22/181999 Consent Decree in United States v. State of New Jersey“Oversight of New Jersey State Police Is Ended,” New York Times, 9/21/09“U.S. Will Monitor New Jersey Police on Race Profiling,” New York Times, 12/23/99
    KANSAS U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson’s ruling in the case of United States v. Carter, 8/13/19 The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Legal Information Institute18 U.S. Code § 3500: Demands for production of statements and reports of witnesses, Legal Information Institute“Attorney-Client Privilege,” Legal Information Institute“Federal judge holds U.S. attorney’s office in contempt in probe of recorded attorney-client calls,” American Bar Association, 8/15/19“Warrants and Privilege: Legal Questions About the Raids on Trump’s Lawyer,” New York Times, 4/10/18
    GREENLAND“Trump reportedly wants to buy Greenland. So did the Truman administration.,” Washington Post, 8/16/19“‘Greenland Is Not for Sale’: Trump’s Talk of a Purchase Draws Derision,” New York Times, 8/16/19“Denmark Offers to Buy U.S.,” New Yorker, 8/16/19“This interactive map shows how ‘wrong’ other maps are,” Washington Post, 8/18/15Clip from the 1987 movie The Princess Bride (“unemployed in Greenland!”)
    We hope you’re enjoying CAFE Insider. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Anne. Thank you for being a part of the CAFE Insider community.
    53 min
  • CAFE Insider 08/19: Prosecutor v. Prosecutor
    In this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, "Prosecutor v. Prosecutor," Preet and Anne discuss:
    -- The New York City medical examiner’s announcement on Friday that Jeffrey Epstein’s death was a suicide by hanging;
    -- U.S. Attorney William McSwain’s statement blaming the shooting of police officers in Philadelphia on District Attorney Larry Krasner and accusing him of fostering a “culture of disrespect” toward law enforcement;
    -- Kansas federal prosecutors held in contempt of court in connection to an investigation into their improper access to confidential phone conversations between criminal defendants and their attorneys;
    -- President Trump’s interest in buying Greenland, a proposition he compared to a “large real estate deal.” 
    REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
    BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN“Blinded by the Light,” IMBD, 2019
    JEFFREY EPSTEIN Letters exchanged between Metropolitan Correctional Center Warden Lamine N’Diaye and SDNY Judge Richard Berman, 8/10/19-8/12/19 “Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy Results Show He Hanged Himself in Suicide,” New York Times, 8/16/19“Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate cleared of wrongdoing in incident that preceded his death,” NBC News, 8/16/19“The Gall of Ghislaine Maxwell,” New Yorker, 8/16/19“Jeffrey Epstein’s gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell spotted at In-N-Out Burger in first photos since his death,” New York Post, 8/15/19
    PHILADELPHIA SHOOTING“Statement by United States Attorney William M. McSwain on the Shooting of Six Philadelphia Police Officers,” US Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 8/15/19“Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police’s 64th National Biennial Conference,” Department of Justice, 8/12/19“The Case for More Incarceration,” William Barr, October 28, 1992, NCJRS.govClip of U.S. Attorney William McSwain discussing District Attorney Larry Krasner on Fox News, 6/10/19“The Trump Justice Department’s war on progressive prosecutors, explained,” Vox, 8/16/19“Philadelphia Federal Prosecutor Blames Police Shooting on ‘Culture of Disrespect,’” Wall Street Journal, 8/15/19“Suspect surrenders after 6 officers are wounded in Philadelphia standoff,” NBC News, 8/14/19 “Larry Krasner’s Campaign to End Mass Incarceration,” New Yorker, 10/22/181999 Consent Decree in United States v. State of New Jersey“Oversight of New Jersey State Police Is Ended,” New York Times, 9/21/09“U.S. Will Monitor New Jersey Police on Race Profiling,” New York Times, 12/23/99
    KANSAS U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson’s ruling in the case of United States v. Carter, 8/13/19 The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Legal Information Institute18 U.S. Code § 3500: Demands for production of statements and reports of witnesses, Legal Information Institute“Attorney-Client Privilege,” Legal Information Institute“Federal judge holds U.S. attorney’s office in contempt in probe of recorded attorney-client calls,” American Bar Association, 8/15/19“Warrants and Privilege: Legal Questions About the Raids on Trump’s Lawyer,” New York Times, 4/10/18
    GREENLAND“Trump reportedly wants to buy Greenland. So did the Truman administration.,” Washington Post, 8/16/19“‘Greenland Is Not for Sale’: Trump’s Talk of a Purchase Draws Derision,” New York Times, 8/16/19“Denmark Offers to Buy U.S.,” New Yorker, 8/16/19“This interactive map shows how ‘wrong’ other maps are,” Washington Post, 8/18/15Clip from the 1987 movie The Princess Bride (“unemployed in Greenland!”)
    We hope you’re enjoying CAFE Insider. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Anne. Thank you for being a part of the CAFE Insider community.
    53 min
  • CAFE Insider 08/19: Prosecutor v. Prosecutor

    In this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, "Prosecutor v. Prosecutor," Preet and Anne discuss:

    -- The New York City medical examiner’s announcement on Friday that Jeffrey Epstein’s death was a suicide by hanging;

    -- U.S. Attorney William McSwain’s statement blaming the shooting of police officers in Philadelphia on District Attorney Larry Krasner and accusing him of fostering a “culture of disrespect” toward law enforcement;

    -- Kansas federal prosecutors held in contempt of court in connection to an investigation into their improper access to confidential phone conversations between criminal defendants and their attorneys;

    -- President Trump’s interest in buying Greenland, a proposition he compared to a “large real estate deal.” 


    REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

    BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

    • “Blinded by the Light,” IMBD, 2019


    JEFFREY EPSTEIN

    • Letters exchanged between Metropolitan Correctional Center Warden Lamine N’Diaye and SDNY Judge Richard Berman, 8/10/19-8/12/19 
    • “Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy Results Show He Hanged Himself in Suicide,” New York Times, 8/16/19
    • “Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate cleared of wrongdoing in incident that preceded his death,” NBC News, 8/16/19
    • “The Gall of Ghislaine Maxwell,” New Yorker, 8/16/19
    • “Jeffrey Epstein’s gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell spotted at In-N-Out Burger in first photos since his death,” New York Post, 8/15/19


    PHILADELPHIA SHOOTING

    • “Statement by United States Attorney William M. McSwain on the Shooting of Six Philadelphia Police Officers,” US Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 8/15/19
    • “Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police’s 64th National Biennial Conference,” Department of Justice, 8/12/19
    • “The Case for More Incarceration,” William Barr, October 28, 1992, NCJRS.gov
    • Clip of U.S. Attorney William McSwain discussing District Attorney Larry Krasner on Fox News, 6/10/19
    • “The Trump Justice Department’s war on progressive prosecutors, explained,” Vox, 8/16/19
    • “Philadelphia Federal Prosecutor Blames Police Shooting on ‘Culture of Disrespect,’” Wall Street Journal, 8/15/19
    • “Suspect surrenders after 6 officers are wounded in Philadelphia standoff,” NBC News, 8/14/19 
    • “Larry Krasner’s Campaign to End Mass Incarceration,” New Yorker, 10/22/18
    • 1999 Consent Decree in United States v. State of New Jersey
    • “Oversight of New Jersey State Police Is Ended,” New York Times, 9/21/09
    • “U.S. Will Monitor New Jersey Police on Race Profiling,” New York Times, 12/23/99


    KANSAS U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

    • U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson’s ruling in the case of United States v. Carter, 8/13/19 
    • The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Legal Information Institute
    • 18 U.S. Code § 3500: Demands for production of statements and reports of witnesses, Legal Information Institute
    • “Attorney-Client Privilege,” Legal Information Institute
    • “Federal judge holds U.S. attorney’s office in contempt in probe of recorded attorney-client calls,” American Bar Association, 8/15/19
    • “Warrants and Privilege: Legal Questions About the Raids on Trump’s Lawyer,” New York Times, 4/10/18


    GREENLAND

    • “Trump reportedly wants to buy Greenland. So did the Truman administration.,” Washington Post, 8/16/19
    • “‘Greenland Is Not for Sale’: Trump’s Talk of a Purchase Draws Derision,” New York Times, 8/16/19
    • “Denmark Offers to Buy U.S.,” New Yorker, 8/16/19
    • “This interactive map shows how ‘wrong’ other maps are,” Washington Post, 8/18/15
    • Clip from the 1987 movie The Princess Bride (“unemployed in Greenland!”)


    We hope you’re enjoying CAFE Insider. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Anne. Thank you for being a part of the CAFE Insider community. 

    53 min
  • Stay Tuned Bonus: Michael Waldman
    In this bonus clip from Stay Tuned, Waldman discusses the myth of voter fraud, gerrymandering, and his time as a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton.
    • Brennan Center for Justice Report: “The Truth About Voter Fraud”
    • President Trump’s tweet claiming that millions of people illegally voted in the 2016 presidential election, 11/27/2016
    • “The Voter-Fraud Myth,” New Yorker, 10/29/2012
    • "The wordsmith behind Clinton's TelePrompTer," Christian Science Monitor, 08/10/1999 
    • Rucho v. Common Cause (2018) 
    • “The State of Redistricting Litigation,” Brennan Center for Justice, 8/2/2019
    • “What is Gerrymandering? And Why Did the Supreme Court Rule It?,” NYT, 6/27/2019
    11 min
  • Stay Tuned Bonus: Michael Waldman
    In this bonus clip from Stay Tuned, Waldman discusses the myth of voter fraud, gerrymandering, and his time as a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton.
    • Brennan Center for Justice Report: “The Truth About Voter Fraud”
    • President Trump’s tweet claiming that millions of people illegally voted in the 2016 presidential election, 11/27/2016
    • “The Voter-Fraud Myth,” New Yorker, 10/29/2012
    • "The wordsmith behind Clinton's TelePrompTer," Christian Science Monitor, 08/10/1999 
    • Rucho v. Common Cause (2018) 
    • “The State of Redistricting Litigation,” Brennan Center for Justice, 8/2/2019
    • “What is Gerrymandering? And Why Did the Supreme Court Rule It?,” NYT, 6/27/2019
    11 min
  • Stay Tuned Bonus: Michael Waldman

    In this bonus clip from Stay Tuned, Waldman discusses the myth of voter fraud, gerrymandering, and his time as a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton.

    • Brennan Center for Justice Report: “The Truth About Voter Fraud”

    • President Trump’s tweet claiming that millions of people illegally voted in the 2016 presidential election, 11/27/2016

    • “The Voter-Fraud Myth,” New Yorker, 10/29/2012

    • "The wordsmith behind Clinton's TelePrompTer," Christian Science Monitor, 08/10/1999 

    • Rucho v. Common Cause (2018) 

    • “The State of Redistricting Litigation,” Brennan Center for Justice, 8/2/2019

    • “What is Gerrymandering? And Why Did the Supreme Court Rule It?,” NYT, 6/27/2019


    11 min
  • CAFE Insider 08/12: The Death of Jeffrey Epstein
    In this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, “The Death of Jeffrey Epstein” is now available. Preet and Anne break down:The apparent suicide of disgraced financier Jeffrey EpsteinUnlawful termination lawsuits filed by two former FBI officials, Andrew McCabe and Peter StrzokICE raids at Mississippi food processing plants that swept up hundreds of undocumented workers
    REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
    EPSTEIN’S DEATHFederal Bureau of Prisons Suicide Prevention Manual, bop.gov, 4/5/07Statement from Attorney General William P. Barr on the Death of Jeffrey Epstein, justice.gov, 8/10/19Statement of Manhattan U.S. Attorney on the Death of Defendant Jeffrey Epstein, justice.gov, 8/10/19Statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Jeffrey Epstein’s death, Twitter, 8/10/19“Before Jail Suicide, Jeffrey Epstein Was Left Alone and Not Closely Monitored,” NYT, 8/11/19“‘We need answers. Lots of them.’ What’s known and what’s next after Jeffrey Epstein’s death,” Washington Post, 8/11/19“Unsealed documents show allegations against Jeffrey Epstein and his inner circle,” CNN, 8/11/19Some of the unsealed documents in a lawsuit brought by Epstein’s alleged victim, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, against Ghislaine Maxwell: here and here “A Horrifying Death in a Horrifying Jail,” Slate, 8/10/19MCCABE & STRZOK LAWSUITS 18 U.S. Code § 1001: Making false statements18 U.S. Code § 1621: PerjuryAndrew McCabe v. Attorney General William Barr et al., filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on August 8, 2019Peter Strzok v. Attorney General William Barr et al., filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on August 6, 2019A Report of Investigation of Certain Allegations Relating to Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, February 2018“Andrew McCabe and Peter Strzok are both suing the Justice Department,” Vox, 8/8/19ICE RAIDSStatement by the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Mississippi, justice.gov, 8/8/19“White House tells ICE to conduct dozens more workplace enforcement operations, source says,” CNN, 8/9/19“Prosecutors pick their battles. I chose not to pursue an ICE raid in Alabama,” Joyce Vance, Washington Post, 8/9/19“Mississippi Immigration Raids Lead To Arrests Of Hundreds Of Workers,” NPR, 8/7/19“ICE agents raid Miss. work sites, arrest 680 people in largest single-state immigration enforcement action in U.S. history,” Washington Post, 8/7/19
    1 hr 2 min
  • CAFE Insider 08/12: The Death of Jeffrey Epstein
    In this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, “The Death of Jeffrey Epstein” is now available. Preet and Anne break down:The apparent suicide of disgraced financier Jeffrey EpsteinUnlawful termination lawsuits filed by two former FBI officials, Andrew McCabe and Peter StrzokICE raids at Mississippi food processing plants that swept up hundreds of undocumented workers
    REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
    EPSTEIN’S DEATHFederal Bureau of Prisons Suicide Prevention Manual, bop.gov, 4/5/07Statement from Attorney General William P. Barr on the Death of Jeffrey Epstein, justice.gov, 8/10/19Statement of Manhattan U.S. Attorney on the Death of Defendant Jeffrey Epstein, justice.gov, 8/10/19Statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Jeffrey Epstein’s death, Twitter, 8/10/19“Before Jail Suicide, Jeffrey Epstein Was Left Alone and Not Closely Monitored,” NYT, 8/11/19“‘We need answers. Lots of them.’ What’s known and what’s next after Jeffrey Epstein’s death,” Washington Post, 8/11/19“Unsealed documents show allegations against Jeffrey Epstein and his inner circle,” CNN, 8/11/19Some of the unsealed documents in a lawsuit brought by Epstein’s alleged victim, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, against Ghislaine Maxwell: here and here “A Horrifying Death in a Horrifying Jail,” Slate, 8/10/19MCCABE & STRZOK LAWSUITS 18 U.S. Code § 1001: Making false statements18 U.S. Code § 1621: PerjuryAndrew McCabe v. Attorney General William Barr et al., filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on August 8, 2019Peter Strzok v. Attorney General William Barr et al., filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on August 6, 2019A Report of Investigation of Certain Allegations Relating to Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, February 2018“Andrew McCabe and Peter Strzok are both suing the Justice Department,” Vox, 8/8/19ICE RAIDSStatement by the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Mississippi, justice.gov, 8/8/19“White House tells ICE to conduct dozens more workplace enforcement operations, source says,” CNN, 8/9/19“Prosecutors pick their battles. I chose not to pursue an ICE raid in Alabama,” Joyce Vance, Washington Post, 8/9/19“Mississippi Immigration Raids Lead To Arrests Of Hundreds Of Workers,” NPR, 8/7/19“ICE agents raid Miss. work sites, arrest 680 people in largest single-state immigration enforcement action in U.S. history,” Washington Post, 8/7/19
    1 hr 2 min

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