Ep. 129: Don't Fight at the Barbecue

America celebrates its independence with six mass shootings in a day, book banning is giving serious nostalgia, a 9 year-old starts the anti-straw movement, a Judge rules in favor of major drug distributors, Britney Griner is still trapped in Russia, and election denial has metastasized throughout the entire country.

Air Date: 7/5/22

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Highland Park Shooting (updates in real time)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/05/highland-park-parade-shooting-live-updates/

Book banning

https://t.co/r2g5fp76ks

Plastic Straws went away bc of a 9-year-old’s stats

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/18/anti-straw-movement-based-unverified-statistic-500-million-day/750563002/

Judge Rules in Favor of Major Drug Companies

https://www.complex.com/life/federal-judge-rules-in-favor-of-major-drug-distributors-in-lawsuit-over-opioid-addiction-crisis

Election denier misinformation

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1109538056/election-deniers-are-spreading-misinformation-nationwide-here-are-4-things-to-kn

Abortion

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3542593-how-the-fall-of-roe-v-wade-could-impact-abortion-access-around-the-world/

Arizona Governor's debate (don’t watch yet will watch on air SO FUNNY)

https://twitter.com/endajodowd/status/1542915789845561346

Oh look we live inside blade runner and it sucks

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/29/coinbase-is-reportedly-selling-geo-location-data-to-ice/

Recommended WAC read-on-your-own article for listeners:

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1109678316/edward-dwight-space-race-nasa-astronaut-moon

MAIN STORIES

Brittney Griner

LIB

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/04/sports/basketball/brittney-griner-biden-russia.html

CON

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/brittney-griner-trial-begins-russian-case-wnba-star

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