Links and Show Notes: Trump's Tax Plan: How It Affects You - The Balance GOP Tax Plan: Graduate Students Sound Alarm on Huge Increases - Time Frustrated foreign leaders bypass Washington in search of blue-state allies - The Washington Post Shame has fallen out of fashion, but it can be a force for good - The Washington Post The Scarlet Letter - Wikipedia Gabby Douglas: US Olympic star alleges abuse by Dr. Larry Nassar - CNN

Update since this episode was recorded

Lena Dunham apologizes for statement defending 'Girls' writer accused of rape - CNN Thanksgiving for Native Americans: Four Voices on a Complicated Holiday - The New York Times

Links and Show Notes: John Mulaney - Wikipedia Australia Votes for Gay Marriage, Clearing Path to Legalization - The New York Times Winners and losers from Election Day 2017 - The Washington Post In only 4 days, Taylor Swift sells the most albums of 2017 - CNBC It’s Time for Taylor Swift to Denounce Her Neo-Nazi Admirers - The Daily Beast Taylor Swift Never Responded to the ACLU’s Letter - Teen Vogue Sitting in Bathrooms with Trans People

Links and Show Notes: Saudi Arabia moves: 24 hours that shook the Middle East - CNN What Saudi Arabia’s purge means for the Middle East - The Washington Post Paris climate accord: Syria to sign up, isolating US - BBC News Delhi residents panic as 'deadly smog' returns - BBC News Something is wrong on the internet - James Bridle The Political Compass

Links and Show Notes: Terror Attack Kills 8 and Injures 11 in Manhattan - The New York Times What you need to know about Manafort indictment, Papadopoulos guilty plea - PolitiFact Canada bans Soylent meal replacement over nutrition claims - BBC News Iceland campaigners to redress drop in women MPs - BBC News 'House of Cards' employees allege sexual harassment, assault by Kevin Spacey - CNN Money Why are people angry about Kevin Spacey coming out? - BBC News Pope Francis admits he sometimes falls asleep while praying - BBC News Apple touts iPhone X reviews from publications, not YouTubers - Business Insider Emotional Intelligence 101: Why This Woman's iPhone X Video Got Her Dad Fired From Apple - Inc.com The Political Compass

Links and Show Notes: Mogadishu truck bomb: 500 casualties in Somalia’s worst terrorist attack - The Guardian Somalia bombing may have been revenge for botched US-led operation - The Guardian Who are Somalia's al-Shabab? - BBC News New fires break out in California as wine country fires dim - Chicago Tribune Yellowstone Supervolcano May Blow Faster Than Thought - Science Trends Life After Hate Prosecutors say Dylann Roof ‘self-radicalized’ online, wrote another manifesto in jail - The Washington Post Code of Hammurabi - Wikipedia Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants - Wikipedia Alyssa Milano Me Too Sexual Harassment - Refinery 29 #ItWasMe Is The Hashtag For Men Who Are Taking Responsibility For Rape Culture - Elite Daily The 'Me Too' Campaign Was Created By A Black Woman 10 Years Ago - HuffPost The Political Compass St. Augustine Stealing Pears John Mulaney - Doing Nothing 'Fake Melania' sparks absurd conspiracy theory meme The Mandela Effect

Links and Show Notes: Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades - The New York Times From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories - The New Yorker Weinstein scandal prompts actors Terry Crews, James Van Der Beek to share harassment stories - LA Times Harvey Weinstein allegations: Kate Beckinsale, Cara Delevingne join the growing list of accusers - The Washington Post Meryl Streep Speaks Out Against Harvey Weinstein - HuffPost Joss Whedon Is a ‘Hypocrite Preaching Feminist Ideals,’ Ex-Wife Kai Cole Says - The Wrap Lin-Manuel Miranda condemns Harvey Weinstein in a tweet after fans ask for statement - Mashable Democrats dogged by Weinstein cash - Politico "Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes

Links and Show Notes: Here's How You Can Help The Las Vegas Shooting Victims - HuffPost Support for marriage equality rises in Guardian Essential poll - The Guardian Drop bear - Wikipedia Gun Control in Australia, Updated - FactCheck.org Gun violence in the United States - Wikipedia Las Vegas shooting - what we know so far - BBC News This Onion story goes viral after every mass shooting - Chicago Tribune The American Impulse to Equate Guns With Freedom and Masculinity With Violence Is Killing Us - The Nation The Link Between Domestic Violence and Mass Shootings - The New Yorker Domestic violence in the United States - Wikipedia House passes 20-week abortion ban - TheHill Thousands Rally in Dublin Against Ireland’s Abortion Ban - The New York Times Does a Fetus Feel Pain at 20 Weeks? - FactCheck.org Does Birth Order Affect Relationship With Your Mom? - Elite Daily

Links and Show Notes: Trump Takes On Stephen Curry and Colin Kaepernick In Series of Rage Tweets - Mother Jones NFL draft shows teams still don't care about domestic abuse - USA Today Martin Luther King Jr.: Revered More After Death Than Before - Gallup Why Serena Williams Makes Less Money in Endorsements than Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova - The Atlantic Tennis prodigy, four, coached by man who trained Venus and Serena Williams - Telegraph Serena Williams shares photo of daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. - Chicago Tribune Saudi Arabia driving ban on women to be lifted - BBC News What can women still not do in Saudi Arabia? - BBC News We Need to Talk About How Female Economists Are Treated - Teen Vogue Why Female Professors Get Lower Ratings - NPR The Fatherhood Bonus and The Motherhood Penalty: Parenthood and the Gender Gap in Pay - Third Way Kylie Jenner Is Reportedly Pregnant With Travis Scott’s Child, TMZ Says - Teen Vogue 11 Triple Kardashian Pregnancy Memes & Jokes Because We Can Barely Keep Up With These Kardashians - Bustle How you can help hurricane victims in Puerto Rico - PBS

Links and Show Notes: Climate change could have an even worse impact on Boston than previously expected - The Boston Globe 5 Tips for Donating After Disasters - ProPublica Where you can donate to help with hurricane and earthquake relief and recovery - Vox Paris climate aim 'still achievable' - BBC News Mother! - Wikipedia Maximum Ride - Wikipedia Toys 'R' Us files for bankruptcy protection in US - BBC News Bodega How startups can avoid Bodega’s PR disaster - TechCrunch Emmys 2017 Nominees/Winners The Best and Worst Moments of the 2017 Emmys - The New York Times

Links and Show Notes: Cruz on porn video 'liked' on his Twitter account: 'It was not me' - CNN United States debt ceiling - Wikipedia What would it mean to erase the debt ceiling? - CBS News McConnell Says Democrats’ Glee on Debt Limit Deal Was Premature - The New York Times iPhone X vs. iPhone 8: how to pick between them - The Verge What Is Tim Cook's Net Worth? Here's What Apple's CEO Makes - Time Fenty Beauty by Rihanna