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News discussed:

CDC advice not to get tested came from Trump

CDC posted about airborn transmission, then retracted it

Fivethirtyeight says dems 62% chance to take the Senate

NYT got Trump’s tax returns

ICE “doctor” is performing mass hysterectomies 

Fighting Between Armenia And Azerbaijan Threatens To Spiral Into Full-Blown War

 

Happy News:

 

Princeton is under investigation after admitting to racism 

UAE, Oman, and Bahrain sign deal officially recognizing Israel

Florida passes massive occupational licensing reform

Bloomberg will pay off $16 million in ex-felon debts in Florida

Trump wasn’t happy about it!

Seattle is replacing some police calls with mental health responders

 

Apokelypse Now: https://anchor.fm/s/35156e88/podcast/rss 

Robin Hanson on the superiority of parliamentary systems

 

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Bad News:

Disney’s China problem

Mulan pitch meeting

We know hot to prevent wildfires but nobody is listening

Jessica Krug canceled herself

“I Hate Men” book illegal in France

Qualified immunity bill killed by Virginia senate

 

COVID News:

Vitamin D might prevent or cure COVID

Slatestarcodex: Ketamine Now by Prescription

Sturgis rally responsible for 19% of August COVID cases

University of Arizona is controlling COVID by testing waste water

 

Happy News:

Trump’s boat parade sank

Amazon Drone Deliveries!

Maine Will Be The First-Ever State To Use Ranked-Choice Voting For A Presidential Election 

California is allowing more people to work as independent contractors

Afghan peace talks with Taliban begin 

U.S. regulators approved small commercial nuclear reactors

Smiling turtle saved from extinction!

Africa declared free of wild polio in 'milestone'

 

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News discussed:

 

The Post Office is Fine (Youtube)

OTOH, the thing we said was happening (no overtime causing backlogs) is actually happening 

Trump actually is (was?) blocking COVID relief funds for USPS

The former vice chairman of the Postal Board of Governors testified that Steve Mnuchin is exercising substantial influence over the Post Office and using it for political purposes

Postal unions say mail is still backing up severely

 

Rand Paul accosted by protestors leaving the RNC

David Frum on the Republican Platform

Jacob Blake shot by police in Kenosha, WI

CDC says people exposed to COVID don’t need tests.

Apparently due to pressure from the white house

Chinese paper mill getting fake papers published

Slatestarcodex - Against Tulip Subsidies 

Entirely of Scots Wikipedia was written by one American who doesn’t speak Scots

 

Hot Gossip! You can google it yourself

 

Steve Bannon arrested by the Postal Service on a superyacht

Jerry Falwell, Jr. has been getting cucked by the pool boy

Kellyanne and George Conway quit their jobs after their 15yo daughter dragged them on Twitter

 

Happy news! 

 

Elon Musk debuts neuralink using some adorable pigs

 

Troop Deployments:

 

Pop & Locke Podcast

Nonviolent protests are more effective than violent ones

 

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In this Patrons-Only bonus episode, Wes and Eneasz are joined by Gray to talk about gun policy! This is a preview of our discussion. For access to the full episode, 

 

Here’s some stuff we talked about:

 

Wikipedia on gun violence in the US 

Sam Harris - the Riddle of the Gun

Eneasz’s blog on gun responsibility

Harvard Injury Control Research Center findings:

Tark and Kleck 2004 study

National Academy of Sciences Report

The Gunfighter (narrated by Nick Offerman)

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News discussed:

Fast Grants funds a new COVID test

Trump’s b******t executive orders

Eneasz’s thoughts on Kamala Harris

Vox on Harris’ record

Trump is sabotaging the Postal Service seemingly to stop mail in voting

The Satanic Temple declares abortion to be a holy ritual

Zvi’s latest COVID update

Daily Beast podcast about COVID testing and NRA

Greece expelling people in life rafts

Alex Morse smeared for being sexually active 

Block and Reported Podcast featuring Dan Savage

 

Happy news! 

Iowa governor restores felon voting rights

The Aral Sea is recovering

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News discussed:

Democrats passed a $3.5T coronavirus relief bill back in May

The Bayesian Conspiracy on GPT-2

US GDP drops 32.9% in second quarter

New study suggests 10% immunity threshold

Blog written by GPT-3

 

Happy news! 

Vaccines potentially available in January

 

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BONUS EPISODE

David and Wes are joined by Jace Dickey and his partner Nicole, a Lab Researcher at National Jewish Health, to discuss the current state of COVID-19 research.

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This week, we’re talking about the Supreme Court (again), the Harpers letter, and we actually cover some policy!

 

Updates from last episode:

 

Trump no longer planning on deporting international students

UK suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong in wake of new Chinese security law

 

News Stories discussed:

 

Supreme Court Updates:

Supreme Court allows Florida to disenfranchise felons who owe fees

States must give funding to religious schools

Bound By Oath on the religious funding case

Trump must disclose tax returns, but not until after the election

All the President’s Lawyers

 

Roger Stone’s sentence commuted

Joe Biden’s housing plan

SB-707 makes corporations pay arbitration fees

Patrons may have a case against Patreon

Russians are allegedly hacking COVID-19 research data

Twitter hacked!

 

Happy News!

 

Excess deaths in the UK are down

Phase III vaccine trials have started

 

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Today we discuss new Supreme Court decisions on abortion and faithless electors, Reddit bans, and (as is tradition) COVID-19 news

 

MolochDe’s Reddit feedback. If you have comments on old episodes, don’t be shy!

 

Stories discussed:

 

Supreme Court strikes down restrictive abortion law

Supreme Court allows faithless elector laws

Reddit bans r/thedonald, r/chapotraphouse, and more

China has approved a vaccine for its military

Goldman Sachs report says mandatory mask usage would reduce COVID spread 60%, and save 5% of GDP! 

China’s new national security law

 

Happy News!

Britain gives Hong Kongers the right to live and work (paywalled)

Pennsylvania allows former felons to get occupational licenses

Florida reforms its occupation licensing scheme

 

Troop Deployments

Davis says we’re all doomed

Eneasz has feelings about the same work being used for individual racism and systemic racism

Wes rants about HBO Max refusing to show Muhammed on South Park

 

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Contrapoints’ video on Canceling

Killer Mike on the Second Amendment

MetaMoR Archive

 

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