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PoliticsTuesday 11.30.21

Borders Close as New COVID-19 Variant Spreads

As the Omicron variant spreads and borders close, the world is left to grapple with more questions than answers. But President Biden wants to make one thing clear: The best protection is vaccination.

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Culture

0:58
Ghislaine Maxwell's highly anticipated trial is officially underway. The British socialite faces six criminal charges for recruiting, grooming, and exploiting girls as young as 14 years old for sexual abuse with longtime companion Jeffrey Epstein.

Ghislaine Maxwell Sex Trafficking Trial Officially Underway

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Guilty verdicts don’t change history, but they can bring justice. After a trial in which the defense team employed racist tropes, a jury has found Ahmaud Arbery’s killers guilty of murder.

Justice For Ahmaud Arbery

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The Department of Defense is launching a new task force to monitor and analyze reports of UFO sightings. Is it finally time to retire the tin foil hats?

Pentagon Creates UFO Task Force

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Latest news

Enes Kanter says China hosting the Olympics is “unacceptable”: “Look how they treated their own Chinese tennis player.”

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Business

1:02
Consumerism: It’s so last year. 2021 marks the first year that Americans spent less money on Black Friday than the previous year. That said, we still dished out 8.9 *billion* dollars.

Black Friday Spending Decreases for the First Time

1:00
In a ruling that could have major implications for similar cases, a federal jury found that CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens substantially contributed to the opioid crisis in two Ohio counties. The companies could soon be on the hook for billions of dollars.

Trouble For Big Pharma(cies)

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Latest news

Hillary Clinton calls for regulation of cryptocurrency because it has the potential to "destabilize" nations.

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Uber is partnering with a cannabis retailer to offer weed for takeout in Canada. Customers in Ontario can now place an order for pick up from any nearby Tokyo Smoke store on the Uber Eats app.

Uber Eats Partners With Cannabis Retailer in Canada

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Technology

0:36
The mission: defending planet Earth. The method: launching a rocket into an asteroid. In a joint experiment, SpaceX and NASA fired off a Double Asteroid Redirection Test overnight.

NASA & SpaceX Launch Asteroid Deflection Mission

1:17
Facebook was well aware that its “race-blind” practices came at the expense of Black people. Researchers reportedly showed executives an example of the kind of hate speech on the platform last year — and presented a real post featuring an image of "The Squad." But apparently it wasn’t enough to persuade them to change the system.

Facebook Knows Its “Race-Blind” Practices Hurt Black People

1:01
Coming soon to Apple showrooms near you … the iCar? Apple is hitting the accelerator on its electric car project and is refocusing its efforts. The tech giant is now aiming to create a fully autonomous vehicle. The company is internally aiming to launch its self-driving car as early as 2025.

Apple Hits Accelerator on Electric Car Project

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At least 11 state attorneys general have launched an investigation into Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook. The move comes after “The Facebook Papers” revealed internal research that Instagram may cause mental and emotional harm to teenagers, especially girls.

States Launch Investigation Into Meta Over Instagram

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Politics

0:56
The Republican Party has found a prime opportunity to rally its base ahead of the midterms — and it involves playing with people’s literal lives to score political points.

GOP’s Anti-Vax Courtship Continues Ahead of Midterms

0:56
Bad day for white supremacy: The “very fine people” behind the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally just got slapped with a hefty liability fine — to the tune of $26 million.

Bad Day For White Supremacists

1:08
President Biden said: Let there be oil. In a rare move, the White House is releasing 50 million barrels from the nation’s petroleum reserves to combat high gas prices ahead of the holiday season.

Biden Taps Oil Reserves to Combat High Gas Prices

1:47
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. According to federal data and Johns Hopkins University, the number of virus-related deaths recorded in the U.S. in 2021 has surpassed the toll in 2020. Experts say lower-than-expected immunization rates were a major factor. Over in Europe, tensions between the vaccinated and unvaccinated have reached a boiling point as countries across the continent impose new restrictions.

U.S. COVID-19 Deaths in 2021 Surpass 2020

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Podcasts

The intersection of sports, culture, and politics is at the heart of the new weekly podcast, "The Long Game with LZ & Leitch", premiering Wednesday, November 3rd. Hosted by LZ Granderson, formerly of ESPN, now an op-ed columnist for the L.A. Times and a political contributor to ABC News, and Will Leitch, founder of the late website Deadspin, a contributing editor at New York Magazine and the author of "How Lucky", "The Long Game" dives into the most relevant sports topics of the week to not only break down the games, but the games people play. From vaccination hesitation, to online betting, to all of the wonderful "isms" and "phobias" we've come to know and love, sports not only reflect our culture, they drive our culture. Join Will and LZ as they explore the events on and off the field that collide with the political, business, and social concerns that captivate the American conversation.
A ravenous pandemic. A ruinous recession. Protests, riots, racial strife, police brutality. And, of course, Donald Trump. The turmoil and upheaval roiling America in 2020 is the subject of "Hell & High Water with John Heilemann." Through a series of conversations with the people shaping our culture — in politics, entertainment, business, technology, sports, food and beyond — best-selling author and TV host John Heilemann ("Game Change," "Double Down," Showtime's "The Circus") explores how the country is grappling with this apocalyptic moment and its existential stakes... and attempting to pull through and rise above it.
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"Just Something About Her with Jennifer Palmieri" is hosted by the former communications director for the Obama White House and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Palmieri explores why — after decades of making steady progress — women find themselves banging up against the same glass ceilings. The show features interviews with powerful women from business, politics, the arts and journalism to learn how they found a way to break through and create their own path to success.
Ninety percent of the news out there tells you nothing about where the world is going — ten percent of it tells you everything. Every afternoon on the News Items Podcast with John Ellis, John and Rebecca Darst focus on that ten percent — news that’s interesting, important or both. The podcast is based on John Ellis’ News Items, an email newsletter that goes out to organizations including the Council on Foreign Relations, Samsung Next, and the Wall Street Journal. Tune in every Monday through Thursday afternoon to hear decades of journalistic experience packed into 20 or so minutes of insight, plus guest interviews on finance, U.S. politics, foreign affairs, science and technology. Listeners of the News Items Podcast with John Ellis get a special discount on a subscription to the News Items newsletter. <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://newsitems.substack.com/publish/offers/b15b3f1a">Click here to subscribe</a>.
Battleground is a podcast for people who want answers to questions about politics they didn"t even realize they should be asking. Faiz Shakir ran Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign and Amanda Litman founded Run for Something, an organization that recruits and trains young progressives to run for state and local offices. But even after spending their entire professional careers working in politics, the hosts of Battleground still have questions about the ways our political system complicates itself — like, "who decides what the cable news narrative will be on a given topic?", or "if everyone hates political consultants, why do they always run campaigns?" Listen every Thursday, as Amanda and Faiz try to answer questions like these by speaking to (or debating with) some of the most knowledgeable people in politics.