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Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan wants to make it easy for you to cancel your subscription - for cable, streaming services, etc. Colin Powell's nepo baby, cable industry lobbyist son says this violates his First Amendment rights. Read the full article here: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/cable-firms-to-ftc-we-shouldnt-have-to-let-users-cancel-service-with-a-click/
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The third part of Beowulf's reading of "White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump," a 156-page report from the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic Staff.
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John Rothmann, host of Around The Political World, joins us to talk the Republican candidates, if any of them stand a chance against Trump, and how foreign policy issues will be a large deciding factor in the upcoming election.
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On MLK Jr. Day, we speak with Dante King about how it's not just the MAGA movement causing racism in America. Dante King is the author of The 400-Year Holocaust: White America’s Legal, Psychopathic, and Sociopathic Black Genocide - and the Revolt Against Critical Race Theory. You can learn more at DanteKing.com.
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Beowulf reads the entire Trump indictment and bring you the latest that we know about it, including the words of Special Counsel Jack Smith. You can also read it here. From August 2nd, 2023.
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Beowulf talks to Egberto Willies, political activist, author, political blogger, and radio show host to talk about his book It’s Worth It: How to Talk To Your Right-Wing Relatives, Friends, and Neighbors.
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A peer-reviewed study shows that being in a position of power (on any scale) actually does a tangibie rewire to parts of your brain, a Flordia district has banned the dictionary from school shelves, and St. Paul makes history with an all-female council, mostly women of color.
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Susan Gonzales, founder and CEO of AIAndYou and member of the National AI Advisory Commitee where they advise the Presidental Committee on said issues, joins us to explain the different distinctions between types of AI, how the quick evolution of the technology can result in spreading misinformation or even deepfake videos, how margilized communities can benefit from AI tools, and what regulations need to happen to ensure that AI can be used as a safe tool.
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Republicans did something good for once, and we're here to talk about it; Read "Group of Republican lawmakers raise concerns about Missouri death penalty" here.
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The second part of Beowulf's reading of "White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump," a 156-page report from the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic Staff.
Read the full report here: https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf
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