26 GIU 2024 · Ready or not, tomorrow is debate day. And both President Joe Biden, 81, and former President Donald Trump, 78, are under a lot of pressure to show they're fit for re-election. While Biden hunkers down at Camp David to prepare, Trump has been getting an assist from his supporters sharing selectively edited "cheap fake" videos that pray on voter concerns over Biden's age. Tom Nichols, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us to talk about why Republicans are resorting to spreading these easily debunked videos, and why they're so insidious.And in headlines: The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that ultra-Orthodox Jewish men must enter the military draft, Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to one felony count of illegally obtaining and disclosing U.S. military secrets, and the U.S. surgeon general declared gun violence a public health crisis.Show Notes: - Read Tom Nichols Atlantic article – https://tinyurl.com/yc46r9xe - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday

25 GIU 2024 · In today’s New York primary elections, voters in the state’s 16th Congressional District will decide what’s become the most expensive House primary race in American history. It pits incumbent Rep. Jamaal Bowman against Westchester County Executive George Latimer, and it epitomizes the divisions within the Democratic Party between the progressive left and the centrist mainstream. Politico’s chief Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza breaks down that race and others worth keeping an eye on tonight.And in headlines: A top official with the World Health Organization says the U.S.-built pier off the coast of Gaza is not bringing in enough aid for Palestinians, the Supreme Court announced that it will weigh in on whether states can ban gender-affirming care for trans youth, and federal prosecutors have told the Justice Department that Boeing should face criminal charges over safety issues surrounding its 737 Max airplanes.Show Notes: - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday

24 GIU 2024 · Today marks two years since the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority overturned Roe vs. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that for decades guaranteed the right to an abortion. Since then, conservative lawmakers in roughly half the states have either banned or significantly restricted access to abortion, while the other half has expanded or protected access. The nexus of the debate over abortion is now our current presidential election, with both the Biden and Trump campaigns centering reproductive rights in very different ways. Alice Miranda Ollstein, health care reporter on Capitol Hill for Politico, explains how the issue is playing out on the campaign trail. And in headlines: More than 1,300 people have died so far during this year's Hajj in Saudi Arabia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated claims that the U.S. is withholding military aid amid the war in Gaza, and track star Sha'Carri Richardson is finally getting her shot at the Olympics after winning the 100-meter sprint at the U.S. track trials this weekend. Show Notes: - Check out Alice Miranda Ollstein's work – https://tinyurl.com/dwdyf6hw - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday      

22 GIU 2024 · Is there a way to send fewer people to prison while lowering crime rates? This week’s How We Got Here unpacks the progressive prosecutor movement—the left’s antidote to tough on crime policies. How have progressive prosecutors fared since the movement began a few years back? How are red states responding? How does the whole debate over progressive prosecutors misunderstand the fundamentals of crime? Max and Josie hold court to figure it all out.

21 GIU 2024 · Congress is weighing proposals to update mandatory military conscription policies — aka the draft — including whether to expand it to include women. It’s an idea that’s been debated for a while, especially since women started serving in combat roles nearly a decade ago. This month, a proposal to require women to register for the draft was included in a big Pentagon policy bill passed out of the Senate Armed Services Committee. However, it’s unlikely to win final approval. Katherine Kuzminski, a senior fellow and director of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at the Center for New American Security, explains why the draft is still limited to just men. And in headlines: The Supreme Court kept us waiting again on Thursday for rulings on high-profile cases, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a military defense pact with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, and Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill mandating that the Ten Commandments be posted in all public school classrooms.Show Notes: - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday

20 GIU 2024 · Tens of millions of Americans in the Northeast and Midwest are sweating through their first major heatwave of the year. Heat is the deadliest of all natural disasters, according to the National Weather Service, killing more Americans on average each year than floods, tornados and hurricanes combined. This week, a coalition of environmental, labor, and healthcare groups filed a petition to push the Federal Emergency Management Agency to start recognizing both extreme heat and wildfire smoke as major disasters. Jean Su, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity and the petition’s lead author, explains how FEMA could help vulnerable people during extreme heat and smoke events. And in headlines: The first debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump is one week from today, California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants to ban smartphones in public schools throughout the state, and Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride is one step closer to becoming the first openly trans person elected to Congress. Show Notes: - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday

19 GIU 2024 · Speaking at a Juneteenth event at the White House this month, President Joe Biden warned about the “old ghosts in new garments” trying to erase the nation’s Black history by banning books and restricting diversity programs. But across the country, people are also working hard to preserve that history in the face of Republican opposition. So, on a special Juneteenth episode of “What A Day,” we speak to an organization doing just that: The Jack Hadley Black History Museum in Thomasville, Georgia. Jack Hadley, the museum’s founder and curator, has spent his life collecting thousands of artifacts that help tell the story of Black history in America. We speak to him and the museum’s executive director, Daniel Pittman, about how the museum is growing and what it means to do this work right now. Show Notes: - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday

18 GIU 2024 · Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday dissolved his war cabinet that’s overseen the country’s fighting in Gaza. The move was expected, but it came after two centrist members of the cabinet resigned in frustration over Netanyahu’s handling of the war. Meanwhile, representatives from dozens of nations left a weekend conference in Switzerland aimed at ending the war in Ukraine with little to show for it. Ben Rhodes, former U.S. deputy national security advisor and co-host of ‘Pod Save The World,’ talks about what these developments mean for both wars.And in headlines: U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy called for tobacco-like warning labels on social media platforms, President Biden is expected to issue an executive order expanding protections for undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens, and Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order pardoning more than 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions.Show Notes: - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday

17 GIU 2024 · Former President Donald Trump has vowed to appeal his criminal conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records to sway the 2016 election. His sentencing is scheduled for July 11, just a few days before the Republican National Convention. Trump and his attorneys claim that the case was impermissibly flawed and that his constitutional rights were violated. Legal experts have raised possible issues for appeal, which run the gamut and include the charging scheme, the case venue, jury instructions, and evidentiary issues. Political reporter Sonam Sheth explains why Trump may have a shot at a successful appeal.And in headlines: Ukraine and Western leaders have rejected a ceasefire plan floated by Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, a wildfire in Los Angeles County burned more than 12,000 acres in a day while much of the rest of the country baked under a heat dome, and Kate Middleton made her first public appearance since announcing her cancer diagnosis.Show Notes: - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday

15 GIU 2024 · We’ve been hearing that the far-right is on the rise in Europe for a decade now. And yet, with a few exceptions, these parties are nowhere near taking power. Even in the EU Parliament, where the far-right made gains for the third election in a row this week, nationalist parties are STILL expected to end up marginalized and powerless. What's driving them and what's stopping them? Max and guest host Josie Duffy Rice take a look at the rise of the German far-right AfD party to illustrate what’s going on across the continent and how we got here. SOURCEShttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/world/europe/germany-afd-eu-election.htmlhttps://www.dw.com/en/far-right-afd-appears-as-strongest-german-party-on-tiktok/a-69264717https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-afd-euroskeptics-turned-far-right-populists/a-64607308https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/world/europe/far-right-coalitions.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/world/europe/europe-borders-nationalism-identity.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/world/europe/germany-afd-alternative-bjorn-hocke.htmlhttps://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/europe/1950-04-01/european-union-false-hopes-and-realitieshttps://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/trump-brexit-and-rise-populism-economic-have-nots-and-cultural-backlashhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37274201https://www.deutsche-islam-konferenz.de/EN/DatenFakten/daten-fakten_node.htmlhttps://www.institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/high-tide-populism-power-1990-2020https://kar.kent.ac.uk/63401/1/Marchlewska%20et%20al.%20(2017)%20Populism%20as%20identity%20politics.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3229259/