Uncivilized

The U.S. economy may be poised for the fastest growth since 1984, but many Americans are not feeling all that confident about the economy, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Republican lawmakers have attacked the Biden administration over inflation as the country reopened from the coronavirus pandemic, and feelings about the economy are settling along partisan lines. Fewer than half, 45%, judge the economy to be in good shape, while 54% say it’s in poor shape. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

•Facebook whistleblower revealed on '60 Minutes,' says the company prioritized profit over public good• •Facebook grilled by Senate over company's impact on kids• •Facebook is hitting the brakes on Instagram for kids• Stream Uncivilized on Amazon Music & Audible with your 30-Day Trial: https://amzn.to/2YlMD5u --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

The secret deals and hidden assets of some of the world’s richest and most powerful people have been revealed in the biggest trove of leaked offshore data in history. Branded the Pandora papers, the cache includes 11.9m files from companies hired by wealthy clients to create offshore structures and trusts in tax havens such as Panama, Dubai, Monaco, Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

President Joe Biden’s sweeping economic agenda faces an uncertain future in Congress after he failed this week to unify his own party around a strategy to pass a bitterly contested infrastructure plan that’s one of his top priorities. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

The House Budget Committee advanced the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act on September 25, with a 20 to 17 vote. The legislation will now move to the House Rules Committee, where it will be submitted to a further round of changes before it can be brought to the chamber floor for a vote. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has also said that they would hold another vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on September 30. However, progressive Democrats have refused to move forward until Congress establishes a framework for the $3.5 trillion act, which also focuses on climate change, healthcare and education. Combined, this legislation will invest $4.5 trillion in Biden’s Build Back Better infrastructure agenda. Let’s break down what this could mean for you. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

•US hits 700,000 COVID deaths just as cases begin to fall• •New COVID-19 treatment could cut risk of hospitalization, death in half• •Alaska Airlines latest airline to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for its employees• •Why it’s not possible for the Covid vaccines to contain a magnetic tracking chip that connects to 5G• --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

The marked decline in support for President Biden and his administration nationally and in key swing states indicates that the Democratic Party could endure a blowout defeat in the 2022 midterm elections. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

•Democrats struggle to reach deal in Congress on Biden's agenda• •Progressives Thought They Had the Upper Hand in Congress. Here’s Why They Were Wrong• --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

Congress has authorized spending up to $3.5 trillion over a decade, but Biden is prodding Democrats to fully cover the cost of the legislation - by raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy, negotiating the price of prescription drugs and dialing up other sources of federal revenue such as increased IRS funding.  A sharply divided U.S. Senate failed on Monday to advance a measure to suspend the federal debt ceiling and avoid a partial government shutdown, as Republican lawmakers denied the bill the votes necessary to move forward. House of Representatives begins debate on infrastructure bill Amazon Prime Free 30-Day Trial: https://amzn.to/2XmohIu --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

For over a month, Kelly has been on trial in Brooklyn federal court on one count of racketeering and eight counts of violating the Mann Act, a federal law addressing sex trafficking. Federal prosecutors accused Kelly of running an “enterprise” through which he exploited his star power time and time again to prey on underage girls, young women, and at least two male victims. Jurors deliberated for just nine hours to reach their verdict, finding Kelly guilty on all counts. He now faces decades in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced May 4, 2022. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://salisbury-observer.com/2020/07/22/we-are-all-a-true-miracle-an-interview-with-a-trump-supporter/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

Selling an idea in Silicon Valley takes not only a grand vision but also swagger and bluster, says Margaret O'Mara, a historian of the tech industry. "Being able to tell a good story is part of being a successful founder, being able to persuade investors to put money into your company," she said. And Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos, did just that. She was drumming up investment with a dream that bordered on the fantastical when she promised to transform health care. The company's portable blood-testing machine could analyze a finger-prick's worth of blood for thousands of diseases, she vowed. In doing so, federal prosecutors allege, she and the No. 2 at Theranos, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, broke the law by deceiving investors about how well the business was doing and the capabilities of its testing machines, in addition to allegedly providing false or flawed test results to patients. **AMAZON PRIME 30-DAYS FREE: https://amzn.to/3CN12WW --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

•President Biden is making the world a more dangerous place• •Pelosi sets Thursday vote on bipartisan infrastructure bill• •Five takeaways from Arizona's audit results• --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly as president, Joe Biden on Tuesday showed no sign of regret for his hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, despite the Taliban retaking the country virtually unopposed as the Afghan military, lacking the U.S. support it had previously relied on, swiftly collapsed. •Amazon Prime 30-Day Free Trial: https://amzn.to/2XmohIu --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message

•Beloved 'Sex and the City' actor Willie Garson dies at 57• •Suits against Ohio State over sex abuse by doc are dismissed• •Jake Sullivan poised to become most senior Biden official to visit Saudi Arabia• --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salisburyobserver/message