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Derek Chauvin's sentencing is just the beginning

Michigan State University’s Jennifer Cobbina tells 海角精品黑料 about the racial justice starting point of Chauvin’s sentencing (Listen below and read about money devoted to racial equity efforts…trouble is we don’t know how much)
Sending mental health professionals instead of cops

Journalist Rob Waters tells 海角精品黑料 about Eugene, Oregon’s CAHOOTS program that is serving as a model for the nation to reduce deadly interactions with police (Listen below and read)
Pfizer is asking the government to approve a COVID booster – but is it needed?

UCSF’s tells 海角精品黑料 she’s seen no evidence we should get booster shots (Listen below and read)
One of the most-watched American athletes won't even be in Tokyo

海角精品黑料 discusses Sha’Carri Richardson’s exclusion from the Olympic Games with The Washington Post’s (Listen below and read)
Democrats are concerned about getting the president's agenda passed

Politico’s David Siders outlines progressive Democratic concerns about infrastructure, police reform and more (Listen below and )
Victoria's Secret revamp may be coming too late

Refinery29 Fashion Director Irina Grechko tells 海角精品黑料 people find it hard to believe a company that has objectified women for so long – is suddenly all about supporting and respecting them (Listen below and )
The Biden infrastructure plan for the summer

NBC White House Correspondent Mike Memoli tells 海角精品黑料 the White House is performing a delicate balancing act (Listen below and read)
Stalled election reform – and other issues – renew talk of blowing up the filibuster

Alayna Treene of Axios tells 海角精品黑料 Democrats have some decisions to make (Listen below and read)
What the Biden/Putin summit means for the United States

R Street Institute’s Paul Rosenzweig tells 海角精品黑料 there are ways for American to shore up its defenses against Russian cyberattacks (Listen below & read the )
Joe Manchin's bipartisan effort appears to be failing

ABC News Political Director Rick Klein analyzes Manchin’s efforts at bipartisanship likely being thrown in his face by Republicans (Listen below and read )
Takeaways from the Biden/Putin summit

tells 海角精品黑料 cybersecurity was the biggest topic on the agenda and Biden did alright (Listen below and read)
Where is Donald Trump's book deal?

Politico’s Meridith McGraw tells 海角精品黑料 she’s been in touch with the big publishing houses and none will make a deal with the former president (Listen below and )
Putin looks tough in Geneva – while meeting with Biden – but the Russian leader is scared about what's happening at home

Journalist Dana Lewis tells 海角精品黑料 he sees many problems in Russia that Vladimir Putin is trying to contain – and meeting with Biden could help (Listen below & read)
Former Attorney General Bill Barr's first comments on the Trump-era seizing of Democratic lawmakers' data

Politico’s Daniel Lippman tells 海角精品黑料 about his phone interview with Barr, during which the former AG distanced himself from the matter (Listen below and )
Watch out for cryptocurrency scams – they're all over the place

Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with , tells 海角精品黑料 it’s easy to be taken in, if you’re not careful (Listen below and read)
Review: 鈥業n the Heights鈥 is a super-fun way for you to return to the movie theater

tells 海角精品黑料 the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical is terrific…except for the somewhat thin story (Listen below and read AP’s take)
Behind-the-scenes stories from the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign

The Atlantic’s Edward-Isaac Dovere discusses with 海角精品黑料 his new book “Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Trump” (Listen below and read )
President Trump's Facebook ban is not as big a story as Facebook's dealings with leaders around the globe

Alex Heath with The Verge was first with the news about Facebook’s new policy on leaders who do harm through their posts (Listen below and )
Veterans advocate warns of 'domestic insurgency' in the United States

tells 海角精品黑料 the Pentagon, White House and FBI are preparing for more possible attacks (Listen below and read a new report on the January 6th Capitol riot)
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser is among 9 Black women running large American cities

Politico’s Maya King shares her with 海角精品黑料 about the tough year the DC mayor has had…along with Black female leaders in Atlanta and Chicago (Listen below)
First the gas supply, then the meat supply targeted by hackers

CyberScout’s Adam Levin tells 海角精品黑料 businesses, governments and critical infrastructure must all coordinate to keep ransomware attacks at bay (Listen below and read about the largest meat producer)
What the Tulsa race massacre means to America today

Tulane University’s talks to 海角精品黑料 about the Tulsa attack and how the government can start to make things right (Listen below and read)
Reactivating that credit card the company canceled during the pandemic

Lending Tree’s Matt Schulz tells 海角精品黑料 you should call to try to get your card working again and raise your credit limit (Listen below and read)
Keep your car loan at four years or less

Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with , shares with 海角精品黑料 the dangers of taking out a long car loan (Listen below and read)
The feds try to prevent another ransomware hack like the one that hit Colonial Pipeline and kept you in long gas lines

The Washington Post’s Ellen Nakashima tells 海角精品黑料 Homeland Security is moving to regulate cybersecurity in the pipeline industry (Listen below and )
Yale professor says you can't have a racial reckoning without a change in the law

tells 海角精品黑料 all the ‘racial reckoning’ talk must be paired with action (Listen below and what George Floyd’s brother is saying)
President Biden says Democrats still strongly support Israel

Vice News Chief Political Correspondent Liz Landers tells 海角精品黑料 President Biden made news Friday with his comments on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and North Korea (Listen below and read)
American opinions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are changing

The Quincy Institute’s Kelly Vlahos tells 海角精品黑料 all sides need to try something new after the cease-fire (Listen below)
Getting government help with your Internet bill

Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with , tells 海角精品黑料 some families are choosing between paying the rent or staying online. The feds are now offering some help (Listen below and read)
President Biden's short temper – and his deliberative way – help him reach policy decisions

New York Times White House Correspondent Katie Rogers tells 海角精品黑料 about the sometimes lengthy way in which President Biden makes up his mind on policy (Listen below and )
A GOP donor reflects on Matt Gaetz and the state of the Republican Party

As a Gaetz associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges – the political world waits to see whether another shoe drops. Canary CEO and GOP Donor Dan Eberhart talks to 海角精品黑料 about where the party is and where it may be going. (Listen below and read about the Gaetz associate)
Despite a full plate (COVID mask questions, long lines at the gas station, deadly Middle East violence) President Biden is said to have a good week

ABC News Political Director Rick Klein says no particular crisis enveloped the Biden White House this week (Listen below and read about the CDC mask issue)
A COVID win for President Biden and a warning from progressives

Politico’s Natasha Korecki tells 海角精品黑料 the timing of the new CDC mask guidelines could not be better for President Biden. She also shares about a warning to the president – from progressive activists – about working with Republicans. (Listen below)
For a horror movie this weekend avoid 鈥楽piral: From the Book of Saw鈥 and check out 鈥楾he Djinn鈥

Film Critic Christian Toto reviews both films on 海角精品黑料 (Listen below and read more about and )
Elise Stefanik's transformation from moderate millennial Republican to full MAGA

Time Magazine’s Charlotte Alter – author of ‘The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America’ -tells 海角精品黑料 Stefanik has even lost a 20-year-friendship because of her political transformation (Listen below and )
What period of the COVID battle are we entering now?

Health Affairs Editor in Chief Alan Weil tells 海角精品黑料 he doesn’t care to hear ‘the beginning of the end’ when it comes to the pandemic (Listen below and read about Maryland’s plans to lift restrictions)
Russia is accused in those 'severe headache attacks' against American spies and diplomats

Politico’s Lara Seligman shares her (and that of her colleagues) with 海角精品黑料 (Listen below)
Social media divides us but we can't quit it

NBC’s Mark Murray shares with 海角精品黑料 the results of a new (Listen below)
Kids 12 to 15 years old may be getting the Pfizer COVID vaccine by Thursday

CBS News Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook tells 海角精品黑料 about getting young teens vaccinated next (Listen below and )
That new car you're looking for may not be there this year

Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with , tells 海角精品黑料 about a lack of new cars and high prices for the few that remain on the lot (Listen below and read)
鈥淲rath of Man" is not just another Guy Ritchie/Jason Statham movie…until it is

Critic Christian Toto has a review on 海角精品黑料 and tells us what Paramount+ is promising next year (Listen below and read AP’s take on the movie)
The Aaron Rodgers/Green Bay Packers marriage hangs by a thread

Washington Post Sports Columnist Jerry Brewer says the idea of Rodgers leaving the team, after 16 years, is jarring (Listen below and )
Washington Post reporters' phone records were secretly obtained by the Trump DOJ

Washington Post Reporter – and – Devlin Barrett tells 海角精品黑料 this happened early in the Trump era after reporting on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election (Listen below and )
Does Biden go for one tax and spend package or two?

Hans Nichols with tells 海角精品黑料 a lot will depend on meetings between the president and Republicans next week. (Listen below and read)
Donald Trump's Facebook ban continues as the GOP convulses

The Daily Beast’s talks to 海角精品黑料 about the former president being kept off Facebook and what Liz Cheney’s battle with the Republican Party says about the GOP (Listen below and read about Cheney & Trump/Facebook)
President Biden aims to vaccinate 7 out of 10 Americans by July 4th

Vice News Chief Political Correspondent Liz Landers talks to 海角精品黑料 about the administration’s and other methods to get most everyone vaccinated (Listen below and read)
Liz Cheney may soon lose her GOP leadership position

Axios Congressional Reporter Kadia Goba talks to 海角精品黑料 about her that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has had enough of Liz Cheney (Listen below and read more from AP)
The White House says President Biden's patience is not unlimited

Politico’s Anita Kumar tells 海角精品黑料 her reporting shows – in a month or two – President Biden may go it alone on passing the measures he considers vitally important. (Listen below and )
Fact check: Did President Joe Biden and Senator Tim Scott exaggerate?

tells 海角精品黑料 how both politicians stretched the truth, at times, during their Wednesday addresses (Listen below and read Politifact’s take on the and the )
Some of the most vulnerable missed critical medical appointments due to COVID

tells 海角精品黑料 about his new entry in Health Affairs on people who were forced to miss out on critical medical appointments due to COVID (Listen below and read)
The FBI investigates a deadly police shooting one day after the Derek Chauvin verdicts were read

As the feds investigate Andrew Brown Junior’s death in North Carolina – 海角精品黑料 hears from about the rarity of a guilty verdict for police officers (Listen below and read about Brown’s case in NC)
A panel recommends the Pentagon end commanders' power to stop sexual assault investigations

The Brookings Institution’s Michael O’Hanlon tells 海角精品黑料 this new recommendation makes sense (Listen below and read)
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ends his hunger strike

Anatol Lieven, with Georgetown University in Qatar and The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, tells 海角精品黑料 about whether Navalny’s opposition is a real threat to Vladimir Putin (Listen below and read the on Navalny)
Supporters hope for new momentum in passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

Politico’s Nicholas Wu tells 海角精品黑料 there are conversations but no breakthroughs among Democrats and Republicans (Listen below and read )
Will Americans demand a long prison sentence for Derek Chauvin?

Trone Dowd with Vice News tells 海角精品黑料 about Chauvin’s potential prison sentence and the work racial justice activists would like to see done now that this ex-cop has been found guilty (Listen below and read Dowd’s piece on Nancy Pelosi’s after the verdicts)
The Derek Chauvin guilty verdict and reimagining safety

Washington Post Editorial Writer Molly Roberts joined 海角精品黑料 minutes after the verdict was read in the Minneapolis courtroom (Listen below and read WaPo’s recently published )
Derek Chauvin is found guilty – how much time could he serve?

Kim Wehle, University of Baltimore, gives 海角精品黑料 her reaction to Derek Chauvin being found guilty across the board and his possible sentence (Listen below and read more from wtop.com)
Remembering Walter Mondale

The former vice president – and Democratic presidential nominee – is dead at 93. ABC News Political Director Rick Klein joined 海角精品黑料 with his reflections of the man who transformed what it means to be a veep. (Listen below and read)
Get ready for pop-ups on your iPhone in favor of your privacy

Apple is about to shake up the very business model the Internet is built on. Pop-ups on聽 your iPhone will ask you whether a particular app can track your activity. Journalist says this is revolutionary and offers details to 海角精品黑料 (Listen below and read)
Where are the rental cars?

Now that we’re finally getting vaccinated and are planning trips again, here’s a real kick in the face. There aren’t enough rental cars! Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with , explains on 海角精品黑料 (Listen below and read)
After the Riot: NBC's Frank Thorp on his interviews and unforgettable black and white portraits of those who experienced January 6th up close

NBC Producer/Reporter Frank Thorp used one of those old-time professional flashbulb cameras to capture amazing portraits of some of the people who lived through the Capitol riot – and he asked them to reflect on what happened. The result is (Listen to Thorp’s 海角精品黑料 interview below)
Review: 鈥楯akob鈥檚 Wife鈥 is a feminist vampire tale

Critic Christian Toto tells 海角精品黑料 he’s quite impressed with this horror flick (Listen below and read the )
The slow process of prosecuting the accused Capitol rioters

NBC-4’s Scott MacFarlane tells 海角精品黑料 about the hundreds of cases flooding the U.S. District Court for DC (Listen below & watch/read )
Daunte Wright's death and Black people's interactions with police

joins 海角精品黑料 to talk about the latest out of Brooklyn Center, MN and why there are still so many violent interactions between Black and brown people and police. (Listen below and read more about Daunte Wright)
FEMA funeral hotline is flooded

Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with tells 海角精品黑料 about FEMA’s offer to help pay your funeral costs if they’re related to COVID. FEMA says their phone lines have been overwhelmed but they’re working on a fix. (Listen below and read)
President Biden says American forces will be out of Afghanistan by September 11th

Politico Pentagon Reporter Lara Seligman joins 海角精品黑料 to discuss Joe Biden accomplishing what has eluded four other presidents (Listen below and read AP’s analysis)
An online gamer posed as a White House correspondent for months

Politico’s Chris Cadelago tells 海角精品黑料 we still don’t know who this person is (Listen below and )
Underfunded state health department were unprepared for COVID

Health Affairs Editor in Chief Alan Weil tells 海角精品黑料 about a new report showing why U-S testing and contact tracing was so poor early in the pandemic (Listen below)
Parents of color worry about automatic discrimination against their kids

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Jennifer Ng’andu tells 海角精品黑料 about its recent survey outlining the optimism and fears of parents of color. (Listen below)
President Biden's $715 billion defense budget

Bloomberg’s Roxana Tiron tells 海角精品黑料 there could be a battle over these (Listen below)
President Biden's executive action on guns and possible future struggles in the Senate

Vice News Political Reporter Greg Walters, host of “The Couch Report” on Vice Digital, tells 海角精品黑料 about future struggles for this new president’s agenda. (Listen below and read about guns)
COVID vaccines vs. variants

We talk about the race to vaccinate the world for COVID, ‘vaccine passports’ and more with on 海角精品黑料 (Listen below and read about blood clots as a vaccine side effect)
Multiplying mental health problems because of COVID

Former Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin tells 海角精品黑料 a lot of mental health issues go unchecked during, and after, the pandemic. She and colleagues at the Bipartisan Policy Center say family doctors should be paired with mental health professionals (Listen below)
CDC travel guidance for the newly-vaccinated

UCSF’s Dr. Monica Gandhi answers questions from 海角精品黑料 about the government’s revised travel guidelines, mixing COVID vaccines and more (Listen below and read)
Can large companies change anything in Georgia?

Politico’s Zach Montellaro joins 海角精品黑料 to discuss the business world’s reaction to Georgia’s controversial election law (Listen below and read)
Reviewing 鈥楾he Unholy鈥 and noticing 鈥楪odzilla vs. Kong鈥 is making money at the theater

Critic Christian Toto tells 海角精品黑料 鈥楾he Unholy鈥 is perfectly fine but we’ve seen this kind of horror film before – meantime 鈥楪odzilla vs. Kong’ sends people to the cinema even though they could stay at home and watch HBO Max (Listen below & read the NY Times )
Analyzing President Biden's second $2 trillion project

NBC’s Jonathan Allen joins 海角精品黑料 on the Biden infrastructure plan and the book he recently wrote with The Hill’s Amie Parnes –聽 “Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency” (Listen below and read more about the new plan)
Kamala Harris has a huge job related to migrants crossing the southern US border

Politico’s Eugene Daniels discusses the ‘live political grenade’ President Biden has handed Vice President Harris (Listen below and read Daniels’ on the political stakes)
Will Amazon's Alabama warehouse workers unionize?

It’s organized labor’s biggest story in decades: Thousands of Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama are voting on whether to join a union. Motherboard’s Lauren Gurley joins 海角精品黑料 to explain the situation at this warehouse (Listen below and read)
Roughly half the nation's COVID deaths involved seniors in nursing homes – except for those staying in retirement 'green houses'

Health Affairs’ Rob Waters tells 海角精品黑料 about a new model of small nursing homes that keeps your parents and grandparents safe (Listen below & read)
What happens if GPS goes down?

GW Economist (and former Transportation Department Assistant Secretary) Diana Furchtgott-Roth tells 海角精品黑料 about her on the risks to our GPS system and how it must be shored up (Listen below)
President Biden gives his first formal news conference since taking office

Politico’s Anita Kumar joins 海角精品黑料 to discuss the news President Biden made in his first, hour-long news conference (Listen below and read)
Review: 鈥楴obody鈥 is nothing to get excited about

Critic Christian Toto tells 海角精品黑料 – despite Bob Odenkirk being such an interesting actor – 鈥楴obody鈥 leaves you with nothing. (Listen below and read AP’s take)
A race between the COVID variants and our ability to quickly vaccinate

Dr. Ross McKinney, Chief Scientific Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges on our battle with COVID in mid-2021 (Listen below and read the latest about the AstraZeneca vaccine)
The Washington Post examines police reform and public safety

WaPo Editorial Writer Emefa Addo Agawu speaks with 海角精品黑料 about the Post’s and how nobody should jump to any conclusions when they hear ‘police reform’
Black workers are hit twice by COVID

Politico’s tells 海角精品黑料 Black Americans were among the first to lose their jobs in early 2020 and are now being left behind in the recovery (Listen below and read here )
Semaglutide could be a revolutionary weight-loss drug

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Dr. Domenica Rubino (Washington Center for Weight Management & Research) tells 海角精品黑料 about a new study she led on how the diabetes drug semaglutide helped reduce people’s cravings to overeat. (Listen below, & sign up for a clinical trial)
Can the Senate's G-20 gang achieve bipartisanship?

Politico Congressional Reporter Burgess Everett on efforts to save the filibuster and get senators to work together (Listen below and )
Review: 鈥榋ack Snyder鈥檚 Justice League鈥

Critic Christian Toto tells 海角精品黑料 this four hour epic is much better than the 2017 version. (Listen below and read AP’s take)
The Biden Administration and the southern US border

NBC’s Julia Ainsley joins 海角精品黑料 to discuss the continuing flow of unaccompanied minors coming into the United States from Mexico. She also talks about her the Biden Administration is limiting what the Border Patrol can tell the media. (Listen below)
How airports have changed since COVID

Former TSA Executive tells 海角精品黑料 going to the airport these days means you have to do a lot of the things airport employees used to do for you (Listen below and )
President Biden's strongest words yet about Andrew Cuomo

The president tells ABC News New York Governor Andrew Cuomo should resign if the state attorney general鈥檚 investigation confirms the claims against him. Politico’s Daniel Lippman has analysis on 海角精品黑料 (Listen below and read)
Scammers are now using fake badges to try to fool you

Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with , tells 海角精品黑料 about new, threatening ways crooks pretend to be from Social Security, to steal your identity and your money (Listen below and read)
Georgetown's Cal Newport envisions 'A World Without Email'

Georgetown Computer Scientist Cal Newport talks to 海角精品黑料 about how your always-full inbox messing up your work and adding to your stress – all outlined in his new book 鈥溾 Listen to the full interview below
President Biden's victory and upcoming challenges

Politico’s Alex Thompson discusses the president’s new, massive COVID relief bill and the risks it may not be felt by all Americans (Listen below and read)
'Cherry' is no Marvel movie

Critic Christian Toto reviews ‘Cherry’ starring Tom Holland – and directed by the Russo Brothers (Listen below & read AP’s take)
Analysis: President Biden setting realistic goals

ABC News Political Director Rick Klein looks at Joe Biden’s first presidential prime-time address to the nation (Listen below and read)
Tax season is a lot tougher for people already ripped off by identity thieves

Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with , tells 海角精品黑料 it’s bad enough crooks used people’s identity to steal unemployment benefits last year…now those same victims are having tax-filing problems. (Listen below and read)
What it's like to get your COVID shot at Six Flags in Bowie

海角精品黑料 Sports Director George Wallace got his first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine at Six Flags America, one of Maryland’s mass vaccination sites. (Listen below and read)
What passing the COVID relief bill means for President Biden

Politico’s Christopher Cadelago joins 海角精品黑料 after The American Rescue Plan passes the House on the way to President Biden’s desk (Listen below and read)
No signs the Biden Administration is ending migrant family detention

NBC’s Julia Ainsley shares her with 海角精品黑料 (Listen below)
The main healthcare elements in President Biden's COVID relief bill

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil tells 海角精品黑料 about how the nearly $2 trillion measure could help improve Americans’ health (Listen below and read about a new Health Affairs study on high turnover in nursing homes)
Senator Joe Manchin is the most centrist and the most powerful person in the chamber

National Journal Editor-in-Chief Jeff Dufour talks to 海角精品黑料 about the nine-hour logjam that stalled the Senate’s work on the COVID bill Friday, and how Manchin was at the heart of it. (Read and listen below)
You have more choices than ever for a safe car

Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with, tells 海角精品黑料 about a record number of 2021 models earning a Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ( and listen below)
Capitol on high alert

The House passes police reform and voting rights measures before getting out of the Capitol Thursday morning for security purposes. Politico’s Anita Kumar explains on 海角精品黑料 (Read and listen below)
President Biden says it's far too early to take the masks off

President Biden slams the Texas and Mississippi governors for ending mask mandates, even as most Americans remain unvaccinated. Mitre Corporation’s Doctor Paul Jarris talks about it with 海角精品黑料 (Listen below and read)
Former Trump CDC Director Robert Redfield is now advising Maryland's COVID response

海角精品黑料 asks Politico Pro’s Darius Tahir whether Maryland stands to benefit from Redfield’s advice on fighting coronavirus. (Listen below and read about the selection)
Neera Tanden withdraws her OMB nomination / Enough COVID shots for all Americans by May

We discuss Tuesday’s big stories from the White House with Cam Joseph of Vice News (Listen below and read about Tanden and WH/vaccines)
American Indians make greater inroads into the medical world

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Native Americans are more likely to get COVID and other diseases. Now more indigenous people are graduating from medical school and returning to their communities to help. Journalist Sarah Kwon shares her Health Affairs article with 海角精品黑料
Does the Joe Biden White House have a transparency problem?

Government watchdogs say Joe Biden’s administration could be doing a lot more to promote transparency. Politico’s Anita Kumar shares her with 海角精品黑料
Is Paramount Plus too late to the streaming game?

CNET’s Roger Cheng says CBS All Access is changing to Paramount Plus (Listen below and )
A new documentary examines a viral moment at the Lincoln Memorial

Christian Toto reviews ‘Rush to Judgement’ a documentary about the Covington Catholic kids’ DC visit in January 2019. The features analysis by 海角精品黑料’s Neal Augenstein
Has your favorite restaurant closed down due to COVID?

Lending Tree’s Matt Schulz tells 海角精品黑料 half of Americans say they’ve lost their favorite food place to the pandemic (Check out the and listen below)
Traditional Republicans with nowhere to go

Politico’s David Siders joins 海角精品黑料 to discuss his about anti-Trump Republicans’ struggles to find a new political home
Do you have to pay taxes on your stimulus checks?

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Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with , tells 海角精品黑料 about the latest tax rules (Listen below and )
Car Review: The Ford Ranger may be just right for those who don't need a bulked up truck

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海角精品黑料 Car Guy Mike Parris reviews the new Ford Ranger (Listen to his comments below)
Review: 'Nomadland' is Oscar worthy

Critic highly recommends Nomadland at the theater or on Hulu – he also wants you to check out the
(Listen to his Nomadland review below and read the AP’s take)
Which businesses are committed to diversity?

Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with , tells 海角精品黑料 about the Black Dollar Index (listen below and )
Sizing up the second Trump impeachment trial

University of Baltimore Law Professor Kim Wehle joins 海角精品黑料 on the eve of the impeachment vote (Listen to her analysis below and get the latest from AP)
Where's your emergency fund? You can set one up even if you live from hand to mouth.

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Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with , tells 海角精品黑料 you must get in the habit of setting money aside in case of聽 emergency (Read and listen below)
Maryland Republicans push for voter ID and mail-in voting legislation

While Virginia is close to adding a Voting Rights Act – some Maryland Republican state senators are pushing for laws on voter ID and mail-in ballot signature verification. Maryland Matters’ Bennett Leckrone joins 海角精品黑料 with the story ( and listen below)
More than half of Americans will place a Super Bowl bet

Lending Tree’s Matt Schulz tells 海角精品黑料 a lot of people, who are putting money on the game, run the risk of going into debt ( and listen below)
Watch out for credit repair scams

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Consumerman Herb Weisbaum – with – tells 海角精品黑料 to watch out for bogus credit repair offers (read and listen below)
Coronavirus risks rose a year ago as the US handled evacuees from Wuhan

The Washington Post’s Dan Diamond shares his with 海角精品黑料 (Listen below)
President Trump considered replacing his acting AG to further push voter fraud claims

Katie Benner of the New York Times joined 海角精品黑料 with her DOJ exclusive (Listen below and read her )
100 more presidential pardons may be on the way


Will Lil Wayne and Sheldon Silver get a pardon? Will President Trump pardon himself? Politico’s Anita Kumar joins 海角精品黑料 with the latest (Listen below and read more from & the )
Capitol Police report warned of the January 6th attack

Washington Post Political Investigative Reporter Carol Leonnig tells 海角精品黑料 about her Friday night exclusive (Listen below and )
'One Night in Miami' is thought-provoking and inspirational

reviews the new Amazon Prime offering on 海角精品黑料 (Listen below and read AP’s take)
The slow COVID vaccine rollout is deadly

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil discusses the slow pace of coronavirus vaccine distribution (Listen below, read about things possibly and read about the article Alan mentions at the end)
When is your stimulus check coming?

Consumerman Herb Weisbaum with tells 海角精品黑料 some of us may have to wait until we file our 2020 tax returns (Listen below and read Herb’s article)
Donald Trump is permanently banned from Twitter

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QAnon announced its plans to storm the Capitol weeks ago

Marley Clements tells 海角精品黑料 law enforcement would’ve known the U.S. Capitol attack was coming if it had monitored QAnon’s online chatter. (Listen below and read )听QAnon: The Search for Q” premiers January 26th at 10pm ET聽
'Wonder Woman 1984' review

loved the first ‘Wonder Woman’ but has few nice things to say about the sequel (Listen below and read AP’s more charitable take)
Avoiding high checking overdraft fees

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Consumerman Herb Weisbaum, with , says overdraft fees are higher than ever and you need to stop paying them (Listen below and read more at wtop.com)
Covid stimulus suspense

The country waits to see what President Trump will do as a government shutdown looms and COVID relief hangs in the balance. Paul Blest of Vice News has analysis on 海角精品黑料 (Listen below and read the latest from AP)
Hack against US agencies reaches Energy Department and those in charge of nuclear weapons

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'We want them infected鈥: Emails show Trump appointee wanted young people to catch Covid-19

Politico’s Dan Diamond tells 海角精品黑料 former top Trump appointee Paul Alexander repeatedly urged top health officials to let millions of Americans be infected by the virus, in the name of “herd immunity.” (Listen below and read Dan’s )
Republican senators seem reluctant to hold hearings for Joe Biden's people

Alayna Treene of tells 海角精品黑料 the GOP seems reluctant to hold hearings for Biden’s nominees before the inauguration
The FDA considers the Pfizer Covid vaccine

Health Affairs’ Alan Weil tells 海角精品黑料 a coronavirus vaccine can be successful without everybody in the nation getting it (Read and listen below)
What were we searching for on Google in 2020?

Google’s Molly VandenBerg tells 海角精品黑料 ‘election results’ was a bigger search topic than even ‘coronavirus’ this year (Listen below and read more here)
Facebook faces a barrage of antitrust lawsuits

海角精品黑料 Tech Guy responds to a Facebook is being hit with antitrust cases from 40 states and the feds.
Should Metro sell its land?

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Get rid of your unused online accounts

‘s Herb Weisbaum tells 海角精品黑料 it’s time to delete your unused online accounts – or valuable data may be stolen (Listen below and read more at wtop.com)
Protect yourself while shopping online

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Cybershopping records are being broken left and right during the pandemic – CyberScout’s Adam Levin tells 海角精品黑料 there are a lot of online scams to look out for (Listen below and read about a new CyberScout/Harris Poll survey)
Is Warner Brothers killing movie theaters?

In a seismic shift Warner Brothers will stream all its 2021 new releases on HBO Max. joins 海角精品黑料 to talk about whether this is the beginning of the end for going to the movies.
'Hillbilly Elegy' is worth a look

Christian Toto differs from many of his fellow critics by giving ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ on Netflix a pretty good grade – we also discussed ‘Uncle Frank’ (listen below and read other reviews of Hillbilly Elegy and )
Debit cards can get you into trouble

‘s Herb Weisbaum tells 海角精品黑料 you’re much better off using credit cards for your holiday shopping (listen below and read Herb’s article)
Expect a coronavirus vaccine to be injected into your arm by May or so

Dr. tells 海角精品黑料 how soon he thinks we’ll be able to get our Covid shots and start to live our lives again (Listen below and read about new coronavirus restrictions)
Leaving porch pirates empty-handed

‘s Julie Ryan Evans tells 海角精品黑料 – with record holiday package delivery this year – there are ways to make sure crooks don’t grab your gifts before you get home. (Listen below and read more here)
The Trump Administration's last-minute policy changes include federal executions

ProPublica’s Isaac Arnsdorf tells 海角精品黑料 dozens of policy-changes are underway during the administration’s final weeks (Listen below and read Isaac’s article)
The pollster's dirty little secret

David Hill of Hill Research Consultants tells 海角精品黑料 people generally won’t pick up the phone to talk to pollsters anymore, and that is making presidential polls less accurate (Listen below and read Hill’s op-ed )
Waiting for the coronavirus vaccine

Yale’s Jason Schwartz, and colleagues, are writing about the biggest expected challenges related to the new Covid-19 vaccines. (Listen to Schwartz below, read their research and their op-ed)
Jackie Chan is back with 'Vanguard' – 'Wonder Woman 1984' comes to HBO Max this Christmas

tells 海角精品黑料 Chan’s film is terrible (check out the neutral NY Times ) while the Wonder Woman streaming release could change movie history
Sexual harassment allegations at a Washington Football Team foundation aimed at helping Native Americans

The Washington Post’s Will Hobson discusses his latest article outlining sexual harassment allegations against the WFT (listen below and )
Routine election certification becomes anything but routine in Michigan

Journalist Kayla Ruble was in the room Tuesday night as two Republican members on Michigan鈥檚 Wayne County Board of Canvassers voted against certifying of the county鈥檚 votes 鈥 then abruptly reversed course amid heavy criticism. (Listen to Ruble below and read about how this process usually works)
'Fatman' is too heavy for its own good

reviews the new, dark, holiday comedy, starring Mel Gibson. He also tells us whether we should see ‘Come Away’ and ‘Freaky’ (listen below and read other reviews of – – )
The delayed presidential transition

Ten days after the election, President Trump refuses to concede. Read more here and listen below to Vice News Deputy DC Bureau Chief Todd Zwillich tell 海角精品黑料 Republican Senators are saying one thing in front of the microphones and another behind the scenes.
Joe Biden's history

The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos talks to 海角精品黑料 about his new book “Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now” and the difference between Biden’s failed presidential run in the late 80’s and now.
A new horror flick for Halloween 'Come Play'

Film Critic Christian Toto tells 海角精品黑料 whether ‘Come Play’ is full of scares despite its PG-13 rating (Read his and listen below)
The US is behind other countries in children's health

Princeton’s Janet Currie tells 海角精品黑料 when it comes to supporting the health of children and families, what Americans say is not what we do. She writes about it in the latest issue of Health Affairs (listen below)
Record package delivery brings out the crooks

‘s Herb Weisbaum says criminals know about all the packages we’re ordering and they’re trying to fool us. (Listen below and read here)
The Nissan Sentra grows up

海角精品黑料 Car Guy Mike Parris says this compact sedan has a lot more to offer than past models (Listen below and read here)
Fact-checking 2020's final presidential debate

The Washington Post’s tells 海角精品黑料 both candidates got their facts wrong but President Trump did it much more often (more from AP)
Borat returns to a changed America

reviews the Borat sequel ‘Subsequent Moviefilm’ on 海角精品黑料 (listen below and check out AP’s take here)
Russia and Iran are interfering in the 2020 election

The U.S. intelligence community says threatening emails were sent by Iran, but made to look like they came from far-right American group Proud Boys. 海角精品黑料 National Security Correspondent JJ Green talks about FBI promises that your vote WILL count, despite this interference.
New questions about some generic drugs

Generic drugs don’t always work as well as the brand names. Stanford medical professor Kevin Schulman found that out when his daughter’s ADHD medication was refilled. He writes about it in Health Affairs and shares with 海角精品黑料.