Abby and Casey give listeners an overview of some of the hottest news topics in the media today. They talk about the selection of Kamala Harris as the VP democratic nominee, the restructuring of the U.S. Postal System and how it will affect voting this November, the explosion in Beirut, and give updates on the Black Lives Matter Movement and coronavirus cases in the US.
Resources:
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Petition for Congress to fully fund the USPS in its next stimulus bill
To Stay up to date:
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C-SPAN: for nonpartisan political media coverage
To Donate:
Bustle: Where to Donate to Help Beirut
References:
On Portland...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/26/us/portland-protest-history-federal-police/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/09/portland-protesters-clash-police-building-fire
On the U.S. Postal System...
On the Beirut Explosion...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/world/middleeast/beirut-explosion-blast.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/world/middleeast/beirut-lebanon-explosion.html
On TikTok...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/technology/trump-tiktok-wechat.html?searchResultPosition=2
https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-ban-us-national-security-risk/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/tech/tiktok-ban-trump-india/index.html
https://www.theverge.com/21322612/tiktok-security-china-bytedance-spying-app-privacy
On Covid... NYT's Covid News Page
On Schools Reopening During Covid...
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/reopening-schools.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/11/children-schools-coronavirus-leana-wen/
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/children/mis-c.html
