HOUR 1
- Tom wishes his Dad a Happy 85th Birthday and goes down memory lane on his career
- Gov. Ron DeSantis interviews with Howie Kurtz on Media Buzz / https://grabien.com/file/getmedia?id=2090263&key=9dff9d821e715dad4c429148958c813a&userid=18055
- Why is President Biden losing ground among Black, Hispanic, Asian American, and other nonwhite voters? 5 Theories / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/upshot/democrats-biden-hispanic-black-voters.html?
- "Most state and federal primary elections in the U.S. are divided up by political party, and many are only open to voters who are members of a party." / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/09/18/1199318220/nonpartisan-open-primaries-explainer
- Russell Brand was accused of rape and sexual assault and abuse... / (The Times) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-abuse-allegations-investigation-v5hxdlmb6?
- The practice of cash bail in the United States dates back to before the country won its independence from England. Over two centuries later, Illinois will become the first state to abolish it. (MB) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-abuse-allegations-investigation-v5hxdlmb6?
HOUR 2
- "A person was killed Saturday in a vehicle fire in East Anchorage, the fire department reported." / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/09/17/person-dies-in-east-anchorage-vehicle-fire/
- "The annual boost to Alaskan bank accounts is just around the corner — the first payments of the 2023 Permanent Fund dividend will be deposited on Oct. 5." (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2023/09/16/alaska-marijuana-businesses-citing-black-market-plead-for-tax-relief/
- "Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran were allowed to leave the country on Monday, President Biden said, after two years of high-stakes negotiations in which the United States agreed to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue and dismiss federal charges against five Iranians accused of violating U.S. sanctions." / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/us/politics/iran-us-prisoner-release.html?
- "The five American citizens being released in a prisoner exchange with Iran are on their way to the U.S., White House officials have confirmed." / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-touts-iran-prisoner-exchange-deal-says-biden-making-five-families-whole-again
- Mark from East Anchorage on Iran and the Anchorage homeless issue
