All 12 jurors have been seated in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial in Manhattan. While jury selection continues today for alternates, the judge overseeing the case said opening arguments in the trial could come as soon as Monday. Former federal prosecutor Gene Rossi breaks down the challenges of seating a jury in such a historic, high-profile case.
Google announced late Wednesday that it fired 28 workers who staged sit-in protests at some of the company’s offices this week. The protests were organized by the group No Tech for Apartheid. They were demonstrating against a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud computing services.
And in headlines: Mutliple news outlets reported that Israel launched a strike on Iran, House lawmakers will again take up a bill to potentially ban TIkTok, and sports icons Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird are set to produce a queer soccer romance called “Cleat Cute.”
Show Notes:
Fertility Treatments Threatened In Post-Roe Alabama
How The Ed Department Fumbled The FAFSA Revamp
Mapping Out A New Wisconsin And Beyond
How We Got Here: How Lead Poisoning Rewired America
Trump’s Week of Legal Woes
How Dems Can Play To Win
Republicans Impeach Homeland Secretary Mayorkas
Pennsylvania’s House Special
Replacing The Con In Congress
How We Got Here: How Sports Betting Took Over America
The Question Of Trump's Eligibility
The Case for Amendment 4
Citizen Trump
Brittney Gilliam's Family Reaches A Settlement
Trump’s Trials And Errors
How We Got Here: Why it Feels Like the Southern Border is Always in Crisis
TikTok's Timeout
Kickin' Off The Party In South Carolina
Big Tech CEOs Testify Before Congress
The Deal with the Border Deal
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