20 MAY. 2024 · President Joe Biden gave the commencement speech at Morehouse College’s graduation ceremony on Sunday. Some students and faculty at the historically black college in Atlanta protested his presence on campus amid the war in Gaza.Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money case may wind down this week in Manhattan. The prosecution could rest its case as soon as today. Longtime federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann says while Trump could still decide to testify, he likely knows it would be ‘suicide.’And in headlines: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash in the country's mountainous northwest, Sunday. Iran state media reported there were 'no survivors,' Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz says he'll leave the country's government in June if it doesn't come up with a plan for the war in Gaza, and rapper P. Diddy released an apology after CNN published surveillance video from 2016 of him physically assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Show Notes: - Listen to WAD episode with Morehouse Professor Andrew Douglas https://tinyurl.com/mv5mfyx5 - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday

18 MAY. 2024 · Birth rates are plummeting around the world and no one has cracked the code on how to get people to have babies. More money, free daycare, and medical advances don’t appear to help…and criminalizing abortion DEFINITELY doesn’t help. This week on How We Got Here, Erin and Max break down how the 20th century baby boom is misremembered, the factors responsible for declining birth rates today, and whether anything can be done about it.  SOURCES: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/understanding-the-baby-boom/https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-birth-rates-fall-sharply-amid-ongoing-crisis/a-68621944https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/05/10/italys-falling-birth-rate-is-a-crisis-thats-only-getting-worsehttps://www.cnn.com/2024/05/09/asia/south-korea-government-population-birth-rate-intl-hnk/index.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/09/15/romania-exposes-how-abortion-bans-kill-women-rip-society-apart/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/el-salvador/https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/03/23/el-salvador-court-hears-case-total-abortion-banhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55526450https://sweden.se/work-business/working-in-sweden/work-life-balance#https://www.wsj.com/us-news/america-birth-rate-decline-a111d21bhttps://www.thecut.com/2023/03/4b-movement-feminism-south-korea.htmlhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2023/09/29/1080538/everything-you-need-to-know-about-artificial-wombs/#:~:text=The%20technology%20used%20in%20the,device%20exemption%20from%20the%20FDA.https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2020/03/can-immigration-solve-the-demographic-dilemma-peri

17 MAY. 2024 · This week, we saw some big wins in the fight to expand access to the ballot box. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court reinstated a second majority Black congressional district in Louisiana. Earlier in the week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority looked poised to overturn a two-year-old decision banning nearly all absentee ballot drop boxes. Still, a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice shows voters in more than half the states will face new restrictions on voting that weren’t there four years ago. Kareem Crayton, senior director of voting rights and representation at the Brennan Center, gives us the lay of the land on ballot access heading into November.And in headlines: House Republicans moved to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt after the White House blocked the release of audio of President Joe Biden’s interviews with a special counsel over his handling of classified documents, the Supreme Court rebuffed a conservative-backed effort to challenge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and an Indiana judge says tacos and burritos are legally sandwiches.Show Notes: - Brennan Center Voting Laws Roundup: May 2024 https://tinyurl.com/3bp8a5b9 - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday

16 MAY. 2024 · President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed to two debates on Wednesday. In agreeing to the debates, Biden and Trump are bucking the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which had been organizing debates since the 80s.U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said this week that the Department of Justice will “aggressively” prosecute anyone who threatens election workers ahead of the 2024 election. The announcement comes as a new poll from the Brennan Center for Justice found that more than half of local election officials are scared for their safety. Alexis Johnson, a former VICE News reporter who covers race, politics, and culture, says despite good intentions, Garland and the DOJ will likely struggle to keep that promise, leaving election workers vulnerable.And in headlines: Inflation dipped slightly in April, the number of Americans who died from a drug overdose decreased for the first time in five years, and a high-level Biden appointee resigned in protest of the U.S.’s continued support for Israel and its war in Gaza.Show Notes: - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday - New York Immigration Coalition https://www.nyic.org/get-involved/

15 MAY. 2024 · Former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial hit a new level of chaos Tuesday as Michael Cohen, Trump’s former self-described ‘fixer,’ continued his testimony for a second day. Trump’s defense team also began cross-examination, trying to paint Cohen as a bitter former employee out for revenge and publicity. Outside the Manhattan courtroom, an entourage of MAGA Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, took turns railing against the trial and bashing the American justice system.  And in headlines: Democrat Angela Alsobrooks will face former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in the race for Maryland’s open Senate seat after both won their party primaries Tuesday night, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv to reaffirm the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine amid recent Russian gains in the country’s east, and President Biden announced higher tariffs on Chinese imports of electric vehicles, solar panels, semiconductors, steel and aluminum.Show Notes: - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday    

14 MAY. 2024 · Donald Trump leads President Biden in five of the six battleground states, according to two new polls released by the New York Times. These polls come at a time when Biden is struggling to win the support of young voters. But while polls are an essential snapshot of the country, that snapshot is fairly narrow. So to discuss what these numbers do and do not tell us, we spoke with Dan Pfeiffer, a co-host of Pod Save America and the host of Pollercoaster.And in headlines: Michael Cohen takes the stand in Trump's hush money trial, three states hold primaries, and Louisiana could be the first state in the country to categorize abortion pills as controlled, dangerous substances. Show Notes: - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday - Join Crooked’s Friends of the Pod: http://crooked.com/Friends

13 MAY. 2024 · "Decision Day" for high school students looking to go to college was pushed back this year to May 15th, rather than the traditional May 1st deadline. The shift was made to accommodate for a host of problems students have had using the new federal financial aid application or FAFSA. We spoke with Ellie Bruecker, the director of research at the Institute for College Access and Success, to get a better sense of where the FAFSA fiasco left college applicants.And in headlines: Israeli forces continued to advance in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, students walk out of commencement speeches at VCU and Duke, and the start of the corruption trial of Senator Bob Menendez. Show Notes: - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday

11 MAY. 2024 · Why are middle-aged and older Americans persistently pro-Israel? It hasn’t always been the case. This week on How We Got Here, Max and Erin discuss the profound opinion shift among younger Americans, and then take a trip off campus to understand how geopolitics and propaganda in the 21st century have entrenched pro-Israel sentiments in Gen Xers, Boomers and beyond. SOURCES:https://www.pewresearch.org/2006/07/19/the-us-publics-proisrael-history/https://www.pewresearch.org/2024/03/21/majority-in-u-s-say-israel-has-valid-reasons-for-fighting-fewer-say-the-same-about-hamas/https://www.thedp.com/article/2024/05/campus-protests-generation-divide-israel-palestinehttps://news.gallup.com/poll/174110/americans-reaction-middle-east-situation-similar-past.aspxhttps://news.gallup.com/poll/611375/americans-views-israel-palestinian-authority-down.aspxhttps://news.gallup.com/poll/642695/majority-disapprove-israeli-action-gaza.aspxhttps://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/israel-palestine-hamas-war-colleges-polling-march-2024https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-poll-biden-war-gaza-4159b28d313c6c37abdb7f14162bcdd1https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/americans-views-divided-us-policy-israel-hamas-war/story?id=109879453https://abcnews.go.com/International/history-us-support-israel-runs-deep-growing-chorus/story?id=104957109https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-generation-gap-in-opinions-toward-israel/https://www.jstor.org/stable/2600805https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/american-attitudes-toward-israel-prior-to-1967https://www.jstor.org/stable/447815https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-israel-gaza-poll-cbs-news/https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/blog/american-public-and-israelhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/2536654https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/21/world/middleeast/trump-israel-us-conservatives.htmlhttps://www.vox.com/2015/11/11/9708018/republicans-israelhttps://www.vox.com/2023/10/25/23930875/protests-palestine-israelhttps://cmpa.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2002-3.pdfhttps://www.cnn.com/2003/US/10/20/boykin.statement/index.htmlhttps://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/04/18/graham.pentagon/https://academic.oup.com/ijpor/article-abstract/25/1/1/730075

10 MAY. 2024 · Adult film star Stormy Daniels took the stand this week in the hush money trial against former President Donald Trump. And let's just say she didn't hold back from describing what went down between them. We spoke with attorney Norm Eisen, author of "Trying Trump: A Guide to His First Election Interference Criminal Trial," to get his impressions of Trump's outlook in the New York criminal case and review the other cases the former President faces.And in headlines: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds to Biden's threat to cut off some military aid to Israel, universities shun U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and Barron Trump is selected as a delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention. Show Notes: - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday

9 MAY. 2024 · President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the U.S. would not supply Israel with some weapons if it moved forward with a ground invasion of Rafah. The announcement came hours after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed that the government had already paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over fears of an imminent offensive in the southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering. Israel has been ramping up its attacks on Rafah over the last few days, all while negotiators frantically try to reach a ceasefire deal in Cairo. Ben Rhodes, former Deputy U.S. national security advisor to President Obama and co-host of Pod Save The World, talks about how much leverage Biden really has over Israel's military operations.  And in headlines: A Georgia court agreed to hear an appeal over whether the Fulton County District Attorney can continue to lead former President Donald Trump's state election interference case, Republican and Democratic House Lawmakers blocked Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from ousting Speaker Mike Johnson, and third-party presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a parasite ate part of his brain.Show Notes: - What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast - Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ - For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://crooked.com/whataday