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TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault, Rape, Child Abuse The bombshell article by the Associated Press about the LDS Church's abuse cover-up in Arizona and West Virgina has taken the Mormon community by storm. As the kickoff episode to our series covering the Mormon church's handling of abuse John, Jenn, and Gerardo will react to a shocking 2018 interview by Gina Colvin with attorney Tim Kosnoff about his experiences representing over 150 Mormon sexual abuse victims that have brought him face-to-face with Kirton & McConkie and the Mormon law machine. On Friday we will be interviewing Tim Kosnoff in studio to discuss the AP article in more detail, provide an update on the church's handling of abuse cases, and to discuss the Boy Scouts of America case. A link to Gina's original interview is in the show notes below. ________ WE ARE 100% DONOR FUNDED! Thank you for your donations! Monthly Donor: Monthly Donor or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories  One Time Donation: One Time Donation or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories   Amazon Purchases:  ONLINE: Follow the link below and choose "Mormon Stories". Amazon will do the rest at no cost to you. Amazon Donates When You Purchase Items APP: Enable Amazon Smile in your app by following link below: Amazon Donates When You Purchase On The App ————— Like & Share our Podcasts!  Social Media/Information Links: MSP on Spotify Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord   Contact Us! MormonStories@gmail.com   Mormon Stories Podcast PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117 #LDS #Mormon #PostMormon #ExMormon #MormonStories #Religion #Education #Truth #History #JosephSmith #ChurchofJesusChristofLatterDaySaints #HighDemandReligion #Cult #Patriarchy #WomensRights Show notes:  A Thoughtful Faith Podcast Ep 258: Taking the Mormons to Court: Defending Sexual Abuse Victims against the LDS Church: Tim Kosnoff Donate to A Thoughtful Faith Podcast Saints for All Seasons: Lavina Fielding Anderson and Bernard Shaw's "Joan of Arc" Writer excommunicated during ‘September Six' purge loses her bid to rejoin the LDS Church The LDS Intellectual Community and Church Leadership: A Contemporary Chronology [PDF] 542-543: Gina Colvin – KiwiMormon and Fearless/Faithful Mormon Heretic The Sins of Brother Curtis Spotlight Movie Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen Church Offers Statement on Help Line and Abuse (Response to AP) 1550-1551: Speaking Out When a Mormon Bishop Abuses Children – Kolby & Cami Reddish  

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault, Rape, Child Abuse When a father of a 5-year-old girl who was in counseling with his Mormon Bishop admitted to abusing his daughter, the Bishop followed the guidance of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and called a so-called "helpline" and he was advised by Church Lawyers to tell no one. The man continued to abuse his daughter for 7 more years and went on to assault her newborn sister. The AP has done a deep investigation into the Mormon Church's mishandling of child abuse and their article from last week has spread like wildfire.  The LDS Church has put its PR department and news media outlets on high alert and they issued an official response and at least two articles trying to respond to the egregious revelations by the Associated Press.  Join John, Gerardo, and Utah criminal defense attorney Brenton Erickson as they do a deep dive into the AP article and analyze whether the Church adequately explained the alarming allegations in the article.  ________ WE ARE 100% DONOR FUNDED! Thank you for your donations! Monthly Donor: Monthly Donor or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories  One Time Donation: One Time Donation or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories   Amazon Purchases:  ONLINE: Follow the link below and choose "Mormon Stories". Amazon will do the rest at no cost to you. Amazon Donates When You Purchase Items APP: Enable Amazon Smile in your app by following link below: Amazon Donates When You Purchase On The App ————— Like & Share our Podcasts!  Social Media/Information Links: MSP on Spotify Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord Contact Us! MormonStories@gmail.com Mormon Stories Podcast PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117   #LDS #Mormon #PostMormon #ExMormon #MormonStories #Religion #Education #Truth #History #JosephSmith #ChurchofJesusChristofLatterDaySaints #HighDemandReligion #Cult #Patriarchy #WomensRights Show Notes: AP: Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen  AP: How Mormon church 'help line' hid child sex abuse Church Offers Statement on Help Line and Abuse (Response to AP) Deseret News Opinion: Perspective: I survived abuse. I worked for the church's help line. The AP story broke my heart Church responds to AP story on abuse of a child and reporting hotline Spotlight Movie MormonLeaks 1999 Protocol for Abuse Helpline [PDF] Are Publicized Abuse Cases Exceptional or Representative of Our Faith? 

Dr. Mary Gardner is on the podcast to discuss the ethics of behavioral and economic euthanasia. We talk about what makes some euthanasia cases more ethically difficult than others, and the 4 types of euthanasia generally seen in practice: 1) Imminent Euthanasia 2) Non-Imminent Euthanasia 3) Non-Medical Euthanasia 4) Convenience Euthanasia Dr. Gardner walks us through a series of challenging decisions and tells stories that bring her points to life. This is an outstanding episode that you will not want to miss! LINKS: Lap of Love Pet Hospice: https://www.lapoflove.com/ GSD Shorthanded Virtual Conference: https://unchartedvet.com/gsd-shorthanded/ Dr. Andy Roark Exam Room Communication Tool Box Course: https://drandyroark.com/store/ What's on my Scrubs?! Card Game: https://drandyroark.com/training-tools/ Dr. Andy Roark Swag: drandyroark.com/shop All Links: linktr.ee/DrAndyRoark ABOUT OUR GUEST: "There is nothing better to Dr. Gardner than a dog with a grey muzzle or skinny old cat! Her professional goal is to increase awareness and medical care for the geriatric veterinary patient and to help make the final life stage to be as peaceful as possible, surrounded with dignity and support for all involved. A University of Florida graduate (AND ANDY'S CLASSMATE!), she discovered her niche in end-of-life care and is the co-founder and CIO of Lap of Love which has over 300 veterinarians around the country dedicated to veterinary hospice and euthanasia in the home. Dr. Gardner and Lap of Love have been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, The New York Times, the Associated Press, The Doctors and numerous professional veterinary publications. She is co-author of the textbook “The Treatment and Care of the Veterinary Patient”, co-author of a children's activity book focused on saying goodbye to a dog called “Forever Friend”, and the author of a book dedicated to pet owners “It's Never Long Enough: A practical guide to caring for your geriatric dog”. Dr. Gardner also won VMX Small Animal Speaker of the year in 2020!"

Leslie begins today's show with her 'Ripped from the Headlines' news segment. Here are the stories that she gave her opinion on: 1. ASSOCIATED PRESS: "FBI's search of Trump's Florida estate: Why now?" 2. AXIOS: "Biden signs $280 billion chip funding bill" 3. AXIOS: "Appeals court says House committee can obtain Trump's tax records" 4. AXIOS: "Rudy Giuliani must testify in Atlanta 2020 election probe next week" During the second half of the show, Leslie is joined by Tim Zenk, President of Molecule, LLC. Tim explains how the 'Inflation Reduction Act' will fight climate change. Some of the ways it will do so is by: - Including huge investments in clean energy - Keeping President Biden's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 within reach - Curbing methane emissions, which have been responsible for about 30% of global warming since pre-industrial times - Emphasizing environmental justice - Signaling to the global community that the U.S. is serious about doing its part to fight climate change Tim has worked in renewable energy project development and policy for two decades to build new technologies for difficult to decarbonize sectors. Presently, he is the president at Molecule LLC where he works at the nexus of policy, finance, and technology to fight climate change and support an industrial transformation that is required for the U.S. to remain globally competitive in a zero-carbon future. Here in the U.S., he represents renewable fuels leader Neste, and Hydrogen logistics and aviation pioneer, Universal Hydrogen, among other clients. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Washington Green Hydrogen Alliance and Clean Fuel Washington. He was a senior executive at Sapphire Energy, a company that invented renewable crude oil (green crude) from algae. Earlier in Tim's career he served in several government roles in the Clinton/Gore White House, in Congress for Rep. Norm Dicks, and on the staff of Washington's 19th Governor, Booth Gardner. His Twitter handle is @GreenCrude.

Many West Virginians have trouble with their teeth. In fact, there's a big gap between folks who can reliably access an affordable dentist and those who can't. That's no surprise when half the state's counties have fewer than six dentists. A recent national ranking shows West Virginia is second to last in overall oral health care. A state report shows that by third grade, 56 percent of children show signs of tooth decay, and 12 percent of adults have had all their teeth extracted. People who don't have good oral health habits and access to regular and quality dental care elevate their risk of other critical health care issues such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. About more than aesthetics or any toothless hillbilly stereotype, access to dental care is a dangerous culture divide that might look like a class gap but is deeper and far more serious. This episode was recently honored with a regional award from the Associated Press of the Virginias. The first place honor was for best documentary.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, August 10th, 2022. We’ve got some crazy news to get to today, so let’s dive right in… https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/08/trump-fbi-maralago-search-00050442 Trump's Mar-a-Lago home searched by FBI in unprecedented move The FBI executed a search warrant at the Mar-a-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump on Monday as part of an investigation into the alleged mishandling of White House records, including potentially classified material, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Florida raid, which one of the people said took “hours,” resulted in the seizure of paper records, according to one person familiar with the development, who also noted that Trump attorney Christina Bobb was present during the search. It was a historic step by the Justice Department and FBI to investigate the residence of a former president, who is battling an increasingly complex thicket of legal threats. No former president — particularly one who is openly considering another bid for the Oval Office — has faced such a public law enforcement action, which immediately led to calls among his allies for recriminations and even the elimination of federal law enforcement agencies. “They even broke into my safe,” Trump himself said in a lengthy statement decrying the FBI search and comparing it to Watergate. Trump, who was the first to confirm the FBI action, said in a statement that his resort was “under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.” “After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” Trump said. The former president was not present at Mar-a-Lago. Instead, he was at Trump Tower in New York City, according to a person familiar with the situation. His son Eric Trump informed him of the raid. The FBI and the U.S. attorney’s offices in Washington didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Spokespeople at Justice Department headquarters in Washington declined to comment. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, the Secret Service and the Palm Beach Police Department deferred comment to the FBI. Two sources familiar with the matter said top Biden White House officials were not given advance notice of the raid, which could potentially alter the course of both the upcoming midterms and an eventual Trump-Biden rematch in 2024. Though the investigation of Trump’s handling of presidential records has been percolating for months, it has largely remained in the background while the Jan. 6 select committee built a case that Trump committed crimes to disrupt the transition of power after his defeat in the 2020 election. The National Archives and Records Administration had confirmed in February that it had sought to recover 15 boxes of records from Mar-a-Lago that it deemed improperly removed, including some marked as “classified national security information.” The Archives confirmed at the time that it had been in touch with the Justice Department about the recovered documents. At the time, the Archives said it had had “ongoing communications” with Trump’s team about recovering missing presidential records. The Archives also indicated that it was working to recover un-archived social media messages and that it had evidence that Trump tore up and destroyed some papers, not all of which were recovered. The Archives also confirmed in December that it was reviewing whether Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows had properly stored records from his personal phone and email accounts. That investigation has also become an increasingly public threat to Trump, with some of his top allies and former White House officials facing grand jury subpoenas and FBI searches. Earlier in the day, the Justice Department defended its decision to seize the cellphone of John Eastman, the attorney who helped devise Trump’s strategy to seize a second term he didn’t win. Federal investigators have pursued evidence that Trump’s administration mishandled presidential records and even removed some boxes to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. An executed search warrant would require the signoff of a federal judge or magistrate, who would issue the warrant based upon evidence of a potential crime. The law enforcement moves at Trump’s residence came as lawyers and other observers have been bracing for action this month in politically sensitive Justice Department investigations as prosecutors approach a traditional quiet period for such probes in the lead-up to elections. Unbelievable… before I get to my next story: Club Membership Plug: Let’s stop and take a moment to talk about Fight Laugh Feast Club membership. By joining the Fight Laugh Feast Army, not only will you be aiding in our fight to take down secular & legacy media; but you’ll also get access to content placed in our Club Portal, such as past shows, all of our conference talks, and EXCLUSIVE content for club members that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. Lastly, you’ll also get discounts for our conferences… so if you’ve got $10 bucks a month to kick over our way, you can sign up now at flfnetwork.com https://www.theepochtimes.com/irs-stockpiles-more-than-5-million-rounds-of-ammunition_4636607.html?welcomeuser=1 IRS Stockpiles More Than 5 Million Rounds of Ammunition Apparently, the IRS needs a little firepower to help with those audits. The IRS has stockpiled five million rounds of ammunition and spent $725,000 on bullets this year, according to Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who has introduced a bill to block future ammunition purchases by the agency. The Republican lawmaker announced his sponsorship of the Disarm the IRS Act in a July press release. The bill would ban the IRS from acquiring ammunition through direct purchase or otherwise. The bill awaits a potential vote in the House Ways and Means Committee. The issue drew national attention after Gaetz appeared on Fox News’ Jesse Waters Primetime last week, saying that the IRS had spent $750,000 in 2022 alone on ammunition. “Call me old-fashioned, but I thought the heaviest artillery an IRS agent would need would be a calculator, not $725,000 worth of ammunition,” Gaetz said during his appearance on Fox News. While people may not think of the IRS needing weapons and ammunition, it has a criminal investigation division with armed law enforcement to pursue tax felons. A 2018 report from the Government Accountability Office said the IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division had 2,148 law enforcement officers, 4,461 weapons—including 15 fully automatic firearms—and 5.05 million rounds of ammunition. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, four officers with the IRS have died since 1989 from medical conditions or accidents. None was firearm related. But the IRS isn’t the only governmental agency building up massive caches of guns and bullets. OpenTheBooks.com, a nonprofit government watchdog group, released a report called “The militarization of the U.S. Executive Agencies” in December 2020, detailing how agencies that people wouldn’t normally associate with law enforcement were stockpiling weapons and ammunition. The Environmental Protection Agency owns 600 guns. At the same time, special agents at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are equipped with machine guns and AR15s. Even the Smithsonian Institution employed 620-armed “special agents,” up from zero officers in 2008, according to the report. Adam Andrzejewski, CEO & founder of OpenTheBooks.com, told The Epoch Times via email that the public should question why these agencies are armed to the teeth. Not only do they wield legal power, but they are also amassing firepower. “Just who are the federal agencies preparing to battle?” Andrzejewski wrote. Andrzejewski said there is no public purpose for rank and file, paper-pushing federal agencies to load up on guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment. “Our data shows that the federal government has become a gun show that never adjourns. Taxpayers need to tell Washington that police powers belong primarily to cities and states, not the feds,” he stated. Armored Republic The Mission of Armored Republic is to Honor Christ by equipping Free Men with Tools of Liberty necessary to preserve God-given rights. In the Armored Republic there is no King but Christ. We are Free Craftsmen. Body Armor is a Tool of Liberty. We create Tools of Liberty. Free men must remain ever vigilant against tyranny wherever it appears. God has given us the tools of liberty needed to defend the rights He bestowed to us. Armored Republic is honored to offer you those Tools. Visit them, at ar500armor.com https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/08/08/the-media-begins-to-notice-that-were-running-out-of-cops-n488242 The media begins to notice that we're running out of cops Let’s say there’s a violent intruder at your door or someone is breaking into your house in the middle of the night. Who ya gonna call? Assuming that you don’t have the number for the Ghostbusters, you’ll probably dial 911. But in a number of cities, the odds that anyone will be available to respond quickly enough to save you have been dropping. The problem has grown serious enough that even the Associated Press has been forced to cover the story. They begin with an interview with George Spaulding of Portland, Oregon. Five years ago, his son Brian was shot to death in his apartment. Though George checks in with the detective assigned to the case frequently, the police say they still have no leads. But even George admits that the police are simply overwhelmed and they probably just don’t have the manpower to assign anyone to really work the case full time. And it’s not just Portland where this is happening. Response times to emergency calls are rising and the number of criminal cases being closed are falling in many cities. From Philadelphia to Portland to Los Angeles, killings and gun violence are rising at the same time officers worn out by the pandemic and disillusioned over the calls to divest from policing that followed George Floyd’s murder are quitting or retiring faster than they can be replaced. Departments are scrambling to recruit in a tight labor market and also rethinking what services they can provide and what role police should play in their communities. Many have shifted veteran officers to patrol, breaking up specialized teams built over decades in order to keep up with 911 calls. If you read through that entire report, the AP cites statistics and provides quotes from various officials in five cities. Take a look at this list of names and see if you notice anything in common. Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Baltimore are all cited. It should come as no surprise to most of our readers that these are all cities that were subjected to violent BLM riots during the Summer of Love and all of them later attempted to “defund the police” in various ways. Now crime rates are up in each of those cities, particularly violent crime rates. Response times are up and case closure rates are down. The police forces in each of those cities have been depleted and they are struggling to find qualified recruits to replace the officers who have left. (Along with the officers who were killed or too seriously wounded to return to duty in some cases.) Is there any honest person who is having trouble connecting the dots here? The Associated Press gamely quotes one professor from the Crime and Justice Policy Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. He claims that you can’t blame the protests and the defunding movement because “crime is up in many areas,” even where those things didn’t happen. That much may be true, but it’s definitely a lot worse in the cities on this list. How can anyone continue to deny this? Today, we’re hearing complaints from disgruntled and frightened citizens. That’s understandable. But we should also remember that many of those complaining the loudest also helped elect the municipal officials who put all of these policies in place to begin with and bent to the will of the mob. Now they are reaping what they have themselves sown. If you don’t like what’s going on in the streets, take some responsibility yourself and work to put new people in charge who will deal with the situation in a serious fashion. Once you do that, you just might be able to convince some new aspiring law enforcement officers to come to work in your cities. Well, let’s shift our eyes over seas now. Did you know that China, is one of the freest countries in the world?! Nancy Pelosi: “China Is One Of The Freest Societies In The World…” - Play Video https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-pelosi-says-china-one-of-the-freest-societies-in-the-world?utm_campaign=64487 Pelosi says China 'one of the freest societies in the world' She cited Freedom House as a source, but Freedom House, however, does not list China as a free country, calling its government an "authoritarian regime" that has "become increasingly repressive in recent years." Freedom House writes: "The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to tighten control over all aspects of life and governance, including the state bureaucracy, the media, online speech, religious practice, universities, businesses, and civil society associations, and it has undermined an earlier series of modest rule-of-law reforms. The CCP leader and state president, Xi Jinping, has consolidated personal power to a degree not seen in China for decades." Freedom House considers the small island nation of Taiwan, however, to be "free," ranking 94/100 on its freedom scale. Perhaps this is what Pelosi was referring to, as she just returned from a trip to Taiwan. Pelosi's Taiwan trip was a huge issue for China, which took the opportunity to engage in a massive show of force over the island. The self-ruling island has faced increased threats of violence from the CCP in recent days following Pelosi's visit to there, to repeated condemnation by the communists. US officials have made clear, though that they do not support an independent Taiwan, despite comments from President Joe Biden that the US would "militarily defend" it. https://twitter.com/i/status/1554169482242916354 - Play Video That was John Kirby for those wondering. https://www.outkick.com/oklahoma-cale-gundy-didnt-want-resignation-football/ ‘VAST MAJORITY’ OF OKLAHOMA PLAYERS DIDN’T WANT CALE GUNDY TO RESIGN: REPORT Many members of the Oklahoma Sooners reportedly didn’t want Cale Gundy to leave the program. The longtime Sooners assistant resigned from his coaching position after he admitted to reading a “shameful and hurtful” unknown word off a players iPad during a film session. He announced his resignation late Sunday night after more than two decades as a coach with the program. Despite his resignation, it sounds like many members of the team didn’t want him to leave. Gabe Ikard reported “the vast majority” of players on the roster didn’t want Gundy to leave. However, it sounds like they couldn’t sway his mind. After more than two decades as a coach with the Sooners and several seasons as a dominant QB in Norman, Gundy is gone because he read a player’s iPad during a film session. As Gundy claimed in his statement, they weren’t his words. He was reading a message on the iPad. ““I want to be very clear: the words I read aloud from that screen were not my words. What I said was not malicious; it wasn’t even intentional. Still, I am mature enough to know that the word I said was shameful and hurtful, no matter my intentions. The unfortunate reality is that someone in my position can cause harm without ever meaning to do so,” the former Oklahoma coach told fans in his resignation announcement. Overall, it seems like this situation spiraled out of control before most people even realized what happened, and that’s backed up by the fact most players didn’t want him to resign. What an incredibly bizarre and strange situation within the Oklahoma football program. This has been your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief… If you liked the show, share it. If you want to sign up for a club membership, for our conference with that club membership discount, or sign up for our magazine, head on over to fightlaughfeast.com. And as always, if you’d like to send me a news story, ask about our conference, or approach us about corporate partnership with CrossPolitic, you can email me at garrison@fightlaughfeast.com. For CrossPolitic News, I’m Garrison Hardie. Have a great day, and Lord bless

What you'll get out of this episodeCarrie talks with American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Vice President of Public Policy Kyle Zebley about how upcoming laws and policies will impact the future of virtual care.Listen to Discover: What the significance of the new bill, H.R. 4040, that was recently passed by the US House of Representatives, is and its chances of being signed into law What this new bill left out with respect to priorities within the telehealth stakeholder community How the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule could shape virtual care in 2023 What kind of movement we're seeing in all 50 states around telehealth and virtual care policy About Our GuestKyle Zebley is Vice President of Public Policy at the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and Executive Director of ATA Action. He is working with and on behalf of ATA and ATA Action members and like-minded organizations to eliminate barriers to the expansion of telehealth and ensure patients, providers, and payers can realize the benefits of virtual care.Previously, Kyle was the Chief of Staff in the Office of Global Affairs (OGA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). He collaborated with senior leadership from HHS, the White House and other cabinet departments to develop, advise, and promote U.S. global health policy, including in such policy areas as drug pricing, medical devices, global health security, and non-communicable diseases. Prior to HHS, he worked in Congress as a Legislative Director, leading a legislative team in developing policy and drafting legislation, particularly on matters concerning the House Committee on Ways and Means, the House Committee on the Budget and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Kyle started his career in Washington, D.C. as a Research Assistant at Public Opinion Strategies, where he worked on campaign strategies for clients running for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, state governor and state legislatures. Kyle is a sought-after policy expert and is frequently quoted in major media coverage on the topic of telehealth, including the Associated Press, Bloomberg, Kaiser Health News, Modern Healthcare, NPR, and Roll Call. In January 2022, Kyle was named by Politico as one of the “Four Washington players poised to shape digital health in 2022”.About the American Telemedicine AssociationAs the only organization completely focused on advancing telehealth, the ATA is committed to ensuring that everyone has access to safe, affordable, and appropriate care when and where they need it, enabling the system to do more good for more people.Additional Resources The American Telemedicine Association: “Telehealth. Is. Health. ATA is working to transform health and care through enhanced, efficient delivery.” ATA Action: “ATA Action, the ATA's affiliated trade organization, is our proactive response to the need for expanded advocacy in 2022 and the years to come. “ Connect with Kyle on LinkedIn Join the ConversationAre you a healthcare innovator? Tell us what topics and people you'd like us to cover in future episodes:Decoding Healthcare Innovation on LinkedInDecoding Healthcare on TwitterFollow our daily updates on LinkedIn:CarrieRebeccaAbout Your HostsCarrie Nixon and Rebecca Gwilt are partners at Nixon Gwilt Law, a healthcare innovation law firm exclusively serving Providers, Digital Health Companies, and Life Science Businesses seeking to transform the way we receive and experience healthcare. Find out more at NixonGwiltLaw.com.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, August 10th, 2022. We’ve got some crazy news to get to today, so let’s dive right in… https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/08/trump-fbi-maralago-search-00050442 Trump's Mar-a-Lago home searched by FBI in unprecedented move The FBI executed a search warrant at the Mar-a-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump on Monday as part of an investigation into the alleged mishandling of White House records, including potentially classified material, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Florida raid, which one of the people said took “hours,” resulted in the seizure of paper records, according to one person familiar with the development, who also noted that Trump attorney Christina Bobb was present during the search. It was a historic step by the Justice Department and FBI to investigate the residence of a former president, who is battling an increasingly complex thicket of legal threats. No former president — particularly one who is openly considering another bid for the Oval Office — has faced such a public law enforcement action, which immediately led to calls among his allies for recriminations and even the elimination of federal law enforcement agencies. “They even broke into my safe,” Trump himself said in a lengthy statement decrying the FBI search and comparing it to Watergate. Trump, who was the first to confirm the FBI action, said in a statement that his resort was “under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.” “After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” Trump said. The former president was not present at Mar-a-Lago. Instead, he was at Trump Tower in New York City, according to a person familiar with the situation. His son Eric Trump informed him of the raid. The FBI and the U.S. attorney’s offices in Washington didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Spokespeople at Justice Department headquarters in Washington declined to comment. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, the Secret Service and the Palm Beach Police Department deferred comment to the FBI. Two sources familiar with the matter said top Biden White House officials were not given advance notice of the raid, which could potentially alter the course of both the upcoming midterms and an eventual Trump-Biden rematch in 2024. Though the investigation of Trump’s handling of presidential records has been percolating for months, it has largely remained in the background while the Jan. 6 select committee built a case that Trump committed crimes to disrupt the transition of power after his defeat in the 2020 election. The National Archives and Records Administration had confirmed in February that it had sought to recover 15 boxes of records from Mar-a-Lago that it deemed improperly removed, including some marked as “classified national security information.” The Archives confirmed at the time that it had been in touch with the Justice Department about the recovered documents. At the time, the Archives said it had had “ongoing communications” with Trump’s team about recovering missing presidential records. The Archives also indicated that it was working to recover un-archived social media messages and that it had evidence that Trump tore up and destroyed some papers, not all of which were recovered. The Archives also confirmed in December that it was reviewing whether Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows had properly stored records from his personal phone and email accounts. That investigation has also become an increasingly public threat to Trump, with some of his top allies and former White House officials facing grand jury subpoenas and FBI searches. Earlier in the day, the Justice Department defended its decision to seize the cellphone of John Eastman, the attorney who helped devise Trump’s strategy to seize a second term he didn’t win. Federal investigators have pursued evidence that Trump’s administration mishandled presidential records and even removed some boxes to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. An executed search warrant would require the signoff of a federal judge or magistrate, who would issue the warrant based upon evidence of a potential crime. The law enforcement moves at Trump’s residence came as lawyers and other observers have been bracing for action this month in politically sensitive Justice Department investigations as prosecutors approach a traditional quiet period for such probes in the lead-up to elections. Unbelievable… before I get to my next story: Club Membership Plug: Let’s stop and take a moment to talk about Fight Laugh Feast Club membership. By joining the Fight Laugh Feast Army, not only will you be aiding in our fight to take down secular & legacy media; but you’ll also get access to content placed in our Club Portal, such as past shows, all of our conference talks, and EXCLUSIVE content for club members that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. Lastly, you’ll also get discounts for our conferences… so if you’ve got $10 bucks a month to kick over our way, you can sign up now at flfnetwork.com https://www.theepochtimes.com/irs-stockpiles-more-than-5-million-rounds-of-ammunition_4636607.html?welcomeuser=1 IRS Stockpiles More Than 5 Million Rounds of Ammunition Apparently, the IRS needs a little firepower to help with those audits. The IRS has stockpiled five million rounds of ammunition and spent $725,000 on bullets this year, according to Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who has introduced a bill to block future ammunition purchases by the agency. The Republican lawmaker announced his sponsorship of the Disarm the IRS Act in a July press release. The bill would ban the IRS from acquiring ammunition through direct purchase or otherwise. The bill awaits a potential vote in the House Ways and Means Committee. The issue drew national attention after Gaetz appeared on Fox News’ Jesse Waters Primetime last week, saying that the IRS had spent $750,000 in 2022 alone on ammunition. “Call me old-fashioned, but I thought the heaviest artillery an IRS agent would need would be a calculator, not $725,000 worth of ammunition,” Gaetz said during his appearance on Fox News. While people may not think of the IRS needing weapons and ammunition, it has a criminal investigation division with armed law enforcement to pursue tax felons. A 2018 report from the Government Accountability Office said the IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division had 2,148 law enforcement officers, 4,461 weapons—including 15 fully automatic firearms—and 5.05 million rounds of ammunition. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, four officers with the IRS have died since 1989 from medical conditions or accidents. None was firearm related. But the IRS isn’t the only governmental agency building up massive caches of guns and bullets. OpenTheBooks.com, a nonprofit government watchdog group, released a report called “The militarization of the U.S. Executive Agencies” in December 2020, detailing how agencies that people wouldn’t normally associate with law enforcement were stockpiling weapons and ammunition. The Environmental Protection Agency owns 600 guns. At the same time, special agents at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are equipped with machine guns and AR15s. Even the Smithsonian Institution employed 620-armed “special agents,” up from zero officers in 2008, according to the report. Adam Andrzejewski, CEO & founder of OpenTheBooks.com, told The Epoch Times via email that the public should question why these agencies are armed to the teeth. Not only do they wield legal power, but they are also amassing firepower. “Just who are the federal agencies preparing to battle?” Andrzejewski wrote. Andrzejewski said there is no public purpose for rank and file, paper-pushing federal agencies to load up on guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment. “Our data shows that the federal government has become a gun show that never adjourns. Taxpayers need to tell Washington that police powers belong primarily to cities and states, not the feds,” he stated. Armored Republic The Mission of Armored Republic is to Honor Christ by equipping Free Men with Tools of Liberty necessary to preserve God-given rights. In the Armored Republic there is no King but Christ. We are Free Craftsmen. Body Armor is a Tool of Liberty. We create Tools of Liberty. Free men must remain ever vigilant against tyranny wherever it appears. God has given us the tools of liberty needed to defend the rights He bestowed to us. Armored Republic is honored to offer you those Tools. Visit them, at ar500armor.com https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/08/08/the-media-begins-to-notice-that-were-running-out-of-cops-n488242 The media begins to notice that we're running out of cops Let’s say there’s a violent intruder at your door or someone is breaking into your house in the middle of the night. Who ya gonna call? Assuming that you don’t have the number for the Ghostbusters, you’ll probably dial 911. But in a number of cities, the odds that anyone will be available to respond quickly enough to save you have been dropping. The problem has grown serious enough that even the Associated Press has been forced to cover the story. They begin with an interview with George Spaulding of Portland, Oregon. Five years ago, his son Brian was shot to death in his apartment. Though George checks in with the detective assigned to the case frequently, the police say they still have no leads. But even George admits that the police are simply overwhelmed and they probably just don’t have the manpower to assign anyone to really work the case full time. And it’s not just Portland where this is happening. Response times to emergency calls are rising and the number of criminal cases being closed are falling in many cities. From Philadelphia to Portland to Los Angeles, killings and gun violence are rising at the same time officers worn out by the pandemic and disillusioned over the calls to divest from policing that followed George Floyd’s murder are quitting or retiring faster than they can be replaced. Departments are scrambling to recruit in a tight labor market and also rethinking what services they can provide and what role police should play in their communities. Many have shifted veteran officers to patrol, breaking up specialized teams built over decades in order to keep up with 911 calls. If you read through that entire report, the AP cites statistics and provides quotes from various officials in five cities. Take a look at this list of names and see if you notice anything in common. Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Baltimore are all cited. It should come as no surprise to most of our readers that these are all cities that were subjected to violent BLM riots during the Summer of Love and all of them later attempted to “defund the police” in various ways. Now crime rates are up in each of those cities, particularly violent crime rates. Response times are up and case closure rates are down. The police forces in each of those cities have been depleted and they are struggling to find qualified recruits to replace the officers who have left. (Along with the officers who were killed or too seriously wounded to return to duty in some cases.) Is there any honest person who is having trouble connecting the dots here? The Associated Press gamely quotes one professor from the Crime and Justice Policy Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. He claims that you can’t blame the protests and the defunding movement because “crime is up in many areas,” even where those things didn’t happen. That much may be true, but it’s definitely a lot worse in the cities on this list. How can anyone continue to deny this? Today, we’re hearing complaints from disgruntled and frightened citizens. That’s understandable. But we should also remember that many of those complaining the loudest also helped elect the municipal officials who put all of these policies in place to begin with and bent to the will of the mob. Now they are reaping what they have themselves sown. If you don’t like what’s going on in the streets, take some responsibility yourself and work to put new people in charge who will deal with the situation in a serious fashion. Once you do that, you just might be able to convince some new aspiring law enforcement officers to come to work in your cities. Well, let’s shift our eyes over seas now. Did you know that China, is one of the freest countries in the world?! Nancy Pelosi: “China Is One Of The Freest Societies In The World…” - Play Video https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-pelosi-says-china-one-of-the-freest-societies-in-the-world?utm_campaign=64487 Pelosi says China 'one of the freest societies in the world' She cited Freedom House as a source, but Freedom House, however, does not list China as a free country, calling its government an "authoritarian regime" that has "become increasingly repressive in recent years." Freedom House writes: "The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to tighten control over all aspects of life and governance, including the state bureaucracy, the media, online speech, religious practice, universities, businesses, and civil society associations, and it has undermined an earlier series of modest rule-of-law reforms. The CCP leader and state president, Xi Jinping, has consolidated personal power to a degree not seen in China for decades." Freedom House considers the small island nation of Taiwan, however, to be "free," ranking 94/100 on its freedom scale. Perhaps this is what Pelosi was referring to, as she just returned from a trip to Taiwan. Pelosi's Taiwan trip was a huge issue for China, which took the opportunity to engage in a massive show of force over the island. The self-ruling island has faced increased threats of violence from the CCP in recent days following Pelosi's visit to there, to repeated condemnation by the communists. US officials have made clear, though that they do not support an independent Taiwan, despite comments from President Joe Biden that the US would "militarily defend" it. https://twitter.com/i/status/1554169482242916354 - Play Video That was John Kirby for those wondering. https://www.outkick.com/oklahoma-cale-gundy-didnt-want-resignation-football/ ‘VAST MAJORITY’ OF OKLAHOMA PLAYERS DIDN’T WANT CALE GUNDY TO RESIGN: REPORT Many members of the Oklahoma Sooners reportedly didn’t want Cale Gundy to leave the program. The longtime Sooners assistant resigned from his coaching position after he admitted to reading a “shameful and hurtful” unknown word off a players iPad during a film session. He announced his resignation late Sunday night after more than two decades as a coach with the program. Despite his resignation, it sounds like many members of the team didn’t want him to leave. Gabe Ikard reported “the vast majority” of players on the roster didn’t want Gundy to leave. However, it sounds like they couldn’t sway his mind. After more than two decades as a coach with the Sooners and several seasons as a dominant QB in Norman, Gundy is gone because he read a player’s iPad during a film session. As Gundy claimed in his statement, they weren’t his words. He was reading a message on the iPad. ““I want to be very clear: the words I read aloud from that screen were not my words. What I said was not malicious; it wasn’t even intentional. Still, I am mature enough to know that the word I said was shameful and hurtful, no matter my intentions. The unfortunate reality is that someone in my position can cause harm without ever meaning to do so,” the former Oklahoma coach told fans in his resignation announcement. Overall, it seems like this situation spiraled out of control before most people even realized what happened, and that’s backed up by the fact most players didn’t want him to resign. What an incredibly bizarre and strange situation within the Oklahoma football program. This has been your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief… If you liked the show, share it. If you want to sign up for a club membership, for our conference with that club membership discount, or sign up for our magazine, head on over to fightlaughfeast.com. And as always, if you’d like to send me a news story, ask about our conference, or approach us about corporate partnership with CrossPolitic, you can email me at garrison@fightlaughfeast.com. For CrossPolitic News, I’m Garrison Hardie. Have a great day, and Lord bless

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Afghan women and LGBTQ+ people immediately felt the impact of the Taliban's return to power last year. But journalists trying to tell their stories could face intense and even violent backlash from the extremist group—like what happened to Lynne O'Donnell.  Guest: Lynne O'Donnell, columnist at Foreign Policy and former Afghanistan bureau chief for Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Afghan women and LGBTQ+ people immediately felt the impact of the Taliban's return to power last year. But journalists trying to tell their stories could face intense and even violent backlash from the extremist group—like what happened to Lynne O'Donnell.  Guest: Lynne O'Donnell, columnist at Foreign Policy and former Afghanistan bureau chief for Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Ukraine, a nuclear plant under Russian occupation has the international community warning of potential catastrophe. Guest host Michelle Shephard discusses the risks with Philip Crowther, international affiliate correspondent for the Associated Press; and Mariana Budjeryn, a Ukrainian nuclear expert at Harvard's Belfer Center.

Afghan women and LGBTQ+ people immediately felt the impact of the Taliban's return to power last year. But journalists trying to tell their stories could face intense and even violent backlash from the extremist group—like what happened to Lynne O'Donnell.  Guest: Lynne O'Donnell, columnist at Foreign Policy and former Afghanistan bureau chief for Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether your dog is a super senior or a gentle geriatric, she is probably going to experience some issues with cognitive decline, mobility limitations, and chronic pain. These aging challenges are compounded if your older dog also has cancer. Dr. Mary Gardner has tips on how to tell if your dog is a senior vs. geriatric, the vital importance of regular vet care for mature pups, and evaluating your dog's quality of life. She also goes into signs of chronic pain and how to assist your dog with getting up and moving around more easily. Our senior dogs are our best buddies, and there are lots of resources that can help us keep them comfortable and happy. Links Mentioned in Today's Show: It's Never Long Enough: A practical guide to caring for your geriatric dog book - We may earn an affiliate commission if you purchase something through this link. Help ‘Em Up Harness Pet Hospice Journal Grey Muzzle App Lap of Love Lap of Love Support Groups Dog Cancer Support Related Links: The Grey Muzzle Organization Dog Euthanasia, Hospice, and Lap of Love podcast episode About Today's Guest, Dr. Mary Gardner: There is nothing better to Dr. Gardner than a dog with a grey muzzle or skinny old cat! Her professional goal is to increase awareness and medical care for the geriatric veterinary patient and to help make the final life stage to be as peaceful as possible, surrounded with dignity and support for all involved. A University of Florida graduate, she discovered her niche in end of life care and is the co-founder and CIO of Lap of Love which has over 300 veterinarians around the country dedicated to veterinary hospice and euthanasia in the home. Dr. Gardner and Lap of Love have been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, The New York Times, the Associated Press, The Doctors, and numerous professional veterinary publications. She is co-author of the textbook “The Treatment and Care of the Veterinary Patient”, co-author of a children's activity book focused on saying goodbye to a dog called “Forever Friend”, and the author of a book dedicated to pet owners “It's Never Long Enough: A practical guide to caring for your geriatric dog”. Dr. Gardner also won VMX Small Animal Speaker of the year in 2020! LinkedIn Other Links: To join the private Facebook group for readers of Dr. Dressler's book “The Dog Cancer Survival Guide,” go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/dogcancersupport/  Dog Cancer Answers is a Maui Media production in association with Dog Podcast Network This episode is sponsored by the best-selling animal health book The Dog Cancer Survival Guide: Full Spectrum Treatments to Optimize Your Dog's Life Quality and Longevity by Dr. Demian Dressler and Dr. Susan Ettinger. Available everywhere fine books are sold. Have a guest you think would be great for our show? Contact our producers at DogCancerAnswers.com Have an inspiring True Tail about your own dog's cancer journey you think would help other dog lovers? Share your true tail with our producers. If you would like to ask a dog cancer related question for one of our expert veterinarians to answer on a future Q&A episode, call our Listener Line at 808-868-3200 www.dogcanceransers.com. Dog Cancer News is a free weekly newsletter that contains useful information designed to help your dog with cancer. To sign up, please visit: www.dogcancernews.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of MWMH, Payton and Garrett talk about the murder of Jacquelyn Smith. Case Sources: Abcnews.go.com, “Father and daughter who allegedly blamed panhandlers for his wife's killing extradited back to Baltimore to face murder charges,” by Bill Hutchinson, March 21, 2019 Baltimoresun.com, “An ‘elaborate cover-up' unravels: Jury finds Keith Smith guilty of murdering his wife, blaming panhandlers,” by Tim Prudente, December 9, 2021 Foxbaltimore.com, “Keith Smith's trial today on the high-profile murder of his wife has been postponed,” by Leah Crawley & Brandi Proctor, October 7, 2019 Foxbaltimore.com, “Daughter of Keith Smith takes stand, says she saw her father stab Jacquelyn,” by Alexa Ashwell, December 7, 2021 Lawandcrime.com, “Maryland Man Sentenced to Prison for ‘Cowardly' Murder of Wife, ‘Elaborate' Fake Panhandler ‘Hoax,'” by Jerry Lambe, February 28, 2022 Lawandcrime.com, “Woman Sentenced to Prison for Helping ‘Cowardly' Father Cover Up ‘Horrific' Murder of Her Stepmom,” by Alberto Luperon, December 14, 2021 Newsweek.com, “Maryland Woman's Family Who ‘Staged Killing' and Blamed Death on Panhandler Arrested Near Mexico Border: Police,” by Jason Murdock, March 4, 2019 Nbcwashington.com, “Trial Begins for Maryland Man Who Claimed Panhandler Killed Wife,” by Associated Press, December 4, 2021 Wbaltv.com, “Charging docs: Keith Smith approached brother about killing wife,” by Vanessa Herring, March 9, 2019 Wbaltv.com, “Keith Smith sentenced after killing wife, blaming her death on panhandlers,” by David Collins, February 28, 2022 Wbaltv.com, “Prosecutor provides possible motive in Keith Smith trial; 2 jurors dismissed,” by David Collins, December 2, 2021 Wmar2news.com, “Jury in Keith Smith murder trial to continue deliberations Thursday,” by Abby Isaacs, December 8, 2021 Wpri.com, “Providence native stabbed to death in Baltimore remembered by her family as smart, driven,” by Steph Machado, December 6, 2018 Cbsnews.com, “Murder Trial Begins for Keith Smith, Man Who Claimed Baltimore Panhandler Killed His Wife,” by CBS Baltimore, December 1, 2021 Cbsnews.com, “Jury Shown Graphic Images In Murder Trial For Keith Smith, Who Blamed Panhandler for Wife's Death,” by CBS Baltimore, December 2, 2021 Cbsnews.com, “Valeria Smith Sentenced To Prison Time In Connection With Stepmother's Murder,” by CBS Baltimore, December 13, 2021 Cbsnews.com, “Keith Smith Receives Life Sentence for Wife's 2018 Murder,” by CBS Baltimore, February 28, 2022 Investigationdiscovery.com, “Woman's Family Said Panhandler Killed Her, Now Husband & Daughter Charged With Murder,” by Catherine Townsend, March 4, 2019 Youtube.com, WMAR News, “Family Never Had a Doubt Murder Story Was a Lie, Jacquelyn Smith's family never believed murder story,” March 4, 2019 Marianiandson.com, “Jacquelyn Anne Smith,” Obituary. Oxygen.com, “Maryland Dad Sentenced To Life For Murder Of Wife That He Tried To Blame On Panhandler,” by Dorian Geiger, March 1, 2022 Thegrio.com, “Jacquelyn Smith murder: Sons want her husband blocked from her finances as he is now a suspect,” by Kia Morgan-Smith, March 21, 2019 Heavy.com, “Keith & Valeria Smith: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know” Arrest Warrant for Keith Tyrone Smith, District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City, dated March 3, 2019 Links: https://mwmh.contactin.bio/ https://linktr.ee/murderwithmyhusband Ads: Prose: www.prose.com/mwmh  SUNITEtOSU1DSEpNTUlOQ0dORkdOTw HelloFresh: www.HelloFresh.com/Husband16 and use code husband16 Bambee: www.bambee.com/husband Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Paul D. Thacker is an investigative journalist with over 15 years uncovering campaigns to distort science. He has written on scientific ethics for outlets including the New York Times, JAMA, Washington Post, NEJM, Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, BMJ, and Mother Jones. He has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, and Rolling Stone, and has been profiled by Nature and PBS. While serving as an investigator in the U.S. Senate, he helped to produce stories that ran in dozens of outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Reuters, ABC News, Science, Nature, BMJ, and the Associated Press. His congressional investigations led to passage of the landmark Physician Payments Sunshine Act, a bill that has altered the field of medicine, and is now being copied in several countries including England, France, the Netherlands, and Scotland. In their conversation, Tro, Brian, and Paul talk about the great ‘aWOKEning' in American journalism, why vaccines are historically such a touchy subject in medical and science journalism, the anti-vaccine hysteria so prevalent in our current day, corruption, suppression, and disinformation in and from the pharmaceutical industry, financial relationships between doctors and pharmaceutical companies, the relationship between the FDA and big Pharma, narrative-based censorship, and lawsuits against the federal government for colluding with social media companies to violate free speech. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Paul Thacker: Substack Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

U.S. officials solicited outside help as they craft definitions of old growth and mature forests under an executive order from President Joe Biden. The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management issued a notice seeking public input for a “universal definition framework” to identify older forests needing protection. Biden in April directed his administration to devise ways to preserve older forests as part of the government's efforts to combat climate change. Older trees release large volumes of global warming carbon when they burn. Biden's order called for the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management over the next year to define and inventory all mature and old growth forests on federal land. After that, the agencies must identify the biggest threats those forests face and come up with ways to save them. There's disagreement over which trees to count. Environmentalists have said millions of acres of public lands should qualify. The timber industry and its allies have cautioned against a broad definition over concerns that could put new areas off-limits to logging. The Forest Service manages 209,000 square miles (541,000 square kilometers) of forested land, including about 87,500 square miles (226,000 square kilometers) where trees are older than 100 years. The Bureau of Land Management oversees about 90,600 square miles (233,000 square kilometers) of forests. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

It's the third and final chapter of the Fear Street trilogy! Join us as we discuss why the title really should have been Fear Street 1694, Puritan attitudes toward homosexuality, the good old days when gossip was a crime, and more! Sources: Rachel Black, Alcohol in Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia: https://books.google.com/books?id=mb0SZIYCXREC&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false https://nerfpedialegacy.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Soaker_50 Associated Press, "Doused Police Chief Hits Crowd with Pepper Spray," Chicago Tribune (25 July 1993): 16.  "Kids Turn in 100 Toy Weapons," Dayton Daily News (11 November 1994): 5B.  Sally Deneen, "In Play: A Consumer's Guide to Toys," Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (28 November 1991): 1E.  Christine Eisel, "Several Unhandsome Words": The Politics of Gossip in Early Virginia, dissertation (May 2012), https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=bgsu1332788117&disposition=inline   Francis T. McAndrew, "How "The Gossip" Became a Woman and How "Gossip" Became Her Weapon of Choice," The Oxford Handbook of Women and Competition, ed. Maryanne L. Fisher (2014). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank-Mcandrew/publication/261063555_How_The_Gossip_became_a_woman_and_how_Gossip_became_her_weapon_of_choice/links/5a0604e7a6fdcc65eab17a53/How-The-Gossip-became-a-woman-and-how-Gossip-became-her-weapon-of-choice.pdf  Susan Ratcliffe (ed.), "Gossip," in Oxford Essential Quotations, 6 ed. (Oxford University Press, 2018).  Gyles Brandreth (ed.), "Gossip," in Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, 5 ed. (Oxford University Press, 2014).  Mary Beth Norton, "Witchcraft in the Anglo-American Colonies," OAH Magazine of History 17, no.4 (2003): 5-10. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25163614   Mary Beth Norton, "Gender and Defamation in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," The William and Mary Quarterly 44, no.1 (1987): 3-39. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1939717  Walter W. Woodward, "New England's Other Witch-hunt: The Hartford Witch-hunt of the 1660s and Changing Patterns in Witchcraft Prosecution," OAH Magazine of History, 17, no.4 (2003): 16-20. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25163616  Elizabeth Reis, "Confess or Deny? What's a "Witch" to Do?" OAH Magazine of History, 17, no.4 (2003):11-13. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25163615  Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fear_street_part_three_1666  Nick Allen, "Fear Street Part Three: 1666" Rogerebert.com (16 July 2021). https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fear-street-part-three-1666-2021  Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_Street_Part_Three:_1666  "Kiana Madeira & Olivia Scott Welch Discuss 'Fear Street' Movies | Entertainment Weekly" Entertainment Weekly YouTube (28 July 2021). https://youtu.be/dJR6EktKk-E   Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, ""Fear Street: 1666" Brings the Trilogy to a Very Gay Close," Autostraddle (19 July 2021). https://www.autostraddle.com/fear-street-1666-gay/  "Fear Street Cast Play MTV Yearbook & Reveal Creepy On Set Moment | MTV Movies" MTV UK YouTube (7 July 2021). https://youtu.be/_GxtoJ1uznY  Richard Godbeer, "The Cry of Sodom: Discourse, Intercourse, and Desire in Colonial New England," William and Mary Quarterly 52, 2 (1995) Roger Thompson, "Attitudes Towards Homosexuality in Seventeenth-Century New England Colonies," Journal of American Studies 23, 1 (1989)

It has been a minute but the Capital-Journal's politics podcast is back to run down the national statement Kansas voters made when they rejected a proposed measure that would have ended state constitutional protections for abortion. The Capital-Journal's Andrew Bahl and Jason Tidd go over the results with the Associated Press' John Hanna, breaking down what happened to produce the surprising outcome and what it means for Kansas going forward. Like what you hear? Subscribe to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Play.

This episode features excerpts from an oral history conversation between Marjorie “Marj” Paxson and Jean Gaddy Wilson recorded in 2007 for the National Women and Media Collection's 20th Anniversary. Wilson talks with Paxson about her career in media, her role in the establishment of the National Women and Media Collection (NWMC), and her views on the state of journalism for women at the turn of the 21st Century. About the Guests: MARJORIE “MARJ” PAXSON Marjorie “Marj” Bowers Paxson was born on August 13, 1923, in Houston, Texas. She attended Rice University in Houston for two years, where she worked on the student newspaper, the Thresher. In 1942 Paxson transferred to the University of Missouri and graduated in 1944. While at the University of Missouri, she worked on the Columbia Missourian. Over the course of her journalistic career, she held various reporting, editorial, and publishing positions at the United Press, Associated Press, Houston Post, Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, St. Petersburg Times, Philadelphia Bulletin, Idaho Statesman, Chambersburg Public Opinion, and Muskogee Phoenix. Paxson was also named editor of Xilonen, an eight-page daily newspaper published for the United Nations World Conference for International Women's Year held in Mexico City in 1975. She retired in 1986 and continued writing a column for the Muskogee Phoenix until 2004. In 1987, Paxson donated $50,000 and her personal papers to help establish the National Women and Media Collection at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection (now administered by the State Historical Society of Missouri). Marjorie “Marj” Paxson died on June 17, 2017. JEAN GADDY WILSON Jean Gaddy Wilson is a professional consultant who has spoken on five continents and who spent fourteen years as a Professor of Journalism at the University of Missouri. She is a co-author, along with Brian S. Brooks and James L. Pinson, of the journalism textbook Working With Words: A Handbook for Media Writers and Editors. She is the founder of New Directions for News, an innovation think tank, at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and her work led to the founding of the Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS) and the International Women's Media Foundation. She co-founded the National Women and Media Collection (NWMC) with Gannett publisher Marj Paxson and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection (now administered by the State Historical Society of Missouri).

Today on Vermont Viewpoint, Steve Pappas sits in to host the show! During the first hour, Steve will be talking to Jack Gierzynski, the chair of the University of Vermont's Political Science Department. Steve and Jack will be talking about changing trends in state and national politics. In the second hour, Steve will be talking with Chris Graff, a former journalist for the Associated Press and a longtime political watcher. Steve and Chris will be discussing challenges in Vermont politics on the eve of the primary, and what this vote means for November.

[00:30] Momentum Builder (35 minutes)While the media tries to convince the public that Joe Biden has all the momentum, President Donald Trump is the one riding a massive tide. Associated Press lauded Biden yesterday for the “legacy-defining wins” his administration makes when he “steps out of the room.” Due to Vice President Kamala Harris's deciding vote, the ironically named $433 billion Inflation Reduction Act passed in the Senate, virtually guaranteeing more financial struggles for everyday Americans. Meanwhile, Trump's CPAC introduction video contained a list of undeniable truths about the terrible things being done to the United States. America Under Attack is the only book that exposes the real cause of these afflictions and what will happen in the end. [35:42] Kari Lake Follow-up (12 minutes)Kari Lake is 35,000 votes ahead of her opponent, winning 47.7 percent of the votes counted so far compared to 43.4 percent for her opponent. Lake is a former local Fox News reporter in Phoenix, but she resigned because she felt the news she had to read on air wasn't telling the full story. As a candidate for governor with widespread popular support, she has promised to take strong action, sending National Guard troops to the Arizona border to prevent illegal migration as soon as she is sworn in. [47:13] Vaccines Are Killing People (8 minutes)In 2021, U.S. life insurance companies saw a 40 percent increase in unexplained deaths in people ages 18 to 49. Three military doctors also recently reported a huge uptick in certain medical conditions in the military in 2021—in some cases, as much as 300 or 400 percent. Young athletes, doctors and everyday Americans continue to die, but the news media won't point the finger at the vaccines. This is more “science falsely so called.”

This week, a 67-year-old man was convicted of killing his wife during a safari in 2016 and cashing out on a hefty life insurance payout. As reported by The Associated Press, Lawrence "Larry" Rudolph was convicted of first-degree murder and mail fraud for the death of his wife, Bianca Rudolph. It is reported that the trial lasted three weeks and the jury deliberated for a day and a half. Attorneys plan to appeal the decision. Lori Milliron, Rudolph's girlfriend, was convicted of obstruction of a grand jury, accessory after the fact to murder, and perjury before a grand jury. Bianca Rudolph died from a shotgun blast to the chest, but Larry claims she shot herself accidentally. Before leaving Zambia to return to the United States, she dropped the gun while packing it. According to prosecutors, the shot had to be fired from a distance of about 2 to 3 feet. Insurers who paid Larry nearly $5 million in life insurance confirmed that her death was accidental. Rudolph's marriage was open, which meant they could have relationships with others. In her dental office, Bianca Rudolph worked as a hygienist, and she knew about her husband's relationship with Milliron. In an interview with The Associated Press, Larry said Milliron had to be fired because Bianca wanted more control over their finances. In their opening statements, prosecutors claimed a witness heard Larry tell Milliron, "I killed my f---king wife for you!" Bianca's friend contacted an FBI attaché office in South Africa to report her death as suspicious, CBS News reports. According to the friend, Larry Rudolph was in another relationship, and she found it strange that he cremated his wife immediately after her death. In addition, Bianca was Catholic and did not believe in cremation. This case was an exceptional example of the U.S. Attorney's Office pulling together with our law enforcement partners to uncover the truth and seek justice for a victim who had no other voice, according to U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan. Larry Rudolph could face up to life in prison. If you like Dark Side Of - Be sure to search and subscribe to "Dark Side Of" wherever you download podcasts! Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dark-side-of-wikipedia-true-crime-dark-history/id1504280230?uo=4 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0GYshi6nJCf3O0aKEBTOPs Stitcher http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/real-ghost-stories-online-2/dark-side-of-wikipedia-true-crime-disturbing-stories iHeart https://www.iheart.com/podcast/270-Dark-Side-of-Wikipedia-Tru-60800715 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/565dc51b-d214-4fab-b38b-ae7c723cb79a/Dark-Side-of-Wikipedia-True-Crime-Dark-History Google Podcasts https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzUwMDEyNjAucnNz Or Search "Dark Side Of" for the best in True Crime ANYWHERE you get podcasts! Support the show at http://www.darksidepod.com

A Minnesota farmer is accused of making $46 million by passing off chemically treated corn and soybeans as organically grown. James Clayton Wolf was charged July 7 in federal court with felony wire fraud. Prosecutors say Wolf falsely labeled crops grown on his rural Cottonwood County farm as organic and that he defrauded grain buyers and undermined the nation's organic labeling system. Organic crops are grown from non-GMO seeds and without chemicals or fertilizers. They generate higher prices on the market than non-organic crops. Organic crop certification is controlled by the federal National Organic Program, run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The grand jury's indictment says Wolf's organic farming certification was revoked in 2020. However, according to the document, Wolf continued selling non-GMO grain falsely labeled as organic through an “associate,” the Star Tribune reported. Wolf's attorney is Paul Engh. “Mr. Wolf is a 65-year-old career farmer who has never been in trouble,” said Engh. “He's led a good life and now seeks his vindication.” Wolf is scheduled to appear before a magistrate on July 22. Wire fraud is a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison, according to federal sentencing guidelines. U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger's office said the indictment is the result of collaboration between the FBI and the inspector general's office for the USDA. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

Nardone is extremely proficient at composing music by ear, writing songs that hopes to prevent, create awareness and recognise emotionally and physically abusive relationships. The musician also seems to have a unique innate competency to ingeniously present music in multiple styles, all while maintaining a consistent brand. ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** BREAKING NEWS ---  A Boston school dean who moonlighted as a Latin Kings gang member had to pay a kid he shot in the head $10 million in damages  A federal judge ordered Shaun Harrison, 58, to pay over $10 million to a kid he shot in the head. But he was also affiliated with a gang and had recruited students to deal drugs for him. A federal judge on Friday ordered a former dean at a Boston school to pay more than $10 million in damages to a former student he shot.  Shaun Harrison, former dean at English High School, was convicted in 2018 of assault after he shot a then 17-year-old in the back of the head. He had recruited the teen to help him distribute marijuana throughout the school, The Associated Press reported at the time. But then the two got into an argument, and Harrison shot him in 2015. businessinsider.com (Yelena Dzhanova)   

We have now learned that Nicholas Roske, who identified as an MtF named Sophie to lure young women into sexual encounters, had actually planned to assassinate three conservative Supreme Court Justices over abortion. His plan involved killing these conservatives so they could be replaced with liberals, therefore indefinitely changing the court's direction into the distant future. Just one day before the Dobbs decision over abortion was handed down, the highest court also decided Bruen wherein New York State's restrictive gun licensing law was overturned. It had prevented a law-abiding citizen from obtaining an unrestricted license to “have and carry” unless “proper cause” could be demonstrated, something the court responded to by stating: “We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need.” The Associated Press called this an expansion of gun rights, when the court simply reinstated those rights that some States had taken away. As a result of this and the high rate of gun-related suicides, law professors in Alabama are arguing that disarming the public is the only way to ensure self-defense - try and figure that out. They argue that getting rid of guns will stop suicides and murders. But suicides are the opposite of self-defense, they are committed by people choosing to end their own life. And most murders are carried out as a result of drug and gang activity which is not being prosecuted in major cities. Law-abiding citizens are not responsible for crime and yet are being treated as common criminals while dangerous people and gangs run the streets. This is precisely why we have a parchment protection - to remind government that we have inherent natural rights, including those to self-defense.

British rail workers went on strike on July 27 over an ongoing pay dispute, a month after the country's most disruptive railway strike in three decades paralyzed train networks across the U.K. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers said earlier its members would walk out for 24 hours, threatening travel chaos during the busy summer holidays. Union leaders said they have rejected a new pay rise offer from Network Rail to resolve the dispute over jobs, pay and working conditions. They said the “paltry sum” is conditional on union members agreeing to “drastic changes in their working lives.” “The train operating companies remain stubborn and are refusing to make any new offer which deals with job security and pay,” the union's general secretary, Mick Lynch, said. “Strike action is the only course open to us to make both the rail industry and government understand that this dispute will continue for as long as it takes until we get a negotiated settlement,” he added. The union staged three strikes last month that saw 40,000 workers walk off their jobs, crippling services across the country. It said the government's new offer was for a 4% pay rise, another 2% next year and a further 2% conditional on achieving “modernization milestones." Union leaders say that isn't enough amid soaring inflation — currently at 9.1% — and the worst cost of living crisis in decades. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

Damian Daniels had three encounters with the local police during the last 48 hours of his life. The Army veteran was in his home in August 2020, amid a mental health crisis, when his brother — 800 miles away in Colorado — called the Red Cross for help. The agency, in turn, called 9-1-1, and police officers were dispatched for a welfare check that turned deadly, culminating in an officer shooting Daniels twice, killing him. Tragedies like this — when a person in the throes of a mental health crisis is shot and killed by police officers — aren't rare. Washington Post reporters Jon Gerberg and Alice Li found 178 similar cases over the course of three years. They wrote about Daniel's death in “When a call to the police for help turns deadly,” part of the Washington Post's “Unaccountable” investigative series — a deep dive into how the police serve the communities they're tasked to protect. Jon Gerberg is a senior video journalist for the Washington Post and a member of the investigative team. He's been with the news organization since 2017, and before that, he reported for The New York Times, the Associated Press, TIME, and worked as a foreign affairs producer for “PBS NewsHour.”   As the database editor for the investigations unit at the Washington Post, Steven Rich knows data and how integral it is to investigative stories. Rich and Gerberg were E&P Publisher Mike Blinder's guests on E&P Reports 149th episode. They were joined by E&P contributor Gretchen A. Peck for a conversation about data and the “Unaccountable” series. “I got the job here at The Post through an internship,” Rich recalled during the vodcast. “I turned that internship into a second internship and into a job. At the time, there was not as much data capacity at The Post. They sort of needed me, and I was focused largely on large investigative projects.” Though the term “data journalism” may be relatively recent on the news-evolution timeline, the practice is hardly novel. “Data journalism has kind of been under the surface for a very long time,” Rich said, citing Ida B. Wells as an example, who in effect collected data about lynchings in the south. Rich sees data as a way to offer larger context to otherwise anecdotal stories. “My job is to take your anecdotes and to tell you how often they happen,” he said. For roughly seven years, The Post's data team has been building a publicly available database of police shootings across the country, populating it, mining it, and gleaning patterns and revelations to inform their reporting. For example, they track the number and location of police-involved shootings, whether the victim was armed, and where it took place — for instance, in a private home versus in a public setting. They also seek insight into why the police are on the scene at all — if a call to 9-1-1 was the only option for help.  The investigative team knew that Damian Daniel's death was not unique. They knew of other high-profile incidents when the police were called to help people in mental crisis, only to kill them during the course of that interaction. They cited Daniel Prude in Rochester, New York and Walter Wallace, Jr. in Philadelphia. “But we wanted to know how often this is actually happening, and that's where we turn to colleagues like Steven, who have actually been compiling this database,” he added. With the help of a team of journalism students from American University, The Post's investigative team could look at approximately 1,000 police shooting cases and drill down to those for which mental health was a suspected or known factor. They found 178 such occurrences, representing victims of all ages, races and genders. There were some things the data didn't reveal, which required the investigative team to find answers in other ways. For example, the database doesn't currently track officers' disciplinary records or suspensions, whether they were involved in prior similar incidents, or whether they've been violent outside of the job. “My approach to data journalism is and has always been as a way to take a great story and make it excellent,” Rich said. “The most important part of data journalism is the journalism itself. … It's one thing to collect data, but you have to actually extract the meaning out of it,” Rich suggested.   The “Fatal Force” database continues to inform the investigative team's reporting. “It's kind of a gift that keeps on giving, from a storytelling and reporting perspective,” Gerberg told Blinder and Peck. "Data really is the fundamental spine of our reporting because why are we telling these stories if they do not tell us something about the world in which we live? I would just add that if you kind of take the inverse of that, if you only have the data and are never taking stories out of that, what does it mean in the first place? I think a crucial part of our job is to take that data and identify those trends, but also work to really illuminate and understand what kind of consequences these trends are having in the lives of everyday people,” Gerberg concluded. The team's reporting of this story inspired change in Bexar County, Texas. “Bexar County had a mental-health response unit within its own police department,” Gerberg explained. “The problem was, Mr. Daniels was actually in the jurisdiction of the Bear County Sheriff's, rather than the [San Antonio Police Department] — so, a different jurisdiction. But since Mr. Daniel's killing, the judge there has implemented a secondary program to increase mental health options for the rest of the county, as well.”

[00:30] The Tale of Two Elections (14 minutes) After three days of counting votes, the Associated Press has finally called the Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary for Kari Lake. In stark contrast, Fox News called Arizona as a Biden win on election night during the 2020 presidential election. In a moment of stunning hypocrisy, Morning Joe hosts said about Lake's election that “our form of American democracy is at risk if we start electing people who deny election results when their side loses”—the show's hosts and many others repeatedly argue that Donald Trump's first election win was illegitimate. [14:05] Dick Cheney Says the Quiet Part Out Loud (8 minutes) Former Vice President Dick Cheney stated in a political ad for his daughter Liz that there has never been a greater threat to the U.S. than Donald Trump, and that “there is nothing more important she will ever do than lead the effort to make sure Donald Trump is never again near the Oval Office.” This, of course, is the primary objective of the January 6 committee. [22:45] U.S. Economy Update (6 minutes) According to Rasmussen Reports, 62 percent of Americans think the U.S. is already in a recession. The Biden White House's economic decisions, budgets and spending plans have been disastrous for everyday Americans—but Pete Buttigieg believes electric cars will solve many of these economic woes. [28:25] Federal Bureau of Fabrication (12 minutes) During a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray refused to confirm that the Trump-Russia collusion story was a hoax—or that the Hunter Biden laptop was not Russian disinformation. Also, January 6 prisoner Sean McHugh wrote in a letter to Gateway Pundit saying that Ray Epps encouraged him to go into the Capitol. In his letter, he questioned why Epps has not been prosecuted, even though many of the people he encouraged to go into the Capitol are currently sitting in jail. [40:15] Keep Sin Out (14 minutes) The world today is filled with so much sin. God says our nations “declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not” (Isaiah 1:9). Though we live in the world, we should not be of the world. We must not allow the world's sinful ways to take root in our lives. It will take God's intervention to save our sick society, just like it takes God's intervention to clean up our lives. We must get sin out and keep it out in order to receive the promised reward.

What could be harder than looking for a needle in a haystack? Probably retrieving a ring from a river. But against all odds, divers with the Cambridge Fire Department managed to fish a Chicago woman's diamond ring from the Charles River after it tumbled into the water while she and her husband were relaxing at a yacht club. Lynn Andrews told WCVB-TV she had removed the ring so she could apply sunscreen and placed it in her husband's shirt pocket for safekeeping. But it was a hot day, and when he took off his shirt to cool off with a quick swim, the ring fell in the river. "I said a bad word, and then I took a deep breath, and then I said, ‘Everything's going to be fine,'” her husband, Ninos Andrews, told WBZ-TV. Andrews “was obviously quite distraught,” the fire department said on its Facebook page. The couple alerted a dive team that was patrolling the river, and within five minutes of searching, firefighter Jeremy Marrache located the ring and returned it to its “very relieved and excited” owner, the department said in its post. “They all had wives, and they all knew how important this was and how sentimental it was to us,” Lynn Andrews said. Fortunately, Marrache said, the ring lay at an angle that caused the diamond to shimmer as he shined his flashlight over the silty bottom of the river. “We have open communications via our mask. So when I said I found it, the person attending us relayed that message, so I could hear everybody cheering,” he told WBZ. “This is an amazing example of using our training for public service and a terrific opportunity for the dive team and marine unit members to practice working together,” fire Lt. Stephen Capuccio said in a statement. This article was provided by The Associated Press.