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Send us a textLinking the Travel Industry is a business travel podcast where we review the top travel industry stories that are posted on LinkedIn by LinkedIn members.  We curate the top posts and discuss with them with travel industry veterans in a live session with audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.comYour Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash ShravahStories covered on this podcast episode include -The American Express Global Business Travel / CWT deal concludes.Johnny Thorsen joins the board of Kyte.TAAG-Linhas Aereas de Angola's inaugural flight between Luanda and Nairobi takes places.Austrian Airlines is going to test a seasonal route between Vienna and Dubai from December this year.Southwest Airlines frequent flyer members will enjoy free, unlimited wifi on-board with T-Mobile.The TSA has officially launched its One Stop Security (OSS) pilot program, allowing select international passengers to skip re-screening when connecting in the U.S.Ryanair introduces a cabin bag size allowance which is 33% bigger than the EU standard.The most engaged post of the week goes to Gaurav Bhatnagar in his announcement of TBO.COM's acquisition of Classic Vacations.You can subscribe to this podcast by searching 'BusinessTravel360' on your favorite podcast player or visiting BusinessTravel360.comThis podcast was created, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!Support the show

This all came crashing down last Monday night at JFK when I boarded a Delta flight to Seattle around 5 p.m. I consider JFK to be as close to a prison camp as I care to get. The Delta terminal is vast and crowded and ugly, endless lines at Ticketing, TSA agents whose badge entitles them to freely express hostility and contempt, miles of concourses lined with souvenir shops, the smell of bad food. Naming the airport for our late lamented president did him no service.We boarded the plane and sat at the gate for a while, then pulled out and sat on the tarmac. A massive storm was moving east. The pilot came on the horn every 15 minutes to apologize for the delay and say that Air Traffic Control had no idea when, if ever, we might leave. Five became six p.m. and then almost seven when suddenly he said we were clear to go and the plane sprinted toward the runway but something changed, we were too late, and we returned to the gate canceled. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit garrisonkeillor.substack.com/subscribe

Host: Cindy Allen Published: September 12, 2025 Length: ~15 minutes Presented by: Global Training Center I Can Do It With a Broken Heart: Trade Updates, 9/11 Reflections, and DHS Reorganization In this week's episode, Cindy Allen takes inspiration from Taylor Swift's I Can Do It With a Broken Heart to unpack trade updates, court battles, and the lasting impact of 9/11 on U.S. trade and security policy. From the Supreme Court's decision to hear the IEEPA reciprocal tariff case to ongoing discussions about reorganizing DHS and CBP, Cindy brings clarity to complex trade issues—all while reflecting on the transformation of trade and security programs born in the aftermath of 9/11. What You'll Learn in This Episode: Supreme Court to hear the IEEPA reciprocal tariffs challenge in November What a potential importer refund process could look like Section 122 as a possible bridge tool for duty assessments Why Section 232, 301, and fentanyl duties remain unaffected by the IEEPA case How 9/11 reshaped trade: CTPAT, Importer Security Filing, TSA, and DHS itself Current discussions on reorganizing DHS and Customs & Border Protection The possible merging of the Office of Trade and Office of Field Operations Key Takeaways: Importers must prepare for ongoing duty assessments, even if refund pathways open. The IEEPA case could significantly impact Treasury revenues and the federal deficit. 9/11 transformed international trade security programs, many still in place today. DHS reorganization could change how CBP balances trade enforcement and duty collection. Leadership alignment at CBP offers cautious optimism for the future of trade policy. Resources & Mentions: Supreme Court of the United States – Docket Information U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CTPAT – Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Trade Force Multiplier Credits Hosts: Cindy Allen – LinkedIn Producer: Lalo Solorzano – LinkedIn Subscribe & Follow New episodes every Friday. Presented by: Global Training Center — providing education, consulting, workshops, and compliance resources for trade professionals.

Special guest Chance Miller, Editor-in-Chief of 9to5Mac was in-person at the event and offers impressions of iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, AirPods Pro 3, plus we cover Spotify's rollout of lossless audio, Vimeo aquired by Bending Spoons, and what iPhone we're pre-ordering.Sponsored by:Interconnected: Interconnected is a new series from Equinix diving into the infrastructure that keeps our digital world running. We're diving deep into the systems behind AI, automation, quantum, and beyond. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and on YouTube here.1Password: 1Password Extended Access Management is the first security solution that brings all those unmanaged devices, apps, and identities under your control. Learn more at: 1password.com/primarytechRelay for St. JudeJoin the Primary Tech X Relay for St. Jude fundraiser and help us meet our $5,000 goal! Click here to donate.Send Us a Voice MemoWe want to hear from you! Send us a voice memo that may get played on the show, or an anonymous written message about what you're excited to see at the iPhone 17 event, or iPhone security at TSA! Click here to submit.Bonus Episode: Microsoft Teams is literally the worst. Listen here!------------------------------Show Notes via EmailSign up to get exactly one email per week from the Primary Tech guys with the full episode show notes for your perusal. Click here to subscribe.------------------------------Watch on YouTube!Subscribe and watch our weekly episodes plus bonus clips at: https://youtu.be/VWWrnE8JNno------------------------------Join the CommunityDiscuss new episodes, start your own conversation, and join the Primary Tech community here: social.primarytech.fm------------------------------Support the showGet ad-free versions of the show plus exclusive bonus episodes every week! Subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts or here if you want chapters: primarytech.memberful.com/join------------------------------Reach out:Stephen's YouTube Channel@stephenrobles on ThreadsStephen on BlueskyStephen on Mastodon@stephenrobles on XJason's Inc.com Articles@jasonaten on Threads@JasonAten on XJason on BlueskyJason on Mastodon------------------------------We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts and SpotifyPodcast artwork with help from Basic Apple Guy.Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: podcast@primarytech.fm------------------------------Links from the showTiltify - Made for FundraisersCast feedback to Primary TechnologyThe new Live Translation feature also works with AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4 - 9to5MacAirPods Pro 3 - AppleSeven iPhone Air details you might've missed - 9to5MaciPhone Air vs iPhone 17 Pro vs iPhone 16 Pro - AppleiPhone 17 - AppleHands-on: iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air - 9to5MacTim Cook and talks iPhone Air's design vision in new WSJ interview - 9to5MacExclusive | Oracle, OpenAI Sign $300 Billion Cloud Deal - WSJBending Spoons to Buy Vimeo in $1.38 Billion All-Cash Deal - BloombergBending Spoons | ProductsSpotify Lossless 'rolling out gradually' four years after Apple Music upgraded entire library - 9to5MacDJI's Chinese Drones Face U.S. Ban - The New York TimesGoogle admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline' | The Verge (00:00) - Intro (00:44) - Guest Chance Miller (02:25) - Star Wars 17 Pro (04:23) - AirPods Pro 3 (07:21) - iPhone Air Impressions (12:56) - iPhone 17 (15:17) - iPhone Air Accessories (20:09) - iPhone 17 Pro Colors...

In this episode of "Ask the Vet," Dr. Ann Hohenhaus welcomes Dr. Philipp Schott, veterinarian, bestselling author, and storyteller, to discuss his new book Heal the Beast: A Jaunt Through the Curious History of the Veterinary Arts. Together, they explore surprising and quirky stories of animal healers across cultures and centuries, while reflecting on what these traditions teach us about the bond between humans and animals.Topics include:Why caring for animals has been universal throughout human historyHow wars and plagues helped spark the foundations of modern veterinary medicineThe scourge of rabies from ancient Egypt to todaySuperstitions, misguided cures, and the return of alternative approachesThe emotional, practical, and spiritual reasons people treat animalsWhat the history of veterinary medicine reveals about its futureAlso on this month's show:Viral trending animal story featuring Maple, the retired police dog who now protects honeybeesAnimal news, including radioactive rhino horns to fight poaching, U.S. cities ranked by pet-friendliness, and TSA warnings about transporting petsPet Health Listener Q&A on moving cross-country with cats, managing recurring ear infections in dogs, and knee problems after a common orthopedic surgery in dogsDo you have a pet question for Dr. Hohenhaus? Email askthevet@amcny.org to have your question answered on Ask the Vet's Listener Q&A.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X!

Luke enjoyed an impromptu history lesson about his neighborhood from his 82 year old neighbor, Gay. Andrew is in a fight with a restaurant over something he's completely imagined. And a closer look at TSA precheck leads to a conversation about waiting in line at DMVs and passport offices. 

304: Mollie Engelhart is back again as she has now become a regular on the Digest This podcast, but this time, she shares about her new book, Debunked By Nature, and how nature truly can be the ultimate debunker of all the agendas pushed on us today. We get into how to opt out of TSA scanners at airports because I bet many didn't know that you actually have a right to refuse to walk through the radiation scanners, we talk about immigration and what she thinks should be the proper way to handle it all as a woman who's married to someone who migrated, we get into digital devices, wearables, fertility issues in not only humans but farm animals, how we've lost 170,000 farms in just the past 8 years (and no one is talking about it) and the hot topic of Trader Joe's Chicken and so much more. Mollie is the sweetest vegan turned farmer butcher you may ever meet. She's a mother, wife, and author of Debunked By Nature. Topics Discussed: → Texas floods → Fertility in humans AND animals  → “Reproductive rights” → 170,000 farms destroyed in 8 years → Wearables  → Lab grown meat → Butter made from air? → How to opt out of TSA radiation machines → Our right to say no → Immigration issues and how to work together  → Debunked By Nature As always, if you have any questions for the show please email us at digestthispod@gmail.com. And if you like this show, please share it, rate it, review it and subscribe to it on your favorite podcast app.  Sponsored By:  → Timeline | They're offering my audience a 20% discount on all first-time purchases! Go to timeline.com/digest and Use code DIGEST at checkout.  → Birch | Go to BirchLiving.com/digest and get 25% off sitewide. → LMNT | Get your FREE sample pack with any LMNT purchase at drinklmnt.com/DIGEST → Pique Life | Go to piquelife.com/digest for up to 20% OFF and a free starter kit Check Out Mollie Engelhart: → Order Debunked By Nature Book Club! | https://debunkedbynature.com → https://www.sovereigntyranch.com  → https://www.instagram.com/sovereigntyranch  → Mollie's Instagram Check Out Bethany: → Bethany's Instagram: @lilsipper → YouTube → Bethany's Website → Discounts & My Favorite Products → My Digestive Support Protein Powder → Gut Reset Book  → Get my Newsletters (Friday Finds) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A former Senior Counsel on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation explains how Washington works with respect to aviation policy and oversight. In the news, a Production Specification for Swift Fuels 100R unleaded avgas, the DOT Solicitation for Air Traffic Control Integrator Contract, EMAS and runway overruns, carrier qualifications for new Navy fighter pilots, and the Boeing strike. Guest Alex Simpson is Senior Vice President at Cassidy & Associates, a bipartisan government relations firm, where he focuses on the transportation sector. Previously, Alex served as Senior Counsel on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation under Chair and Ranking Member Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA). In that role, he led oversight of the FAA, TSA, NTSB, and the aviation industry. He executed over 25 hearings, including multiple high-profile hearings with airline and manufacturing CEOs, union leaders, DOT Secretaries, and FAA Administrators. Alex maintains close ties with the Senate Commerce and House Transportation & Infrastructure committees. Alex explains the major Congressional members and committees that create aviation policy and provide industry oversight. That includes the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, and the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. In addition, non-government stakeholders that influence policy decisions include organizations such as Airlines For America (A4A), ALPA, NATCA, Boeing, and even crash victim families acting as advocacy groups. Alex discusses a variety of topics, including ATC infrastructure, likely prime integrator candidates, and elements of a possible TSA reauthorization bill, such as the use of facial recognition technology at TSA checkpoints. Also, Boeing and the deferred prosecution agreement, lifting the 737 MAX production cap, and the 1500-hour rule for commercial airline pilots. We touch on consumer protection and the Full Fare Rule aimed at preventing deceptive airfare advertisements. As a Committee staffer, Alex drafted and negotiated the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. He also worked closely on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which included more than $25 billion for airport infrastructure upgrades.  Before his tenure in the Senate, Alex practiced law at the U.S. Department of Transportation and Zuckert, Scoutt, & Rasenberger (now KMA Zuckert), where he helped clients problem-solve aviation issues, including those related to the Essential Air Service Program, airport landing rights (slots), antitrust, air carrier economic authority and fitness, federal preemption, and airport grant assurances. Aviation News Swift 100 R Gets ASTM Spec ASTM International recently approved a Production Specification for Swift Fuels 100R unleaded avgas. Swift is one of three unleaded fuel makers, and the first to get ASTM approval. Swift Fuels has devoted years of research working with the FAA, Lycoming, Continental Aerospace, Rotax, Textron Aviation, Piper, and others. The ASTM AvGas standards define the required chemical, physical, and performance characteristics for unleaded Avgas sold for aviation use. DOT Opens Solicitation for Air Traffic Control Integrator Contract The Department of Transportation issued an updated request for solutions to identify a Prime Integrator for the Brand New Air Traffic Control System. (Solicitation Number BNATCSRFSFINAL.) Submissions to the Request for Solutions - Brand New Air Traffic Control System at Sam.gov must be submitted by September 21, 2025. Carrier Qualifications Axed From Graduation Requirements For New Navy Fighter Pilots U.S. Navy Tactical Air (Strike) aviators in training are no longer required to take off and land from aircraft carriers before earning their Naval Aviator wings. A Navy official said “Students in the strike pipeline, those training to fly F/A-18s, F-35s, and EA-18Gs, are no longer required to qualify by landing on ...

Recorded LIVE we break down all the details from Apple's iPhone 17 event, including AirPods Pro 3 with live translation, Apple Watch Series 11 with hypertension warnings, Apple Watch Ultra 3 satellite connectivity, iPhone 17 gets big display upgrades, incredibly thin iPhone Air, and tri-48MP camera iPhone 17 Pro!Relay for St. JudeJoin the Primary Tech X Relay for St. Jude fundraiser and help us meet our $5,000 goal! Click here to donate.Send Us a Voice MemoWe want to hear from you! Send us a voice memo that may get played on the show, or an anonymous written message about what you're excited to see at the iPhone 17 event, or iPhone security at TSA! Click here to submit. ------------------------------Show Notes via EmailSign up to get exactly one email per week from the Primary Tech guys with the full episode show notes for your perusal. Click here to subscribe.------------------------------Watch on YouTube!Subscribe and watch our weekly episodes plus bonus clips at: youtube.com/@primarytechshow------------------------------Join the CommunityDiscuss new episodes, start your own conversation, and join the Primary Tech community here: social.primarytech.fm------------------------------Support the showGet ad-free versions of the show plus exclusive bonus episodes every week! Subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts or here if you want chapters: primarytech.memberful.com/join------------------------------Reach out:Stephen's YouTube Channel@stephenrobles on ThreadsStephen on BlueskyStephen on Mastodon@stephenrobles on XJason's Inc.com Articles@jasonaten on Threads@JasonAten on XJason on BlueskyJason on Mastodon------------------------------We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts and SpotifyPodcast artwork with help from Basic Apple Guy.Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: podcast@primarytech.fm------------------------------Links from the showEverything You Need to Know - iPhone Air, AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch UItra 3, iPhone 17 Pro - YouTubeLive Translation on AirPods Pro 3 Is the Breakthrough Apple Intelligence Has Been Waiting ForiPhone Air MagSafe Battery - AppleIntroducing AirPods Pro 3, the ultimate audio experience - AppleApple introduces Apple Watch SE 3 - AppleApple debuts Apple Watch Series 11, featuring groundbreaking health insights - AppleIntroducing Apple Watch Ultra 3 - AppleApple debuts iPhone 17 - AppleIntroducing iPhone Air, a powerful new iPhone with a breakthrough design - AppleApple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max - Apple (00:00) - Intro (00:46) - iPhone Air Battery (02:01) - AirPods Pro 3 (09:10) - Apple Watch Series 11 (13:41) - Apple Watch SE 3 (17:29) - Apple Watch Ultra 3 (24:51) - iPhone 17 (35:29) - iPhone Air (44:42) - New Accessories (52:49) - Future Air Models (55:09) - iPhone 17 Pro ★ Support this podcast ★

Aviation security has changed and morphed over the years. Some say in good ways and others in terrible ways. The next big evolution in aviation security is biometric screenings including facial recognition software. To talk more about that and where we have come is someone who was transformational with how TSA does its work, Dr Sheldon Jacobson, professor of computer science at University of Illinois. All that and more on the Driving You Crazy Podcast.    Contact: https://www.denver7.com/traffic/driving-you-crazy 303-832-0217 or DrivingYouCrazyPodcast@Gmail.com Jayson: twitter.com/Denver7Traffic or www.facebook.com/JaysonLuberTrafficGuy  WhatsApp: https://wa.me/17204028248 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denver7traffic   Dr Sheldon Jacobson: https://siebelschool.illinois.edu/about/people/faculty/shj   Production Notes: Open music: jazzyfrenchy by Bensound Close music: Latché Swing by Hungaria

On September 11, 2001, the aviation industry changed forever. While most remember the immediate shutdown of U.S. airspace and the introduction of tighter airport security, the ripple effects of that day continue to shape aviation more than two decades later.In this episode of the AeroExploration Podcast, we take a deep dive into how 9/11 reshaped every corner of the industry—from pilots, flight attendants, and mechanics to air traffic controllers, airport operations staff, and the flying public. We'll examine the creation of the TSA, the dramatic expansion of the Federal Air Marshal Service, and how general aviation faced restrictions and scrutiny that still influence operations today.We'll also explore the evolving impacts: the lasting influence on airline economics and hiring, challenges for general aviation airports near metropolitan areas, and how security mandates continue to affect the balance between safety and accessibility.More than a story of loss, this is also a story of resilience. Aviation professionals adapted, rebuilt, and found new ways to move the world forward—under the shadow of one of the most defining days in modern history.Join us as we reflect on the past, analyze the present, and look ahead at how the legacy of 9/11 continues to shape the future of flight.Support the Show: If you are looking for early releases, exclusive content, or just want to support the show, consider joining me on Patreon!There are several levels of support and extra goodies at each level. Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/flyingmidwest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AeroExploration: Check out the YouTube Channel. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AeroExploration⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Community:If you enjoy Fly the Transition and want to continue the conversation, consider joining our Discord community. To request an invite, simply reach out to Jim by email or social media.Sponsor Information:Support our sponsors and affiliates who help make this podcast possible!Affiliate Links:Lightspeed Headsets: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lightspeedaviation.com/?campaign=flyingmidwest23&ref=101⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Flying Eyes Sunglasses: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://flyingeyesoptics.com/?ref=Flyingmidwest23⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code Flyingmidwest10 for 10% off your purchaseFly the Transition Merch:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠flyingmidwest.com/merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Contact Information:Do you have questions or comments about the show? Do you have an idea for a future episode? Do you want to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠jim@flyingmidwest.com⁠ or connect with Jim through social media or the website.

Did you miss our review of Groomsmen First Look last October? Have no fear! We're releasing it again for you to enjoy! Alonso is with us today to help us break down all that happen in the 1st Groomsmen movie. ABOUT THE GROOMSMEN FIRST LOOK:A pediatrician and an overseas doctor, meet at a wedding in Philadelphia, but the long distance, family, and their friends may hinder their budding romance.AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR THE GROOMSMEN FIRST LOOK:October 17, 2024 | Hallmark+ / September 6, 2025 | Hallmark ChannelCAST & CREW OF THE GROOMSMEN FIRST LOOK:B.J. Britt as PeteHeather Hemmens as ChelseaJonathan Bennett as DannyTyler Hynes as JacksonBRAN'S THE GROOMSMEN FIRST LOOK SYNOPSIS: This woman walks into a store, clearly hiding from someone. The shop owner asks, “Who are you hiding from?” She peeks out and whispers, “Them! The groomsmen.” The store owner leans in: “What's the story?” She sighs. “It all started with a wedding…”Cut to a wedding. We see a guy in a suit on the phone. His name is Dr. Byer, and he bumps into a girl—not the girl from the beginning, but Hannah's maid of honor. They bond over their shared belief that clip-on ties are cheating. She's nervous about giving a speech. Turns out Dr. Byer is good friends with Danny, the best man. And surprise—she's a doctor too. Dr. Chelsea.There's one other groomsman: Jackson. Jackson, Danny, and Pete have been best friends since summer camp. They love hanging out and, of course, choreographed dances.Pete meets Chelsea, and they end up dancing and talking all night. But there's a catch—she lives halfway around the world. At the end of the night, she drops the bomb: she's leaving in the morning. She says, “We should stay in touch.” Pete replies, “We aren't really going to stay in touch, are we?” He kisses her hand, and they part ways.The next day, Pete's hanging out with the guys. Danny says, “What about a long-distance relationship?” Jackson adds, “Actually, you might be perfect for it. You're so organized and stuck in your ways.” Pete is torn, but they convince him: “You've got to stop her before she goes to the airport and tell her she's all you've ever wanted.”They rush to the hotel, but—womp womp—she's already gone. Pete chases after her, only to realize she was never in the cab. She's still at the hotel. He comes back, gulps some water, and shoots his shot… badly. But Chelsea admits she feels the same way, though she doesn't know how the distance will work. Pete says, “I don't know either, but I don't want to not try.” She grabs his phone, takes a selfie with him, and gives him her number.They start texting nonstop—cute doctor stuff, constant phone calls. Then one day, everything changes: video calls! Jackson takes this seriously, even sending his client Celeste to do Pete's makeup before a call.Pete dials in… no answer. Then a text: “Sorry, this isn't working.” Blocked. WTF?! Jackson and Danny try to reassure him, but Pete feels crushed.Later that night, Pete gets woken up by a call. It's Chelsea. The storm knocked out her internet. That's all she meant—he was never really blocked. Relief.Things go back to normal. They just want to see each other in person. Easier said than done. Both are so busy.One day, Pete's at Danny's nephew's birthday party when Chelsea shows up. “I'm here for one night. Let's go on a proper date.” Danny yells, “WE'RE GOING SHOPPING!”On their date, things feel harder than expected. It's awkward—not just because a guitar player won't stop playing in their faces, but because online chemistry doesn't always translate perfectly in person. So they bail and grab Philly cheesesteaks instead. On their walk, Chelsea admits, “I actually came here to break up with you. But after tonight…I want to keep trying.” Pete smiles: “I know how we can try next…” They kiss.His boys warn him: “Whatever you do, don't say ‘I love you' first.” Naturally, Chelsea hops in a cab, Pete chases it down, and he blurts it out. She says it back. The crowd cheers.Pete decides to propose. The boys warn him: “Don't you think you should spend more time together in person first?” But Pete is set. He flies out to surprise her—only to drop the ring box on the luggage carousel. When it comes back around, it's gone. He scrambles after it, gets detained by TSA, but luckily Chelsea knows the officers. They let him go with a warning. As Pete and Chelsea leave, TSA hands him the ring back. He proposes right then and there. Chelsea laughs: “This is so crazy! Yes!”They go to meet her parents. It's tense—her parents are intense, her mom furious they want to get married on the beach. Eventually, they compromise: a five-star resort by the beach. Pete's mom shows up and disapproves of everything, but then declares she's going to officiate the wedding. The groomsmen arrive, everyone has dinner, and Pete admits he's considering moving overseas with Chelsea.It's too much. Chelsea storms off. “Go camping with your boys. We need a break.” Disaster strikes—a massive storm hits while the guys are lost in the woods, grounding flights and keeping wedding guests away.Pete fights with the groomsmen, storms off, then they reconcile. The next day, things are better. He and Chelsea reconnect on the beach. She tells him she can't wait to spend the rest of her life with him. They kiss and, right then and there, get married exactly the way they wanted—simple, real, and by the ocean.So what does this have to do with the woman from the beginning? She leans in and says: “Pete and Chelsea's story was just the beginning. Because after them… there was another wedding.”

Let’s Go Washington unveils initiatives to protect girls’ sports and parental rights. There was a crash-and-grab at a Greenwood smoke shop. TSA might change its policy regarding liquids in carry-ons. A baseball team let AI manage for a day. // Big Local: A man was arrested for impersonating as an Edmonds police officer. A Tacoma rescue dog is in the running for ‘world’s cutest dog.’ // You Pick the Topic: A Phillies fan went viral over the weekend for throwing a tantrum after another fan nabbed a home run ball for his son.

We Like Shooting Episode 627 This episode of We Like Shooting is brought to you by: Gideon Optics, XTech Tactical, Die Free Co., Night Fision, RMA Defense, and Rost Martin   Welcome to the We Like Shooting Show, episode 627! Our cast tonight is Jeremy Pozderac, Aaron Krieger, Nick Lynch, and me Shawn Herrin, welcome to the show! pew.deals - Gear Chat Nick - Acetac Vibes Acetac stuff Shawn - Kydex Holsters: The New Standard C&G Kydex Holsters offers American-made holsters designed for reliability and performance, featuring custom options and quick shipping. The company highlights their expertise in law enforcement and military, emphasizing high-quality craftsmanship that aims to meet the needs of gun users. Shawn - Henry Holsters: Elevate Your Preparedness (no summary available) Shawn - Foxtrot Mike Monolith Talk Foxtrot Mike Monolith Upper Shawn - PEW POLICIES TRAVEL TAGS: Enhance Your Shooting Experience RedHat Armament has released a travel compliance guide called Pew Policies for gun owners, which provides information on airline policies, TSA rules, and state reciprocity laws. The product includes tags for securing firearms in transportation. Compliance with regulations is emphasized to avoid issues while traveling with firearms. Shawn - Ounce Pistol Overview (no summary available) Bullet Points Nick - Steyr's New Shooter Spotlight New Steyr pistol Shawn - WLS Master Feed Launch! WLS Master Feed - now available WLS HQ Shawn - GOA Hi Point (no summary available) Gun Fights Step right up for "Gun Fights," the high-octane segment hosted by Nick Lynch, where our cast members go head-to-head in a game show-style showdown! Each contestant tries to prove their gun knowledge dominance. It's a wild ride of bids, bluffs, and banter—who will come out on top? Tune in to find out! WLS is Lifestyle Pro Shooters: Myth or Reality? Pro Shooters are not real. Ben Stoeger video Aaron's Alley Going Ballistic Gun Control: An Underwhelming Strategy in Chicago's Weekend Bloodbath Over the weekend, gun violence in Chicago resulted in 19 people shot, including 7 fatalities, under Mayor Johnson's leadership. This incident may stir further debate around gun control measures, impacting the gun community's stance on rights and regulations. When Logic Takes a Backseat: Gun Control Advocates Aim for Your Rights Gun rights groups have expressed strong opposition to a recent ban on firearm possession for transgender individuals, labeling it as unconstitutional. This backlash highlights the ongoing tensions between gun control advocates and the gun community, with proponents of the Second Amendment arguing that such measures infringe on personal rights and freedoms. Democrats Aim to Disarm Campus Safety Wisconsin Democrats are pushing to eliminate campus carry laws, aiming to restrict students from carrying firearms for self-defense. This move has ignited strong opposition from gun rights advocates, who view it as an infringement on Second Amendment rights and a step away from personal safety on college campuses. The gun community sees this as another attempt by lawmakers to undermine their freedoms. Illinois: Where Gun Control Fails and Criminals Thrive A recent ATF report reveals that most guns recovered from crimes in Illinois originated from within the state, challenging the narrative that guns are primarily trafficked from outside sources. This data points to issues within local regulations and enforcement rather than supporting gun control measures aimed at addressing crime. As the gun community scrutinizes these findings, it highlights the argument for protecting Second Amendment rights and questions the effectiveness of strict gun control in curbing violence. Another Day, Another Gun Control Win: Illinois Transit and the Great...

Submit your question and we'll answer it in a future episode!Join our Patreon Community!https://www.patreon.com/badassbreastfeedingpodcastAre you planning to travel with your breastmilk? How do you even travel withbreastmilk? Can you fly with it or is it better to drive? Listen in today as Dianneand Abby break it all down, with the help of a Badass listener.If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you.  Please consider leavingus a review on iTunes or sending us an email with your suggestions and commentsto badassbreastfeedingpodcast@gmail.com. You can also add your email to ourlist and have episodes sent right to your inbox!Things we talked about:Shout out to Puerto Rico [5:50]The travel email [10:10]Dry ice and flying [15:13]TSA rules for flying [24:28]Traveling is stressful [33:13]Milk Stork [33:34]Links to information we discussed or episodes you should check out!https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/102-pumping-and-traveling-with-breast-milk/https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/2790/Set up your consultation with Diannehttps://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/consultations/Check out Dianne's blog here:https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/Follow our Podcast:https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.comHere is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby:AbbyTheuring ,https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.comDianne Cassidy @diannecassidyibclc, http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.comMusic we use:Music: Levels of Greatness from We Used to Paint Stars in the Sky (2012)courtesy of Scott Holmes at freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott Holmes

This week, a criminal in India accidentally shoots himself while confronting cops, two guys in Houston test if Kevlar helmets are bulletproof while wearing them and only one got to try, are 26 round mags going too far? Short stages need to make a comeback, how much planning should you do from the matchbook, RPG's at TSA, and much more! Get your "Try Hard" T-shirt!  Subscribe on Patreon to get an extra episode every week! Listen on YouTube! Andy on Instagram - andy.e.605 Jeff on Instagram - jeff_the_monster_king MW Aktiv Wear - mw_aktiv_wear Not Another Shooting Show on Reddit

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The TSA was expected to screen about 17.4 million people over the Labor Day holiday. While airlines experienced minimal flight cancellations, there were some trouble spots. An Air Canada flight returned to Denver and passengers evacuated due to a possible electrical fire on board. CBS News' Kris Van Cleave reports. Following an annual summit, President Xi of China has invited many world leaders to celebrate the anniversary of the World War Two victory and observe a military parade. Russia's Vladmir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, who rarely leaves his country, are expected to join the event. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd breaks down the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in China, which more than 20 world leaders attended, including Russia and India, and what it means for the U.S. on the global stage. Police in Houston are investigating the shooting death of an 11-year-old boy after he was shot and killed Saturday night while pranking a home by playing "ding dong ditch." Witnesses say a group of kids had been pranking homes by ringing doorbells and running away, when someone allegedly came out of a home and started shooting at the group. CBS News' Karen Hua reports. Bill Belichick made his college coaching debut Monday for the North Carolina Tar Heels, and the team was blown out by TCU, 48-14. Belichick, who led the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl championships, is guaranteed $10 million per year for three years. An Arkansas jury recently found car insurance giant State Farm shortchanged drivers with "totaled" cars, and similar lawsuits across the country could put money back into consumers' pockets. State Farm is fighting the lawsuits, telling CBS News that the company "always seeks to pay what we owe within the terms of the policy to help our customers recover from a loss." CBS News consumer correspondent Ash-har Quraishi has the details. Award-winning actor, producer and writer Issa Rae speaks to "CBS Mornings" about a new documentary called "Seen and Heard: This History of Black Television." She is executive producer of the two-part series that explores the history of Black representation on TV and how Black artists and creators revolutionized the industry while confronting major challenges. Emmy award winning actor Tom Pelphrey shares details about starring in the new thriller series "Task." He speaks to "CBS Mornings" about the show and what it's like working alongside co-star Mark Ruffalo. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's an all new That Real Blind Tech show as Allison, Brian, David, and Jeanine are back together to talk about little tech along with a tad of A.I. Because why wouldn't they?   We kick the show off discussing the recent story of a florida man being captured on his Ring Doorbell being attacked by a bear. Yes, a bear in freaking Florida, man.   We then get our first A.I. story of the show as Taco Bell has said No Mas to A.I. Drive Through Windows.   TSA has banned some new items from being carried on to a plane, but what is more impressive is some of the items you can take on a plane with you.   We then discuss the Ally Solos Glasses which were recently announced.   We then discuss the fascinating story about where do Waymos go when they are not driving passengers? They have to go somewhere.   Next we discuss the news about Glide not coming to Europe any time soon.   Are A.I. Agents still closer to science fiction than reality? Which leads us in to complaining about stupid articles behind the paywall and then how to get around it.   Blind people get ready to rejoice as Meta is moving ahead with Facial Recognition on their next pairs of Meta Glasses. And on a related note, Meta has released six new pairs of the Meta Oakleys, well actually only six new colors for the lenses and frames.   We then discuss the fun article How to Win friends and Influence ChatBots.   And on a terrifying note, A.I. ransomWare has arrived.   We then discuss the recent announcement between the beta partnership between Be My Eyes and Amtrak. Amtrak has also finally rolled out their new Acela trains, but don't expect them to get you to your location any faster!   Apple TV Plus has hiked its price to $13 a month. Is it time to start dialing back all those streaming services?   We then talk about the all new redesign that came to the new ESPN app, but same old same old Worldwide Leader in Inaccessibility at ESPN.   And it's more of What's Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow 

01:00:00 – Martial Law Playbook Trump's talk of sending troops into U.S. cities is framed as a Pentagon-backed military operation, planned long before, with conservatives enabling authoritarianism they once opposed. 01:05:29 – Pentagon's Megacity War Games A Pentagon video outlines future urban warfare, portraying megacities as “incubators for adversaries.” Commentary warns this is predictive programming for smart cities and biometric surveillance. 01:12:31 – Fascism in America Analysis argues Trump has fused technocracy with fascism by nationalizing industry, militarizing policing, and normalizing federal control—all cheered by conservatives. 01:18:34 – Chicago Woman Rejects Troops Despite being carjacked and injured, a Chicago woman rejects Trump's plan to send in the National Guard. She's mocked online but praised as more liberty-minded than conservatives cheering martial law. 01:30:28 – Martial Law Conditioning Pandemic lockdowns, mask mandates, and “crime crackdowns” are described as steps in martial law conditioning. Public, judiciary, and Congress are being acclimated to permanent military presence. 01:52:47 – Digital ID = Tyranny Children's Health Defense warns “voluntary” digital IDs always become mandatory. TSA's biometric scans are cited as proof that digital identity is a technocratic control grid. 01:58:16 – CDC Shake-Up & Power Struggle RFK Jr. clashes with CDC Director Susan Monarez over vaccine policy and alleged autism links. Her refusal to fire staff leads to her removal, triggering mass resignations and exposing deep cracks inside the agency. 02:05:28 – Hypocrisy of “The Science” CDC officials claim to protect public health while covering up vaccine harms and autism research. Commentary rips the arrogance of bureaucrats demanding blind trust and restricting scientific inquiry to “experts only.” 02:15:43 – Informed Consent & Pharma Tyranny Discussion shifts to medical freedom, pointing out that patients should decide—even in terminal cases—but instead government enforces pharma's agenda. Historic examples show how the drug war and mandates strip away personal choice. 02:24:49 – Poison in the Milk RFK Jr. and Trump allow COVID vaccines to remain available despite rescinding emergency use. The show compares this to knowingly placing poison in front of people and calling it “informed consent.” 02:39:37 – Autism Explosion Exposed Autism rates skyrocketing from 1 in 10,000 (1970s) to 1 in 31 today are tied to vaccine expansion. Commentary highlights bipartisan efforts to cover it up and accuses both Trump and Kennedy of protecting pharma profits. 02:48:34 – Ham Sandwich Tyranny Federal prosecutors attempt to charge a man with felony assault for throwing a Subway sandwich at an officer. A grand jury rejects the indictment, marking a rare citizen rebuke of Trump's police-state overreach. 03:08:29 – Cancer Scare & Medical Pressure Guest John Richardson recounts being rushed into surgery for supposed stage-three colon cancer. He describes how doctors pushed invasive procedures for profit while ignoring natural explanations for his condition. 03:12:47 – Colonoscopy & Surgery Pushback Richardson details resisting heavy pressure from multiple specialists who insisted he'd die within ten days without surgery. He argues most colon operations are unnecessary and profit-driven, highlighting systemic corruption in the medical field. 03:23:33 – Walking Away from Surgery Despite threats about insurance and liability, Richardson refuses both surgery and colonoscopy, noting how hospitals prioritize revenue over patient well-being. He stresses that bowel improvements were ignored because they conflicted with the prescribed plan. 03:29:04 – Natural Healing & B17 Therapy Richardson begins a 40-day natural healing process using B17, diet, and naturopathic methods. He links his recovery to apricot seeds and shares how suppression of such remedies protects Big Pharma's trillion-dollar industry. 03:39:55 – Apricot Seeds & Longevity Secrets Discussion turns to the Hunza people of Pakistan, who live past 100 and credit apricot seeds. Richardson cites studies on amygdalin's anti-cancer properties, claiming mainstream outlets bury these findings to protect pharmaceutical profits. 04:05:18 – Free Book: World Without Cancer Show ends with promotion of G. Edward Griffin's classic book, offered free online to spread knowledge about suppressed cancer remedies. Richardson frames it as a tool to break the lies of the medical-industrial complex. Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHTFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

01:00:00 – Martial Law Playbook Trump's talk of sending troops into U.S. cities is framed as a Pentagon-backed military operation, planned long before, with conservatives enabling authoritarianism they once opposed. 01:05:29 – Pentagon's Megacity War Games A Pentagon video outlines future urban warfare, portraying megacities as “incubators for adversaries.” Commentary warns this is predictive programming for smart cities and biometric surveillance. 01:12:31 – Fascism in America Analysis argues Trump has fused technocracy with fascism by nationalizing industry, militarizing policing, and normalizing federal control—all cheered by conservatives. 01:18:34 – Chicago Woman Rejects Troops Despite being carjacked and injured, a Chicago woman rejects Trump's plan to send in the National Guard. She's mocked online but praised as more liberty-minded than conservatives cheering martial law. 01:30:28 – Martial Law Conditioning Pandemic lockdowns, mask mandates, and “crime crackdowns” are described as steps in martial law conditioning. Public, judiciary, and Congress are being acclimated to permanent military presence. 01:52:47 – Digital ID = Tyranny Children's Health Defense warns “voluntary” digital IDs always become mandatory. TSA's biometric scans are cited as proof that digital identity is a technocratic control grid. 01:58:16 – CDC Shake-Up & Power Struggle RFK Jr. clashes with CDC Director Susan Monarez over vaccine policy and alleged autism links. Her refusal to fire staff leads to her removal, triggering mass resignations and exposing deep cracks inside the agency. 02:05:28 – Hypocrisy of “The Science” CDC officials claim to protect public health while covering up vaccine harms and autism research. Commentary rips the arrogance of bureaucrats demanding blind trust and restricting scientific inquiry to “experts only.” 02:15:43 – Informed Consent & Pharma Tyranny Discussion shifts to medical freedom, pointing out that patients should decide—even in terminal cases—but instead government enforces pharma's agenda. Historic examples show how the drug war and mandates strip away personal choice. 02:24:49 – Poison in the Milk RFK Jr. and Trump allow COVID vaccines to remain available despite rescinding emergency use. The show compares this to knowingly placing poison in front of people and calling it “informed consent.” 02:39:37 – Autism Explosion Exposed Autism rates skyrocketing from 1 in 10,000 (1970s) to 1 in 31 today are tied to vaccine expansion. Commentary highlights bipartisan efforts to cover it up and accuses both Trump and Kennedy of protecting pharma profits. 02:48:34 – Ham Sandwich Tyranny Federal prosecutors attempt to charge a man with felony assault for throwing a Subway sandwich at an officer. A grand jury rejects the indictment, marking a rare citizen rebuke of Trump's police-state overreach. 03:08:29 – Cancer Scare & Medical Pressure Guest John Richardson recounts being rushed into surgery for supposed stage-three colon cancer. He describes how doctors pushed invasive procedures for profit while ignoring natural explanations for his condition. 03:12:47 – Colonoscopy & Surgery Pushback Richardson details resisting heavy pressure from multiple specialists who insisted he'd die within ten days without surgery. He argues most colon operations are unnecessary and profit-driven, highlighting systemic corruption in the medical field. 03:23:33 – Walking Away from Surgery Despite threats about insurance and liability, Richardson refuses both surgery and colonoscopy, noting how hospitals prioritize revenue over patient well-being. He stresses that bowel improvements were ignored because they conflicted with the prescribed plan. 03:29:04 – Natural Healing & B17 Therapy Richardson begins a 40-day natural healing process using B17, diet, and naturopathic methods. He links his recovery to apricot seeds and shares how suppression of such remedies protects Big Pharma's trillion-dollar industry. 03:39:55 – Apricot Seeds & Longevity Secrets Discussion turns to the Hunza people of Pakistan, who live past 100 and credit apricot seeds. Richardson cites studies on amygdalin's anti-cancer properties, claiming mainstream outlets bury these findings to protect pharmaceutical profits. 04:05:18 – Free Book: World Without Cancer Show ends with promotion of G. Edward Griffin's classic book, offered free online to spread knowledge about suppressed cancer remedies. Richardson frames it as a tool to break the lies of the medical-industrial complex. Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHTFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

Lords: * Xalavier * https://store.steampowered.com/app/3139570/CoopKaijuHorror_Cooking/ * Cort Topics: * What's the coolest instrument to give a child? * What happened to sound lasers? * Appearing Canes * https://www.amazon.com/Healifty-Retractable-Collapsible-Professional-Accessories/dp/B093G7J6JG * The Story of Mel * http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html * https://melsloop.com/docs/the-story-of-mel/pages/mel-kaye-cv Microtopics: * Whether your middle name is really Danger. * Half an extra plug. * The inexplicable aliveness of Strange Scaffold. * Co-op Casual Horror Cooking. * Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival. * Making a game so that you can voice act the main character. * How many careers you're allowed to have before the world begins to rip them away from you. * Hiring the designer of Frog Fractions when Frog Fractions is already designed. * A boxing game featuring the inside of your mouth. * Knockout Kings 2003 or Fight Night Round 3. * Your dad explaining all the ways grownups are better than children while soundly trouncing you at Fight Night Round 3. * Tattooing a message on your infant son's head so that he reads it when he begins to bald. * Playing music with humans. * What's special about playing an analog monosynth. * Getting an analog synthesizer and finally sounding like the 70s. * Your larynx thinking "I'm singing meat!" while you push air through it, making it vibrate. * All the ways your larynx is confused about the nature of music. * Sitting in a circle and playing music together. * The Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Festival. * Playing folk songs within ten minutes of owning a mandolin. * How Irish sessions compare to Bluegrass sessions. * Being too far back in the crowd to have sex with Neil Young. * A big long guitar with only four strings. * Bass Sherpa Hunter Bond. * Practicing bass with your bass unplugged because plugging in your bass feels like an imposition. * Short-scale basses. * Finding the bass that makes it feel like you're holding Mjolnir. * The Minibrute, Microbrute, Matrixbrute and Polybrute. * The problematic acoustic P-bass. * Travel amps and amp alternatives. * The non-problematic acoustic P-bass. * Oh yeah, that's the acoustic bass player! * The only instrument in a rock band that can go up to. x6 multiplier. * Coming back to Rock Band after learning the actual instrument. * The Rock Band Pro Controller. * What about Second Topic? * Asking a parent if it's okay to give their child an accordion and backpedaling when they start white-knuckling their chair. * Kung fu instructionals. * The smallest member of the mandola family. * Instruments that require elongation. * Chapman sticks. * The kind of musical instrument you can stab someone with. * Vibrating your bones. * That time science stopped itself from inventing something awful. * Non lethal directed acoustic energy weapons. * Sound cannons as an anti-piracy measure. * SASERs. * Using headphones as a microphone and vice versa. * Plugging a bass into a guitar amp. * Traveling to another country and trying out the basses that they have there. * Whacking the high tension wires to make laser noises. * What they have on BART now instead of high tension wire noises. * Raising Cain's. * Trying to reload your appearing cane. * The type of thing the TSA would miss but should watch out for. * Terrorists taking over the plane by doing such an impressive magic show that the passengers are like "that was amazing, we'd better do what he wants" * It poked me straight in the middle of my eye. * A sound laser for mischief and giggles. * Fighting those who would be your comrades in shenanigans. * Easy to operation! * If you love something, let it go. If you hold onto it, it will stab you in the hand. * A frog boiling effect but for extremely long poems. * Computers made out of drums and vacuum tubes. * Royal McBee Computer Corp. * Executing another complete revolution to find the next instruction. * If the thesis of Summoning Salt was that "this is what all gamers should be doing all the time." * When you get old enough that most of the people you don't like are now dead. * When you decide to hate somebody, taking comfort in the fact that one day they will die, or maybe you'll die, and either way you won't have to deal with them any more. * Taking comfort that Mel is out there writing in direct hexadecimal for all us sinners. * Jobs you wish you'd had in the past but that you wouldn't take today. * The honor in choosing not to be famous. * Our first pangram rhyme scheme. * Version control plugins that scan commits for variable names that scan to the Ninja Turtles theme. * Winston on the Microbrute.

All eyes were on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce as they made their first public appearance after getting engaged.  It happened at Arrowhead Stadium, the same place their love story first captured the world's attention. And it's expected to be the busiest Labor Day weekend ever, but if you are traveling with your family, there's a new easy breezy way to get through those long TSA lines. Plus, America was obsessed with the Karen Read trial. Now that she's been acquitted of murdering her cop boyfriend, a movie is in the works starring Elizabeth Banks. But Read's not happy about it. And he was called the nicest judge in America for the compassion he showed defendants...now comes a final farewell.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is the Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio anchor Matt Bigler spoke with Bloomberg's Allyson Versprille. If your Labor Day travel plans include flying somewhere, you may notice the security lines at the airport are just a little shorter this year. That after the TSA scrapped a requirement that people remove their shoes while being screened.

Day one of an Oregon coast adventure - what could possibly go wrong? As Mysterious James and I began our journey from Astoria after navigating July 4th rental car details, we encounter (because of course) the first of many issues we'll encounter on the most mysterious of Oregon Coast adventures ever. Mysterious Oregon Coast 2025 Part 1 Morning, Turned Afternoon Departure 1:00 PM start time after bike assembly and hotel checkout Bikes transported in rental car not designed for two bikes TSA inspection didn't damage  gear (deraileur hanger protection removed) Successful bike reassembly and adjustment The Ride Begins Largely flat terrain - unusual for Oregon Coast Two notable climbs between departure and Seaside Decision to shorten day from Nehalem Bay to Cannon Beach Use of Perplexity AI to find alternative "off-book" campsite a success Seaside Stop & Food Strategy Delightful lunch that both riders "really needed" Tim's nutrition timing issues affecting performance Plan to shop for breakfast supplies at local market The Mechanical Crisis James's left crank arm completely falls off while riding to market Discovery of tiny pin mechanism in Shimano crank arm Initial DIY repair attempts fail spectacularly Kind local offers help but problem proves beyond field repair Professional Intervention Bike shop discovery 470 feet away in Cannon Beach Ian at local rental shop (also starting bike repair services) Diagnosis: stripped internal teeth, unrepairable in field Shop closing at 7:30 PM but Ian stays to help The Damage Assessment Left crank arm completely stripped internally Cannot be field-repaired Options: Replace single crank arm or entire crankset Potential multi-day delay due to Sunday/Monday shop closures Contingency Planning Morning departure to Seaside bike shops (two available) Transportation options: Uber (surprisingly available) or bus service Multiple backup plans if repair takes longer Flexibility to modify entire tour routing if needed Technical Details Equipment failure: Shimano crank arm with pin retention system Daily mileage: Approximately 30 miles completed Terrain: Two moderate climbs for Oregon Coast standards Upcoming challenge: Arch Cape Tunnel (uphill tunnel on Highway 101) Local Insights Cannon Beach: Block-by-block character variation Seaside: Extremely crowded July 5th weekend Tourism impact: Half of Portland/Seattle metro areas visiting simultaneously Bike infrastructure: Limited bike parking in tourist areas Lessons Learned Try DIY first - But know when to seek professional help Rental shops can be repair shops - Ian's dual business model Community support - Locals willing to help stranded cyclists Flexibility is key - Every PedalShift tour goes sideways at some point Tour Philosophy Discussion Expectation that something will go wrong on every tour Value of riding companions with compatible problem-solving approaches Benefits of building in extra days and flexible routing Options to modify tour scope based on circumstances Looking Ahead Immediate goal: Get James's bike repaired in Seaside Backup plans: Shortened tour, bus connections, or complete rerouting Distance flexibility: 20-30 mile days vs. 55-mile days depending on circumstances Route options: Continue south vs. return north via Portland Notable Quotes "All bike tours in the PedalShift universe go sideways at some point" "There are worse places in the world to be stranded" "It depends on the block you're on" (describing Seaside) "We expect something to go sideways at some point, and you just deal with it" Statistics Miles biked 30 Percentage of crank arms that did not fail 75 Distance in feet from Ian's Cannon Beach bike rental -slash- shop 475 Cumulative nights spent in Cannon Beach (so far) 1 Flats zero

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Today I'm talking to economic historian Judge Glock, Director of Research at the Manhattan Institute. Judge works on a lot of topics: if you enjoy this episode, I'd encourage you to read some of his work on housing markets and the Environmental Protection Agency. But I cornered him today to talk about civil service reform.Since the 1990s, over 20 red and blue states have made radical changes to how they hire and fire government employees — changes that would be completely outside the Overton window at the federal level. A paper by Judge and Renu Mukherjee lists four reforms made by states like Texas, Florida, and Georgia: * At-will employment for state workers* The elimination of collective bargaining agreements* Giving managers much more discretion to hire* Giving managers much more discretion in how they pay employeesJudge finds decent evidence that the reforms have improved the effectiveness of state governments, and little evidence of the politicization that federal reformers fear. Meanwhile, in Washington, managers can't see applicants' resumes, keyword searches determine who gets hired, and firing a bad performer can take years. But almost none of these ideas are on the table in Washington.Thanks to Harry Fletcher-Wood for his judicious transcript edits and fact-checking, and to Katerina Barton for audio edits.Judge, you have a paper out about lessons for civil service reform from the states. Since the ‘90s, red and blue states have made big changes to how they hire and fire people. Walk through those changes for me.I was born and grew up in Washington DC, heard a lot about civil service throughout my childhood, and began to research it as an adult. But I knew almost nothing about the state civil service systems. When I began working in the states — mainly across the Sunbelt, including in Texas, Kansas, Arizona — I was surprised to learn that their civil service systems were reformed to an absolutely radical extent relative to anything proposed at the federal level, let alone implemented.Starting in the 1990s, several states went to complete at-will employment. That means there were no official civil service protections for any state employees. Some managers were authorized to hire people off the street, just like you could in the private sector. A manager meets someone in a coffee shop, they say, "I'm looking for exactly your role. Why don't you come on board?" At the federal level, with its stultified hiring process, it seemed absurd to even suggest something like that.You had states that got rid of any collective bargaining agreements with their public employee unions. You also had states that did a lot more broadbanding [creating wider pay bands] for employee pay: a lot more discretion for managers to reward or penalize their employees depending on their performance.These major reforms in these states were, from the perspective of DC, incredibly radical. Literally nobody at the federal level proposes anything approximating what has been in place for decades in the states. That should be more commonly known, and should infiltrate the debate on civil service reform in DC.Even though the evidence is not absolutely airtight, on the whole these reforms have been positive. A lot of the evidence is surveys asking managers and operators in these states how they think it works. They've generally been positive. We know these states operate pretty well: Places like Texas, Florida, and Arizona rank well on state capacity metrics in terms of cost of government, time for permitting, and other issues.Finally, to me the most surprising thing is the dog that didn't bark. The argument in the federal government against civil service reform is, “If you do this, we will open up the gates of hell and return to the 19th-century patronage system, where spoilsmen come and go depending on elected officials, and the government is overrun with political appointees who don't care about the civil service.” That has simply not happened. We have very few reports of any concrete examples of politicization at the state level. In surveys, state employees and managers can almost never remember any example of political preferences influencing hiring or firing.One of the surveys you cited asked, “Can you think of a time someone said that they thought that the political preferences were a factor in civil service hiring?” and it was something like 5%.It was in that 5-10% range. I don't think you'd find a dissimilar number of people who would say that even in an official civil service system. Politics is not completely excluded even from a formal civil service system.A few weeks ago, you and I talked to our mutual friend, Don Moynihan, who's a scholar of public administration. He's more skeptical about the evidence that civil service reform would be positive at the federal level.One of your points is, “We don't have strong negative evidence from the states. Productivity didn't crater in states that moved to an at-will employment system.” We do have strong evidence that collective bargaining in the public sector is bad for productivity.What I think you and Don would agree on is that we could use more evidence on the hiring and firing side than the surveys that we have. Is that a fair assessment?Yes, I think that's correct. As you mentioned, the evidence on collective bargaining is pretty close to universal: it raises costs, reduces the efficiency of government, and has few to no positive upsides.On hiring and firing, I mentioned a few studies. There's a 2013 study that looks at HR managers in six states and finds very little evidence of politicization, and managers generally prefer the new system. There was a dissertation that surveyed several employees and managers in civil service reform and non-reform states. Across the board, the at-will employment states said they had better hiring retention, productivity, and so forth. And there's a 2002 study that looked specifically at Texas, Florida, and Georgia after their reforms, and found almost universal approbation inside the civil service itself for these reforms.These are not randomized control trials. But I think that generally positive evidence should point us directionally where we should go on civil service reform. If we loosen restrictions on discipline and firing, decentralize hiring and so forth — we probably get some productivity benefits from it. We can also know, with some amount of confidence, that the sky is not going to fall, which I think is a very important baseline assumption. The civil service system will continue on and probably be fairly close to what it is today, in terms of its political influence, if you have decentralized hiring and at-will employment.As you point out, a lot of these reforms that have happened in 20-odd states since the ‘90s would be totally outside the Overton window at the federal level. Why is it so easy for Georgia to make a bipartisan move in the ‘90s to at-will employment, when you couldn't raise the topic at the federal level?It's a good question. I think in the 1990s, a lot of people thought a combination of the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act — which was the Carter-era act that somewhat attempted to do what these states hoped to do in the 1990s — and the Clinton-era Reinventing Government Initiative, would accomplish the same ends. That didn't happen.That was an era when civil service reform was much more bipartisan. In Georgia, it was a Democratic governor, Zell Miller, who pushed it. In a lot of these other states, they got buy-in from both sides. The recent era of state reform took place after the 2010 Republican wave in the states. Since that wave, the reform impetus for civil service has been much more Republican. That has meant it's been a lot harder to get buy-in from both sides at the federal level, which will be necessary to overcome a filibuster.I think people know it has to be very bipartisan. We're just past the point, at least at the moment, where it can be bipartisan at the federal level. But there are areas where there's a fair amount of overlap between the two sides on what needs to happen, at least in the upper reaches of the civil service.It was interesting to me just how bipartisan civil service reform has been at various times. You talked about the Civil Service Reform Act, which passed Congress in 1978. President Carter tells Congress that the civil service system:“Has become a bureaucratic maze which neglects merit, tolerates poor performance, permits abuse of legitimate employee rights, and mires every personnel action in red tape, delay, and confusion.”That's a Democratic president saying that. It's striking to me that the civil service was not the polarized topic that it is today.Absolutely. Carter was a big civil service reformer in Georgia before those even larger 1990s reforms. He campaigned on civil service reform and thought it was essential to the success of his presidency. But I think you are seeing little sprouts of potential bipartisanship today, like the Chance to Compete Act at the end of 2024, and some of the reforms Obama did to the hiring process. There's options for bipartisanship at the federal level, even if it can't approach what the states have done.I want to walk through the federal hiring process. Let's say you're looking to hire in some federal agency — you pick the agency — and I graduated college recently, and I want to go into the civil service. Tell me about trying to hire somebody like me. What's your first step?It's interesting you bring up the college graduate, because that is one recent reform: President Trump put out an executive order trying to counsel agencies to remove the college degree requirement for job postings. This happened in a lot of states first, like Maryland, and that's also been bipartisan. This requirement for a college degree — which was used as a very unfortunate proxy for ability at a lot of these jobs — is now being removed. It's not across the whole federal government. There's still job postings that require higher education degrees, but that's something that's changed.To your question, let's say the Department of Transportation. That's one of the more bipartisan ones, when you look at surveys of federal civil servants. Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, they tend to be a little more Republican. Health and Human Services and some other agencies tend to be pretty Democrat. Transportation is somewhere in the middle.As a manager, you try to craft a job description and posting to go up on the USA Jobs website, which is where all federal job postings go. When they created it back in 1996, that was supposedly a massive reform to federal hiring: this website where people could submit their resumes. Then, people submit their resumes and answer questions about their qualifications for the job.One of the slightly different aspects from the private sector is that those applications usually go to an HR specialist first. The specialist reviews everything and starts to rank people into different categories, based on a lot of weird things. It's supposed to be “knowledge, skills, and abilities” — your KSAs, or competencies. To some extent, this is a big step up from historical practice. You had, frankly, an absurd civil service exam, where people had to fill out questions about, say, General Grant or about US Code Title 42, or whatever it was, and then submit it. Someone rated the civil service exam, and then the top three test-takers were eligible for the job.We have this newer, better system, where we rank on knowledge, skills, and abilities, and HR puts put people into different categories. One of the awkward ways they do this is by merely scanning the resumes and applications for keywords. If it's a computer job, make sure you say the word “computer” somewhere in your resume. Make sure you say “manager” if it's a managerial job.Just to be clear, this is entirely literal. There's a keyword search, and folks who don't pass that search are dinged.Yes. I've always wondered, how common is this? It's sometimes hard to know what happens in the black box in these federal HR departments. I saw an HR official recently say, "If I'm not allowed to do keyword searches, I'm going to take 15 years to overlook all the applications, so I've got to do keyword searches." If they don't have the keywords, into the circular file it goes, as they used to say: into the garbage can.Then they start ranking people on their abilities into, often, three different categories. That is also very literal. If you put in the little word bubble, "I am an exceptional manager," you get pushed on into the next level of the competition. If you say, "I'm pretty good, but I'm not the best," into the circular file you go.I've gotten jaded about this, but it really is shocking. We ask candidates for a self-assessment, and if they just rank themselves 10/10 on everything, no matter how ludicrous, that improves their odds of being hired.That's going to immensely improve your odds. Similar to the keyword search, there's been pushback on this in recent years, and I'm definitely not going to say it's universal anymore. It's rarer than it used to be. But it's still a very common process.The historical civil service system used to operate on a rule of three. In places like New York, it still operates like that. The top three candidates on the evaluation system get presented to the manager, and the manager has to approve one of them for the position.Thanks partially to reforms by the Obama administration in 2010, they have this category rating system where the best qualified or the very qualified get put into a big bucket together [instead of only including the top three]. Those are the people that the person doing the hiring gets to see, evaluate, and decide who he wants to hire.There are some restrictions on that. If a veteran outranks everybody else, you've got to pick the veteran [typically known as Veterans' Preference]. That was an issue in some of the state civil service reforms, too. The states said, “We're just going to encourage a veterans' preference. We don't need a formalized system to say they get X number of points and have to be in Y category. We're just going to say, ‘Try to hire veterans.'” That's possible without the formal system, despite what some opponents of reform may claim.One of the particular problems here is just the nature of the people doing the hiring. Sometimes you just need good managers to encourage HR departments to look at a broader set of qualifications. But one of the bigger problems is that they keep the HR evaluation system divorced from the manager who is doing the hiring. David Shulkin, who was the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), wrote a great book, It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country. He was a healthcare exec, and the VA is mainly a healthcare agency. He would tell people, "You should work for me," they would send their applications into the HR void, and he'd never see them again. They would get blocked at some point in this HR evaluation process, and he'd be sent people with no healthcare experience, because for whatever reason they did well in the ranking.One of the very base-level reforms should be, “How can we more clearly integrate the hiring manager with the evaluation process?” To some extent, the bipartisan Chance to Compete Act tries to do this. They said, “You should have subject matter experts who are part of crafting the description of the job, are part of evaluating, and so forth.” But there's still a long road to go.Does that firewall — where the person who wants to hire doesn't get to look at the process until the end — exist originally because of concerns about cronyism?One of the interesting things about the civil service is its raison d'être — its reason for being — was supposedly a single, clear purpose: to prevent politicized hiring and patronage. That goes back to the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883. But it's always been a little strange that you have all of these very complex rules about every step of the process — from hiring to firing to promotion, and everything in between — to prevent political influence. We could just focus on preventing political influence, and not regulate every step of the process on the off-chance that without a clear regulation, political influence could creep in. This division [between hiring manager and applicants] is part of that general concern. There are areas where I've heard HR specialists say, "We declare that a manager is a subject matter expert, and we bring them into the process early on, we can do that." But still the division is pretty stark, and it's based on this excessive concern about patronage.One point you flag is that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which is the body that thinks about personnel in the federal government, has a 300-page regulatory document for agencies on how you have to hire. There's a remarkable amount of process.Yes, but even that is a big change from the Federal Personnel Manual, which was the 10,000-page document that we shredded in the 1990s. In the ‘90s, OPM gave the agencies what's called “delegated examining authorities.” This says, “You, agency, have power to decide who to hire, we're not going to do the central supervision anymore. But, but, but: here's the 300-page document that dictates exactly how you have to carry out that hiring.”So we have some decentralization, allowing managers more authority to control their own departments. But this two-level oversight — a local HR department that's ultimately being overseen by the OPM — also leads to a lot of slip ‘twixt cup and lip, in terms of how something gets implemented. If you're in the agency and you're concerned about the OPM overseeing your process, you're likely to be much more careful than you would like to be. “Yes, it's delegated to me, but ultimately, I know I have to answer to OPM about this process. I'm just going to color within the lines.”I often cite Texas, which has no central HR office. Each agency decides how it wants to hire. In a lot of these reform states, if there is a central personnel office, it's an information clearinghouse or reservoir of models. “You can use us, the central HR office, as a resource if you want us to help you post the job, evaluate it, or help manage your processes, but you don't have to.” That's the goal we should be striving for in a lot of the federal reforms. Just make OPM a resource for the managers in the individual departments to do their thing or go independent.Let's say I somehow get through the hiring process. You offer me a job at the Department of Transportation. What are you paying me?This is one of the more stultified aspects of the federal civil service system. OPM has another multi-hundred-page handbook called the Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families. Inside that, you've got 49 different “groups and families,” like “Clerical occupations.” Inside those 49 groups are a series of jobs, sometimes dozens, like “Computer Operator.” Inside those, they have independent documents — often themselves dozens of pages long — detailing classes of positions. Then you as a manager have to evaluate these nine factors, which can each give points to each position, which decides how you get slotted into this weird Government Schedule (GS) system [the federal payscale].Again, this is actually an improvement. Before, you used to have the Civil Service Commission, which went around staring very closely at someone over their typewriter and saying, "No, I think you should be a GS-12, not a GS-11, because someone over in the Department of Defense who does your same job is a GS-12." Now this is delegated to agencies, but again, the agencies have to listen to the OPM on how to classify and set their jobs into this 15-stage GS-classification system, each stage of which has 10 steps which determine your pay, and those steps are determined mainly by your seniority. It's a formalized step-by-step system, overwhelmingly based on just how long you've sat at your desk.Let's be optimistic about my performance as a civil servant. Say that over my first three years, I'm just hitting it out of the park. Can you give me a raise? What can you do to keep me in my role?Not too much. For most people, the within-step increases — those 10 steps inside each GS-level — is just set by seniority. Now there are all these quality step increases you can get, but they're very rare and they have to be documented. So you could hypothetically pay someone more, but it's going to be tough. In general, the managers just prefer to stick to seniority, because not sticking to it garners a lot of complaints. Like so much else, the goal is, "We don't want someone rewarding an official because they happen to share their political preferences." The result of that concern is basically nobody can get rewarded at all, which is very unfortunate.We do have examples in state and federal government of what's known as broadbanding, where you have very broad pay scales, and the manager can decide where to slot someone. Say you're a computer operator, which can mean someone who knows what an Excel spreadsheet is, or someone who's programming the most advanced AI systems. As a manager in South Carolina or Florida, you have a lot of discretion to say, "I can set you 50% above the market rate of what this job technically would go for, if I think you're doing a great job."That's very rare at the federal level. They've done broadbanding at the Government Accountability Office, the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The China Lake Experiment out in California gave managers a lot more discretion to reward scientists. But that's definitely the exception. In general, it's a step-wise, seniority-based system.What if you want to bring me into the Senior Executive Service (SES)? Theoretically, that sits at the top of the General Service scale. Can't you bump me up in there and pay me what you owe me?I could hypothetically bring you in as a senior executive servant. The SES was created in the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act. The idea was, “We're going to have this elite cadre of about 8,000 individuals at the top of the federal government, whose employment will be higher-risk and higher-reward. They might be fired, and we're going to give them higher pay to compensate for that.”Almost immediately, that did not work out. Congress was outraged at the higher pay given to the top officials and capped it. Ever since, how much the SES can get paid has been tightly controlled. As in most of the rest of the federal government, where they establish these performance pay incentives or bonuses — which do exist — they spread them like peanut butter over the whole service. To forestall complaints, everyone gets a little bit every two or three years.That's basically what happened to the SES. Their annual pay is capped at the vice president's salary, which is a cap for a lot of people in the federal government. For most of your GS and other executive scales, the cap is Congress's salary. [NB: This is no longer exactly true, since Congress froze its own salaries in 2009. The cap for GS (currently about $195k) is now above congressional salaries ($174k).]One of the big problems with pay in the federal government is pay compression. Across civil service systems, the highest-skilled people tend to be paid much less than the private sector, and the lowest-skilled people tend to get paid much more. The political science reason for that is pretty simple: the median voter in America still decides what seems reasonable. To the median voter, the average salary of a janitor looks low, and the average salary of a scientist looks way too high. Hence this tendency to pay compression. Your average federal employee is probably overpaid relative to the private sector, because the lowest-skilled employees are paid up to 40% higher than the private sector equivalent. The highest-paid employees, the post-graduate skilled professionals, are paid less. That makes it hard to recruit the top performers, but it also swells the wage budget in a way that makes it difficult to talk about reform.There's a lot of interest in this administration in making it easier to recruit talent and get rid of under-performers. There have been aggressive pushes to limit collective bargaining in the public sector. That should theoretically make it easier to recruit, but it also increases the precariousness of civil service roles. We've seen huge firings in the civil service over the last six months.Classically, the explicit trade-off of working in the federal government was, “Your pay is going to be capped, but you have this job for life. It's impossible to get rid of you.” You trade some lifetime earnings for stability. In a world where the stability is gone, but pay is still capped, isn't the net effect to drive talent away from the civil service?I think it's a concern now. On one level it should be ameliorated, because those who are most concerned with stability of employment do tend to be lower performers. If you have people who are leaving the federal service because all they want is stability, and they're not getting that anymore, that may not be a net loss. As someone who came out of academia and knows the wonder of effective lifetime annuities, there can be very high performers who like that stability who therefore take a lower salary. Without the ability to bump that pay up more, it's going to be an issue.I do know that, internally, the Trump administration has made some signs they're open to reforms in the top tiers of the SES and other parts of the federal government. They would be willing to have people get paid more at that level to compensate for the increased risks since the Trump administration came in. But when you look at the reductions in force (RIFs) that have happened under Trump, they are overwhelmingly among probationary employees, the lower-level employees.With some exceptions. If you've been promoted recently, you can get reclassified as probationary, so some high-performers got lumped in.Absolutely. The issue has been exacerbated precisely because the RIF regulations that are in place have made the firings particularly damaging. If you had a more streamlined RIF system — which they do have in many states, where seniority is not the main determinant of who gets laid off — these RIFs could be removing the lower-performing civil servants and keeping the higher-performing ones, and giving them some amount of confidence in their tenure.Unfortunately, the combination of large-scale removals with the existing RIF regs, which are very stringent, has demoralized some of the upper levels of the federal government. I share that concern. But I might add, it is interesting, if you look at the federal government's own figures on the total civil service workforce, they have gone down significantly since Trump came in office, but I think less than 100,000 still, in the most recent numbers that I've seen. I'm not sure how much to trust those, versus some of these other numbers where people have said 150,000, 200,000.Whether the Trump administration or a future administration can remove large numbers of people from the civil service should be somewhat divorced from the general conversation on civil service reform. The main debate about whether or not Trump can do this centers around how much power the appropriators in Congress have to determine the total amount of spending in particular agencies on their workforce. It does not depend necessarily on, "If we're going to remove people — whether for general layoffs, or reductions in force, or because of particular performance issues — how can we go about doing that?" My last-ditch hope to maintain a bipartisan possibility of civil service reform is to bracket, “How much power does the president have to remove or limit the workforce in general?” from “How can he go about hiring and firing, et cetera?”I think making it easier for the president to identify and remove poor performers is a tool that any future administration would like to have.We had this conversation sparked again with the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner. But that was a position Congress set up to be appointed by the President, confirmed by the Senate, and removable by the President. It's a separate issue from civil service at large. Everyone said, “We want the president to be able to hire and fire the commissioner.” Maybe firing the commissioner was a bad decision, but that's the situation today.Attentive listeners to Statecraft know I'm pretty critical, like you are, of the regulations that say you have to go in order of seniority. In mass layoffs, you're required to fire a lot of the young, talented people.But let's talk about individual firings. I've been a terrible civil servant, a nightmarish employee from day one. You want to discipline, remove, suspend, or fire me. What are your options?Anybody who has worked in the civil service knows it's hard to fire bad performers. Whatever their political valence, whatever they feel about the civil service system, they have horror stories about a person who just couldn't be removed.In the early 2010s, a spate of stories came out about air traffic controllers sleeping on the job. Then-transportation secretary, Ray LaHood, made a big public announcement: "I'm going to fire these three guys." After these big announcements, it turned out he was only able to remove one of them. One retired, and another had their firing reduced to a suspension.You had another horrific story where a man was joking on the phone with friends when a plane crashed into a helicopter and killed nine people over the Hudson River. National outcry. They said, "We're going to fire this guy." In the end, after going through the process, he only got a suspension. Everyone agrees it's too hard.The basic story is, you have two ways to fire someone. Chapter 75, the old way, is often considered the realm of misconduct: You've stolen something from the office, punched your colleague in the face during a dispute about the coffee, something illegal or just straight-out wrong. We get you under Chapter 75.The 1978 Civil Service Reform Act added Chapter 43, which is supposed to be the performance-based system to remove someone. As with so much of that Civil Service Reform Act, the people who passed it thought this might be the beginning of an entirely different system.In the end, lots of federal managers say there's not a huge difference between the two. Some use 75, some use 43. If you use 43, you have to document very clearly what the person did wrong. You have to put them on a performance improvement plan. If they failed a performance improvement plan after a certain amount of time, they can respond to any claims about what they did wrong. Then, they can take that process up to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and claim that they were incorrectly fired, or that the processes weren't carried out appropriately. Then, if they want to, they can say, “Nah, I don't like the order I got,” and take it up to federal courts and complain there. Right now, the MSPB doesn't have a full quorum, which is complicating some of the recent removal disputes.You have this incredibly difficult process, unlike the private sector, where your boss looks at you and says, "I don't like how you're giving me the stink-eye today. Out you go." One could say that's good or bad, but, on the whole, I think the model should be closer to the private sector. We should trust managers to do their job without excessive oversight and process. That's clearly about as far from the realm of possibility as the current system, under which the estimate is 6-12 months to fire a very bad performer. The number of people who win at the Merit Systems Protection Board is still 20-30%.This goes into another issue, which is unionization. If you're part of a collective bargaining agreement — most of the regular federal civil service is — first, you have to go with this independent, union-based arbitration and grievance procedure. You're about 50/50 to win on those if your boss tries to remove you.So if I'm in the union, we go through that arbitration grievance system. If you win and I'm fired, I can take it to the Merit Systems Protection Board. If you win again, I can still take it to the federal courts.You can file different sorts of claims at each part. On Chapter 43, the MSPB is supposed to be about the process, not the evidence, and you just have to show it was followed. On 75, the manager has to show by preponderance of the evidence that the employee is harming the agency. Then there are different standards for what you take to the courts, and different standards according to each collective bargaining agreement for the grievance procedure when someone is disciplined. It's a very complicated, abstruse, and procedure-heavy process that makes it very difficult to remove people, which is why the involuntary separation rate at the federal government and most state governments is many multiples lower than the private sector.So, you would love to get me off your team because I'm abysmal. But you have no stomach for going through this whole process and I'm going to fight it. I'm ornery and contrarian and will drag this fight out. In practice, what do managers in the federal government do with their poor performers?I always heard about this growing up. There's the windowless office in the basement without a phone, or now an internet connection. You place someone down there, hope they get the message, and sooner or later they leave. But for plenty of people in America, that's the dream job. You just get to sit and nobody bothers you for eight hours. You punch in at 9 and punch out at 5, and that's your day. "Great. I'll collect that salary for another 10 years." But generally you just try to make life unpleasant for that person.Public sector collective bargaining in the US is new. I tend to think of it as just how the civil service works. But until about 50 years ago, there was no collective bargaining in the public sector.At the state level, it started with Wisconsin at the end of the 1950s. There were famous local government reforms beginning with the Little Wagner Act [signed in 1958] in New York City. Senator Robert Wagner had created the National Labor Relations Board. His son Robert F. Wagner Jr., mayor of New York, created the first US collective bargaining system at the local level in the ‘60s. In ‘62, John F. Kennedy issued an executive order which said, "We're going to deal officially with public sector unions,” but it was all informal and non-statutory.It wasn't until Title VII of the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act that unions had a formal, statutory role in our federal service system. This is shockingly new. To some extent, that was the great loss to many civil service reformers in ‘78. They wanted to get through a lot of these other big reforms about hiring and firing, but they gave up on the unions to try to get those. Some people think that exception swallowed the rest of the rules. The union power that was garnered in ‘78 overcame the other reforms people hoped to accomplish. Soon, you had the majority of the federal workforce subject to collective bargaining.But that's changing now too. Part of that Civil Service Reform Act said, “If your position is in a national security-related position, the president can determine it's not subject to collective bargaining.” Trump and the OPM have basically said, “Most positions in the federal government are national security-related, and therefore we're going to declare them off-limits to collective bargaining.” Some people say that sounds absurd. But 60% of the civilian civil service workforce is the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Homeland Security. I am not someone who tries to go too easy on this crowd. I think there's a heck of a lot that needs to be reformed. But it's also worth remembering that the majority of the civil service workforce are in these three agencies that Republicans tend to like a lot.Now, whether people like Veterans Affairs is more of an open question. We have some particular laws there about opening up processes after the scandals in the 2010s about waiting lists and hospitals. You had veterans hospitals saying, "We're meeting these standards for getting veterans in the door for these waiting lists." But they were straight-up lying about those standards. Many people who were on these lists waiting for months to see a doctor died in the interim, some from causes that could have been treated had they seen a VA doctor. That led to Congress doing big reforms in the VA in 2014 and 2017, precisely because everyone realized this is a problem.So, Trump has put out these executive orders stopping collective bargaining in all of these agencies that touch national security. Some of those, like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seem like a tough sell. I guess that, if you want to dig a mine and the Chinese are trying to dig their own mine and we want the mine to go quickly without the EPA pettifogging it, maybe. But the core ones are pretty solid. So far the courts have upheld the executive order to go in place. So collective bargaining there could be reformed.But in the rest of the government, there are these very extreme, long collective bargaining agreements between agencies and their unions. I've hit on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as one that's had pretty extensive bargaining with its union. When we created the TSA to supervise airport security, a lot of people said, "We need a crème de la crème to supervise airports after 9/11. We want to keep this out of union hands, because we know unions are going to make it difficult to move people around." The Obama administration said, "Nope, we're going to negotiate with the union." Now you have these huge negotiations with the unions about parking spots, hours of employment, uniforms, and everything under the sun. That makes it hard for managers in the TSA to decide when people should go where or what they should do.One thing we've talked about on Statecraft in past episodes — for instance, with John Kamensky, who was a pivotal figure in the Clinton-Gore reforms — was this relationship between government employees and “Beltway Bandits”: the contractors who do jobs you might think of as civil service jobs. One critique of that ‘90s Clinton-Gore push, “Reinventing Government,” was that although they shrank the size of the civil service on paper, the number of contractors employed by the federal government ballooned to fill that void. They did not meaningfully reduce the total number of people being paid by the federal government. Talk to me about the relationship between the civil service reform that you'd like to see and this army of folks who are not formally employees.Every government service is a combination of public employees and inputs, and private employees and inputs. There's never a single thing the government does — federal, state, or local — that doesn't involve inputs from the private sector. That could be as simple as the uniforms for the janitors. Even if you have a publicly employed janitor, who buys the mop? You're not manufacturing the mops.I understand the critique that the excessive focus on full-time employees in the 1990s led to contracting out some positions that could be done directly by the government. But I think that misses how much of the government can and should be contracted out. The basic Office of Management and Budget (OMB) statute [OMB Circular No. A-76] defining what is an essential government duty should still be the dividing line. What does the government have to do, because that is the public overseeing a process? Versus, what can the private sector just do itself?I always cite Stephen Goldsmith, the old mayor of Indianapolis. He proposed what he called the Yellow Pages test. If you open the Yellow Pages [phone directory] and three businesses do that business, the government should not be in that business. There's three garbage haulers out there. Instead of having a formal government garbage-hauling department, just contract out the garbage.With the internet, you should have a lot more opportunities to contract stuff out. I think that is generally good, and we should not have the federal government going about a lot of the day-to-day procedural things that don't require public input. What a lot of people didn't recognize is how much pressure that's going to put on government contracting officers at the federal level. Last time I checked there were 40,000 contracting officers. They have a lot of power. In the most recent year for which we have data, there were $750 billion in federal contracts. This is a substantial part of our economy. If you total state and local, we're talking almost 10% of our whole economy goes through government contracts. This is mind-boggling. In the public policy world, we should all be spending about 10% of our time thinking about contracting.One of the things I think everyone recognized is that contractors should have more authority. Some of the reform that happened with people like [Steven] Kelman — who was the Office of Federal Procurement Policy head in the ‘90s under Clinton — was, "We need to give these people more authority to just take a credit card and go buy a sheaf of paper if that's what they need. And we need more authority to get contract bids out appropriately.”The same message that animates civil service reform should animate these contracting discussions. The goal should be setting clear goals that you want — for either a civil servant or a contractor — and then giving that person the discretion to meet them. If you make the civil service more stultified, or make pay compression more extreme, you're going to have to contract more stuff out.People talk about the General Schedule [pay scale], but we haven't talked about the Federal Wage Schedule system at all, which is the blue-collar system that encompasses about 200,000 federal employees. Pay compression means those guys get paid really well. That means some managers rightfully think, "I'd like to have full-time supervision over some role, but I would rather contract it out, because I can get it a heck of a lot cheaper."There's a continuous relationship: If we make the civil service more stultified, we're going to push contracting out into more areas where maybe it wouldn't be appropriate. But a lot of things are always going to be appropriate to contract out. That means we need to give contracting officers and the people overseeing contracts a lot of discretion to carry out their missions, and not a lot of oversight from the Government Accountability Office or the courts about their bids, just like we shouldn't give OPM excess input into the civil service hiring process.This is a theme I keep harping on, on Statecraft. It's counterintuitive from a reformer's perspective, but it's true: if you want these processes to function better, you're going to have to stop nitpicking. You're going to have to ease up on the throttle and let people make their own decisions, even when sometimes you're not going to agree with them.This is a tension that's obviously happening in this administration. You've seen some clear interest in decentralization, and you've seen some centralization. In both the contract and the civil service sphere, the goal for the central agencies should be giving as many options as possible to the local managers, making sure they don't go extremely off the rails, but then giving those local managers and contracting officials the ability to make their own choices. The General Services Administration (GSA) under this administration is doing a lot of government-wide acquisition contracts. “We establish a contract for the whole government in the GSA. Usually you, the local manager, are not required to use that contract if you want computer services or whatever, but it's an option for you.”OPM should take a similar role. "Here's the system we have set up. You can take that and use it as you want. It's here for you, but it doesn't have to be used, because you might have some very particular hiring decisions to make.” Just like there shouldn't be one contracting decision that decides how we buy both a sheaf of computer paper and an aircraft carrier, there shouldn't be one hiring and firing process for a janitor and a nuclear physicist. That can't be a centralized process, because the very nature of human life is that there's an infinitude of possibilities that you need to allow for, and that means some amount of decentralization.I had an argument online recently about New York City's “buy local” requirement for certain procurement contracts. When they want to build these big public toilets in New York City, they have to source all the toilet parts from within the state, even if they're $200,000 cheaper in Portland, Oregon.I think it's crazy to ask procurement and contracting to solve all your policy problems. Procurement can't be about keeping a healthy local toilet parts industry. You just need to procure the toilet.This is another area where you see similar overlap in some of the civil service and contracting issues. A lot of cities have residency requirements for many of their positions. If you work for the city, you have to live inside the city. In New York, that means you've got a lot of police officers living on Staten Island, or right on the line of the north side of the Bronx, where they're inches away from Westchester. That drives up costs, and limits your population of potential employees.One of the most amazing things to me about the Biden Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was that it encouraged contracting officers to use residency requirements: “You should try to localize your hiring and contracting into certain areas.” On a national level, that cancels out. If both Wyoming and Wisconsin use residency requirements, the net effect is not more people hired from one of those states! So often, people expect the civil service and contracting to solve all of our ills and to point the way forward for the rest of the economy on discrimination, hiring, pay, et cetera. That just leads to, by definition, government being a lot more expensive than the private sector.Over the next three and a half years, what would you like to see the administration do on civil service reform that they haven't already taken up?I think some of the broad-scale layoffs, which seem to be slowing down, were counterproductive. I do think that their ability to achieve their ends was limited by the nature of the reduction-in-force regulations, which made them more counterproductive than they had to be. That's the situation they inherited. But that didn't mean you had to lay off a lot of people without considering the particular jobs they were doing now.And hiring quite a few of them back.Yeah. There are also debates obviously, within the administration, between DOGE and Russ Vought [director of the OMB] and some others on this. Some things, like the Schedule Policy/Career — which is the revival of Schedule F in the first Trump administration — are largely a step in the right direction. Counter to some of the critics, it says, “You can remove someone if they're in a policymaking position, just like if they were completely at-will. But you still have to hire from the typical civil service system.” So, for those concerned about politicization, that doesn't undermine that, because they can't just pick someone from the party system to put in there. I think that's good.They recently had a suitability requirement rule that I think moved in the right direction. That says, “If someone's not suitable for the workforce, there are other ways to remove them besides the typical procedures.” The ideal system is going to require some congressional input: it's to have a decentralization of hiring authority to individual managers. Which means the OPM — now under Scott Kupor, who has finally been confirmed — saying, "The OPM is here to assist you, federal managers. Make sure you stay within the broad lanes of what the administration's trying to accomplish. But once we give you your general goals, we're going to trust you to do that, including hiring.”I've mentioned it a few times, but part of the Chance to Compete Act — which was mentioned in one of Trump's Day One executive orders, people forget about this — was saying, “Implement the Chance to Compete Act to the maximum extent of the law.” Bring more subject-matter expertise into the hiring process, allow more discretion for managers and input into the hiring process. I think carrying that bipartisan reform out is going to be a big step, but it's going to take a lot more work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.statecraft.pub

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Today we're diving into some ongoing battles over athlete pay, from college athletics to the WNBA. In the case of college sports, a recent lawsuit settlement involving the NCAA allows colleges and universities to pay their athletes directly. On the show today, sports journalist Kennington Lloyd Smith III explains how college athlete pay has evolved, how the recent House v. NCAA settlement could strain athletic departments, and what could come from the WNBA players' current fight for more equitable pay. Plus, the sports private equity firms are eyeing.Then, we'll hear how one listener got involved in local government. Plus, Paralympic sled hockey gold medalist Declan Farmer answers the Make Me Smart question.Here's everything we talked about today:"How college athletes will be paid after House v. NCAA settlement: NIL changes, enforcement, contracts and more" from CBS Sports"Trump signs executive order to 'protect' college sports" from Politico "Down to Business: Valuations are wild, returns are rocky. But women's sports teams are in demand" from The Athletic "The WNBA Has a Good Problem on Its Hands" from The Atlantic "Private equity tees up to invest in youth sports" from Marketplace  "Travelers aren't big fans of TSA's facial recognition program, report finds" from Marketplace  We love hearing from you. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email makemesmart@marketplace.org.

Today we're diving into some ongoing battles over athlete pay, from college athletics to the WNBA. In the case of college sports, a recent lawsuit settlement involving the NCAA allows colleges and universities to pay their athletes directly. On the show today, sports journalist Kennington Lloyd Smith III explains how college athlete pay has evolved, how the recent House v. NCAA settlement could strain athletic departments, and what could come from the WNBA players' current fight for more equitable pay. Plus, the sports private equity firms are eyeing.Then, we'll hear how one listener got involved in local government. Plus, Paralympic sled hockey gold medalist Declan Farmer answers the Make Me Smart question.Here's everything we talked about today:"How college athletes will be paid after House v. NCAA settlement: NIL changes, enforcement, contracts and more" from CBS Sports"Trump signs executive order to 'protect' college sports" from Politico "Down to Business: Valuations are wild, returns are rocky. But women's sports teams are in demand" from The Athletic "The WNBA Has a Good Problem on Its Hands" from The Atlantic "Private equity tees up to invest in youth sports" from Marketplace  "Travelers aren't big fans of TSA's facial recognition program, report finds" from Marketplace  We love hearing from you. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email makemesmart@marketplace.org.

President Trump will replace Billy Long as the head of the Internal Revenue Service, less than two months since he was confirmed. This comes after months of turmoil at the IRS. We'll explain. And, did you know could opt out of facial recognition software when going through airport security? Plus, we'll weigh in on Instagram's new map feature and more during a round of Half Full/Half Empty! Here's everything we talked about today:"Trump Is Removing Billy Long as the I.R.S. Head 2 Months After He Was Confirmed" from The New York Times"The Comply To Fly?" from The Algorithmic Justice League"This wedding season, some couples are using their registries to give back" from Marketplace"Should buy now, pay later factor into credit scores?" from Marketplace"The New York Post is launching a California edition. Why?" from The Washington Post "Instagram Map lets your friends, and possibly exes, track your every move'" from The Washington PostTell us about your experience with TSA's facial recognition system. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.

Glenn and Pat discuss the gerrymandering happening in Texas and President Trump's call to stop including illegal immigrants in the census.  The rise of Zohran Mamdani in New York has led to multiple similar socialist candidates in various blue states. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joins to discuss how DHS plans to prevent the violent attacks ICE officers have endured, caused in part by the Left's extreme rhetoric. Glenn and Kristi also discussed Noem's parody on South Park and the recent updated TSA security requirements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn and Jason Buttrill go over Glenn's latest Wednesday Night Special, which exposes even more evidence that the Russia collusion scandal was a coup attempt by Hillary Clinton, who flipped the script after she was being targeted by Russia. Glenn and Pat discuss the gerrymandering happening in Texas and President Trump's call to stop including illegal immigrants in the census. The rise of Zohran Mamdani in New York has led to multiple similar socialist candidates in various blue states. Glenn and Pat react to a Muslim Sheikh claiming slavery is permissible in Islam, if the slaves are non-Muslim and prisoners of war. Jon Stewart came after Glenn over his coverage of the Epstein files, so Glenn sets the record straight. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joins to discuss how DHS plans to prevent the violent attacks ICE officers have endured, caused in part by the Left's extreme rhetoric. Glenn and Kristi also discussed Noem's parody on South Park and the recent updated TSA security requirements. Glenn's co-author of ‘The Great Reset' and ‘Dark Future,' Justin Haskins, joins to take a victory lap after exposing ESG, which led to the Trump administration taking action against ESG through executive action.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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