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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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The Headlines Could Change Quickly: Deadly Border Conflict Between Two Nuclear-Armed Nations



NEW YORK TIMES (JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, HARI KUMAR, AND SAMEER YASIR)

Worst Clash in Decades on Disputed India-China Border Kills 20 Indian Troops



PART 2
(5:53 - 12:12):

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Rising Tensions on the Korean Peninsula: One Source of Conflict? Balloons. Seriously.



NEW YORK TIMES (CHOE SANG-HUN)

North Korea’s Wrecking of Liaison Office a ‘Death Knell’ for Ties With the South



NEW YORK TIMES (CHOE SANG-HUN)

As Kim Jong-un Turns Hostile to South Korea, His Sister Does the Talking



NEW YORK TIMES (CHOE SANG-HUN)

As Floating Propaganda Irks North Korea, the South Isn’t Happy Either



PART 3
(12:13 - 17:36):

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The Uncertainty of Science in a COVID-19 World: When “Science” and “Expert” Don’t Carry the Authority You Might Think



WALL STREET JOURNAL (TODD MYERS)

When Covid ‘Science’ Is a Smokescreen



PART 4
(17:37 - 20:53):

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A Breakdown in Peer Review: Major Studies on COVID-19 Retracted from Prestigious Medical Journals



NEW YORK TIMES (RONI CARYN RABIN)

The Pandemic Claims New Victims: Prestigious Medical Journals



NEW YORK TIMES (APOORVA MANDAVILLI)

Scientists Take Aim at Another Coronavirus Study in a Major Journal



PART 5
(20:54 - 23:38):

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Broken Branches, Broken Lives: Creation Order Shows Up in China



CAIXING GLOBAL (YILIN CHEN)

Trending in China: Professor Proposes Women be Allowed ‘Two Husbands’ to Solve Problems Caused by One-Child Policy

Monday, June 22, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 9:48):

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Signs of a Society Shutting Down: A Mass Exercise in Self-Delusion in Seattle Turns Deadly



THE SEATTLE TIMES (MIKE CARTER)

One dead, one in critical condition in early morning shooting at Capitol Hill protest zone known as CHOP



PART 2
(9:49 - 18:37):

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Abortion in the Age of a Global Pandemic: Headlines in Both the U.S. and Europe



TENNESSEAN (NATALIE ALLISON)

Tennessee legislature passes fetal heartbeat bill; Planned Parenthood, ACLU file lawsuit



NEW YORK TIMES (MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF, ALISHA HARIDASANI GUPTA AND MONIKA PRONCZUK)

Coronavirus Created an Obstacle Course for Safe Abortions



PART 3
(18:38 - 23:14):

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Amy Klobuchar Withdraws from Consideration as the Democratic Candidate for Vice President



NEW YORK TIMES (REID J. EPSTEIN)

Klobuchar Drops Out of Biden’s V.P. Search and Backs Picking a Woman of Color



PART 4
(23:15 - 26:4):

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U.S. Senate Confirms Judge Justin Walker to Important D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals



COURIER JOURNAL (ANDREW WOLFSON)

Judge Justin Walker, McConnell protege, confirmed to nation's second-most powerful court

Faithfulness in the Age of COVID-19 | 1 Peter 2:9-12

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All Things to All People? The Gospel is the Issue

I think most of us with any sense of awareness can recognize that we are living in one of those great transitional moments in human history. But there is one thing that must not change: the Christian task of bearing faithful witness to the glory of God in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Some would disagree and argue that the Christian witness, to be fa...


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Friday, June 19, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 12:18):

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Supreme Court Decides on DACA Case: Court Blocks Executive Order That Overturned Another Executive Order



NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK AND MICHAEL D. SHEAR)

Trump Can’t Immediately End DACA, Supreme Court Rules



NEW YORK TIMES (MIRIAM JORDAN)

‘I Feel Like I Can Breathe’: ‘Dreamers’ Get a Reprieve on DACA



PART 2
(12:19 - 19:40):

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The High Court Continues Its Recent Usurpation of the Political Process



THE FEDERALIST (JORDAN DAVIDSON)

Cotton: If John Roberts Wants To Write Laws, He Should Resign And Run For Office



PART 3
(19:41 - 24:38):

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The President Intends to Release New List of Potential Supreme Court Nominees: Why a Democratic Candidate Likely Won’t Do the Same



WASHINGTON POST (JOHN WAGNER)

Trump lashes out at Supreme Court, tries to turn DACA decision into a campaign issue



REUTERS (DOINA CHIACU)

Trump pledges new list of conservative Supreme Court contenders

Thursday, June 18, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 11:28):

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A Sentence or a Movement? A Look at Black Lives Matter



PART 2
(11:29 - 16:37):

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What Is the Worldview Behind the Black Lives Matter Organization?



THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES

A Vision For Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom, and Justice



PART 3
(16:38 - 27:33):

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Black Lives and Black Lives Matter: Thinking Carefully and Prayerfully



NEW YORK TIMES (NATE COHN AND KEVIN QUEALY)

How Public Opinion Has Moved on Black Lives Matter



CNN (SCOTTIE ANDREW)

Boy Scouts of America shows support for Black Lives Matter and will require some scouts to earn diversity badge

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 10:58):

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Further Questions about Religious Liberty Brought Forward After Monday’s Supreme Court Ruling



NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM NAGOURNEY AND JEREMY W. PETERS)

A Half-Century On, an Unexpected Milestone for L.G.B.T.Q. Rights



NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK)

Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules



NEW YORK TIMES (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)

Gay Rights Are Civil Rights



NEW YORK TIMES (MICHELLE GOLDBERG)

Surprise! Justice on L.G.B.T. Rights From a Trump Judge



PART 2
(10:59 - 16:0):

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The Great Evasion: Look Who’s Relieved about the Bostock v. Clayton County Decision



POLITICO (BURGESS EVERETT AND MARIANNE LEVINE)

GOP backs Gorsuch's LGBTQ decision after conservative blowback



PART 3
(16:1 - 24:59):

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What’s Going on in Seattle’s ‘Autonomous Zone’? Why Declaring Autonomy and Actualizing It Are Two Very Different Things



NEW YORK TIMES (MIKE BAKER)

Free Food, Free Speech and Free of Police: Inside Seattle’s ‘Autonomous Zone’



WALL STREET JOURNAL (JOHN CARLSON)

Officials Skedaddle in Seattle



WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)

The Seattle Secessionists

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 11:39):

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The Flawed Legal Logic in Yesterday’s Supreme Court Decision on LGBTQ and Discrimination



SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia



PART 2
(11:40 - 20:59):

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What Is the Proper Role of the Supreme Court? Hint: It’s Not What It Did Yesterday — Legislate



CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW (JUSTICE NEIL M. GORSUCH)

Of Lions and Bears, Judges and Legislators, and the Legacy of Justice Scalia



PART 3
(20:60 - 25:58):

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Textualism? Originalism? Strict Constructionism? The Differences in the Terms Really Matter



WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)

The Supreme Court’s Textualism Test

Monday, June 15, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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The Fatal Shooting of Rayshard Brooks — Now, Even More Urgent Conversations About Law Enforcement in America



PART 2
(5:20 - 16:19):

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The Rule of Law and the Complexities of American Law Enforcement



CNN (DEVAN COLE)

Sen. Tim Scott says he’s not sure there will ever be a law establishing a use of force standard



CBS NEWS

Transcript: Senator Tim Scott discusses race on ‘Face the Nation,’ June 14, 2020



PART 3
(16:20 - 24:53):

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A Reversal in Federal Health Care Policy That Points to a Fundamental Worldview Divide in America



WASHINGTON POST (ARIANA EUNJUNG CHA)

Trump administration removes non-discrimination protections for transgender people in health care



NEW YORK TIMES (MARGOT SANGER-KATZ AND NOAH WEILAND)

Trump Administration Erases Transgender Civil Rights Protections in Health Care

Friday, June 12, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 15:30):

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The World’s “Baby Store"? The Reality of the Surrogacy Industry Revealed in Ukraine



NEW YORK TIMES (MARIA VARENIKOVA)

Ukraine’s Backlog of Babies Born to Surrogates Begins to Ease



THE WEEK (YULIA GORBAN)





PART 2
(15:31 - 18:45):

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Harry Potter Creator Collides with the Transgender Revolution: J. K. Rowling Faces Outrage for Recent Tweets



NEW YORK TIMES (JENNY GROSS)

Daniel Radcliffe Criticizes J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Transgender Tweets



NBC NEWS (ADELA SULIMAN)

'Transgender women are women': Daniel Radcliffe clashes with J.K. Rowling



PART 3
(18:46 - 25:1):

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The Inevitable Collision Between Feminism and Transgender Ideology



WASHINGTON POST (MOLLY ROBERTS)

J.K. Rowling’s transphobia shows it’s time to put down the pen



INDEPENDENT (AMROU AL-KADHI)

How Britain's colonial past can be traced through to the transphobic feminism of today