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Your criticism, my response.

Episode Date: April 8, 2022

Every once in a while, a newsletter we publish generates enough feedback and criticism that we feel it's necessary to follow up on it. In today's spec...

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War crimes in Ukraine.

Episode Date: April 7, 2022

Over the last two weeks, a series of news reports broke about the town of Bucha, which sits in the suburbs of Kyiv (Ukraine's capital). Russian forces...

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Elon Musk joins Twitter.

Episode Date: April 6, 2022

Yesterday, the social media platform Twitter announced that Musk would be joining its board of directors. The announcement came just a day after the c...

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The Disney controversy.

Episode Date: April 5, 2022

A closer look at what is going on with Disney and and the events unravelling in Florida. There are two threads to this story, so we will try to flesh...

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The end of Title 42.

Episode Date: March 31, 2022

Yesterday, The New York Times reported that the Biden administration is planning to end Title 42, the emergency CDC health order that has restricted i...

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Biden's new budget.

Episode Date: March 30, 2022

Is this a pivot? A White House budget like this is not a binding document; it is more like a baseline from which to begin negotiations, and sometimes...

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The Ginni Thomas texts.

Episode Date: March 29, 2022

The conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas caused a stir last week when her text messages about January 6th became pu...

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Biden's Warsaw speech.

Episode Date: March 28, 2022

On Saturday, the president traveled to Poland to deliver what was billed as the most important speech of his presidency yet. Standing about 200 miles...

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An update in Ukraine.

Episode Date: March 24, 2022

It has now been one month since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began. It has been 10 days since our last coverage of the war. Plus, a read...

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The Hunter Biden story.

Episode Date: March 22, 2022

Last week, The New York Times published an update on an ongoing federal investigation into Hunter Biden (Tangle covered that in December of 2020 here)...

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A gas tax holiday.

Episode Date: March 21, 2022

With the average price of gasoline at $4.25 per gallon, politicians are discussing ways to drive the price down. As we covered in Friday's subscribers...

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Raskin's nomination fails.

Episode Date: March 17, 2022

On Tuesday, Raskin withdrew her nomination to join the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and every Senate Republican...

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Daylight saving.

Episode Date: March 16, 2022

The great debate! Make sure you weigh in, in our poll below.The Sunshine Protection act. Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation that would make...

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The return of earmarks (pork).

Episode Date: March 15, 2022

Earmarks are back. Sometimes called member-directed spending, pork, pork-barrelling, bacon, fat, or fluff, earmarks are funding for projects that get...

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The Polish fighter jets.

Episode Date: March 14, 2022

A welcome back to the daily pod, a hello to the new members of the Tangle team, and our main story: Last week, the Pentagon rejected an offer from Pol...