New York police officers arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters who’d occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on Tuesday night while pro-Israeli counterprotestors attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA.
Meanwhile, an overwhelming majority of House lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favor of passing the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, a bill that critics say could create an overboard definition of what counts as anti-semitic speech on college campuses and other educational institutions. Todd Zwillich, a longtime Washington reporter and friend of the show, explains how the bill is part of a cynical ploy on the part of Republicans to divide Democrats.
And in headlines: Arizona lawmakers voted to reverse the state's Civil War-era abortion ban, the Federal Reserve moved to keep interest rates flat, and the U.S. could have more than 100 million doses of bird flu vaccines available for people within four months if the disease jumps to humans.
Show Notes:
UAW Races To The Deadline
Hey Google, Why Is The DOJ Suing You
This Ken Is On Trial
Morocco Races To Save Quake Victims
The Tension Over Tourism In Hawai'i
Kill Drill
You Are Not A Loan
COVID Surge Protection
Proud Boys Swallowed Their Pride
Why You Gotta Be So Rudy?
Only Fun Drugs Should Cost Money
Trump's March To Trial
The Persecution Of Prosectors
The Trump Mugshot Seen 'Round the World
Not My Debate, Not My Monkeys
The Teacher Shortage Cheat Sheet with Becky Pringle
We Give It A One Out Of Tennessee
Beating Bans On Gender-Affirming Care
The DeSantis Documents
Your Rights Are Not Set In Mifepristone
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