this week that much Reasons RoundtableEditors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie and Peter Suderman report on former President Donald Trump's conviction in New York City last week on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
00:33—Donald Trump’s conviction
27:37—Weekly listener questions
42:11—Latest Hidden Stories
50:48—This week’s cultural recommendations
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Mentioned in this podcast:
“Do Donald Trump’s beliefs in New York make us banana Republicans?” Posted by J.D. Tuccille
“Trump’s conviction requires him to hand over his guns. Civil libertarians are in trouble.” Jacob Sulum
“The prosecution’s story against Trump contains several claims that are logically impossible” (Jacob Sullum)
'The First Felon' by Liz Wolff
“Trump’s conviction suggests jurors bought prosecutors’ dubious ‘election fraud’ narrative” (Jacob Sullum)
“Trump Jury Instructions Lead to Convictions Based on a Hodgepodge of Vague Theories” by Jacob Sullum.
“Prosecutors say Trump attempted to ‘deceive American voters,’ not a crime” (Jacob Sullum)
“The Felon” by Matt Labash
“Chase Oliver: What Does the Libertarian Presidential Candidate Really Believe?” Written by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe
“Chase Oliver is the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate,” by Eric Boehm.
“Just 8 EV Chargers Built in 2 1/2 Years with $7.5 Billion in Government Cash” by Joe Lancaster.
“Biden’s Tariffs Are a Bad Idea” by Eric Boehm
“From Fauci to Congress: 6-foot social distancing guidance appears not to be based on data” (Christian Britschgi)
“‘15 Days to Slow the Spread’: 4th Anniversary A Reminder to Never Give Power to Politicians Again” (John Stossel)
“CDC Made America’s Pandemic Worse” by Peter Suderman
“CDC’s Guidelines for Summer Camps Are Crazy” by Robby Soave.
“Schools will remain closed in fall under CDC’s new ‘reopening’ guidelines,” by Matt Welch.
“What Ken Burns’ New Movie Gets Right and Wrong About the Roosevelts” by Damon Root
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