Nov 19 2020 17 mins 2k
It’s almost hack to say at this point, but it’s worth remembering: If what President Donald Trump and his campaign are doing right now — refusing to concede a called election, eroding trust in the democratic process, asking for ballots to be tossed — if all that was happening in another country, we’d be talking about it very differently. It’s worth unpacking why that is, which we’ll do today. But first: We’ll explain the feud between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Fed Chair Jerome Powell and present yet more evidence that you should stay home for Thanksgiving. Seriously. Join us tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time/6:30 p.m. Eastern for our live happy hour episode on YouTube! Subscribe so you don’t miss out. Here’s a list of everything we talked about today (if these links don’t work on your device, try our episode page at makemesmart.org): “The coronavirus risk for a big Thanksgiving dinner in your community” from The Washington Post “Don’t rely on a negative test result to see your family for Thanksgiving” from CNN “Treasury moves to end several crisis-era programs, drawing pushback from the Fed” from CNBC “Federal Reserve’s Emergency Loan Programs at Center of Political Fight” from The New York Times “Dog at Delaware SPCA for 866 days finds forever home” from Fox 29 Philadelphia This Twitter exchange between Chef José Andrés and Chris Krebs, the recently fired director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Kai’s interview with Andrés from 2018
