August 5, 2024: Today's Stock Market Drop, Trump's FEC Complaint, Project 2025 Director Steps Down, Harris Secures Necessary Votes, 9/11 Terrorists' Plea Deal Revoked, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Trump Files FEC Complaint Against Biden/Harris Over Transfer of $90M Campaign Funds (1:05)

2. VP Harris Receives Enough Delegate Votes to Secure Democratic Presidential Nomination (4:24)

3. Paul Dans, Director of Project 2025, Steps Down and Leaves Heritage Foundation (6:29)

4. 9/11 Defendants Plea Deal Revoked Just Days After Agreement (8:40)

5. United States and Russia Complete Largest Post-Soviet Prisoner Swap (10:46)

6. President Biden Proposes Supreme Court Reform and New Constitutional Amendment (11:40)

7. Today's Market Drop Explained; What Caused It? What Does It Mean? How Does It Compare to Past Market Events? (13:27)

8. Quick Hitters: Elon Musk Re-Files Lawsuit Against OpenAI and CEO Altman, Five States Ask Musk to Fix Grok Misinformation Problem, and Boeing Executives to Testify Before Congress About Alaska Airlines Door Plug Incident (19:00)

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Trump Files FEC Complaint Against Biden/Harris Over Transfer of $90M Campaign Funds

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-campaign-complaint-fec-prevent-biden-funds-transfer-harris/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/politics/trump-campaign-fec-complaint-block-biden-harris-funds/index.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-team-files-fec-complaint-over-transfer-bidens-91m-harris-campaign-brazen-money-grab

VP Harris Receives Enough Delegate Votes to Secure Democratic Presidential Nomination

https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-nomination-dnc-463d0b8095f2ca3526b3af3a2f44c3ca

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/dnc-chair-says-majority-delegates-voted-give-harris-democratic-nominat-rcna164743

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/politics/harris-vice-presidential-search-2024/index.html

Paul Dans, Director of Project 2025, Steps Down and Leaves Heritage Foundation

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/30/politics/project-2025-paul-dans/index.html

9/11 Defendants Plea Deal Revoked Just Days After Agreement

https://media.defense.gov/2024/Aug/02/2003517325/-1/-1/1/Secretary-of-Defense-Memorandum-for-Convening-Authority-for-Military-Commissions.PDF

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/austin-revokes-plea-deal-alleged-911-mastermind-khalid/story?id=112529708

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/federal-death-penalty/executions-under-the-federal-death-penalty

United States and Russia Complete Largest Post-Soviet Prisoner Swap

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/01/world/who-are-detainees-russia-us-prisoner-swap-intl/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/01/world/who-are-detainees-russia-us-prisoner-swap-intl/index.html

President Biden Proposes Supreme Court Reform and New Constitutional Amendment

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/29/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-bold-plan-to-reform-the-supreme-court-and-ensure-no-president-is-above-the-law/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/justice-neil-gorsuch-warns-biden-careful-supreme-court-reforms-rcna165085

Today's Market Drop Explained; What Caused It? What Does It Mean? How Does It Compare to Past Market Events?

https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/global-stock-markets-plunge/index.html

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/stock-futures-tumble-recession-fears-fuel-calls-interest/story?id=112573894

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/04/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/vix.asp

https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/.VIX/

Quick Hitters

https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-revives-lawsuit-against-sam-altman-openai-nyt-reports-2024-08-05/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/business/elon-musk-new-lawsuit-openai-sam-altman/index.html

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/elon-musk-revives-lawsuit-against-openai-and-sam-altman-d7e5a87c

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/secretaries-state-say-xs-ai-shared-false-election-information-rcna165194

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-spirit-aerosystems-execs-testify-ntsb-hearing-max-9-emergency-2024-08-05/