December 18, 2024: Ethics Committee to Release Gaetz Report, Indiana's First Execution in 15 Years, SCOTUS Takes TikTok Case, Mangione's Many Murder Charges in NYC, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Clarification: Update to Yesterday's Story About Wisconsin School Shooting (1:02)

2. Supreme Court Sets TikTok Arguments for January (1:55)

3. Luigi Mangione Indicted on Multiple Murder Charges in NY (4:05)

4. House Ethics Committee Votes to Release Gaetz Report (7:50)

5. Indiana Carries Out First Execution in 15 Years (10:27)

6. Quick Hitters: Congress Avoids Government Shutdown, House Passes Bill to Create Congressional Time Capsule for 2276, Supreme Court Introduces Lottery System, Fed Cuts Rates, GrubHub Settles for $25M, Disney Cuts Gender Identity Storyline, GenZ Will Spend 112 Days on Phones in 2024, Mastodons Full Jaw Found in NY Yard (14:16)

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Clarification: Update to Yesterday's Story About Wisconsin School Shooting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcSr6RFhTKQ

Supreme Court Sets TikTok Arguments for January

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121824zr1_p86b.pdf

Luigi Mangione Indicted on Multiple Murder Charges in NY

https://manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Mangione-Indictment-FINAL-as-filed.pdf

https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-murder-indictment-of-luigi-mangione/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/luigi-mangione-indicted-first-degree-murder-charge-grand-jury-unitedhe-rcna184313

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/17/luigi-mangione-indicted-murder-brian-thompson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5kMOscnPE

https://www.arthurpressmanlaw.com/exploring-the-different-degrees-of-murder-charges-in-new-york/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/us/luigi-mangione-ceo-shooting/index.html

https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/new-york-penal-code-265-02-criminal-possession-of-a-weapon-in-th.html

https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/new-york-penal-code-265-03-criminal-possession-of-a-weapon-in-th.html

https://ww2.nycourts.gov/courts/6jd/Broome/criminalprocessing.shtml#:~:text=Indictments%20are%20handed%20down%20by,is%20sufficient%20for%20an%20indictment.

https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/ny-penal-law-490-25-crime-of-terrorism.html

House Ethics Committee Votes to Release Gaetz Report

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/matt-gaetz-report-house-ethics-committee-released

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/politics/matt-gaetz-ethics-report-committee/index.html

https://x.com/mattgaetz/status/1869406920768917618

Indiana Carries Out First Execution in 15 Years

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indiana-prepares-execution-joseph-corcoran-first-15-years-rcna184490

https://www.foxnews.com/us/indiana-carries-out-first-execution-15-years-after-inmate-chooses-ben-jerrys-ice-cream-last-meal

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/us/joseph-corcoran-indiana-death-row-execution/index.html

https://www.newsweek.com/joseph-corcoran-indiana-execution-final-words-killing-brother-three-men-2002552

Quick Hitters

https://x.com/i/trending/1869408650982257102

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/continuing-resolution-government-shutdown-2024/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6394

https://san.com/cc/congress-unveils-stopgap-bill-to-avert-shutdown-unbiased-updates-dec-18-2024/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/12/supreme-court-to-debut-new-public-seating-lottery-for-arguments/

https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/pressreleases/pr_12-12-24

https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/fed-cuts-interest-rates-again-but-officials-expect-fewer-reductions-in-2025-70562fac

https://san.com/cc/grubhub-agrees-to-25m-settlement-for-deceptive-practices/

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/grubhub-settlement-25-million-charges-allegedly-misled-diners-drivers-rcna184582

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OM7_MzfY8ccpywQXG2vgwn89SbOQTo7i/view?pli=1

https://san.com/cc/fully-intact-mastodon-jaw-found-in-new-york-residents-backyard/

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/mammut_americanum.htm#:~:text=Mastodons%20did%20co%2Dexist%20in,by%20around%2010%2C500%20years%20ago.

https://www.britannica.com/animal/mastodon

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/disney-removes-transgender-storyline-upcoming-pixar-streaming-series-rcna184664