October 3, 2024: Vice Presidential Debate Fact-Check, Biden Admin Extends Asylum Restrictions, Plus Addressing Rumors: Did FEMA Spend $640M on Noncitizen Migrants?

Episode Format:

1. Vice Presidential Debate Recap and Fact-Check (0:44)

2. Quick Hitters: Biden Administration Extends Asylum Restrictions, Judge Unseals Jack Smith's Motion Against Trump, DOJ Seeks Indefinite Trial Delay for Attempted Assassination Suspect (13:20)

3. Rumor Has It: Did Walz Say He's Made Friends With School Shooters? Did FEMA Spend $640M on Noncitizen Migrants? (16:13)

4. Daily Critical Thinking Exercise (21:16)

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Vice Presidential Debate Recap and Fact-Check

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWva-5l_qB0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEphfGpJjc8

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022199620300556

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/01/us/factcheck-walz-vance

https://homeland.house.gov/2024/05/22/startling-stats-factsheet-biden-administration-on-track-to-reach-10-million-encounters-nationwide-before-end-of-fiscal-year/

https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/Mga/2024/oig-24-46-aug24.pdf

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/10/factchecking-the-vice-presidential-debate-2/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/dhs-watchdog-warns-urgent-issue-after-immigration-officials/story?id=112964072

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevyzkdx73yo

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-check-vp-debate-2024/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMvo-dOO1Tw

https://www.congress.gov/event/113th-congress/house-event/LC23425/text

Quick Hitters

https://thehill.com/latino/4907482-biden-asylum-restrictions-southern-border-immigration/

https://apnews.com/article/biden-asylum-migration-immigration-mexico-border-1241e365e68f8b6f7031c6ba4279bfac

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.252.0.pdf

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/prosecutors-request-indefinite-delay-trial-trump-assassination-attempt/story?id=114441982

Rumor Has It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJKm2lu8kAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaCKzoJaH6I

https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240412/department-homeland-security-announces-300-million-direct-funding

https://www.fema.gov/grants/shelter-services-program/ssp-a/fy-24-nofo#b

https://www.fema.gov/grants/shelter-services-program