September 18, 2024: What We Know About the ABC Whistleblower Affidavit, the Story Behind the Senate Blocking the IVF Bill, Pagers and Walkie-Talkies Detonate in Lebanon, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Senate Blocks Right to IVF Bill; Here's Why (0:48)

2. Pagers and Walkie-Talkies Detonate in Lebanon (5:21)

3. Quick Hitters: P. Diddy Appeals Bail Determination, Fed Makes Cut, Tupperware Files for Bankruptcy, DOJ Sues Ship Operators for More Than $100M (7:41)

4. Rumor Has It: What We Know About the ABC Whistleblower Affidavit (9:05)

5. Daily Critical Thinking Exercise (16:25)

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Senate Blocks Right to IVF Bill; Here's Why

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4445

https://www.britt.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024.05.17-IVF-Protection-Act-LYN24343.pdf

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/17/g-s1-23414/senate-republicans-block-ivf-legislation

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/17/republicans-block-ivf-bill-00179626

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-ivf-vote-republicans-trump/

Pagers and Walkie-Talkies Detonate in Lebanon

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67307858

https://www.axios.com/2024/09/18/hezbollah-pager-explosions-israel-suspicions

https://www.axios.com/2024/09/17/hezbollah-pager-explosions-israel-tensions

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/18/how-did-hezbollah-get-the-pagers-that-exploded-in-lebanon

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/18/middleeast/lebanon-explosions-intl/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/17/middleeast/lebanon-hezbollah-pagers-explosions-intl/index.html

Quick Hitters

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sean-diddy-combs-arrested-federal-custody/

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/17/fed-to-cut-rates-by-a-quarter-point-with-a-soft-landing-expected-according-to-cnbc-fed-survey.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/iconic-tupperware-brands-seeks-chapter-11-bankruptcy-113801257

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/18/politics/justice-department-francis-scott-key-bridge/index.html

Rumor Has It

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13857263/abc-news-kamala-harris-whistleblower-debate.html

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-pushes-claim-abc-whistleblower-after-harris-trump-debate-1953209

https://x.com/DocNetyoutube/status/1835358499548602666