Week in Review: December 12-18, 2022

Episode Format:

1. NPR/PBS News Hour/Marist Poll: "Americans are sick of lawmakers bickering. They don't have much hope that will change." (1:14)

2. Elon Musk Lifts Suspension of Journalists' Twitter Accounts Following Backlash (9:11)

3. Virginia Becomes Latest State to Ban TikTok on Government Devices; Proposed Legislation to Ban TikTok Completely in the United States (17:09)

4. Congress Votes to Remove Bust of Roger B. Taney from Capitol Building (22:12)

5. The Collapse of FTX and the Extradition of Sam Bankman-Fried (37:29)

All sources linked below

NPR/PBS News Hour/Marist Poll: "Americans are sick of lawmakers bickering. They don't have much hope that will change."

NPR Poll: Americans are sick of lawmakers bickering. They don’t have much hope that will change

Elon Musk Lifts Suspension of Journalists' Twitter Accounts Following Backlash

NPR: Elon Musk reinstates suspended journalists on Twitter after a backlash

Politico: Musk reinstates majority of suspended journalist accounts

NBC: Must reinstates suspended journalists after Twitter poll

Twitter: Elon Musk’s Open Letter to Advertisers

Virginia Becomes Latest State to Ban TikTok on Government Devices; Proposed Legislation to Ban TikTok Completely in the United States

NPR: Virginia joins several other states in banning TikTok on government devices

Reuters: US lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban China’s TikTok

ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act

Senator Rubio Press Release: Rubio, Gallagher Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok

Congress Votes to Remove Bust of Roger B. Taney from Capitol Building

Congress: Act to direct the Joint Committee of Congress to remove the bust of Taney and obtain a bust of Marshall

Britannica: Roger B. Taney

NPR: Congress votes to remove a bust of the Dred Scott decision’s author from the Capitol

The Collapse of FTX and the Extradition of Sam Bankman-Fried

Wikipedia: FTX Company

What is an ESG Consultant?

NY Times: Why did FTX Collapse? Here’s what to know.

CoinDesk: What is an Exchange Token?

CoinDesk: Divisions in Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Blur on His Trading Titan Alameda’s Balance Sheet

NY Times: FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried is arrested in the Bahamas

Reuters Exclusive: Sam Bankman-Fried to reverse decision on contesting extradition