Week in Review: March 24-30, 2023

1. Quick Two Minute Recap: Former President Trump Indicted by NY Grand Jury (0:38)

2. Discussions About Gun Control Following Nashville School Shooting (6:14)

3. TikTok Ban Blocked in Senate; Brief Discussion of the RESTRICT Act (16:18)

4. Wall Street Journal Reporter Arrested in Russia on Espionage Charges (21:28)

5. Kentucky Lawmakers Override Veto of SB150 (Re: Transgender Minors) (23:39)

6. Idaho Becomes Fifth State to Allow Executions by Firing Squad (31:15)

7. Listener Request: Brazil and China Agree to Trade with Own Currencies Rather than USD; What does this mean for the USD? (37:57)

Sources below

Discussions About Gun Control Following Nashville School Shooting

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/03/14/executive-order-on-reducing-gun-violence-and-making-our-communities-safer/

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/03/30/jamaal-bowman-thomas-massie-house-gun-control-argument-sot-pt-vpx.cnn

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3921950-tennessee-republican-responds-to-school-shooting-were-not-gonna-fix-it/

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3923845-gop-senator-on-gun-control-congress-has-gone-about-as-far-as-were-going-to/

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-gun-policy-global-comparisons

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/13/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/

TikTok Ban Blocked in Senate; Brief Discussion of the RESTRICT Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/text?s=1&r=15

https://apnews.com/article/hawley-tiktok-ban-senate-bill-blocked-dc504ad560b949bd11e2970afd3669dd

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article273747800.html

Wall Street Journal Reporter Arrested in Russia on Espionage Charges

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/business/wsj-journalist-arrested-russia/index.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-security-service-detains-wall-street-journal-reporter-cbfbd505

Kentucky Lawmakers Override Veto of SB150 (Re: Transgender minors)

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb150/bill.pdf

https://apnews.com/article/transgender-care-bill-kentucky-legislature-e7c0bfb0e6cdfb1144451efe677108d6

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/

https://apnews.com/article/idaho-genderaffirming-healthcare-ban-7ca727e9f75332ad1069271e80aa94b4

Idaho Becomes Fifth State to Allow Executions by Firing Squad

https://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-state-government-crime-legal-proceedings-59293e90af056a4849e04dc196c46ac2

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/idaho-steps-closer-to-using-the-firing-squad-for-executions

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/international/countries-that-have-abolished-the-death-penalty-since-1976

https://www.goodrx.com/healthcare-access/pharmacies/what-is-compounding-pharmacy

https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/lethal-injection-pharma-kill-death-penalty/#:~:text=Compounded%20medicines%20are%20not%20FDA,distance%20themselves%20from%20the%20practice.

https://time.com/82375/every-execution-in-u-s-history-in-a-single-chart/

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/investigation-reveals-texas-obtained-possibly-tainted-execution-drugs-from-pharmacy-with-tainted-safety-record

Listener Request: Brazil and China Agree to Trade with Own Currencies Rather than USD; What does this mean for the USD?

https://comtradeplus.un.org/

https://santandertrade.com/en/portal/analyse-markets/brazil/foreign-trade-in-figures

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/brazil-china-strike-trade-deal-agreement-ditch-us-dollar

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2023-02-07/china-says-it-will-set-up-yuan-clearing-arrangements-in-brazil#:~:text=%7C-,Feb.,2023%2C%20at%206%3A59%20a.m.&text=BEIJING%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20China's%20central,boost%20the%20currency's%20global%20clout.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL9o860AxUU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SsOhM1iBXo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeio9be2pw8