America Under Pressure
Topics Discussed:
Flooding in Japan
Private Vanessa Guillen
Russia and Putin
Reproductive Rights and SCOTUS
Patriotism and July 4th
Removing Statues
Cancel Culture
Outside of Politics
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Episode Resources:
Pantsuit Politics Extra Credit Book Club (Wild Geese Bookshop)
Pantsuit Politics Book Club (Facebook)
Japan floods kill at least 18 people after record-breaking rainfall (CNN)
What We Know About the Disappearance of Vanessa Guillen (The New York Times)
Human remains found in Texas are missing soldier Vanessa Guillen, family says (Today)
Russia and Putin:
Moscow Agrees To Georgia Truce (The Washington Post)
Death Toll Up To 13,000 In Ukraine Conflict, Says UN Rights Office (Radio Free Europe)
Statement by the minister of Foreign Affairs on MH17, 5 July 2017 (Government of the Netherlands)
For the first time, UN panel directly accuses Russia of war crimes in Syria (CNBC)
The smear that killed the U.S.-Russia ‘reset’ (The Washington Post)
Senate Intel Releases New Report on Intel Community Assessment of Russian Interference (U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)
Two Suspected Russian Agents Among 14 Convicted in Montenegro Coup Plot (The New York Times)
Agents of doubt (The Washington Post)
A Russian passport. A Russian murder? (The Washington Post)
Dozens of Russians Are Believed Killed in U.S.-Backed Syria Attack (The New York Times)
What We Shouldn’t Know About the Russian Bounties Plot (Commentary)
Russians give Putin the chance to stay in power until 2036 after historic vote (CNBC)
Russia Denies Paying Bounties, but Some Say the U.S. Had It Coming (The New York Times)
Main Segment
Gun violence surges in major American cities in the midst of a pandemic and a policing crisis (CNN)
Chicago Gun Violence Spikes and Increasingly Finds the Youngest Victims (The New York Times)
Several Texas cities worry hospitals may run out of beds in two weeks or sooner (The Texas Tribune)
The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus (The New York Times)
As Coronavirus Slams Houston Hospitals, It’s Like New York ‘All Over Again’ (The New York Times)
Coronavirus threatened to make a mess of Kentucky’s primary. It could be a model instead. (Politico)
Trump’s push to amplify racism unnerves Republicans who have long enabled him (The Washington Post)