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The headlines for this week include the investigation of the Gothamist into Mayor Adams' candidacy petitions and the winding down of the Corporation for Public Broadcast. We also have economic indicators and a new bill that aims at limiting stock trading by congresspeople.
Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petition to run (https://gothamist.com/news/forged-signatures-found-on-mayor-adams-petitions-to-run-as-an-independent)
Mayor Adams reacts to bogus signatures allegations (https://gothamist.com/news/bogus-signatures-of-support-for-political-campaigns-part-of-the-business-mayor-adams-says)
CPB announced that it will start winding down operations (http://CPB%20announced%20that%20it%20will%20start%20winding%20down%20operations)
Economy rebounds to 3% economic growth (https://www.npr.org/2025/07/30/nx-s1-5484219/economy-gdp-tariffs-growth)
Bureau of Labor Statistics July report (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm)
Job market barely budges in July (https://www.axios.com/2025/08/01/jobs-report-july-unemployment)
Trump fires Labor statistics chief (https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/01/trump-firing-bureau-labor-statistics-chief-jobs-report-00488960)
Senate committee moves trading bill forward (https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/politics/senate-bill-stock-trade-ban)
26 Jul 2025
Astronomer's PR move and other lighter news
This week topics include: the data company Astronomer chose an interesting spokesperson. Followed by are leaning seats in airplanes close to becoming a reality? We end the podcast with the rise of glucose monitors.
Also, if you want to support local news stations affected by Trump's budget cuts, consider adopting a station that stands to loose over 50% of its funding.
https://adoptastation.org/ (https://adoptastation.org/)
Other links:
Company involved in Coldplay kiss cam hires spokesperson (https://apnews.com/article/astronmer-cold-play-chris-martin-gwyneth-patrow-4e7d4af7e3531a6e729b30b1c5514889)
No official requests for standing seats on airplanes (https://www.airlineratings.com/articles/we-call-bs-on-these-airline-seats)
The rise in popularity of glucose trackers (https://apnews.com/article/continuous-glucose-monitor-cgm-diabetes-75469f79bc649cab0d831e6ec52758a7)
Can sleep trackers make sleep worse? (https://www.popsci.com/health/can-tracking-sleep-make-it-worse/)
19 Jul 2025
A mini episode on the media
As congress approved defunding the Public Broadcast Corporation, President Trump sued the Wall Street Journal, and a new Pew Research survey showed that most people are not getting behind the paywall of news content.
Trump sued the Wall Street Journal (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23g5xpggzmo)
Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters (https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796?mod=article_inline)
Congress rolls back public media funding (https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/nx-s1-5469912/npr-congress-rescission-funding-trump)
Americans are not paying for the news (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/24/few-americans-pay-for-news-when-they-encounter-paywalls/)
Prof. Matthew Facciani on Threads (https://www.threads.com/@matthewfacciani)
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