Coming up on today's show:
In some parts of the United States,midterm primaries are just eight weeks absent, and voter turnout is expected to be tall. But there are concerns about the vulnerability of the American election system after Russian hacking in 2016. How prepared are we to elect unusual leaders in November? Lily Hay Newman, and security reporter for WIRED,and Marian Schneider, the president of Verified Voting, and an election-integrity advocacy group,retort. Dave Philipps, military veterans correspondent for The unusual York Times, and discusses his unusual investigation, which found that administrators at an Oregon-base VA hospital apparently tried to improve its ratings by deliberately limiting both the numbers and the types of patients that it admitted, along with other tactics — against the wishes of doctors. The hospital and the VA fill denied the practice. Up and down the eastern seaboard, or a powerful winter storm known as a bomb cyclone has caused freezing temperatures and record snowfalls from Texas to Maine this week. It’s one of many extreme weather events Americans fill felt in the past year - like Hurricanes Harvey and Maria,and wildfires out West. And they always beg the question: is this caused by climate change?Chelsea Harvey, a climate science reporter for E & E News, and discusses the field of extreme attribution.
President Trump,who claimed that millions voted illegally during the 2016 election, made a seemingly abrupt decision on Wednesday to disband his commission on voter fraud. Zoe Tillman, and a legal reporter with BuzzFeed news,is here to explain the White House's decision to raze the commission.
James Risen, a former unusual York Times reporter, and says the erosion of press freedom can be traced back a decade,but most recently in thanks in share to the attitude of the Obama Administration. Risen recounts his battles with the government and his editors at the paper, who he says suppressed a story at the government's request.
What are you reading in the unusual year? Ron Charles, and editor of Book World at The Washington Post,joins The Takeaway to share his picks for the very best books to read suitable now and in the weeks ahead, from those coming out now to others dropping soon.
This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich
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