News May 13, 2021

News Stories

• Tribalism has come to the West

  SPEAKER: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  (UnHerd) – Hostile and polarised, today’s America reminds me of my Somalian clan

• Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The complicated calculus of mask-wearing

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) – Science tells us we may go maskless more frequently and see each other’s faces again for the first time in over a year.

• Patent Busting Won’t Help Vaccinate the World Faster

  SPEAKER:

  (WSJ) – The solution is to ease restrictions on exporting shots and build more production capacity.

• The China model: why is the West imitating Beijing?

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Spectator) – If China ends up winning the Second Cold War, historians … may well conclude that its victory began when Americans decided to imitate not just OBOR and CBDC but the Cultural Revolution itself.

• US Army will allow female soldiers to wear ponytails in all uniforms

  SPEAKER: Mark Esper

  (CNN Newswire) – A review of the Army’s grooming policy was ordered last year by then-acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in an effort to address race and inequality in the military.

• Big Tech faces backlash

  SPEAKER: Katie Harbath

  (ABC) – Former Facebook public policy director Katie Harbath, a Green Bay native, discusses the move by some states to penalize social media companies.

• NFLPA fires back at NFL after Ja’Wuan James injury

  SPEAKER: DeMaurice Smith

  (theScore) – The NFLPA said it will continue to support each player as they choose to stay away from team facilities for voluntary offseason work.

• Think small: How companies can cultivate everyday innovation

  SPEAKER: Josh Linkner

  (Irish Times) – A new book by Josh Linkner argues that it’s the little ideas that can yield big rewards.

• CDC can consider lifting indoor Covid mask mandates now, former FDA chief says

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – Gottlieb explained that the overall outlook for vaccinations in the U.S. “looks very good.”

• Oversight Board decision on Trump will raise more questions than answers

  SPEAKER: Katie Harbath

  (The Hill) – Facebook’s Oversight Board is set to decide whether or not former President Donald Trump should be let back on the platform after he was suspended in January.

• Facebook oversight board to announce whether Trump may rejoin platforms

  SPEAKER: Katie Harbath

  (ABC) – For years, Republicans have accused social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter of censoring speech by members of their party.

• Birx, Baric Headline Annual Research Festival

  SPEAKER: Deborah Birx

  (USAMRDC News) – “The Spring Research Festival gives Scientists and Engineers a platform to showcase the hard work and ground-breaking research…”

• Chasing Life Podcast Coming Soon

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) The Chasing Life podcast from Dr. Sanjay Gupta is coming soon.

• China Is a Paper Dragon

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – U.S. policy makers should look to the future with a little more confidence and a lot more trust in trade, markets, and the superior potential of a free people.

• Want to Go Back to the Office? Don’t Wait on the CDC

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (WSJ) – Businesses should band together and formulate flexible guidance suitable to their own industries.

• Transcript: Scott Gottlieb discusses coronavirus on “Face the Nation,” May 2, 2021

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CBS) – I’m hopeful that the FDA is going to authorize the Pfizer vaccine, the company I’m on the board of as applied for permission to start giving its vaccine to 12 to 15 year olds.

• Tomi Lahren calls on Americans to ‘loudly and proudly show our support for law enforcement’

  SPEAKER: Tomi Lahren

  (FOX) – Fox Nation host says movement to defund police puts officers and communities at risk.

• Eyeing 2024, Pence says he’ll push back on ‘liberal agenda’

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  (Westport News) – “We have the winning agenda,” Pence said. “And now it’s incumbent upon us to take that winning agenda to the American people.”

• A Tale of Two Speeches

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Gingrich 360) – The depth and seriousness of the reaction to big spending, big government liberalism was captured in the strong response of Senator Tim Scott’s rebuttal immediately after the Biden speech.

• How might Joe Biden’s presidency transform America?

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Economist Podcast) – Historian Niall Ferguson tells us presidents learn the wrong lessons from those who came before them.

• Pence urges ‘positive’ agenda to counter Biden in first speech since leaving office

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  (The Hill) – Former Vice President Pence on Thursday made his return to the public eye.

• Can Democrats Avoid a Wipeout in 2022?

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – Biden’s plan: Go big or go home.

• Ayaan Hirsi Ali vs. the Mob

  SPEAKER: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  (Commentary Magazine) – In defending the rights of women, the Somali-born author has incurred the wrath of liberals

• Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson review

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (Evening Standard) – From plagues and volcanic eruptions to the current Covid pandemic, mankind has always been faced with catastrophes.

• Katie Harbath, Former Facebook Public Policy Director, on Political Media and Her New Company

  SPEAKER: Katie Harbath

  (University of Wisconsin-Madison) – Katie shared her insights into the evolution of political media, and talked about her goals for her own DC-based company, Anchor Change.

• Viewpoint: DeMaurice Smith on why it’s time to stop the ‘student-athlete’ madness

  SPEAKER: DeMaurice Smith

  (The Athletic) – It is telling how every year, college athletes across all sports are the ones who reveal the built-in layers of inequality, unfairness and ethical bankruptcy…

• Time to End Outdoor Mask Edicts

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (WSJ) – The CDC is moving too slowly in updating its advice to comport with the scientific evidence.

• Drug Safety Is FDA’s Job, Not CDC’s

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (WSJ) – Clear lines of authority would make it easier to resolve the Johnson & Johnson complications.

• To Save the U.K. Give Scottish Nationalists the Canada Treatment

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (Bloomberg) – Take it from a Scot abroad: We don’t need another referendum.

• Civic Engagement in the Age of Boycotts with Katie Harbath of Anchor Change

  SPEAKER: Katie Harbath

  (Digital Politics Radio) – Anchor Change is looking to solve issues at the intersection of democracy and technology.

• WWSG Exclusive: Ambassador Robert O’Brien

  SPEAKER: Robert O'Brien

  (WWSG News) – We’re proud to welcome Robert C. O’Brien as our newest exclusive speaker.

• Visiting speaker Marc Short shares about his community of faith while working as Mike Pence’s chief of staff

  SPEAKER: Marc Short

  (Liberty University) – Short also offered encouragement by noting that although President Trump and Pence did not share all the same ideas, Pence’s humble disposition and desire to serve contributed to the duo’s productivity while in office.

• Former head of FDA’s medical and scientific affairs on Covid: ‘FDA has never been tested like this’

  SPEAKER: Anand Shah

  (Endpoints News) – FDA has to keep up with constantly evolving science, as well as the need to recruit and train people with highly specialized skills.

• Republicans Are Making 4 Key Mistakes

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – Misperceptions and rage are blinding Republicans—and their voter-suppression measures may backfire.

• Former CMS administrator Seema Verma joins Monogram Health’s board

  SPEAKER: Seema Verma

  (Monogram Health) – Policy leader joins Monogram to help accelerate transformation of care for kidney disease patients.

• Trump CDC director hired by Big Ass Fans, a company that claims to have COVID-killing tech

  SPEAKER: Robert Redfield

  (Washington Examiner) – A former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director is joining the team at Big Ass Fans, a company that claims to have a COVID-19-killing technology.

• Former Vice President Mike Pence memoir set for 2023 release

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  (ABC) – Former Vice President Mike Pence has a book deal.

• WWSG New Exclusive Speaker: Dr. Deborah Birx

  SPEAKER: Deborah Birx

  (WWSG News) – WWSG is proud to announce Dr. Birx as our newest exclusive speaker.

• EXCLUSIVE: Pence returns to MAGA world with Trump-backed political group

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  (Washington Examiner) – It will seek to defend the Trump-Pence administration’s record while building what aides said would be a “winning formula for a broader coalition.”

• Building on the Trump administration’s victories to advance American freedom

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  (Washington Times) – Advancing American Freedom will help ensure that we continue to boldly forge a future of freedom for all the American people.

• With 2M Shots In Arms, Looking To Winter Boosters

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CT News) – Despite worries that the country was heading for a fourth wave, Gottlieb said he believed the nation had crossed an “inflection point” and he expected spikes to be more isolated than in the past.

• How Dr. Scott Gottlieb protects his young kids on playdates before they can get Covid shots

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – A person who received a Covid shot should still wear a mask around an at-risk individual who hasn’t been vaccinated.

• American decline: Perception or reality?

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Hill) – Decline is a relative term, but clearly by a preponderance of measures America is declining while China is ascending.

• Covid Arsenal Needs Pills as Well as Shots

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (WSJ) – A drug that could prevent severe symptoms could help those who can’t or won’t get vaccinated.

• Don’t Let China Mint the Money of the Future

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (Bloomberg) – U.S. policy makers need to wake up to the potential of digital currency and electronic payments and the peril of allowing China to dominate them.

• My Fair Lady

  SPEAKER: Lady Fiona Carnarvon

  (Hawaii Luxury) – Lady Carnarvon, resident of television’s beloved Downton Abbey, adds Hawaii’s Hoola Nã Pua to her fascinating repertoire.

• The Strange New Doctrine of the Republican Party

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The GOP’s version of freedom puts greater priority on right-wing cultural folkways than on rights of property and ownership.

• Opinion: What if the former CDC director is right about the Wuhan labs?

  SPEAKER: Robert Redfield

  (Washington Post) – We have no choice but to pursue all possible theories and accept whatever truth the facts lead to.

• Elaine Chao, Former Secretary of Transportation Now Speaking Exclusively with WWSG

  SPEAKER: Elaine Chao

  (WWSG News) – WWSG is proud to announce Secretary Chao as our newest exclusive speaker.

• Experts Say What You Can, Can’t Do Post-Vaccine in Viral Reddit Thread

  SPEAKER: Caitlin Rivers

  (Yahoo!) – What can you do if you’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine, but your kids haven’t?