News January 23, 2022

News Stories

• Opinion: Jan. 6 was a tragedy. Busting the filibuster would be, too.

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  (Washington Post) – In the year since that fateful day, states across the country have enacted measures to try to restore confidence in the integrity of our elections while ensuring access to voting for every American.

• Beneath the Thin Blue Line

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  (Maptia) – Above the horizon, we see beautiful beaches, rugged shorelines, and seemingly endless expanses of blue. Beneath the waves, however, lies a growing storm of concern and trouble, and for those who dare to look, the news is not good.

• “He’s the Shadow Front-Runner”: In 2024, Mike Pence is Gearing Up to Go Rogue

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  (Vanity Fair) – The former veep is loosening up in public appearances and earning brownie points with donors. Allies see a man who’s ready to launch a presidential bid—even if it means running against Donald Trump.

• Governor-Elect Youngkin Announces Medical Advisory Team

  SPEAKER: Anand Shah

  Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin today announced his Medical Advisory Team led by Dr. Marty Makary, Nancy Agee, Kathy Gorman, Alan Levine, Dr. Bogdan Neughebaeur, and Anand Shah.

• 8 Obsessions Of Everyday Innovators

  SPEAKER: Josh Linkner

  (Worth) – The following eight core mindsets are used by the world’s most prolific innovators—and by ordinary people, like you and me—to elevate creative output, topple pesky problems and seize new opportunities.

• Setting the Record Straight on Wealth Inequality

  SPEAKER: Tyler Goodspeed

  (National Review) – In recent years, growth-oriented policies have reduced inequality.

• Three Fed rate hikes won’t be enough to combat inflation, former White House economist says

  SPEAKER: Tyler Goodspeed

  (Fox Business) – Tyler Goodspeed argues the Fed is ‘behind the curve’.

• Interview With Osterholm: Minnesota caught in ‘viral blizzard’; care systems strained

  SPEAKER: Michael Osterholm

  (MPR News) – As I shared with you a month ago, saying a ‘“viral blizzard is coming,” it’s here, and it’s going to get much worse before it gets better.

• ‘More soul searching:’ Facebook’s former elections boss speaks out about the platform

  SPEAKER: Katie Harbath

  (CNN) – Katie Harbath worked for 10 years inside Facebook, where she was most recently the company’s public policy director managing elections. On “Reliable Sources” Sunday, she spoke out about her old company and its role in democracy.

• Transcript: Dr. Scott Gottlieb on “Face the Nation,” January 9, 2022

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (Face the Nation) – The following is a transcript of an interview with former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb that aired Sunday, January 9, 2022, on “Face the Nation.”

• On GPS: Will Russia invade Ukraine in 2022?

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (CNN) – The Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer and the Hoover Institution’s Niall Ferguson debate the likelihood of escalated Russian military action in Ukraine this year.

• Facebook’s Former Elections Boss Now Questions Social Media’s Impact on Politics

  SPEAKER: Katie Harbath

  (Wall Street Journal) – Katie Harbath says she left Facebook disillusioned; now she pushes for more online guardrails.

• Life and Stress at the Ice Edge

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  (SeaLegacy) – After dozens of underwater encounters with one of Antarctica’s top predators I took the liberty of putting their range of behaviors into a box.

• (Podcast) Smart Testing in the Omicron Surge

  SPEAKER: Michael Osterholm

  (CIDRAP) – Dr. Osterholm analyzes the data on the severity of the Omicron variant.

• How to Disable Putin’s Energy Weapon

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – Only by integrating Europe into a better network of energy security can NATO truly protect its members.

• Photographer Paul Nicklen Shares the Behind-the-Scenes Stories of 5 Breathtaking Shots of Nature

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  (Katie Couric Media) – Get a look at the world’s wonders like you’ve never seen them before.

• Hero Welcomes Former FDA Deputy Commissioner Anand Shah to Its Board of Directors

  SPEAKER: Anand Shah

  (Press Release) – Shah joins the Board of Directors as Hero advances real-world evidence for drug development, commercialization, and post-market surveillance.

• 4 trends that will define e-commerce in 2022

  SPEAKER: Ben Parr

  (TechCrunch) – If 2020 was the year of the e-commerce boom, 2021 was the year the industry hit major challenges.

• Full transcript: Dr. Scott Gottlieb on “Face the Nation,” January 2, 2022

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CBS) – The following is the full transcript of an interview with former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb that aired Sunday, January 2, 2022, on “Face the Nation.”

• Will California ever be safe?

  SPEAKER: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  (UnHerd) – The affluent look away while their cities burn.

• Annie Leibovitz: Intimidating and not. She talks about her new photo book ‘Wonderland,’ what celebrities are like and how magazines are less glossy.

  SPEAKER: Annie Leibovitz

  (Chicago Tribune) – She discusses her two-plus decades of fashion work with a mix of pride, appreciation and self-consciousness.

• Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Resolutions for making 2022 a better, healthier year

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) – It’s almost the new year and along with it comes the admittedly aspirational tradition of setting New Year’s resolutions– ones that we hopefully can stick to and not abandon after Week 3, or even Day 3, of 2022.

• (Podcast) The Four Ways That America Is Polarizing

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (Plain English Podcast) – David Frum joins Derek to talk about rising and falling polarization by race, gender, education, and place—and what it tells us about America’s strange new politics.

• BOMA New York Seminar – Living with Covid

  SPEAKER: Deborah Birx

  (Real Estate Weekly) – One thing is for sure – it’s a new world – and we will need collective participation to mitigate viruses and ultimately realize our mutual goal of getting people back to the office, enthusiastically.

• The Fish Thieves

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  In the cold waters of Norway’s northern fjords, we are witness to an orca ballet, and a remarkable feeding behaviour that few have ever seen. Later, as immense humpbacks shoot up from the depths of the fjord, we make an unexpected discovery.

• Biden Won Big With a Bad Hand

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – Relative to its strength in Congress, the Biden administration has proved outstandingly successful.

• Former Vice President Mike Pence quietly visits tornado-torn Graves County; he ‘came to pray’

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  (Tribune) – Graves County Sheriff Jon Hayden shared on social media that a special visitor showed up Saturday to visit the tornado-torn area.

• Global Democracy Is Doing Fine. US Democracy Is in Trouble.

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (Bloomberg) – Foreign rivals hypocritically echo Americans’ own fears about racism and Trumpism, but the real malaise is bipartisan.

• Guest Commentary | A call for elected officials to help restore civility to Congress

  SPEAKER: Ray LaHood

  (Gazette) – Late last month, Illinois Democrats and Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted a new map defining the boundaries of central Illinois congressional districts for the next 10 years.

• Transcript: Dr. Scott Gottlieb on “Face the Nation,” December 19, 2021

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CBS) – There’s no indication that Omicron causes more severe illness, what we’ve seen in South Africa in particular is a decoupling between the cases and hospitalizations.

• Science fiction’s curious ability to predict the future

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Spectator) – To all these potential disasters it is impossible to attach more than made-up probabilities. So what can we do about them?

• How Did SARS-CoV-2 Become So Contagious among Humans So Quickly?

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (National Review) – Covid-19 is not the first major viral outbreak that the world has dealt with in recent years — but none of those naturally-occurring viruses were so spectacularly effective at jumping from one human being to the next.

• Abolish the Georgia State Income Tax

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Gingrich 360) – Georgia should join the parade toward eliminating the state income tax.

• Manchin is right, the inflation tax is real. It’s time to stop Biden’s Build Back Better

  SPEAKER: Marc Short

  (Fox) – Inflation is a tax on every American.

• (Podcast) Wildlife Photographer Paul Nicklen on a frozen moment with Narwhals in the Arctic

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  (Deeper Blue) – Wildlife Photographer Paul Nicklen on a frozen moment with Narwhals in the Arctic

• Conservative group joins with GOP governors to press Dem senators to oppose BBB

  SPEAKER: Marc Short

  (FOX) – The tour intends to pressure Democratic senators to oppose Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ spending bill

• Is Your Company Anti-WFH? This May Be Why

  SPEAKER: Lisa Bodell

  (Forbes) – As a workplace simplification author and host of a popular virtual course on productivity, I’ve studied the growing divide between superficial productivity and actual productivity.

• Transcript: Dr. Scott Gottlieb on “Face the Nation,” December 12, 2021

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CBS) – The following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Scott Gottlieb that aired Sunday, December 12, 2021, on “Face the Nation.”

• The infectious disease expert who warned us 800,000 Americans would die of Covid-19

  SPEAKER: Michael Osterholm

  (CNN) – Expert made eerily prescient prediction about Covid. See his new prediction.

• Is the COVID pandemic nearing an end? Experts weigh in on impact of omicron variant

  SPEAKER: Robert Redfield

  (FOX) – “Even after the pandemic ends, COVID will still be with us,” Redfield says.

• Russia’s Impending Invasion of Ukraine and What This Reveals About Russian Strategy

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Gingrich 360) – President Joe Biden’s talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to have had no impact on Putin’s plans to threaten – and likely invade Ukraine.

• ‘King of the Virus Hill’ Dr. Michael Osterholm on why he predicts Omicron will beat out Delta in weeks.

  SPEAKER: Michael Osterholm

  (NY Magazine) – Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, is eyeing Omicron.

• Ray LaHood, Guest Columnist: A call for elected officials to help restore civility to Congress

  SPEAKER: Ray LaHood

  (Effingham Daily News) – Late last month, statehouse Democrats and Gov. JB Pritzker enacted a new map defining the boundaries of central Illinois congressional districts for the next 10 years.

• The West’s Nuclear Mistake

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – No government that really regarded climate change as its top energy priority would close nuclear plants before the end of their useful lives.

• It Wasn’t A Hoax

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – People with scant illusions about Trump are volunteering to help him execute one of his Big Lies.

• Taiwan’s Opportunities in Emerging Industry Supply Chains

  SPEAKER: Evan Feigenbaum

  (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) – The pandemic, structural changes, and geopolitical competition have all led to an acute supply chain crisis. Taiwan stands to benefit, but it needs policy changes and technology investments first.

• Heard on Campus: Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb at Penn State Behrend

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (PSU.edu) – “We know what we lacked. But we are no better prepared for the next pandemic. We have not yet even begun the discussion.”

• Why Lael Brainard is best qualified to lead the Fed

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (Yahoo! Finance) – Anyone can raise interest rates. The hard part is knowing when to do so and how to do so without triggering financial disruption. To meet that challenge, Brainard has far superior qualifications.

• Real owner of ‘Downton Abbey’ shares some insights into famous home while visiting Omaha

  SPEAKER: Lady Fiona Carnarvon

  (Omaha World Herald) – Lady Fiona Carnarvon, the eighth countess of Carnarvon, is visiting Omaha this week as a speaker for the Omaha Town Hall lecture series.

• (Audio) U of M’s Michael Osterholm on why much is unknown about latest COVID-19 surge

  SPEAKER: Michael Osterholm

  (MPR News) – Minnesota is among the states leading the nation in COVID case numbers.