Tangle Podcast
1) Latest job numbers cause fresh economic concern.
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 22,000 in August, while the unemployment rate rose from 4.2% to 4.3%. The healthcare sec...Show More
2) RFK Jr. testifies on health agency shakeups.
On Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the Senate Finance Committee about his efforts to overhaul U.S. health agencies and change federal vac...Show More
3) PREVIEW - The Friday Edition: What does the government actually know about you?
“What does the government know about you?”A few weeks ago, Tangle staff member Russell Nystrom brought up this question in a team meeting. How much? How little? Where do they get the information and w...Show More
4) Suspension of the rules. - Isaac, Ari, and Kmele talk about Trump's health, Venezuela, and Gaza.
Isaac, Ari, and Kmele talk about the implications of recent U.S. military actions in Venezuela, the controversial Gaza reconstitution plan, and the ongoing challenges in the Israeli-Palestinian confli...Show More
5) The U.S. strikes an alleged drug boat, killing 11.
On Wednesday, the U.S. military sank a small boat in the southern Caribbean Sea, killing 11 people. U.S. officials claimed the boat was transporting drugs to the United States from Venezuela...Show More
6) The debate over physician-assisted suicide.
In recent years, several U.S. states and a number of countries have legalized Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), also known as physician-assisted suicide or physician-assisted dea...Show More
7) Appeals court rules most of Trump's tariffs illegal.
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in a 7–4 decision that President Donald Trump had overstepped his authority in imposing tariffs unilaterally, upholding a l...Show More
8) We are (still) broken.
A version of today’s newsletter was originally published in 2022 after the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas. We are republishing that piece today in light of the mass sh...Show More
9) Suspension of the rules: Isaac, Ari and Kmele talk about the Minneapolis shooting, the world revolving around Trump, Ghislaine Maxwell testimony and more.
Isaac, Ari, and Kmele talk about the tragic Catholic school shooting in Minneapolis. Then we discuss how the world and press is revolving around Trump like it's 2017 again. They then talk about how th...Show More
10) Should flag burning be illegal?
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the attorney general to prosecute unlawful acts that involve desecrating the American flag. The order directs the atto...Show More