Congress: An Unnatural Disaster
Added 2024-10-11 09:15:01 +0000 UTCOA1076: In the wake of the devastation left by hurricanes Helene and Milton, we examine the state of FEMA’s Congressional funding. Has disaster relief actually become a “partisan” issue, or is this really just a Republican thing? How are these funds distributed, and why can’t Congress ever seem to fully fund anything? Matt explains why the current state of Congressional appropriations has him looking for flights to Denmark. Then: Why is Ron DeSantis’s Department of Health threatening to bring criminal charges against local TV stations airing pro-choice ads in support of Florida’s proposed Amendment 4?
Finally, we drop a footnote to check in on the current state of the longest-running criminal trial in Georgia history and listen in on what the judge most recently assigned to the Young Thug RICO case has had to say to Fani Willis’s office about how they are handling it.
“Disaster Relief Fund State of Play: In Brief,” Congressional Research Service (8/14/2024)
“The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction,” Congressional Research Service (11/30/2016)
Letter sent by Florida Department of Health General Counsel John Wilson to WFLA-TV dated 10/3/2024
Comments
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Richard Stifle
2024-10-12 19:16:23 +0000 UTCDeSantis’s efforts against WFLA and others has the potential to become the origin story of the Ministry of Truth.
Emma Joy Jampole
2024-10-12 18:31:08 +0000 UTCIt’s finally available on Pocket Casts. However, I’ve already listened to the free version so I got to experience Thomas reading ads for the first time. Which I think was worth it.
Brandon in Chicago
2024-10-12 01:10:25 +0000 UTCThis did show up in pocketcasts for me just now
Michael Anderson
2024-10-12 00:21:54 +0000 UTCI just listened to it here. on patreon.
lauren
2024-10-11 23:13:53 +0000 UTCI also haven’t seen it in my feed yet
Michael Anderson
2024-10-11 23:12:18 +0000 UTCStill not seeing the episode in Pocket Casts at 6pm CT. Gonna just get the ad-supported version for now
Brandon in Chicago
2024-10-11 22:56:38 +0000 UTCThis is a fairly straightforward answer: medical malpractice is generally defined as negligence which deviates from the standard of care that a medical provider with similar training/experience would be expected to provide. For the most part doctors will only be charged with crimes if they intentionally (or possibly recklessly) violate a patient's consent. The FL abortion law and other similar post-Dobbs state statutes open up a completely new kind of criminal liability for doctors who are simply trying to exercise their best medical judgment to protect a patient by imposing a legislative standard that is much harsher than (as I understand it) the relevant medical one.
Matt Cameron
2024-10-11 21:12:51 +0000 UTCStill not posted on Pocket Casts :(
Drew Hickcox
2024-10-11 20:58:11 +0000 UTCIs there a Pocket Casts issue with the feed? I still haven't seen this episode pop up in my app. Double checked the RSS feed link, too.
Brandon in Chicago
2024-10-11 20:54:11 +0000 UTCAh, which was it?
Graydon Armstrong
2024-10-11 20:29:23 +0000 UTCGood selection of quotes!
Rae
2024-10-11 19:14:32 +0000 UTCAnyone else cackle and shout throughout this entire episode? Another banger, thanks boys.
Status Quo Level Thing
2024-10-11 17:29:02 +0000 UTCI don't think it would be structured as an appeal of the decision not to grant a mistrial. More, it would argue that the factors that led them to request the mistral tainted the proceedings to the degree that the verdict should be thrown out. Obviously that would happen after the trial and only if it resulted in a guilty verdict.
Gmork
2024-10-11 17:12:46 +0000 UTCsome of that audio belongs in the intros for sure
lauren
2024-10-11 16:25:08 +0000 UTCDidn’t use the Hazbin Hotel quote. *sad face* given the Judge Cannon thing, I figured it was perfect.
Richard Stifle
2024-10-11 14:45:45 +0000 UTCCan the defense appeal the mistrial ruling? I mean if the judge is having an outburst for how bad the prosecution is in the young thug trial, but won’t allow a mistrial. As some point is there some place they can appeal to?
KeepingThePlatesSpinning
2024-10-11 14:04:50 +0000 UTCI understand OA likely has a massive backlog of topics you'd like to get to, but if there's a chance, could you talk to how legal liability works for medical procedures besides abortion? If I turn off my brain and read the Florida letter about the pro-choice ad, it seems reasonable - the text of the law does include an exemption in theory. But when I turn by brain back on, I understand that in practice when a doctor is operating under the threat of felony charges - by a prosecutor who isn't a doctor - this exemption doesn't actually work. (Of course, as I'm pro-choice, I don't agree with these laws even if there was no mismatch between practice and theory) That said, I don't expect people who agree with Florida's anti-abortion law would be swayed by the ad in question, as they likely don't understand why there would be this gap between the law in theory and in practice. I think it would help to contrast the way these anti-abortion laws work to the way legal liability works for other medical procedures - both the standard for malpractice and for criminal charges against a doctor. I'm not familiar with this area of laws/rules, but I expect there's a lot more breathing room for doctors to use their judgement (and even err, to some extent).
Why do podcasters say moron that later
2024-10-11 14:02:15 +0000 UTCyeah,me too. I figured it was just a pocket casts thingy.
lauren
2024-10-11 13:25:36 +0000 UTCIt's been taking many hours for new episodes to pop up on my app. Anyone else having that issue?
Drew Hickcox
2024-10-11 13:08:55 +0000 UTCMost of Tampa is still without power. Gas for generators can’t be pumped out from stations.
Marshall Kuhlman
2024-10-11 10:44:07 +0000 UTC
