Verdict Backlash, Biden Border Plan, India and Mexico Elections
Ep. 226 w/ show notes
Ravi dives into the news of the day, from the aftermath of the Trump verdict and Biden’s asylum ban at the US-Mexico border to what Mexico’s recent elections say about the rise of authoritarianism in the country. He then gives an update on Amanda Knox’s latest legal challenge and explains why more people should care about the lack of air conditioning in U.S. prisons.
Finally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will keep power for a third term after India’s election results were released this week. Ravi welcomes Princeton professor and India policy expert Ashoka Mody to the pod to dissect the results and explore how the country’s challenges with unemployment, the economy, and a broken judicial system impacted the election. They then discuss the disconnect between the Western hype over India’s progress and the reality on the ground, why India must address systemic issues like corruption and environmental degradation, and what Modi’s complicated win and impending third term says about the state of the world’s largest democracy.
Show Notes:
Prosecutors Got Trump — But They Contorted the Law (New York Magazine, 5/31/24)
Stephen Miller Calls for Prosecution of Democrats (The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, 5/31/24)
The G.O.P. Push for Post-Verdict Payback: ‘Fight Fire With Fire’ (New York Times, 6/5/24)
Trump’s Conviction Made These Voters Rethink Their Choice for President (New York Times, 6/6/24)
Small Shift Toward Biden After Trump Verdict (New York Times, 6/5/24)
'Yes, you did': Kasie Hunt rolls the tape debunking Trump's 'lock her up' denial (CNN, 6/3/24)
Trump threatens to jail Hillary Clinton as revenge for hush money verdict (MSNBC, 6/5/24)
Trump's own words in 2016: President under felony indictment would create 'constitutional crisis' (MSNBC, 6/3/24)
The Wall Street Journal’s story about Biden’s mental acuity suffers from glaring problems (CNN, 6/6/24)
Biden Issues Executive Actions on Immigration: What to Know (Wall Street Journal, 6/4/24)
Mexico’s New President Is An Enigma (Persuasion, 6/3/24)
The Failing State Next Door (The Atlantic, 6/3/24)
‘Cooking someone to death’: Southern states resist calls to add air conditioning to prisons (Politico, 6/5/24)
Financiers plan to launch a Texas-based stock exchange (Texas Tribune, 6/5/24)
Amanda Knox’s slander conviction upheld in case related to Meredith Kercher’s murder (CNN, 6/5/24)
The people and places that turned away from the BJP (The Economist, 6/6/24)
India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today (Ashoka Mody, 2/14/23)
A triumph for Indian democracy (The Economist, 6/5/24)
Is India an Autocracy? (The Atlantic, 4/26/24)
The world’s 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia — and 83 of them are in just one country (CNN, 4/26/24)