Hamas Hostage Handoff Outrage; IRS Layoffs; Most Wasteful Gov Agencies; Backstreet Boys To Explain “I Want It That Way”

Mo News

@mosheh / tentwentytwo

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🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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A daily non-partisan, conversational breakdown of today’s top news and breaking news stories This Week’s Sponsors: BetterHelp - Virtual Therapy | 10% off your first month Public - One-stop shopping for investors Shipstation - Automated, discounted shipping free trial | Code: Monews Factor Meals – Get 50% off your first box with Code FACTORPODCAST ZocDoc - Book Top-Rated Doctors Boll & Branch – Get 15% off, pulse free shipping off first set of sheets Headlines: – Welcome to Mo News (00:00) – Hamas returns 4 bodies, lies about remains of the mother of the Bibas children (03:55) – Senate Confirms Kash Patel As Trump’s FBI Director (16:35) – Trump Education Pick Linda McMahon Clears Committee, Heads To Full Senate (20:00) – McConnell Announces Retirement From The Senate (21:45) – DOGE Is Searching for Wasteful Spending. It Isn’t Hard to Find (23:20) – IRS Starts Mass Layoffs (27:20) – Nearly One in 10 U.S. Adults Identifies as L.G.B.T.Q., Survey Finds (32:00) – Birkenstocks Are Not Works Of Art, German Court Rules In Copyright Case (33:20) – Backstreet Boys Say 'Millennium 2.0' Will Finally Explain Meaning Of 'I Want It That Way' (34:20) – What We’re Watching, Reading, Eating (39:10) — Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022. Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast. Follow Mo News on all platforms: Website: www.mo.news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mosheh/ Daily Newsletter: https://www.mo.news/newsletter Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@monews Twitter: https://twitter.com/mosheh TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mosheh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoshehNews Snapchat: https://t.snapchat.com/pO9xpLY9

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0:00.0	So you guys are here listening to this podcast because you want a clearer picture of what's going on in the world every day.
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0:27.8	Public is one of the only brokerages out there to offer self-directed investing in bonds,
0:32.9	even treasuries. Now historically, they have been sold primarily through a government website.
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0:42.8	So really, it is one-stop shopping. Public allows you to make fractional investments in bonds as well.
0:48.6	So before fractional bonds on public, you had to buy government bonds starting with a thousand
0:52.7	dollar investment at a minimum. And if you want to invest any more than that, you could only buy government bonds starting with a thousand dollar investment at a minimum.
0:58.7	And if you want to invest any more than that, you could only invest in a hundred dollar increments.
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1:32.5	Hey, everybody, we've made it through another week here. It is Friday, February 21st. You're
1:38.0	listening to the Mo News podcast. I'm Moosh Wununu. And I am Jill Wagner.
1:47.0	This is the place where we bring you just the facts.
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