Judge Blocks Spirit-JetBlue Merger & Uber Shuts Down Drizly

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🗓️ 17 January 2024

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Episode 237: Neal and Toby explain why a judge blocked the Spirit-JetBlue merger and why it is a big win for President Biden's Justice Department. Plus, the new law that could increase child tax breaks and how changes in fishing regulation could impact the administrative state. Next, Uber is shutting down Drizly and the UK Post Office scandal you need to know about. Finally, why the feds are banning humorous jokes from highway signs. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Freiman and I'm Toby Howell.
0:04.6	Today we'll explain how a TV drama exposed one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history.
0:11.2	Then the Spirit Airlines jet blue merger
0:14.1	has been spirited away by a federal judge.
0:17.2	It's Wednesday, January 17th.
0:19.4	Let's ride. Bye. You know what Toby, I think I might buy a ticket to fly to Indianapolis.
0:30.8	I do not have anything to do there but the airport just became the coolest
0:35.0	one in the country because it installed a full-length basketball court inside
0:39.5	the terminal ahead of the city hosting the NBA All-Star game next month.
0:43.7	It makes a ton of sense.
0:45.5	Indiana is crazy about basketball and the NBA has always been comfortable with traveling.
0:50.8	Can you imagine you meet up with a bunch of people before your flight you become best friends
0:55.3	you're playing five on five then fly off to never speak with them again that is an
0:59.5	ideal friendship in my opinion but I have to say I'm ultimately against this what if your
1:05.2	seat mate had just played an hour of pickup that squishes into the seat next
1:09.9	to you just
1:15.0	so sweaty as I'll get out. I'm out on the basketball.
1:14.0	It could cause planes to start to smell like locker rooms.
1:17.0	And I think airlines would have to change their beverage offerings
1:20.0	when they fly to Indian or in or out of Indianapolis
1:22.0	to include maybe Gator Aid.
1:24.6	I do want to go do let's put the pod on the road and go play little fives.
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