Make Turkey Free Again
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 15 May 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Turkey’s presidential election is likely heading to a runoff on May 28th. Neither incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan – who’s been in power for two decades – nor his rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, have cleared the 50% threshold to win. The results will determine if Turkey, a NATO ally, will continue its autocratic backslide, or take a more democratic path.
Nearly two weeks after putting Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a New York City subway train, Daniel Penny surrendered to police on Friday to face second-degree manslaughter charges. His arraignment came nearly two weeks after Neely’s death, which sparked protests over the treatment of people struggling with homelessness and mental illness.
And in headlines: Israel and Palestinian militants agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday, North Carolina’s Governor Roy Cooper publicly vetoed a 12-week abortion ban, and Brittney Griner hit the court for the first time since her release from Russian custody last year.
Show Notes:
- Brittany Packnett Cunningham: Jordan Neely Paid the Price for White Discomfort – https://www.thecut.com/2023/05/jordan-neely-paid-the-price-for-white-discomfort.html
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, May 15th. I'm Trevelle Anderson. |
| 0:04.5 | And I want you to tell everyone this is what a day. |
| 0:06.7 | The Daily News Podcast celebrates all moms. |
| 0:10.0 | Especially in the words of season three winner of American Idol Fantasia, |
| 0:14.2 | baby mamas. |
| 0:15.2 | Ha ha ha ha ha! |
| 0:17.4 | You've got me off guard with that one. |
| 0:19.6 | But actually, those are the true super stars of Mother's Day. |
| 0:23.2 | Come on. |
| 0:23.9 | Absolutely. |
| 0:30.9 | On today's show, a truth has been called to end days of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants. |
| 0:37.3 | Plus, Brittany Griner hit the court for the first time since her release from Russian custody last year. |
| 0:42.8 | Oh, I'm just so thrilled that she's back to doing what she loves. |
| 0:46.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:46.7 | But first, the presidential election in Turkey is heading to a runoff election as neither president |
| 0:51.5 | type Erdogan nor rival Kamal Kalishtoğlu cleared the 50% threshold to win. |
| 0:57.0 | Considering that Erdogan has been in power for 20 years, |
| 1:00.7 | not winning 50% of the vote shows how the population of Turkey is probably ready for someone new. |
| 1:06.6 | But now all eyes turn to May 28th when the runoff election will take place. |
| 1:10.8 | Now, this outcome isn't without question as though our claims from Kalishtoğlu that some vote counts |
| 1:16.4 | were being blocked by repeated objections. |
| 1:19.2 | Naturally, he took to Twitter the same app that Erdogan has been known to block in Turkey during |
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