Third Parties Could Threaten Biden’s Reelection
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🗓️ 22 March 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The Justice Department and more than a dozen states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday for “smothering” the smartphone industry. Among the claims, the suit accused Apple of limiting virtual wallets other than Apple Pay, making chats with Android products less secure, and blocking new apps, all to maintain a monopoly. Apple rejected the claims of the suit and said it would fight it.
The New York Times reported this week that the Democratic Party is preparing to mount an aggressive campaign to challenge the presidential ballot-access efforts of third party candidates. And on Thursday, former New Jersey Governor and twice-failed Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie didn’t rule out the possibility of running with the centrist party No Labels. David Faris, an associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University, explains how third parties could tip the outcome of this election cycle.
And in headlines: Lawmakers on Friday will try to pass a $1.2 trillion package to prevent a partial government shutdown, President Biden canceled nearly $6 billion more in student debt for public service workers, and Reddit made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, March 22nd. |
| 0:03.2 | I'm Trayvonle Anderson. |
| 0:04.4 | And I'm Prianka Arabindi and this is what a day. |
| 0:07.2 | The pod that is excited to announce that you can finally relax about Kate Middleton's whereabouts. |
| 0:12.2 | Yes, Kensington Palace said yesterday, |
| 0:14.0 | she's just been working from home this entire time. |
| 0:18.0 | Just working from home, haven't been heard from in months. |
| 0:21.0 | When I go missing and you don't hear from me that is what I will be doing |
| 0:24.7 | working from home. So absurd. On today's show there is a new spending deal before Congress, but they need to pass it |
| 0:34.9 | tonight to avoid a partial government shutdown. |
| 0:37.7 | Plus we look at how third parties might determine who wins the White House. |
| 0:41.5 | But first, the Justice Department is suing Apple for, quote, |
| 0:45.0 | smothering an entire industry by maintaining a smartphone monopoly. |
| 0:50.0 | We'll talk about how it could lead to big changes for iPhone users and even our lovely |
| 0:55.0 | lovely friends, the Android crowd. |
| 0:57.6 | But here's Attorney General Merrick Garland at a press conference yesterday announcing |
| 1:02.1 | the lawsuit. |
| 1:03.0 | As our complaint alleges, Apple has maintained monopoly power in the smartphone market, |
| 1:09.0 | not simply by staying ahead of the competition on the merits, |
| 1:12.0 | but by violating federal antitrust law. by staying ahead of the competition on the merits, |
| 1:12.6 | but by violating federal antitrust law. |
| 1:15.2 | All right, Merrick Garland, we get it, |
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