2024-10-29
13 分钟On today’s show: America is having a panic attack over the election, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Washington Post examines why some Republicans are calling to abolish the Department of Education. CNN says Boeing workers are on strike because they want their pensions back. Plus, Axios found that Israel has banned the U.N. agency responsible for providing essentials to Palestinians, the Washington Post reports on the political fallout following derogatory remarks about Puerto Rico, and NPR says turmoil at the Washington Post continues after ending endorsements in presidential races. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
Good morning.
It's Tuesday, October 29th.
I'm Shemitah Basu.
This is Apple News today.
On today's show, the federal agency, some Republicans want to shut down Boeing workers are on strike and want their pensions back.
And the fallout continues following Trump's Madison Square Garden rally.
But first, we're one week out from Election Day.
Do you have a case of election anxiety?
Oh my God, do I?
Yes.
And I want it to be over.
Either way it has to end.
I'm concerned about what's going to happen after the election.
Will the amount of violence that happened on January 6th and the continue lying.
Feeling a lot of anxiety obviously, but really hopeful actually.
Things are kind of looking like maybe there could be some good change, some positive change.
That's just a few voters talking with local news outlets.
People from both political parties say they're feeling deep concern over the outcome of the election, although Democrats are feeling the anxiety at higher rates.
Molly Ball wrote about this recently in the Wall Street Journal, saying Trump supporters anxiety had a different quality than that of Democrats.
Trump voters were more likely to be motivated by Trump's false claims about voting fraud or his false labeling of Harris as a communist.