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Claude
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Isaac Saul
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US Cellular Representative
Gifting is hard, but here's a hint. Give the gift of connection from US Cellular.
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Not sure what that means. Well, here's a slightly more specific hint. You can choose four free phones and get four lines for $90 a month from US Cellular.
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Your family wants new phones, so how do we know? They told us.
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Yeah, the good news is that compared to wrapping presents, you're great at getting hints.
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So take the hint and get them four free phones and four lines for $90 a month.
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US Cellular built for us.
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Isaac Saul
From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle.
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Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, and welcome to the Tangle Podcast, a place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little of my take. I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and today is Veterans Day, so we are actually off today. This is my me culpa for not letting podcast listeners and newsletter subscribers know that we are going to be off today. In the madness of election week last week we just forgot to notify people. So as longtime readers and listeners know, the Tangle team observes all federal bank holidays. We also take a couple quote unquote recesses throughout the year around major holidays and Congressional breaks. Because, you know, if Congress gets to take recesses, why can't we as news reporters and consumers? So today is Veterans Day. That comes every year on November 11th. It honors the cessation of fighting between the Allied nations and Germany at the end of World War I. We have a link in today's episode description if you want to read more about that. Unlike Memorial Day, by the way, Veterans Day is an opportunity to honor all of those who serve, both living and deceased, during times of war and peace. Today there are roughly 15.8 million veterans alive in the US which makes up about 6.1% of the US population. So today I have some recommendations for recent content that you might want to dive into. We also have some quick hits, but before we get into either of those, I have to actually issue a correction. A very silly correction. In our coverage of Vice President Kamala Harris concession speech on Thursday, we incorrectly identified Senator Bernie Sanders as D from Vermont. As most readers will know, the Vermont senator is not a Democrat, but an unaffiliated independent who caucuses with the Democrats. In a busy week stuffed with coverage, all of our editors miss this small but important detail. We're going to be catching up on some sleep today, yesterday, etc. And ensure future small but important details are stated correctly. So this is our 118th correction in Tangle's 275 week history. It is our first correction since September 30th, which was a pretty nice streak. We track corrections and place them at the top of the podcast in an effort to maximize transparency with listeners. All right, with that out of the way, I'm going to give you some quick hits. First up, the Justice Department announced federal charges against a man alleged to have been instructed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps to assassinate President elect Donald Trump. The man, Farhad Shaqiri, is still at large in Iran. The Justice Department also charged two American citizens with helping the Iranian government surveil a US Citizen of Iranian origin. Number two, President Joe Biden will meet with President elect Trump on Wednesday at the White House, where he will reportedly lobby Trump to maintain support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. The Washington Post reported that Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and advised the Russian president not to escalate the war in Ukraine. Separately, Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who reportedly felt reassured by the conversation. Elon Musk also joined the call. Number three Ukraine carried out its biggest drone strike on Moscow, Russia's capital since the start of the war, forcing flights to be diverted from three of the city's major airports and injuring at least five people. Russia launched a record 145 drones towards Ukraine on Sunday. Number four, the Qatari Foreign minister announced that it would pause efforts to mediate a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, suggesting neither side showed a willingness to end the war. Qatari officials reportedly told Hamas political leaders they were no longer welcome in the country due to the stalled negotiations. Separately, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had spoken to President elect Trump three times since his electoral victory and plans to send Israel's minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer to meet with Trump at Mar A Lago this week. And number five, the Mountain Fire, which is burning northwest of Los Angeles, California, forced the evacuation of more than 10,000 people and has destroyed more than 130 structures in the area. Local officials say the fire was 31% contained as of Sunday evening. And also a quick Senate update. Jackie Rosen, the Democrat, defeated Sam Brown, the Republican, in Nevada's Senate race, and Dave McCormick, the Republican, defeated Bob Casey, the Democrat, in Pennsylvania Senate race, according to the Associated Press. Separately, Decision Desk HQ projected that Ruben Gallego will defeat Carrie Lake, the Republican, in Arizona's Senate race. All right, that is it for some quick hits and now a few call outs for some content of ours that you might have missed. First of all, if you're listening to this podcast and you are not yet a premium podcast subscriber, a quick reminder that you can do that by going to tanglemedia.supercast.com doing that unlocks our Friday and Sunday Edition podcasts as well as exclusive content like interviews and it gets you ad free podcasts. It's really simple. You sign up and then you basically just add a new podcast feed to wherever you listen to podcasts and they all come out ad free and then you get a bunch of additional content. People seem to really like it. We actually broke over a thousand podcast subscribers over the weekend. So thank you to all of you who are listening and have already done that. So speaking of some additional content, on Friday we publish an Election Focus Reader mailbag newsletter. We answered questions about the future of democracy, missing votes, purported sexism in the election, how all the different news outlets call state elections, the argument that Trump is better for women's rights, and much more. You can find a link to that newsletter in today's Episode description. Also on Friday we publish a members only podcast interview with Ken Block, the election fraud expert hired by the Trump campaign in 2020 to help them litigate election fraud claims. We chatted with him about what he did and did not find. You can listen to that podcast by going to the Premium Podcast Member feed or by becoming a premium podcast member. I also recently appeared on the Being Jewish Podcast with Jonah Platt to discuss my journey with Judaism, journalistic integrity today, and the Tangle mission. If you're interested in maybe something a little different, you can go listen to that podcast by looking up Jonah's podcast. It's called Being Jewish with Jonah Platt and we have a lot of new content on our YouTube channel, including our Election Night live stream. You can check that out by going to tangle news on YouTube. And finally, if you are a new Tangle reader or listener, you might also be interested in checking out my TED Talk from April, in which I discuss politicized language choices and how even small changes can help us all have better conversations with people who think differently than we do. There is a link to that TED Talk in today's episode description and today's newsletter. All right, that is it for today's podcast. As I mentioned, we are really genuinely off for Veterans Day today, but we wanted to check in and say hi because we forgot to let you guys all know that. But we'll be back tomorrow with our normal podcast and newsletter. For those of you who get a day off from work today, I hope you enjoy it. Otherwise, we'll see you tomorrow. Have a good one. Peace. Our podcast is written by me, Isaac Saul, and edited and engineered by John Wall. The script is edited by our managing editor, Ari Weitzman, Will Kabak, Bailey Saul and Sean Brady. The logo for our podcast was designed by Magdalena Bokova, who is also our social media manager. Music for the podcast was produced by Diet75. And if you're looking for more from Tangle, please go to readtangle.com and check out our website.
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Claude
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US Cellular Representative
Gifting is hard, but here's a hint. Give the gift of connection from US Cellular.
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Not sure what that means? Well, here's a slightly more specific hint. You can choose four free phones and get four lines for $90 a month from US Cellular.
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Your family wants new phones, so how do we know? They told us.
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Yeah, the good news is that compared to wrapping presents, you're great at getting hints.
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So take the hint and get them four free phones and four lines for $90 a month US Cellular built for us.