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Evidence from Nazi Germany and 1940’s America (and pretty much everywhere else) shows that discrimination is incredibly costly — to the victims, of course, but also the perpetrators. One modern solution is to invoke a diversity mandate. But new research shows that’s not necessarily the answer.

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• "Discrimination, Managers, and Firm Performance: Evidence from 'Aryanizations' in Nazi Germany," by Kilian Huber, Volker Lindenthal,...

Sitting president of the United States joins a picket line. Biden made a brief stop in Michigan wearing a ball cap and quarter-zip to address picketing auto workers.

President Biden is going to Michigan to support the United Auto Workers' union strikes. A government shutdown looms large after members of the House GOP couldn't agree on a temporary spending plan. The Census Bureau plans to test asking people about their sexual orientation and gender identity next year; it says the information will help to fight discrimination.

The former president is trying to shore up support with working class voters in Michigan. The autoworkers' union blasted Trump in a statement. This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid.

In this episode, I address the troubling revelations about a massive voter registration scandal in a swing state. News Picks: Twitter gives up Trump’s data to the government. An apparent voting scandal is uncovered in Michigan. Remember when The NY Times pretended to care about mail in voting issues? A historic Supreme Court case that could change everything in our economy. Rumble wins big...

Some state Republican parties are struggling. In Colorado, Michigan and Minnesota, the parties' organizations have suffered heavy election losses. This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, political correspondent Susan Davis and Colorado Public Radio reporter Bente Birkeland.

News Picks: Here’s the real reason tyrant Jack Smith didn’t name co-conspirators. https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-capitol-riot-prosecutors-a71b37f63d023be2f051669184252880 NSO is back. Is the FBI involved? https://reclaimthenet.org/the-fbi-paid-government-contractor-that-used-nso-spying-tool Another example of the Biden White House pushing for censorship. https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/white-house-asked-facebook-censor-daily-wire-tomi-lahren-over-covid-vax Remember when liberal thugs urged electors to change their votes in Michigan? https://thefederalist.com/2023/07/19/as-michigan-charges-trump-electors-with-felonies-recall-how-leftists-everywhere-urged-2016-electors-to-defect-to-hillary/ Could Jack Smith get indicted himself? https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/02/thats-how-serious-this-is-alan-dershowitz-says-jack-smith-may-be-indicted-if-trump-wins-case/ Is the FBI watching you? https://reclaimthenet.org/fbi-engages-in-warrantless-surveillance-again-this-time-over-legal-gun-sales-on-facebook Learn more about your ad choices....

Michigan's attorney general has announced charges against 16 people for serving as so-called fake electors following the 2020 presidential election. The electors signed documents falsely attesting that Donald Trump won the state in the election. And a look inside American right-wing domestic extremism.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, voting correspondent Miles Parks, and voting correspondent Ashley Lopez. Five would-be GOP gubernatorial hopefuls in Michigan were disqualified after allegedly fraudulent signatures were discovered on their petition documents.