On this episode, Sen. Joe Manchin is hoping to pass his energy permitting reform initiative, but there's a chance opponents would rather shut down the government than see it succeed. Following the overturn of Roe v. Wade, there has been a massive surge in interest for birth control, especially long lasting methods such as IUDs. However, this is just a surge in a trend that was already happening. Finally, NASA spent over $300 millions to make sure they could bat away an asteroid heading for Earth. I'm sure that was just a precautionary experiment though, right?
