Mar-a-Lago Special Master, CA Farm Unions, Single Women’s Wealth

Ravi brings us up to speed on all the back-and-forth over a special master in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, including the controversy centered on the judge who approved Trump’s request to appoint one.

Rikki introduces a Bloomberg piece on high-earning single women making the rounds right now, also debating the merits of Jordan Peterson’s now-infamous take on men and women’s agreeability.

Rikki and Ravi discuss all the Biden-Newsom drama behind a potential veto from the California Governor on a bill aimed at widening farm workers’ union organization.

The hosts wrap up by discussing new projections downplaying China’s growth potential, which suggest China may never surpass the U.S. economy.

Mar-a-Lago Round-Up [02:22]

Trump’s lawyers suggest seized documents may not be classified (Washington Post, 9/12)
Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago (Washington Post, 9/6)
FBI searched Trump’s home to look for nuclear documents and other items, sources say  (Washington Post, 8/11)
Donald Trump Has It Wrong: Cutting through the Confusion on Executive Privilege (National Review, 9/12)
Why Trump’s FBI investigation could now be delayed for months or even years (Vox, 9/8)
Everything Wrong with Judge Cannon’s Ruling (Lawfare, 9/8)
Judge Cannon’s application for District Judge for the Southern District of Florida (United States Senate, Committee on the Judiciary)

Single Women Wealth Group [11:04]

Women Who Stay Single and Don’t Have Kids Are Getting Richer (Bloomberg, 8/31)
It Now Costs $300,000 to Raise a Child (Wall Street Journal, 8/19)
A stunning chart shows the true cause of the gender wage gap (Vox, 2/19/2018)
Jordan Peterson on what our Society does to 19 or 18 year old WOMEN! (YouTube, 3/2)
Jordan Peterson debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism (Channel 4 News, 1/16/2018)
Jordan Peterson – More Than 50% Of Women Are Childless At 30 (YouTube, 02:38, 2/15)
Jordan Peterson – Women in High Paying Jobs (YouTube, 4/6/2017)
Mindy Kaling Explains Why She Wishes Parents of College Women “Would Take Them to Freeze Their Eggs” Instead of Gifting Them Jewelry and Vacations (Hollywood Reporter, 8/10)

Newsom/Biden Beef [27:10]

Gavin Newsom encounters an unexpected antagonist: Joe Biden (Politico, 9/7)
In familiar refrain, United Farm Workers grapples with how to grow (Cal Matters, 1/18)
Illegal Immigration Is Down, Changing The Face of California Farms (New York Times, 5/28)
California Agricultural Production Statistics (California Department of Food and Agriculture, 2021)
Cali Senate Republican Caucus’ Letter to Gov. Newsom About Possible Voter Fraud (California Senate Republican Caucus, 8/29)

China vs. U.S. Economy [36:35]

China’s Youth Unemployment Nearly 20% (VOA, 8/24)
The 21st century may not be China’s after all (Seattle Times, 9/12)
China’s Economy Won’t Overtake the U.S., Some Now Predict (Wall Street Journal, 9/2)
Will China’s economy ever overtake America’s? (The Economist, 9/6)
China’s economy is slowing, its population aging. That could make it dangerous (Los Angeles Times, 9/11)
China’s economy is in bad shape and could stay that way for a while (CNN, 9/9)
China’s slowing economy spells trouble for US and the world (New York Post, 8/12)
What Is China Evergrande, and Why Is Its Crisis Worrying Markets? (Wall Street Journal, 12/6/2021)
“Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China” by Hal Brands & Michael Beckley
Seeing Red (No Mercy / No Malice, 8/20/2021)
Yuval Noah Harari – digital Cold War between the USA and China (YouTube, 10/12/2021)