So today well talk about the Electoral College, what it is, how it works and why most scholars kind of hate the Electoral College and its among the Political Science set which homely youve had so far and you get a fullthroated argument against the Electoral College and it is a useful, instructive book because lays out all of the common arguments for it, as well which is helpful for allowing each person to sort of make up their mind about what they think about this institution generally speaking. So this is really i do a whole week on this one because its how we like the president and few americans fully understand the process. At the very least if you take a course in the american presidency you should walk away understanding how this process we use to select our chief executive officer work, but also because it is really important in how it structures how elections turn out. Just how we started our discussion by president ial nominations by discussing the history of the nominations pr
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Cities krs the u. S. From the urban institute this runs an hour. Were about to hear some very good Economic News after recordbreaking declines in economical activity in the Second Quarter of 2020, well be see eyepopping consensus, 25 growth in the third quarter. We should not lose sight of what that means for people who are still struggling and the fact that we still have a deep hole to climb out of. Much has been written about the kshape recovery. Workers at the low end of the distribution who dont have options to work from home and for whom federal help has already been paid in a way. Weve seen who will owedout downtowns with fewer workers coming in, buying lattes. What does that mean for city revenues . One estimate suggests its in highrent zip codes, highrent districts, employment is still at 45 of precovid levels. So we are about to explore these things today. We also have a blog my colleague and i have a black about what this means for cities and each industrys mix and, of course
Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us today on the 1st of july germany will be assuming the presidency of the council of the European Union now this means that until the end of this year germany will chair the meetings of the council and will be tabling e. U. Legislation this morning on a macro will set out to the German Parliament her vision for europe and where it should be heading were seeing some live images right now for from that session thats just getting underway at the bundestag at this hour. The president of the german bund a cycle of gong show you blow will be addressing parliament 1st medicals statement is expected to include details of a massive stimulus package to all economies recover from the impact of the coded pandemic and plans for the distribution of a 1 point one trillion euro budget you have used chief Political Editor Michelle Acuff theyre standing by for us at this hour at the Parliament Good day to you michelle can you tell us about the priorities berli