More than 572 million for what you have done, the judge orders you to pay more than half a billion dollars. One way to know that you have been a very bad company or at least people perceive you to have been very bad is if in reaction to that news, your stock price as a Company Actually goes up 5 because, whew, thats a relief. Everybody thought you were so bad it was possible you were going to be paying billions of dollars, like 10 billion, 15 billion, 17 billion. Everybody thought that was going to be what the judge made you pay today. Not just hundreds of millions of dollars, which is, in fact, the verdict that Johnson Johnson faced today. Theyll have to pay 572 million unless theyre able to turn this thing around on appeal, and i swear their stock price went up in response because people thought it was going to be so much worse than even that. This ruling today in oklahoma holding Johnson Johnson accountable for its role in fueling the american Opioid Epidemic that has claimed more t
Breathe free. Theyre not explicitly going out of their way to exclude people who are tired or huddled. But poor apparently is definitely no longer part of the equation as far as the Trump Administration is concerned. I mean, each of these two proposals from the Trump Administration would be the most controversial policy change in most presidencies over the course of an entire year. Theyre doing both of these ones today, this monday in august. Literally on the same day targeting bald eagles and the statue of liberty because america. Theyve been working on both of these proposals for a while. They have both now been finalized as new rules. The rule change gutting the endangered species act will be entered into the federal register this week and then its due to go into effect in 30 days. The antiimmigrant one is due to go in effect in 60 days. Realistically, though, you should consider those to be best Case Scenarios for the Trump Administration in trying to pull both of those things off
Viewers last night and today about a story we did on the back half of last nights show where our guest was a nuclear expert. The story was about a mysterious explosion that happened thursday, last week, in russia. I know from the feedback that we got from you guys that the news as of last night about that explosion, as we were able to present it here on the show, wasnt just dramatic news about a big explosion, it was very concerning news. I could read that in your feedback. Well, the story has become considerably more dramatic and more concerning today, so i want to start tonight with a little bit of an update on that. Now, as i mentioned, the explosion in question happened last week, thursday, in the far northwest of russia on the white sea at a military site. And after whatever it was that happened there, russian authorities put out an initial statement admitting there had been a fatal accident but provided very few details on what had happened. They said two people had been killed i
One way to know that you have been a very bad company or at least people perceive you to have been very bad is if in reaction to that news, your stock price as a Company Actually goes up 5 because, whew, thats a relief. Everybody thought you were so bad it was possible you were going to be paying billions of dollars, like 10 billion, 15 billion, 17 billion. Everybody thought that was going to be what the judge made you pay today. Not just hundreds of millions of dollars, which is, in fact, the verdict that Johnson Johnson faced today. They will have to pay 572 million unless they are able to turn this thing around on appeal. And i swear, their stock price went up in response because people thought it was going to be so much worse than even na. That. This ruling today in oklahoma holding Johnson Johnson accountable for fueling the Opioid Epidemic which claimed more than 400,000 american lives, this is a ruling that will be appealed by the company, but their shareholders were delighted t
Shes going to be joining us here live in just a moment. We got lots of feedback from viewers last night and today about a story we did in the back half of last nights show where our guest was a Nuclear Expert named Joe Cirincione. The story was about a mysterious explosion that happened thursday, last week, in russia. I know from the feedback that we got from you guys that the news as of last night about that explosion, as we were able to present it here on the show, wasnt just dramatic news about a big explosion, it was very concerning news. I could read that in your feedback. Well, the story has become considerably more dramatic and more concerning today, so i want to start tonight with a little bit of an update on that. Now, as i mentioned, the explosion in question happened last week, thursday, in the far northwest of russia on the white sea at a military site. And after whatever it was that happened there, russian authorities put out an initial statement admitting there had been a