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Today’s episode takes a deep dive into the latest regulations promulgated by Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services regarding Title X funding. What does all this mean? Listen and find out!

We begin by breaking down Title X, the only federal grant program to poor people for family planning. And — as you might imagine — Title X explicitly excludes funding for abortions, but remains a critical source of funding for the critical work Planned Parenthood does with low-income women, including breast and pelvic examinations, breast and cervical cancer screenings, and screenings and treatments for sexually-transmitted infections and HIV. So, of course, the Trump Administration just defunded all of that. Find out how terrifying the new regulations are.

After that, it’s time for a … lighter(?) segment in which we discuss the difference between clickwrap, browsewrap, and sign-in-wrap (?) agreements and learn about interesting new research into the readability (or lack thereof) of those agreements.

Then, it’s time for the answer to Thomas Takes The Bar Exam #116 about a Weekend-at-Bernie’s-style auto accident. As always, remember to follow our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and like our Facebook Page so that you too can play along with #TTTBE!

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Andrew was just a guest host on Episode 91 of the Skepticrat; go check it out! And if you’d like to have either of us as a guest on your show, drop us an email at openarguments@gmail.com.

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On Title X: click here for the actual law (42 U.S.C. § 300 et seq.); click here for the accompanying regulations (42 C.F.R. Part 59), and click here to read the new final rule promulgated by HHS regarding Title X.
Here’s the Sacramento Bee article indicating that California and other states intend to sue to block this rule from going into effect; and click here to read Rep. Cummings’s letter regarding the rule.
Here’s a link to “The Duty to Read the Unreadable,” the research paper we discussed in the last segment.

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Today’s episode runs wild with an in-depth look a the CLOUD Act slipped in to the latest omnibus spending bill.

First, however, we break down the recent viral video from Deadspin showing dozens of Sinclair-owned TV stations reading pro-Trump talking points on the air. How did this happen? What leverage does Sinclair have over your local newscaster? Listen and find out.

During the main segment, the guys break down the CLOUD Act and what it means for international data privacy.

After that, we answer a listener question about the WWE and independent contractors.

Finally, we end with the answer to Thomas Takes the Bar Exam Question #70 about contracts. Don’t forget to follow our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and like our Facebook Page so that you too can play along with #TTTBE!

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Show Notes & Links

Click here to watch the viral video from Deadspin; you can see excerpted bits from the Sinclair contract sent out via Twitter here and here.
This is the text of the CLOUD Act, and you can click here to read the EFF’s warnings about it.
Finally, for guidance about independent contractors vs. employees, you can check out the Department of Labor’s Fact Sheet 13 as well as the guidelines promulgated by the IRS.

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