Kresta in the Afternoon – February 19, 2024 – Hour 1
For President’s Day, Al looks at stories of forgotten Catholic connections to the White House. We also talk about disability protections with Rachel Roth Aldhizer, and Russia analyst Peter Conradi tells us what he know about the death of Alexei Navalny.
Kresta Comments: The Forgotten Catholic Connections to the White House
Everyone knows John F. Kennedy was the first Catholic U.S. president. He overcame a long history of anti-Catholicism in America and won at the polls despite cries of alarm that he would take “orders from the Pope.” Yet Catholics have been connected to the White House throughout U.S. history. Al reviews some of the stories.
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Disability Requires Protection in the Womb
There are two cases before the Texas Supreme Court that demonstrate the need for clarification for abortion bans that have exceptions for fetal abnormalities or risks to the health of the mother. Disabled people are a protected class under United States law, and this protection must extend to people in the womb. Rachel Roth Aldhizer has more.
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The Curious Rise in Disability: How Changing Language Alters the Nature of Reality
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What do we know about the death of Alexei Navalny?
On Friday, Russian dissident and vocal Putin opponent Alexi Navalny died in prison in western Siberia. Russian authorities claim that he had felt unwell that morning and that paramedics did all they could to save his life, but given Putin’s track record there is much to be suspicious of and much we will likely never know. Peter Conradi joins us with more.
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Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny Dies in Brutal Arctic Gulag
What we know about Alexei Navalny’s death in Arctic prison
Russian spies ‘visited Polar Wolf prison’ days before Navalny’s death and ‘disabled CCTV devices’
Exclusive: Navalny’s Letters from the Gulag
Over 400 detained in Russia as country mourns the death of Alexei Navalny
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