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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Gov. Newsom sues Huntington Beach for not creating enough affordable housing

    What if former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz runs for president as an independent, and then none of the three candidates reached the 270 electoral college threshold to win?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 28, 2019 • 1 min read

    What if former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz runs for president as an independent, and then none of the three candidates reached the 270 electoral college threshold to win? Meanwhile, the state of California is suing the City of Huntington Beach over what it says is the city’s refusal to build enough homes for its growing population. And the US Supreme Court has agreed to take up a gun rights case -- something it hasn’t done so in 10 years.

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    Jason Rezaian’s long imprisonment in Iran and the campaign to free him
    1. 0:00Howard Schultz, from Starbucks to presidential candidate?
    2. 9:14Gov. Newsom sues Huntington Beach for not creating enough affordable housingYou’re reading this
    3. 17:29Jason Rezaian on surviving solitary confinement in Iran, and how his wife became his lifeline
    4. 32:56New music: French Canadian electronica to East African and Parisian DJs
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      Madeleine Brand

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Jason Rezaian’s long imprisonment in Iran and the campaign to free him
    1. 0:00Howard Schultz, from Starbucks to presidential candidate?
    2. 9:14Gov. Newsom sues Huntington Beach for not creating enough affordable housingYou’re reading this
    3. 17:29Jason Rezaian on surviving solitary confinement in Iran, and how his wife became his lifeline
    4. 32:56New music: French Canadian electronica to East African and Parisian DJs
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand