‘Excellent Swimmers’: Mayor Adams Wants Migrants To Be Lifeguards | 5.16.24

Episode 1463 - Brought to you By: Lucy - Go to http://lucy.co/hardfactor to get 20% off your first order of the best nicotine pouches on the planet - Lucy products are ONLY for adults of legal age, and every order is age-verified. WARNING: This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical. CookUnity - Experience chef-quality meals every week delivered right to your door. Go to https://cookunity.com/HARDFACTOR or enter code HARDFACTOR before checkout for 50% off your first week! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Teasers! 🐳🇺🇲🍑 (00:03:14) HHS suspends grants for nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, the group at the center of the gain-of-function research in Wuhan (00:04:05) Barge collides with bridge in Galveston, Texas, causing damage and oil spill (00:04:37) Slovak prime minister Robert Fico in life-threatening condition after being shot (00:06:33) Orcas have attacked and sunk another boat in Europe, experts warn there could be more attacks soon (00:12:15) Study suggests we found potential evidence of ‘Dyson Spheres’ from super-advanced civilizations that could help us discover intelligent life elsewhere in the universe (00:19:21) Pet Orcas would be awesome (00:20:37) ‘Historic’: Belgium becomes the first country in the world to pass labor laws for sex workers (00:33:06) Biden and Trump agree to 2 presidential debates, one in June and one in September (00:38:31) Mayor Adams suggests migrants could fill NYC’s lifeguard shortage — because ‘they’re excellent swimmers’ Thank you for listening! If you want more Hard Factor (bonus episodes and discord chat), and want to support the pod head to https://patreon.com/hardfactor - But MOST Importantly… HAGFD!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices