Straight Outta Everett

Ryan is speechless and is without speech about Trump's COVID-19 briefing at the White House yesterday. Homeland Security agents are "proactively" arresting people in Portland. Later on, Mike Carraggi of Patch (@PatchCarraggi) joins to talk about how he found himself in the middle of national news last week (and was described as a "white nationalist) and some of the issues surrounding journalism in our current media era.Subscribe and rate on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Follow on Twitter @RyanMcGowan33. Email mcgowan.ryan@gmail.com with comments or questions.

Ryan welcomes co-host Emma Marra to follow up from earlier discussion by analyzing student responses to a survey about attitudes about school resource officers and the role of police in schools in general.

Ryan beefs about Donald Trump's Monday tweets: defending the Confederate flag at NASCAR events, throwing shade at Bubba Wallace, accusing BLM protestors of toppling a Frederick Douglass statue in Rochester NY.Matt Mallio joins for the second half of the program to discuss the proposed Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians name changes.

Today's beefs:1. "No soup for you" - NBA players contracting coronavirus2. "Sometimes I just start a sentence with no idea" - Trump touts greatest jobs growth ever3. "I'm running away from my responsibilities" - Trump says more testing = more cases4. "We're living in a society" - July 4th weekend tests Americans' self-discipline5. "Not that there's anything wrong with that" - Should we even celebrate 4th of July this year?

Segments include: "The Jerk Store Called" with a Nazi shooting a would-be flag stealer in Oklahoma, "Am I So Sane That I Blew Your Mind" about the removal of a controversial Abraham Lincoln statue in Boston, "It's Not a Lie If You Believe It" with Trump's shoddy defense of his lack of knowledge about Russian bounties, and "No Soup For You" with Trump's theat to veto any bill which requires the renaming of Army bases named after Confederate soldiers.Later, special education teacher and "Mama Levitt Show" co-host Emma Marra joins Ryan to talk about the DESE school reopening guidelines for the fall.

Ryan talks about Governor Baker lifting the quarantine restrictions for visitors from 7 Northeast states, Hawaii expels a Maine man for violating quarantine, a couple in a gated community in St. Louis aims weapons at passing protestors, sharks are back on Cape Cod, and Cam Newton is on the Patriots.

Ryan rants about people who refuse to wear masks out of spite and compares the anti-mask people to the anti-vaccine people. YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES OF LAME.

Follow-up to Monday's episode discussing police in schools. Why people should be respectful and not just attack someone on social media for an unintended comment. Spirited Facebook debate and front-page Boston Globe story today on this theme. Also, update on the Rayshard Brooks shooting in Atlanta.

Another weekend in America and another black man shot by police. Also, is it racist to suggest that having school resource officers may be a positive thing?

YOUR 15 MINUTES OF LAME: Ryan has beef with people who focus only on extreme arguments of one side or the other, the Seattle Capital Hill Autonomous Zone and the racist North Attleboro guy, Beacon Hill is tackling police reform, and June 12 is a crazy day in history. Follow us on Twitter @RyanMcGowan33. Subscribe on Spotify, soon iTunes.

YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES OF LAME: On episode 2, Ryan discusses Trump's announcement that he won't consider changing the name of miltary bases named after Confederate generals, flying and burning the Confederate flag, and how social media is making us pick sides when we don't have to.