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Live—from the campus of Hillsdale College in beautiful Hillsdale Michigan— this is Scot Bertram in for Steve on the Steve Gruber Show for   –Monday December 18th 2023—   —Here are 3 big things you need to know—   One —  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Israel today to get an update on the war in Gaza.  His visit comes as President Biden has criticized Israel over mounting civilian casualties as it tries to destroy the Hamas.  There have been hints that Israel could move to a lower-intensity strategy in the New Year and if that's the case, Austin wants to hear the plan.   Two—  Michigan's average gasoline price is under three-dollars a gallon for the first time in 2023. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is down 15-cents from last week to two-dollars-96-cents, which is 35-cents below last month and 12-cents less than last year.  The state's highest price is in Marquette at three-18, while Traverse City has the lowest prices at two-87 a gallon.   And number three — One Democratic senator is comparing the flow of immigrants to the U.S. to a sold-out concert.  Speaking on CNN's State of the Union, Joe Manchin of West Virginia said the U.S. is at capacity and it's become dangerous to let more people enter the country.  

Today's show opens with a continuation from last Friday regarding the work being done by the subcommittee, looking into the J6 Committee's findings. It's amazing to me that the original J6 folks were okay destroying all of their collected evidence and work product and think nothing of it. I am hoping to get the chair of that committee, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) for a dedicated special interview before the end of the year. Next I address the dreadful silence from the #MeToo movement and the UN Women organization. I first start by reading some testimony from eye-witness accounts of October 7. Let me be clear, if you are currently supporting or sympathizing with the Palestinian people and Hamas, you have no moral center in your life. You cannot possible look at both sides and see a moral equivalence. To go deeper into this thought, we look at comments made by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) on CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash. Over the course of a few sound bites, it's clear she stands with Hamas, she is an anti-Semite and she will not be happy until Israel is wiped off the map. Anyone who stands with her is standing for the same outcome. We now turn to Dr. Mandy “Giggles” Cohen, who is the current head of the CDC. Before we get to a hearing from late last week, I first remind you how she conducted public health in North Carolina during Covid. Sharing pre-teen school girl giggles is not public health. This leads to Dr. Neal Dunn (R-FL) asking about the CDC's carelessness and unprofessional approach to news of an unlicensed Chinese Bio Lab discovered in a California suburb. Even with the evidence detailed before her, Dr. Mandy “Giggles” Cohen dismissed it as untrue and that was about all she had to say. Just that it wasn't true. It's stunning to see these children in charge of agencies responsible for the public health of the nation. We now move to a Zoom call with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who wants people in black and brown neighborhoods to know they are safe. How do we know? Because Joe Biden says he takes it very seriously. She said he wants people to “feel” safe and the “feelings” of safety are important because have safe “feelings” and “feeling” protected is the same thing as being safe. It's amazing how much the Left relies only on emotions and feelings and completely dismisses reality. Well, a group in Chicago, made of black and brown people, are sick and tired of Democrats. While the Biden regime may back in feelings, the people there are telling each other it's time to vote for Republicans. Finally, we close with another installment of Deep Thoughts with VP Kamala Harris. This time, she weighs-in on the solution to fix the issues between Hamas and Israel. The only thing missing is her favorite catch-phrase and her ridiculous cackle. Take a moment to rate and review the show and then share the episode on social media. You can find me on Facebook, X, Instagram, GETTR and TRUTH Social by searching for The Alan Sanders Show. You can also support the show by visiting my Patreon page!

Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union” that former President Donald Trump was too old to be president of the United States. Republicans will control every statewide elected office in Louisiana starting in January after the GOP swept three runoff elections over the weekend for attorney general, treasurer and secretary of state. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reportedly targeting victims through text messages, social media, and dating apps to steal their money, ABC 13 reported Friday. Plus more on today's episode.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union” that Israel did not have the right to kill “thousands and thousands of innocent men, women, and children.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (08/29/2023): 3:05pm- Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has announced he will immediately suspend his Republican presidential campaign, writing on social media: “While I have decided to suspend my campaign for President, my commitment to making this a better nation for every American remains.”  3:10pm- According to Politico, Donald Trump raised $7.1 million dollars in the 48-hours following his Thursday evening surrender in Georgia—plastering the image of his already iconic mugshot on t-shirts, mugs, and other items. 3:20pm- Victor Nava of The New York Post writes, “The National Archives and Records Administration has admitted that it is in possession of nearly 5,400 emails, electronic records and documents that potentially show President Biden using a pseudonym during his vice presidency… NARA confirmed the existence of the trove in response to a June 2022 Freedom of Information Act request by the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a nonprofit constitutional legal group.” Nava continues: “The request sought emails pertaining to the accounts of Robin Ware, Robert L. Peters and JRB Ware—pseudonyms the 80-year-old president was known to use in the White House during his time as President Barack Obama's vice president.” You can read Nava's full article here: https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/national-archives-admits-it-has-5400-biden-pseudonym-emails/ 3:30pm- U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson has ruled against female sorority members from the University of Wyoming Laramie who sued after they were forced to admit a biological male into their sorority. 3:40pm- Noah Rothman— Senior Writer at National Review & Author of “The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives' War on Fun”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest editorial, “Covid Restrictions Can't Be Allowed to Return.” You can read the full piece here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/08/covid-restrictions-cant-be-allowed-to-return/ 4:05pm- During her press briefing, Karine Jean-Pierre credited President Joe Biden with opening schools across America following the COVID-19 pandemic. But, as RNC Research notes, “19 of the top 20 states for getting kids back to in-person instruction were led by Republicans.” 4:15pm- According to a new poll from Monmouth University, support for wind-powered energy is gradually starting to lose support in New Jersey. You can read more here: https://www.roi-nj.com/2023/08/29/industry/energy-utilities/monmouth-poll-support-for-wind-energy-loses-strength/ 4:30pm- In a recent opinion editorial featured in The Wall Street Journal, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group Jeff Yass wrote of Pennsylvania: “My state has been engulfed in controversy for months over Lifeline Scholarships. Funded with state tax dollars, the awards generally range between $5,000 and $10,000 per student. They are available to low-income families who send their children to the worst schools because they are trapped by their ZIP Codes… Teachers unions need to kill Lifeline Scholarships in the crib, because they know that Lifeline Scholarships will work, allowing students to leave their schools… Anyone in either party who aspires to national leadership must resist these teachers unions and do what's right—fight for families' right to self-determination.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-pennsylvania-school-stakes-teachers-unions-kids-governor-shapiro-93cf336a?mod=opinion_lead_pos7 4:40pm- During Tuesday's press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about an ISIS sympathizer who had been sneaking people across the U.S. Southern border. Speaking on behalf of the Biden Administration, she refused to accept blame for security issues at the border. 4:50pm- Cancel Culture: Rock legend Alice Cooper has lost a brand partnership with Vampyre Cosmetics after condemning “gender affirming care” medical procedures being available to children. 5:05pm- Attorney James Jordan— Litigation Fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss a Maine hospital which has sued a former employee and her 15-year-old son, after the publication of an op-ed critical of the hospital's allegedly relaxed safety standards. You can read more here: https://reason.com/2023/08/25/hospital-threatens-defamation-suit-over-a-15-year-olds-change-org-petition/ 5:20pm- During Monday's White House press briefing, Senior White House Adviser Stephen Benjamin was bizarrely asked if there was a connection between the Jacksonville shooting and Governor Ron DeSantis' advocacy against “critical race theory” being taught in Florida public schools. Benjamin, perhaps just as outrageously, refused to deny that there could be a connection. 5:30pm- The Afternoon Mystery Movie Clip is BACK! But probably only because all of the other show hosts are on vacation… 5:45pm- Republican candidate for president Vivek Ramaswamy called out Congresswoman Ayana Pressley for suggesting that skin color should determine how a person votes. While appearing on MSNBC with Joy Reid, Rep. Pressley doubled-down calling Republican rhetoric “dangerous.” 6:05pm- Victor Nava of The New York Post writes, “The National Archives and Records Administration has admitted that it is in possession of nearly 5,400 emails, electronic records and documents that potentially show President Biden using a pseudonym during his vice presidency… NARA confirmed the existence of the trove in response to a June 2022 Freedom of Information Act request by the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a nonprofit constitutional legal group.” Nava continues: “The request sought emails pertaining to the accounts of Robin Ware, Robert L. Peters and JRB Ware—pseudonyms the 80-year-old president was known to use in the White House during his time as President Barack Obama's vice president.” You can read Nava's full article here: https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/national-archives-admits-it-has-5400-biden-pseudonym-emails/ 6:15pm- While speaking with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy said of the House of Representatives' investigation into alleged Biden family corruption: “If you look at all the information we have been able to gather so far, it is a natural step forward that you would have to go to an impeachment inquiry.” 6:20pm- Speaking with Dana Bash on CNN's State of the Union, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) praised President Joe Biden's economy. Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was hesitant to offer a full-blown endorsement. 6:40pm- In a recent opinion editorial featured in The Wall Street Journal, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group Jeff Yass wrote of Pennsylvania: “My state has been engulfed in controversy for months over Lifeline Scholarships. Funded with state tax dollars, the awards generally range between $5,000 and $10,000 per student. They are available to low-income families who send their children to the worst schools because they are trapped by their ZIP Codes… Teachers unions need to kill Lifeline Scholarships in the crib, because they know that Lifeline Scholarships will work, allowing students to leave their schools… Anyone in either party who aspires to national leadership must resist these teachers unions and do what's right—fight for families' right to self-determination.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-pennsylvania-school-stakes-teachers-unions-kids-governor-shapiro-93cf336a?mod=opinion_lead_pos7

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: Victor Nava of The New York Post writes, “The National Archives and Records Administration has admitted that it is in possession of nearly 5,400 emails, electronic records and documents that potentially show President Biden using a pseudonym during his vice presidency… NARA confirmed the existence of the trove in response to a June 2022 Freedom of Information Act request by the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a nonprofit constitutional legal group.” Nava continues: “The request sought emails pertaining to the accounts of Robin Ware, Robert L. Peters and JRB Ware—pseudonyms the 80-year-old president was known to use in the White House during his time as President Barack Obama's vice president.” You can read Nava's full article here: https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/national-archives-admits-it-has-5400-biden-pseudonym-emails/ While speaking with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy said of the House of Representatives' investigation into alleged Biden family corruption: “If you look at all the information we have been able to gather so far, it is a natural step forward that you would have to go to an impeachment inquiry.” Speaking with Dana Bash on CNN's State of the Union, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) praised President Joe Biden's economy. Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was hesitant to offer a full-blown endorsement. In a recent opinion editorial featured in The Wall Street Journal, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group Jeff Yass wrote of Pennsylvania: “My state has been engulfed in controversy for months over Lifeline Scholarships. Funded with state tax dollars, the awards generally range between $5,000 and $10,000 per student. They are available to low-income families who send their children to the worst schools because they are trapped by their ZIP Codes… Teachers unions need to kill Lifeline Scholarships in the crib, because they know that Lifeline Scholarships will work, allowing students to leave their schools… Anyone in either party who aspires to national leadership must resist these teachers unions and do what's right—fight for families' right to self-determination.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-pennsylvania-school-stakes-teachers-unions-kids-governor-shapiro-93cf336a?mod=opinion_lead_pos7

Today I jump right into a reminder of some of the IRS whistleblower testimony and how it runs contrary to every Joe Biden denial about having business knowledge with Hunter Biden. While the Legacy/mainstream media shows zero interest in doing anything close to journalistic ethics, Hunter's former business partner, Devon Archer, is set to give testimony this week. Remember how the media took the unsubstantiated Steele Dossier and ran with it like it was Gospel? If you don't I bring your a short two-minute super-cut of how they were ALL-IN on it's veracity and never once thought to question it. Now, with the unredacted FBI 1023 form released by Senator Chuck Grassley, detailing with great specificity the bribes paid to the Biden family by the CEO of Burisma Holdings in Ukraine, you'd think it might warrant a segment or two on the national news. Well, you'd be mistaken. In fact, the most I could find was a dismissal from CNN basically saying Senator Grassley put a source at risk over nothing more than a “long debunked” story. Oh? Who debunked it? And how long ago? And what evidence was given to show it was debunked? The GOP showed early on that the Steele Dossier was bought and paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC, but they still believed it to be true. So, what did the FBI present to prove their decade long confidential human source was a liar and untrustworthy? Why keep someone on the payroll, greater than six figures, if he wasn't reliable? You would think those would be the questions asked over the weekend. They weren't. That's why I keep telling you it's no longer worth watching any of the Legacy/mainstream media. Onto the Censorship hearings! I can't make this up. Debbie Wassermann Schultz (D-FL) literally opened the censorship hearing with a call to censor Robert F. Kenney, Jr. When that failed, she still tried to conflate nonsense to make it look like he is an antisemite and a spreader of anti-Asian hate. All of that came from him citing a study, funded by the NIH and published on their website. Thankfully, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) had the very study to read into the record. Later, Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) tried a different tact. To them, our rights are not unlimited and they are justified in taking down information they deem to be incorrect. Think about that! Democrats admitting your rights are actually limited by the government and that the government should be the ultimate authority over what is considered correct information. Finally we get a quote from Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) from CNN's State of the Union. She said she had impeach Donald Trump because he made that phone call to Ukraine. She said, “There was no choice, we had no choice! He must be impeached.” In light of all of the corruption and payouts from Ukraine to the Biden Crime Family, it's no wonder they panicked over that call. It was one of the biggest CYA moves in recent memory. Take a moment to rate and review the show and then share the episode on social media. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GETTR and TRUTH Social by searching for The Alan Sanders Show. You can also support the show by visiting my Patreon page!

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: Political activists paid to have a plane fly a pro-Helen Gym banner over Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA during Taylor Swift's concert on Sunday. Philadelphia's Mayoral Primary will be held on Tuesday, May 16th. Interestingly, Forbes is reporting that Swift's latest concert tour could result in her being paid $500 million to $1.5 billion! Jacob Sullum of Reason Magazine writes about a U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruling that found it was unconstitutional to place age restrictions on handgun ownership for 18-to-20-year-olds. You can read the full report here: https://reason.com/2023/05/15/age-restrictions-on-handgun-sales-are-unconstitutional-a-federal-judge-rules/ Although interest rates are rising, credit card debt in America has hit an all-time high of $930 billion. While appearing on CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed that illegal border crossings at the U.S. southern border are “markedly down” since Thursday—with 6,300 crossings on Friday and 4,200 on Saturday. Interestingly, in 2019, former Obama Administration Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said 1,000 illegal border crossings per day would “overwhelm” the country.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (05/15/2023): 3:05pm- Political activists paid to have a plane fly a pro-Helen Gym banner over Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA during Taylor Swift's concert on Sunday. Philadelphia's Mayoral Primary will be held on Tuesday, May 16th. 3:10pm- Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are endorsing progressive candidate Helen Gym for Philadelphia Mayor. On Saturday, the two prominent politicians attended a rally to benefit Gym—the rally was held at Franklin Music Hall in Spring Garden. Could these major endorsements give Gym an edge in the city's May 16th Mayoral Primary? 3:15pm- The New York Post's Editorial Board writes, “[w]e'll never know if a grand jury would've indicted Daniel Penny in the death of Jordan Neely, because Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg decided to skip that step—clearly because a horde of lefty politicians and raging protesters demanded it.” You can read the full article here: https://nypost.com/2023/05/12/in-rush-to-charge-daniel-penny-bragg-again-showed-hes-on-team-crime/?dicbo=v2-NHh1f9K 3:35pm- In the Wall Street Journal opinion section, Douglas Schoen and Andrew Stein hypothesize that former First Lady Michelle Obama might be the Democrat party's best option in 2024 if President Joe Biden ultimately decides not to run for reelection. You can read the editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-biden-bows-out-how-about-michelle-obama-clinton-harris-backup-rematch-500342d0?mod=opinion_lead_pos5 3:40pm- Breaking News: In a 306-page report, Special Counsel John Durham has concluded that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) did not have sufficient reason to launch an investigation into unfounded allegations that there were ties between Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russian officials. 4:05pm- According to Special Counsel John Durham's report, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) not only improperly investigated Donald Trump but also used much higher standards when considering investigations into Hillary Clinton and her campaign. 4:10pm- According to Special Counsel John Durham's report, “FBI records prepared by [former FBI agent Peter] Strzok in February and March 2017 show that at the time of the opening of Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI had no information in its holdings indicating that at any time during the campaign anyone in the Trump had been in contact with any Russian intelligence officials.” You can read more about the Durham report here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-john-durhams-years-long-investigation-into-trump-russia-collusion-investigators-is-over 4:35pm- Despite finding that the FBI did not have sufficient reason for investigating the 2016 Donald Trump campaign, MSNBC's political correspondent Sara Murray claimed the Durham report was not evidence of a corrupt “deep state.” Meanwhile, MSNBC contributor—and formal Obama Administration official—Andrew Weissmann bizarrely called the report a “big fat nothing.” 4:50pm- While appearing on CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed that illegal border crossings at the U.S. southern border are “markedly down” since Thursday—with 6,300 crossings on Friday and 4,200 on Saturday. Interestingly, in 2019, former Obama Administration Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said 1,000 illegal border crossings per day would “overwhelm” the country. 5:05pm- The Drive at 5: 81-year-old Martha Stewart will be featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. 5:15pm- Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal write of Special Counsel John Durham's findings: “He said the bureau swiftly pursued a vague tip about potential contacts between a Trump campaign aide and Russia authorities in July 2016, even though, the report says, the bureau had no other information in its files to corroborate any such contact. The Justice Department's inspector general in 2019 found similar flaws in the FBI inquiry but found the investigation was justified…He concluded that the FBI didn't rigorously analyze information it received, especially from people and groups with political affiliation, prolonging the investigation and prompting the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Mr. Durham said the FBI was overly reliant on investigative leads from Mr. Trump's political opponents.” You can read the full article here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-faulted-for-its-probe-of-russian-meddling-in-2016-campaign-32287018?mod=hp_lead_pos4 5:30pm- The Mystery Movie Clip! 6:05pm- Political activists paid to have a plane fly a pro-Helen Gym banner over Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA during Taylor Swift's concert on Sunday. Philadelphia's Mayoral Primary will be held on Tuesday, May 16th. Interestingly, Forbes is reporting that Swift's latest concert tour could result in her being paid $500 million to $1.5 billion! 6:20pm- Jacob Sullum of Reason Magazine writes about a U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruling that found it was unconstitutional to place age restrictions on handgun ownership for 18-to-20-year-olds. You can read the full report here: https://reason.com/2023/05/15/age-restrictions-on-handgun-sales-are-unconstitutional-a-federal-judge-rules/ 6:35pm- Although interest rates are rising, credit card debt in America has hit an all-time high of $930 billion. 6:45pm- While appearing on CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed that illegal border crossings at the U.S. southern border are “markedly down” since Thursday—with 6,300 crossings on Friday and 4,200 on Saturday. Interestingly, in 2019, former Obama Administration Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said 1,000 illegal border crossings per day would “overwhelm” the country.

Today's show illustrates what a real-time PsyOp propaganda campaign with a healthy dose of gaslighting thrown in for good measure looks like. All we need to do is show you how the Left and the MSM decided to report that last two days of illegal crossings versus the full week leading up, let alone the last two years. To start the show, we get snarky and ridiculous comments from President Joe Biden, VP Kamala Harris and a headline from the Washington Post. Just listening to them or reading, you'd think the border has never been better and more secure. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas took a victory lap on CNN's State of the Union, taking pride in a 50% reduction of illegals over the weekend. They completely ignored the record breaking daily numbers and even though we are still at 5000 a day for the past two, they want you to think that's hardly worthy noticing. They are gaslighting us in real-time. To show you how bad that number is, I go back to 2019 when former Obama DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson was on MSNBC. At that time, they were talking about a surge of 4000 illegals in one day under the Trump administration. Jeh Johnson stated over a 1000 a day overwhelms the system. So, four years ago, more than 1000 arrests a day was overwhelming, but today, Biden, Harris and Mayorkas want you to think 5000 a day is business as usual and nothing worth noting. Even looking at the Got-Away numbers from Border Patrol, we have seen a dramatic rise, month-to-month since Biden came into office. The numbers were around 9,500 a month and now are more than 64,000 a month. That's over and above the ones captured and processed. No matter how they try to present it, we have a massive crisis that I believe is happening by design. They want a permanent and dependent under-class to keep them in power for the rest of their lives. My next topic deals with the current investigations into the Biden Crime Family Syndicate. President Biden had an angry and confusing response to being asked about his own corruption. Apparently, Donald Trump lives rent-free in Biden's head. On a concerning note, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) admitted that many of the whistleblowers/informants they are relying on are either missing or unavailable. It's distressing to hear how these folks are being intimidated, threatened or are disappearing before the investigation is even complete. Biden managed to outdo himself with a hateful and bigoted speech delivered to Howard University. He regurgitated the talking point that White Supremacy is the biggest terrorist threat we face as a nation. That is a ridiculous lie and one meant to divide and disparage all Americans. Gunny J Wells took to TikTok and had something to say about that. Finally, we get a short installment of Deep Thoughts with VP Kamala Harris. She never ceases to provide us with some solid, head-scratching, word-salad when she's allowed to speak off-the-cuff to an audience. Take a moment to rate and review the show and then share the episode on social media. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GETTR and TRUTH Social by searching for The Alan Sanders Show. You can also support the show by visiting my Patreon page!

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: According to Special Counsel John Durham's report, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) not only improperly investigated Donald Trump but also used much higher standards when considering investigations into Hillary Clinton and her campaign. According to Special Counsel John Durham's report, “FBI records prepared by [former FBI agent Peter] Strzok in February and March 2017 show that at the time of the opening of Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI had no information in its holdings indicating that at any time during the campaign anyone in the Trump had been in contact with any Russian intelligence officials.” You can read more about the Durham report here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-john-durhams-years-long-investigation-into-trump-russia-collusion-investigators-is-over Despite finding that the FBI did not have sufficient reason for investigating the 2016 Donald Trump campaign, MSNBC's political correspondent Sara Murray claimed the Durham report was not evidence of a corrupt “deep state.” Meanwhile, MSNBC contributor—and formal Obama Administration official—Andrew Weissmann bizarrely called the report a “big fat nothing.” While appearing on CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed that illegal border crossings at the U.S. southern border are “markedly down” since Thursday—with 6,300 crossings on Friday and 4,200 on Saturday. Interestingly, in 2019, former Obama Administration Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said 1,000 illegal border crossings per day would “overwhelm” the country.

In this episode of The Bald Brad Show, we cover two heated clashes in American politics. First, New York Times reporter Michael Shear challenges White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre over the Biden administration's selective silence on former President Donald Trump's legal matters. Shear pressed Jean-Pierre on why the administration had not commented on the 34 felony charges Trump is facing from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg involving a hush-money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Second, Rep. Dan Crenshaw's comments on gun control in the wake of the Nashville school shooting cause controversy on CNN's State of the Union. Host Dana Bash challenges Crenshaw on his support for more guns in schools, pointing out that many of the deadliest shootings in the US have been committed with an AR-15. Finally, we discuss the recent indictment of former President Trump over hush-money paid to Stormy Daniels. Don Jr. and other Trump supporters respond to the news with outrage, calling it "weaponized justice" and claiming it is part of a larger effort to silence conservatives. We discuss the legal and political implications of Trump becoming the first former president to face criminal charges and what it could mean for the future of American politics.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (03/20/2023): 3:05pm- On Saturday former President Donald Trump revealed that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday for hush money payments disturbed to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in 2016. In response to the possible arrest, Trump implored his supporters on Truth Social to protest. National Review's Andrew McCarthy writes, “[t]here seems little doubt that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's indictment of Donald Trump is imminent…All that said, though, reports that Trump will be arrested on Tuesday are premature and probably inaccurate. They appear to have been generated by the former president himself and apparently are not based on discussions between the Trump camp and the DA's office.” You can McCarthy's full breakdown here: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trumps-claim-of-tuesday-arrest-is-highly-unlikely/ 3:20pm- According to reports, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has a long history of reducing felony charges to misdemeanors—so now, in the case of Donald Trump, why is he elevating an alleged misdemeanor offense to a felony? It seems clear any indictment is politically motivated. 3:30pm- The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board writes that “[a]n indictment of a former President must be for serious offenses with indisputable evidence.” They go on to point out the limitations of an indictment: “A key prosecution witness would be Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump's former lawyer who is an admitted felon. Mr. Trump might claim in his defense that his payments were made to shield the affair from his wife. He has publicly denied an affair with Ms. Daniels. Proving intent to break the law will not be easy.” You can read the opinion editorial in its entirety here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/alvin-braggs-political-charge-against-donald-trump-new-york-arrest-presidential-campaign-2024-election-da-charges-stormy-daniels-f5c1b6e1?mod=hp_opin_pos_1 3:40pm- FLASHBACK: Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) grilled former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. On Twitter, Rep. Massie stated, “[D]isbarred attorney Michael Cohen is the least credible witness I ever questioned during my time on the House Oversight Committee. He [admitted] that as President Trump's attorney, he took unsolicited actions.” So, isn't that testimony enough to let Trump off the hook? 4:05pm- While appearing on CNN's State of the Union with Jake Tapper, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu—who is no fan of Donald Trump—argued that a potential criminal case against Trump could “build a lot of sympathy” for the former president. 4:10pm- CNN Legal Analyst Elliot Williams suggested that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's potential indictment of former-President Donald Trump is “not a slam dunk case many people wish it was.” 4:30pm- Who Won Social Media? Yes, we are doing it early… 4:40pm- During a press conference on Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis responded to rumors that Donald Trump would be arrested later this week. Gov. DeSantis referred to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as a “George Soros-funded” prosecutor. 4:50pm- The Rich Zeoli Show is getting closer and closer to 1 million podcast downloads since moving back to afternoons. Will today be the day? 5:05pm- The Drive at 5: While speaking with the press outside of the White House, President Joe Biden said it was “not true” that his family members took any money from Chinese businesses. Meanwhile, even CNN's Erin Burnett concedes that new revelations suggesting Biden family members received $1 million from Hunter Biden's foreign businesses associates “doesn't look good.” 5:40pm- Bethany Mandel—Contributing Writer for Deseret News—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss her new book, “Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation.” Learn more about the book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1956007083/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_APJX0PHZDXF8BKDQMAZ4?linkCode=ml1&tag=rigsidofthewr-20 6:05pm- On Monday, President Joe Biden signed Senator Josh Hawley's (R-MO) “COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023” into law. The bill will declassify all intelligence related to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. 6:15pm- On Monday, Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency. Eleanor Mueller of Politico writes, “blocking the repeal of a Labor Department rule that permitted retirement investing tied to environmental and social goals.” The legislation had received bipartisan support from Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME). You can read more about the veto here: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/20/biden-vetoes-climate-investing-rollback-00087835 6:40pm- FLASHBACK: Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) grilled former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. On Twitter, Rep. Massie stated, “[D]isbarred attorney Michael Cohen is the least credible witness I ever questioned during my time on the House Oversight Committee. He [admitted] that as President Trump's attorney, he took unsolicited actions.” So, isn't that testimony enough to let Trump off the hook?

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: While appearing on CNN's State of the Union with Jake Tapper, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu—who is no fan of Donald Trump—argued that a potential criminal case against Trump could “build a lot of sympathy” for the former president. CNN Legal Analyst Elliot Williams suggested that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's potential indictment of former-President Donald Trump is “not a slam dunk case many people wish it was.” Who Won Social Media? Yes, we are doing it early… During a press conference on Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis responded to rumors that Donald Trump would be arrested later this week. Gov. DeSantis referred to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as a “George Soros-funded” prosecutor. The Rich Zeoli Show is getting closer and closer to 1 million podcast downloads since moving back to afternoons. Will today be the day?

From New York City Mayor Eric Adams to several individuals at CPAC, we've recently heard new, troubling comments from public leaders that show – once again – the prominence of Christian nationalism and the dangers it poses to public debate. Amanda and Holly provide some “Separation of Church and State 101” in this episode to clear up confusion about the term and what it really means. They also share examples of people working together across ideological divides to combat Christian nationalism.   SHOW NOTES Segment 1: Troubling comments from New York City Mayor Eric Adams (starting at 00:51) We played two clips from this speech Mayor Eric Adams gave at an interfaith breakfast. The first clip begins at 51:31 in the video, and the second begins at 44:36. Read the full response from Rachel Laser, CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, at this link. Read Amanda's Tweet in response to Mayor Adams here. It also appeared in this column from Jennifer Rubin for The Washington Post: Eric Adams wades into church-state quicksand. Watch Mayor Adams on CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash at this link.   Segment 2: Concerns from CPAC (starting at 12:56) See video of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's remarks at CPAC in this Tweet from Religion News Service reporter Jack Jenkins. Amanda and Holly mentioned this photo essay from The New York Times on CPAC, with words by Jane Coaston and photos by Damon Winter.  Amanda quoted this Tweet from conservative commentator Bill Kristol on the remarks from Michael Knowles at CPAC. Amanda denounced Michael Knowles' call for the elimination of transgenderism in this Tweet.   Segment 3: We don't have to agree on everything to work together (starting at 24:59) Amanda mentioned attending the Principles First Summit. Learn more at this link. Learn more about BJC's Christians Against Christian Nationalism campaign and check out resources on the campaign's website.  Amanda and Holly mentioned this book by Dr. Paul Miller: The Religion of American Greatness: What's Wrong with Christian Nationalism Respecting Religion is made possible by BJC's generous donors. You can support these conversations with a gift to BJC. 

Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) appeared on CNN's State of the Union with #JakeTapper. He made it clear that Republican orthodoxy to cut and privatize Social Security. Senator #MikeRounds of South Dakota did not dismiss support for Rick Scott's program to sunset Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Instead, he bloviated and hunkered down. He used the more affluent pundits, who he assumes have good private/public retirement plans to insinuate privatizing at least part of Medicare is a possibility if they come back into power. He used the word 'manage' often as if our Social Security dollars are input to a stock portfolio. The #SocialSecurity fix is easy if politicians choose the only correct option, tax all income and wealth. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/support

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4:  While speaking with reporters upon his return to the White House from Camp David, President Joe Biden said that the Chinese spy balloon would not alter his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. On The View, Whoopi Goldberg dismissed China's spy balloon explaining, “we spy on them, they spy on us and the world keeps going around.” Appearing on CNN's State of the Union, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) called the reconnaissance balloon a “message” from China and implored President Biden to take the matter seriously, holding China accountable for its actions. Who Won Social Media? REPLAY: Congressman Jeff Van Drew—Republican representing New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss President Joe Biden's reluctance to shoot down a Chinese reconnaissance balloon flying over the United States. Will U.S. Navy divers be able to successfully recover valuable debris from the balloon? Rep. Van Drew also talks about the environmental dangers of continuing the construction process of windmill farms off the coast of New Jersey, which may have already been responsible for deaths of numerous whales.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (02/06/2023): 3:05pm- On Saturday, a U.S. F-22 Raptor fighter jet shot down a Chinese reconnaissance balloon off the coast of South Carolina. The balloon had been tracked for several days flying over the continental United States, as well as Alaska and Canada. According to U.S. Air Force General Glen VanHerk, the balloon may have been carrying explosives, giving it the capability to self-destruct.  3:20pm- On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre spoke with reporters about the Biden Administration's decision to shoot down the Chinese reconnaissance balloon. Notably, KJP told reporters that the National Security Council sent out information about the balloon via TikTok—a social media account believed to be closely tied to the Chinese government and used to harvest user data on behalf of China's Communist party.  3:40pm- Mama Zeoli witnessed the Chinese spy balloon being shot out of the sky! And, lucky for us, actually captured the event on video—complete with play-by-play details. Rich reviews her performance as a journalist. 3:50pm- Speaking with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen blamed inflation on “boosted food and energy prices” caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  4:05pm- Congressman Jeff Van Drew—Republican representing New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss President Joe Biden's reluctance to shoot down a Chinese reconnaissance balloon flying over the United States. Will U.S. Navy divers be able to successfully recover potentially valuable debris from the balloon? Rep. Van Drew also talks about the environmental dangers of continuing the construction process of windmill farms off the coast of New Jersey, which may have already been responsible for deaths of numerous whales.  4:20pm- Due to the overwhelming number of undocumented migrants now being housed in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams announced that he will begin sending some of the migrants to Canada.  4:40pm- Dave Huber—Associate Editor for The College Fix—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss students at Philadelphia-area colleges demanding greater security on campus in response to violent crime on, or near, Temple, Drexel, and University of Pennsylvania. 4:50pm- Surfing champion Bethany Hamilton implored the World Surf League to protect competition among biological women, by creating a new division for specifically transgender surfers. 5:00pm- In response to a question about whether TikTok should be banned in the U.S., President Joe Biden said he doesn't have the application on his phone. 5:05pm- While appearing on CNN, former Obama-era Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta stated that President Joe Biden should have shot down the Chinese spy balloon before it was “allowed to traverse the entire country.”  5:10pm- While speaking with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that the Chinese Communist Party has embedded itself in nearly every major university in the United States.  5:15pm- According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philly is set to be the home of Major League Cornhole's first team: the Bell-Ringers. Rich vows to try out for the team. 5:30pm- In a recent episode of the Disney+ cartoon series “The Proud Family”, characters explain that America was built on slavery and that the country was founded on white supremacy. In the past, the show's executive producer, Latoya Raveneau, has talked about her ambition to place woke storylines and imagery in Disney content.  5:45pm- Is fast-food racist? One Rutgers professor says, yes! 6:05pm- While speaking with reporters upon his return to the White House from Camp David, President Joe Biden said that the Chinese spy balloon would not alter his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. 6:10pm- On The View, Whoopi Goldberg dismissed China's spy balloon explaining, “we spy on them, they spy on us and the world keeps going around.”  6:15pm- Appearing on CNN's State of the Union, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) called the reconnaissance balloon a “message” from China and implored President Biden to take the matter seriously, holding China accountable for its actions.  6:30pm- Who Won Social Media?  6:40pm- REPLAY: Congressman Jeff Van Drew—Republican representing New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss President Joe Biden's reluctance to shoot down a Chinese reconnaissance balloon flying over the United States. Will U.S. Navy divers be able to successfully recover valuable debris from the balloon? Rep. Van Drew also talks about the environmental dangers of continuing the construction process of windmill farms off the coast of New Jersey, which may have already been responsible for deaths of numerous whales.

Yesterday, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said she believes she'll retain her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee on CNN's "State of the Union." Rep. Omar's critics claim her long history of espousing antisemitic rhetoric should be reason enough to disallow her from serving on the Committee. Jay, Jordan, and the Sekulow team discuss this and more today on Sekulow.

C-SPAN is "a good thing for our democracy and our republic." These words, uttered by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) on CNN's "State of the Union," followed a momentous and historic election for the 55th Speaker of the House of Representatives. This week, the C-SPAN Education team sits down with Ben O'Connell, C-SPAN's Director of Editorial Operations. In this episode, we review the start of the 118th Congress on January 3rd, highlight the many historical moments that followed in both the House and the Senate, consider ongoing legislative goals and priorities of both parties in this new era of divided government, and discuss C-SPAN's role through it all.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senator Joe Manchin appeared on CNN's State of the Union, where he agreed with Senator Bernie Sanders on many issues related to Social Security. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/support

President Joe Biden is filling the lower courts vacancies quickly, ensuring they look like America. The debt ceiling debate should be a tax fraud debate. Another mass shooting seems so normal now. A frank conversation with a white former police officer admitting the job made him more prejudiced: A former white Miami police officer called into my Politics Done Right program. It's clear, like most Americans, his beliefs were dictated by what he saw on TV about people of color. WOW! Senator Manchin says that he agrees with Bernie Sanders on Social Security. REALLY!: Senator Joe Manchin appeared on CNN's State of the Union, where he agreed with Senator Bernie Sanders on many issues related to Social Security. It turns out Joe Biden's transition team was preparing for a coup from the unpatriotic president: On January 6th, 2020, America tested its initial descent into Banana Republic mode as the Biden team was quietly preparing for a coup. They had many contingency plans. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/support

Today is the holiday celebrated in honor of the work done by the civil right icon, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We are reminded that today is meant to be a day on, not a day off. In the spirit of that notion, I am going to bring a portion of my favorite MLK, Jr. Speech at the end of the show. First, we remind you White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said no less than six times the search for more classified documents was complete. Ironic, given more documents were found over the weekend. It's getting to the point where even Legacy/mainstream media outlets are wondering what else is happening behind the scenes. And, while they have to wonder, there are still Biden sycophant mouth-pieces doing all they can to excuse the President's irresponsibility. On Sunday, the host of CBS's Face the Nation, Margaret Brennan, asked Representative Daniel Goldman (D-NY) about the special counsel assigned to investigate and if he had been wrong to initially call it a mistake? He did all he could to avoid the question and once again talked about how much the President was cooperating. She followed up, asking why would Biden send his lawyers to look for documents when they don't have security clearances themselves? Goldman had just as much trouble with that one, too. Also on Sunday during CNN's State of the Union, Jake Tapper asked Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) if, by Biden's own standard, wasn't Biden totally irresponsible with classified information? In true J6 Committee group think propaganda, his only answer was to keep a sense of proportion and to not make the comparison between some misplaced documents and an insurrection. I have no idea what he's trying to sell, but I don't think anyone is buying. On top of this, the very home where these documents have been found, was the home we just found out Hunter Biden was renting from his dad for a year at nearly $50K/month. Does anyone believe that's what the money really was, rent? Seems more like funneling more money to The Big Guy. Even the NYTimes is having to admit Biden knew about Hunter's business dealings. While they try to play the “complicated” narrative, they still cannot get around the fact Biden was having direction interactions with many of Hunter's partners and clients. But, the act of lying for Joe Biden is second nature. Just this past Sunday, he once again lied about his involvement with the Civil Rights movement and did it at the very home where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was once a pastor. Think about that; on this holiday, in King's honor, Biden lied about how he got started in civil rights. To remind you, this particular lie has been spouting from Biden's lips for years. Before the 2020 election, Jake Tapper and CNN panel had to discuss this lie reported in the NY Times. They also reminded the audience he had to drop of that 1988 election for not just lying, but being caught plagiarizing a speech. Even the CNN panel found themselves laughing at how Biden staffers try to spin the story. We have another installment of Deep Thoughts with VP Kamala Harris. That makes three she gave us from her event late last week. And this queen of word salad may yet be installed as the President for the remainder of Biden's term if the Deep State is doing what many of us fear. Then I end with MLK's Street Sweeper speech. To me, it is his best speech because it reminds us we are all gifted by God with certain talents. It is our sacred duty to figure out what they are and then use them to the very best of our ability. We will not all be the same, but whatever our station in life, we can be the best at what we have been called to do. But, there's more. Once you figure out your calling, the next question is, what did you do with it to serve others? Did you horde your wealth and focus only on yourself? Or did you try to make your community a little better than how you found it? Take a moment to rate and review the show and then share the episode on social media. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GETTR and TRUTH Social by searching for The Alan Sanders Show. You can also support the show by visiting my Patreon page!

CNN's Jake Tapper did not allow House Oversight Chairman Republican James Comer to bloviate about the classified documents fiasco President Joe Biden finds himself in now. House Oversight Chairman Republican James Comer appeared on CNN's State of the Union. Republicans are so accustomed to appearing on these Sunday programs assuming that they will get softball questions while giving them a platform to promote their misinformation, disinformation, and lies, that they are utterly unprepared to defend their preposterous claims. The justified comfort caught the chairman a bit off guard today. While he is good at non-answers, he allowed Tapper to correct the Republican lies in real-time. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/support

New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the likely incoming House Democratic leader, said Sunday that he anticipates his party will be united in a new minority even amid policy disagreements. Jeffries, a longtime allay of outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has sometimes been at odds with members of his party's left flank. However, in an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," he boasted of strong relationships with both liberals and moderates. "Well, I have great respect for Rep. [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortez and every single member of the House Democratic caucus, from Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to Rep. Josh Gottheimer, my good friend, and all points in between," Jeffries told CNN's Jake Tapper. JUSTIN FINCH, ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT, WASHINGTONSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9:05 - 9:20 - Mass shooting at LGBTQ+ Nightclub in Colorado Springs Our top story: the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs -- we'll take you live to find out the latest on the police investigation into the gunman who was stopped cold inside by patrons -- not before killing 5 and hurting 25.KSL-TV's Dan Rascon is in Colorado Springs this morning and calls the show to discuss reaction.  9:35 - Who will replace Nancy Pelosi as the House Democratic Leader?  New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the likely incoming House Democratic leader, said Sunday that he anticipates his party will be united in a new minority even amid policy disagreements. Jeffries, a longtime allay of outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has sometimes been at odds with members of his party's left flank. However, in an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," he boasted of strong relationships with both liberals and moderates. "Well, I have great respect for Rep. [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortez and every single member of the House Democratic caucus, from Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to Rep. Josh Gottheimer, my good friend, and all points in between," Jeffries told CNN's Jake Tapper. JUSTIN FINCH, ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT, WASHINGTON 9:50 - The cost of Thanksgiving Dinner is up 20% from last year The cost of Thanksgiving Dinner -- up 20% from last year, on top of a 36% jump from 2020 to 2021.D2 breaks down -- what his math shows - Is the national media is selling a mish-mash of nonsense over the cost of turkey dinner?10:05 - Utah Bill would limit how and when police can see your location data It shouldn't come as a surprise that your phone tracks you. It tracks where you've been and where you're going.You can be tracked by both the phone carrier you use... or the apps you've downloaded. What kind of access do police have to this data? Connor Boyack from Libertas Institute is supporting a bill limiting "how and when police can use your location data" and joins the show to discuss it further.  10:20 - 10:35 - Child GPS Trackers:  Safety Feature or distraction in the classroom? There is a debate over kid tracking watches in the classroom -- is this a safety feature or a distraction?  KSL Investigative Reporter Matt Gephart spoke parent who opted for a GPS watch after her daughter didn't come home from school one day, but is now facing hurdles from school districts. Cindy St. Clair KSL Investigative Producer joins the show to explain the issue and how school districts handle this kind of technology. 11:05 - 11:20 The odds for the Child Tax Credit in 2023  Congress on T-day break -- let's dissect the odds for the Child Tax Credit monthly payout program is resurrected in 2023. The plan that pays a monthly "fee" to parents based on the age of their children. Boyd Matheson, host of Inside Sources joins the show to explain his predictions. D2 goes live to University of California Berkeley where Bruce Fuller, Professor of Education and Public Policy  & his team of researchers have been picking the brains of parents who got the payments. 11:35 - Living under a shadow of fear in the LGBTQ+ community  The shooting in Colorado Springs in a bar that's considered "safe" for member of the LGBTQ community -- for 20 years it's been space . Sue Robbins with Equality Utah's Transgender Advisory Council joins D2 to discuss how those in the LGBTQ+ live under a shadow of fear that others outside of the community can't fathom. 11:50 - Record levels of need for food assistance this thanksgiving  The Utah Food Bank is seeking support as the need for food is said to be critical this holiday season. Ginette Bott, Utah Food Bank President & CEO of the Utah Food Bank joins the show to explain the need and events taking place through the Utah Food Bank ahead of Thanksgiving See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen predicted disastrous results for her party — and she said that they only had themselves to blame after repeatedly failing to “listen to voters” in the weeks and months leading up to Tuesday's midterm elections. Rosen joined a panel discussion, moderated by host Dana Bash, on CNN's “State of the Union” — and she predicted that Democrats were likely to have “a bad night” on Tuesday, largely because they had not tailored their midterm message to the issues that voters had said were most important — namely inflation and the economy.

The Heartland POD on TwitterGo to heartlandpod.com for information on all our political podcasts, and a link to support our work on Patreon. Sign up as an Official PODhead for just $5 per month to access all our premium podcast segments and political writing. To join the conversation on Twitter, find us at THE Heartland POD. Alright! Let's get into it: COLORADO NEWSLINE: RINO hunters looking for a bloodbathAs county clerks across Colorado prepared to send out mail ballots to voters on Monday, former President Donald Trump weighed in on one of the state's most-watched 2022 races.Trump blasted Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe O'Dea, a Denver construction CEO, as a “RINO,” or Republican in name only, over comments O'Dea made about a potential 2024 Trump presidential campaign.In a Sunday appearance on CNN's State of the Union, O'Dea was asked whether the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol should disqualify Trump from running again. O'Dea called the events of Jan. 6 “a black eye for our country,” though he has previously said he doesn't believe Trump deserves blame for the Capitol attack.“I don't think Donald Trump should run again,” O'Dea said Sunday. “I'm going to actively campaign against Donald Trump and make sure that we've got four or five really great Republicans right now — Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott. They can run and serve for eight years.”Trump responded in a post on his Truth Social website: “MAGA doesn't Vote for stupid people with big mouths”O'Dea faces an uphill battle against incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat who is seeking his third full Senate term, in a state that has trended increasingly blue in recent elections. Bennet has led O'Dea in recent polling by an average of eight percentage points, according to FiveThirtyEight.A first-time candidate who has pitched himself as a moderate on social issues, O'Dea has walked a tightrope throughout his campaign as he seeks to win over moderate voters without alienating the conservative Republican base.He did not publicly state his opposition to a Trump 2024 bid until after the June GOP primary, when he defeated far-right state Rep. Ron Hanks with 55% of the vote. His campaign clarified that O'Dea would still support Trump in the general election if the former president wins the GOP nomination, but O'Dea has since backed off of that position in interviews.GOP state Rep. Dave Williams, a far-right election denier who mounted an unsuccessful primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn earlier this year, reacted to Trump's comments in a Twitter post.“Ouch,” Williams wrote. “Maybe Joe's campaign shouldn't alienate the base 3 weeks before an election.”Trump's criticism follows Ron Hanks' endorsement of the Libertarian in the Senate race, Bryan Peotter, who has put election denial and total opposition to abortion at the center of his campaign. The Libertarian wrote on Twitter that Trump's attack on O'Dea “reads like an endorsement for my campaign pretty clearly.”In an Oct. 7 appearance on the conservative “Chuck and Julie Show,” Ron Hanks, who received just under 45% of the vote in the GOP's June primary, said neither Peotter nor O'Dea have a chance of beating Bennet - and that Republican voters should vote for Peotter to send a message to party leaders.“It's our time now as grassroots Colorado conservatives to step in. We have a big battle ahead to try to reform this leadership,” said Hanks. “It's got to be a bloodbath.”COLORADO NEWSLINE: Will Colorado legalize psychedelic mushrooms?Ten years after Colorado voters made history by approving the ballot measure that legalized recreational marijuana, this November's Proposition 122 would allow licensed ‘healing centers' and decriminalize personal use of some hallucinogens. The Natural Medicine Health Act would establish a regulated market for psilocybin and psilocyn, the psychoactive compounds found in psychedelic mushrooms. Placed on the 2022 ballot by a citizen initiative, it will become law if a majority of Colorado voters give their approval.The measure would allow licensed “healing centers” to provide access to psilocybin and psilocyn for therapeutic purposes. It would also decriminalize the “personal use” of the substances, allowing people to possess and grow psychedelic mushrooms in their own homes.GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOXNatural Medicine Colorado, the group backing the effort says “Natural psychedelic medicines are non-addictive, and can have profound benefits for people struggling with mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, opioid use disorder, and those struggling to find peace at the end of their lives.”Proposition 122 qualified for the ballot in July after organizers submitted more than the required 124,632 valid signatures to the secretary of state's office. An issue committee backing the measure has reported more than $2.8 million in contributions, according to campaign finance disclosures.Nearly all of that funding came from New Approach PAC, a Washington, D.C.-based PAC that advocates for drug policy reform. Top donors to the group include the van Ameringen Foundation, Scotts Miracle-Gro and Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps.New Approach PAC supported successful mushroom decriminalization measures in Oregon and Washington, D.C., in 2020. If voters approve Proposition 122, Colorado would become the third jurisdiction in the country to legalize psilocybin.Denver voters took a more limited step towards the decriminalization of psychedelic mushrooms in 2019, approving a measure that directed police to make possession of psychedelics the city's ”lowest law-enforcement priority.”Legalization advocates point to a vast body of existing research showing that psychedelics can be effective in treating depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions. The federal Food and Drug Administration has designated psilocybin as a “breakthrough therapy” for the treatment of major depressive disorder.Luke Gruber, an initiative backer and a Marine veteran who suffered from PTSD and depression after serving in Afghanistan, says psilocybin therapy “changed his life.”He said, “I can't really describe the experience, but I can describe what it was like after my first treatment with natural medicine. It was like being reminded of what hope felt like.”If passed, Proposition 122 would establish a 15-member Natural Medicine Advisory Board to oversee the regulation of psychedelic substances. The first licenses for regulated providers would be issued beginning in September 2024. Pending recommendations from the advisory board, other substances, including DMT and mescaline, could be added to the program in 2026.I WILL BE VOTING YES. COLORADO NEWSLINE: SHE'S JUST BLOWING SMOKEKirkmeyer repeats false Colorado oil and gas claims in 8th District debate against CaraveoIn a recent debate in the race for Colorado's new 8th Congressional District, right-wing GOP State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer took the opportunity to repeat a series of false claims about the oil and gas industry, and the impacts of a 2019 law sponsored by her Democratic opponent, state Rep. Dr. Yadira Caraveo.Kirkmeyer called the package of new health, safety and environmental reforms a “de facto ban on oil and gas. We went from 5,100 permits approved in 2018 down to about, I think, 22 — 22 permits this year, something approximately in that area,” she claimed.So, it's not 22. It's actually 842 new drilling permits that have been approved this year. Nearly 40 times higher than what Kirkmeyer claimed. In total, there are 1,314 active drilling permits held by Colorado oil and gas producers as of last week.She made a similar false claim in March, asserting that only four permits had been issued at that point in the year. The true figure was 125.Colorado's oil production levels have dipped slightly from their 2019 peak, but remain near historic highs. Producers within the state are on pace to pump more than 156 million barrels of crude oil out of Colorado this year. That's higher than every other year prior to 2018, and it's more than five times the volume being pumped in Colorado ten years ago. Drillers have reduced growth plans and capital budgets in large part due to the demands of Wall Street investors, who flooded the industry with cheap credit amid the 2010s fracking boom, but have since sought to prioritize more profitable streams of revenue.Kirkmeyer claimed that SB-181 “killed thousands of jobs” in the 8th District, which encompasses an area in north metro Denver and Weld County that is home to the vast majority of Colorado's oil production. Asked why the same trends were observed in drilling-friendly states like Texas and Wyoming recently, Kirkmeyer said, “I have no idea what other laws, or what other kinds of regulations, or what else was going on in those states.” Kirkmeyer also denied the scientific consensus on fossil fuels and climate change. Dr. Caraveo, the Democratic candidate, is a pediatrician who has seen the impacts of drilling and refinery operations in the lungs of the innocent kids who come into her clinic. The Suncor refinery, one of Colorado's largest sources of air pollution, is located within the new district. Dr. Caraveo said 2019's oil and gas reform bill was moderate, and incorporated industry input. The 8th District, the boundaries of which were drawn last year by Colorado's first-ever Independent Redistricting Commission, is the state's most competitive. According to the commission's analysis, former President Donald Trump would have won the district by 1.7 percentage points in the 2016 election, while Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper would have carried the district by the same margin in his defeat of former GOP Sen. Cory Gardner in 2020. Nonpartisan elections analysts rate the race as a toss-up.ARIZONA MIRROR:Oath Keepers are planning to watch drop boxes in Arizona, spurred by conspiracy theories. The groups' violent rhetoric has advocates worried, and some local politicians are stirring the pot. The increased attention to ballot drop boxes comes in the wake of the debunked film “2000 Mules” about a completely made up ballot stuffing operation supposedly benefitting Democratic candidates. Now, groups are organizing events to keep an eye on drop boxes in Arizona. One of those groups is connected directly to the Arizona chapter of the Oath Keepers, a known white supremacist group. They're calling their midterm voter intimidation efforts “Operation Drop Box.” On its website the group members describe themselves as “conservative patriots” who say the country has been hijacked global elites, communists, leftists, deep state bureaucrats, and fake news.”Jim Arroyo, the leader of the Arizona Oath Keepers said the group sent emails to everyone in the group's roster, about 1,000 people. In an Oath Keeprs meeting, Arroyo said “For the November election we would like to post people at drop boxes to have eyes on target to be able to notify law enforcement. We have already coordinated with Sheriff Rhodes and he told us that if we see somebody stuffing a ballot box and we get a license plate number, that deputies would make an arrest and there will be a prosecution.” County Sheriff David Rhodes has spoken to the Arizona chapter of the Oath Keepers on two separate occasions. In an August 2021 meeting, he said “I've got to tell you, this is one of my favorite groups. It is great to be with friends” When asked about coordination between the Sheriff, Lions of Liberty and the Oath Keepers. County spokesperson Kristin Greene said “Sheriff Rhodes has zero to do with their effort to watch the drop boxes.”Rhodes also spoke to the group in late September, a meeting which the Sheriff's Office said was to educate the group on what was legal and what was not legal for the group to do. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office told the group members that as long as they stay 75 feet away from the drop boxes, they are within their legal rights, but any closer and they could be violating the law. The county is also at the center of another effort led by former Graham County Sheriff Richard Mack, who leads the so-called Constitutional Sheriffs Association, an extremist anti-government group.  CSPOA and the Oath Keepers have long had close ties.State Sen. Kelly Townsend, a Republican, called on “vigilantes” to camp out on drop boxes. At a legislative hearing all about indulging wild conspiracy theories, she said, “I have been so pleased to hear about all you vigilantes out there that want to camp out at these drop boxes. We're going to have hidden trail cameras, we are going to have people parked out there watching you and they are going to follow you to your car and get your license plate, so don't try it. Don't try it anymore.” Lake Havasu Republican Sonny Borrelli has also made similar calls while at an election security forum. “We need to be force multipliers,” Borrelli told the crowd in Tempe. “We need to have people camped on unmanned drop boxes and camp on those and keep an eye on them and take down that data, license plates, pictures and so on and so forth.”Concerned voter advocates are advising that .ocal law enforcement may not be the best option for a voter to turn to, if you end up feeling intimidated at the polls - instead suggesting contacting local election officials, the election protection hotline, or federal law enforcement. Voter intimidation is a federal crime, one that is enforced by the FBI and Department of Justice. When asked for comment about the situation with white supremacists camping out at ballot drop boxes, United States Attorney for Arizona Gary Restaino said “Enough with the election deniers and fear-mongers, who only seek to undermine our democratic process. I'm proud to live in a state that endeavors to remove barriers to voting, and that has long believed in vote-by-mail. Working in partnership with our state and local election officials, the Department of Justice will do its very best to ensure that every eligible voter who chooses to vote can do so easily and efficiently, without interference or discrimination.”Most importantly, voters shouldn't let wackos like the Oath Keepers and so-called Constitutional Sheriffs keep you from participating in American democracy. ON THAT NOTE:Arizona's General Election has officially begun, with ballots being sent out across the state to voters who have signed up to receive them by mail, and with polling places opening up for early voting. Voters who have registered for mail-in ballots will begin receiving their ballots soon, and can check the status of their ballot at my.arizona.voteThose who have not yet requested a mail-in ballot have until Oct. 28 to do so. NEVADA CURRENT:Nevada launches opioid task force as fentanyl overdoses increaseThe Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Attorney General Aaron Ford and Gov. Steve Sisolak have launched an opioid task force designed to provide technical assistance, guidance and resources to local and state jurisdictions amid the rise of opioid overdoses. The increase in overdoses is associated with fentanyl, which is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine. Fentanyl is often found in other drugs like cocaine and pills and is not detectable without a chemical test. Between July and August in Nevada, emergency department visits from suspected opioid-related deaths increased by 66% - and emergency department visits from suspected stimulant-related overdoses increased by 50%.For those looking for help, visit: behavioralhealthnv.org in Nevada, or can call the free, confidential, national treatment and referral hotline at 1-800-662-4357. 1-800-662-helpTo find free naloxone or learn about using fentanyl test strips in Nevada, visit nvopioidresponse.orgLast year, 107,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses. Concert pick of the Week: Todd Snider at Washington's FOCOTodd Snider is an American singer/songwriter who is 1000x more fucking badass than implied by that term. He's got a new Live album called Return of the Storyteller, with extra resonance in our post-pandemic era. Snider says laughingly, “This was really only my second tour – because I went out on the road in '94 and never went home until the pandemic.  And I'm so glad I recorded those shows for this album. Because that was the sound of the country getting to see live music again. Everyone just hugs at the start of a concert-you can tell folks are glad to see each other, and then they get more excited than they used to be about just being out and seeing music. I'm sure that it will go back to normal, but it hasn't yet.”So go to the show! Todd Snider is playing next Wednesday Washington's Fort Collins - tickets at washingtonsfoco.com.Next Friday - October 28 he'll be at Knuckleheads in Kansas City - on Saturday November 19th he'll be play the Sheldon Concert Hall in St Louis, and in between he has near daily shows in Des Moines, Eau Claire, Omaha, Iowa City, Chicago, Madison, Grand Rapids, Ohio, Illinois, Raleigh, Knoxville.Closes out the tour in December with 5 dates in Texas, last of which being Luckenback, on December 10.If you can't tell - I'm definitely hoping to catch a couple of this extraordinary storyteller's shows. God willing.Welp, that's it for me! From Denver I'm Sean Diller. Original reporting for the stories in today's show comes from the Nevada Current, Arizona Mirror, Colorado Newsline, Source New Mexico, and Denver's Westword.Thank you for listening! See you next time.

The Heartland POD on TwitterGo to heartlandpod.com for information on all our political podcasts, and a link to support our work on Patreon. Sign up as an Official PODhead for just $5 per month to access all our premium podcast segments and political writing. To join the conversation on Twitter, find us at THE Heartland POD. Alright! Let's get into it: COLORADO NEWSLINE: RINO hunters looking for a bloodbathAs county clerks across Colorado prepared to send out mail ballots to voters on Monday, former President Donald Trump weighed in on one of the state's most-watched 2022 races.Trump blasted Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe O'Dea, a Denver construction CEO, as a “RINO,” or Republican in name only, over comments O'Dea made about a potential 2024 Trump presidential campaign.In a Sunday appearance on CNN's State of the Union, O'Dea was asked whether the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol should disqualify Trump from running again. O'Dea called the events of Jan. 6 “a black eye for our country,” though he has previously said he doesn't believe Trump deserves blame for the Capitol attack.“I don't think Donald Trump should run again,” O'Dea said Sunday. “I'm going to actively campaign against Donald Trump and make sure that we've got four or five really great Republicans right now — Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott. They can run and serve for eight years.”Trump responded in a post on his Truth Social website: “MAGA doesn't Vote for stupid people with big mouths”O'Dea faces an uphill battle against incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat who is seeking his third full Senate term, in a state that has trended increasingly blue in recent elections. Bennet has led O'Dea in recent polling by an average of eight percentage points, according to FiveThirtyEight.A first-time candidate who has pitched himself as a moderate on social issues, O'Dea has walked a tightrope throughout his campaign as he seeks to win over moderate voters without alienating the conservative Republican base.He did not publicly state his opposition to a Trump 2024 bid until after the June GOP primary, when he defeated far-right state Rep. Ron Hanks with 55% of the vote. His campaign clarified that O'Dea would still support Trump in the general election if the former president wins the GOP nomination, but O'Dea has since backed off of that position in interviews.GOP state Rep. Dave Williams, a far-right election denier who mounted an unsuccessful primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn earlier this year, reacted to Trump's comments in a Twitter post.“Ouch,” Williams wrote. “Maybe Joe's campaign shouldn't alienate the base 3 weeks before an election.”Trump's criticism follows Ron Hanks' endorsement of the Libertarian in the Senate race, Bryan Peotter, who has put election denial and total opposition to abortion at the center of his campaign. The Libertarian wrote on Twitter that Trump's attack on O'Dea “reads like an endorsement for my campaign pretty clearly.”In an Oct. 7 appearance on the conservative “Chuck and Julie Show,” Ron Hanks, who received just under 45% of the vote in the GOP's June primary, said neither Peotter nor O'Dea have a chance of beating Bennet - and that Republican voters should vote for Peotter to send a message to party leaders.“It's our time now as grassroots Colorado conservatives to step in. We have a big battle ahead to try to reform this leadership,” said Hanks. “It's got to be a bloodbath.”COLORADO NEWSLINE: Will Colorado legalize psychedelic mushrooms?Ten years after Colorado voters made history by approving the ballot measure that legalized recreational marijuana, this November's Proposition 122 would allow licensed ‘healing centers' and decriminalize personal use of some hallucinogens. The Natural Medicine Health Act would establish a regulated market for psilocybin and psilocyn, the psychoactive compounds found in psychedelic mushrooms. Placed on the 2022 ballot by a citizen initiative, it will become law if a majority of Colorado voters give their approval.The measure would allow licensed “healing centers” to provide access to psilocybin and psilocyn for therapeutic purposes. It would also decriminalize the “personal use” of the substances, allowing people to possess and grow psychedelic mushrooms in their own homes.GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOXNatural Medicine Colorado, the group backing the effort says “Natural psychedelic medicines are non-addictive, and can have profound benefits for people struggling with mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, opioid use disorder, and those struggling to find peace at the end of their lives.”Proposition 122 qualified for the ballot in July after organizers submitted more than the required 124,632 valid signatures to the secretary of state's office. An issue committee backing the measure has reported more than $2.8 million in contributions, according to campaign finance disclosures.Nearly all of that funding came from New Approach PAC, a Washington, D.C.-based PAC that advocates for drug policy reform. Top donors to the group include the van Ameringen Foundation, Scotts Miracle-Gro and Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps.New Approach PAC supported successful mushroom decriminalization measures in Oregon and Washington, D.C., in 2020. If voters approve Proposition 122, Colorado would become the third jurisdiction in the country to legalize psilocybin.Denver voters took a more limited step towards the decriminalization of psychedelic mushrooms in 2019, approving a measure that directed police to make possession of psychedelics the city's ”lowest law-enforcement priority.”Legalization advocates point to a vast body of existing research showing that psychedelics can be effective in treating depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions. The federal Food and Drug Administration has designated psilocybin as a “breakthrough therapy” for the treatment of major depressive disorder.Luke Gruber, an initiative backer and a Marine veteran who suffered from PTSD and depression after serving in Afghanistan, says psilocybin therapy “changed his life.”He said, “I can't really describe the experience, but I can describe what it was like after my first treatment with natural medicine. It was like being reminded of what hope felt like.”If passed, Proposition 122 would establish a 15-member Natural Medicine Advisory Board to oversee the regulation of psychedelic substances. The first licenses for regulated providers would be issued beginning in September 2024. Pending recommendations from the advisory board, other substances, including DMT and mescaline, could be added to the program in 2026.I WILL BE VOTING YES. COLORADO NEWSLINE: SHE'S JUST BLOWING SMOKEKirkmeyer repeats false Colorado oil and gas claims in 8th District debate against CaraveoIn a recent debate in the race for Colorado's new 8th Congressional District, right-wing GOP State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer took the opportunity to repeat a series of false claims about the oil and gas industry, and the impacts of a 2019 law sponsored by her Democratic opponent, state Rep. Dr. Yadira Caraveo.Kirkmeyer called the package of new health, safety and environmental reforms a “de facto ban on oil and gas. We went from 5,100 permits approved in 2018 down to about, I think, 22 — 22 permits this year, something approximately in that area,” she claimed.So, it's not 22. It's actually 842 new drilling permits that have been approved this year. Nearly 40 times higher than what Kirkmeyer claimed. In total, there are 1,314 active drilling permits held by Colorado oil and gas producers as of last week.She made a similar false claim in March, asserting that only four permits had been issued at that point in the year. The true figure was 125.Colorado's oil production levels have dipped slightly from their 2019 peak, but remain near historic highs. Producers within the state are on pace to pump more than 156 million barrels of crude oil out of Colorado this year. That's higher than every other year prior to 2018, and it's more than five times the volume being pumped in Colorado ten years ago. Drillers have reduced growth plans and capital budgets in large part due to the demands of Wall Street investors, who flooded the industry with cheap credit amid the 2010s fracking boom, but have since sought to prioritize more profitable streams of revenue.Kirkmeyer claimed that SB-181 “killed thousands of jobs” in the 8th District, which encompasses an area in north metro Denver and Weld County that is home to the vast majority of Colorado's oil production. Asked why the same trends were observed in drilling-friendly states like Texas and Wyoming recently, Kirkmeyer said, “I have no idea what other laws, or what other kinds of regulations, or what else was going on in those states.” Kirkmeyer also denied the scientific consensus on fossil fuels and climate change. Dr. Caraveo, the Democratic candidate, is a pediatrician who has seen the impacts of drilling and refinery operations in the lungs of the innocent kids who come into her clinic. The Suncor refinery, one of Colorado's largest sources of air pollution, is located within the new district. Dr. Caraveo said 2019's oil and gas reform bill was moderate, and incorporated industry input. The 8th District, the boundaries of which were drawn last year by Colorado's first-ever Independent Redistricting Commission, is the state's most competitive. According to the commission's analysis, former President Donald Trump would have won the district by 1.7 percentage points in the 2016 election, while Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper would have carried the district by the same margin in his defeat of former GOP Sen. Cory Gardner in 2020. Nonpartisan elections analysts rate the race as a toss-up.ARIZONA MIRROR:Oath Keepers are planning to watch drop boxes in Arizona, spurred by conspiracy theories. The groups' violent rhetoric has advocates worried, and some local politicians are stirring the pot. The increased attention to ballot drop boxes comes in the wake of the debunked film “2000 Mules” about a completely made up ballot stuffing operation supposedly benefitting Democratic candidates. Now, groups are organizing events to keep an eye on drop boxes in Arizona. One of those groups is connected directly to the Arizona chapter of the Oath Keepers, a known white supremacist group. They're calling their midterm voter intimidation efforts “Operation Drop Box.” On its website the group members describe themselves as “conservative patriots” who say the country has been hijacked global elites, communists, leftists, deep state bureaucrats, and fake news.”Jim Arroyo, the leader of the Arizona Oath Keepers said the group sent emails to everyone in the group's roster, about 1,000 people. In an Oath Keeprs meeting, Arroyo said “For the November election we would like to post people at drop boxes to have eyes on target to be able to notify law enforcement. We have already coordinated with Sheriff Rhodes and he told us that if we see somebody stuffing a ballot box and we get a license plate number, that deputies would make an arrest and there will be a prosecution.” County Sheriff David Rhodes has spoken to the Arizona chapter of the Oath Keepers on two separate occasions. In an August 2021 meeting, he said “I've got to tell you, this is one of my favorite groups. It is great to be with friends” When asked about coordination between the Sheriff, Lions of Liberty and the Oath Keepers. County spokesperson Kristin Greene said “Sheriff Rhodes has zero to do with their effort to watch the drop boxes.”Rhodes also spoke to the group in late September, a meeting which the Sheriff's Office said was to educate the group on what was legal and what was not legal for the group to do. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office told the group members that as long as they stay 75 feet away from the drop boxes, they are within their legal rights, but any closer and they could be violating the law. The county is also at the center of another effort led by former Graham County Sheriff Richard Mack, who leads the so-called Constitutional Sheriffs Association, an extremist anti-government group.  CSPOA and the Oath Keepers have long had close ties.State Sen. Kelly Townsend, a Republican, called on “vigilantes” to camp out on drop boxes. At a legislative hearing all about indulging wild conspiracy theories, she said, “I have been so pleased to hear about all you vigilantes out there that want to camp out at these drop boxes. We're going to have hidden trail cameras, we are going to have people parked out there watching you and they are going to follow you to your car and get your license plate, so don't try it. Don't try it anymore.” Lake Havasu Republican Sonny Borrelli has also made similar calls while at an election security forum. “We need to be force multipliers,” Borrelli told the crowd in Tempe. “We need to have people camped on unmanned drop boxes and camp on those and keep an eye on them and take down that data, license plates, pictures and so on and so forth.”Concerned voter advocates are advising that .ocal law enforcement may not be the best option for a voter to turn to, if you end up feeling intimidated at the polls - instead suggesting contacting local election officials, the election protection hotline, or federal law enforcement. Voter intimidation is a federal crime, one that is enforced by the FBI and Department of Justice. When asked for comment about the situation with white supremacists camping out at ballot drop boxes, United States Attorney for Arizona Gary Restaino said “Enough with the election deniers and fear-mongers, who only seek to undermine our democratic process. I'm proud to live in a state that endeavors to remove barriers to voting, and that has long believed in vote-by-mail. Working in partnership with our state and local election officials, the Department of Justice will do its very best to ensure that every eligible voter who chooses to vote can do so easily and efficiently, without interference or discrimination.”Most importantly, voters shouldn't let wackos like the Oath Keepers and so-called Constitutional Sheriffs keep you from participating in American democracy. ON THAT NOTE:Arizona's General Election has officially begun, with ballots being sent out across the state to voters who have signed up to receive them by mail, and with polling places opening up for early voting. Voters who have registered for mail-in ballots will begin receiving their ballots soon, and can check the status of their ballot at my.arizona.voteThose who have not yet requested a mail-in ballot have until Oct. 28 to do so. NEVADA CURRENT:Nevada launches opioid task force as fentanyl overdoses increaseThe Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Attorney General Aaron Ford and Gov. Steve Sisolak have launched an opioid task force designed to provide technical assistance, guidance and resources to local and state jurisdictions amid the rise of opioid overdoses. The increase in overdoses is associated with fentanyl, which is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine. Fentanyl is often found in other drugs like cocaine and pills and is not detectable without a chemical test. Between July and August in Nevada, emergency department visits from suspected opioid-related deaths increased by 66% - and emergency department visits from suspected stimulant-related overdoses increased by 50%.For those looking for help, visit: behavioralhealthnv.org in Nevada, or can call the free, confidential, national treatment and referral hotline at 1-800-662-4357. 1-800-662-helpTo find free naloxone or learn about using fentanyl test strips in Nevada, visit nvopioidresponse.orgLast year, 107,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses. Concert pick of the Week: Todd Snider at Washington's FOCOTodd Snider is an American singer/songwriter who is 1000x more fucking badass than implied by that term. He's got a new Live album called Return of the Storyteller, with extra resonance in our post-pandemic era. Snider says laughingly, “This was really only my second tour – because I went out on the road in '94 and never went home until the pandemic.  And I'm so glad I recorded those shows for this album. Because that was the sound of the country getting to see live music again. Everyone just hugs at the start of a concert-you can tell folks are glad to see each other, and then they get more excited than they used to be about just being out and seeing music. I'm sure that it will go back to normal, but it hasn't yet.”So go to the show! Todd Snider is playing next Wednesday Washington's Fort Collins - tickets at washingtonsfoco.com.Next Friday - October 28 he'll be at Knuckleheads in Kansas City - on Saturday November 19th he'll be play the Sheldon Concert Hall in St Louis, and in between he has near daily shows in Des Moines, Eau Claire, Omaha, Iowa City, Chicago, Madison, Grand Rapids, Ohio, Illinois, Raleigh, Knoxville.Closes out the tour in December with 5 dates in Texas, last of which being Luckenback, on December 10.If you can't tell - I'm definitely hoping to catch a couple of this extraordinary storyteller's shows. God willing.Welp, that's it for me! From Denver I'm Sean Diller. Original reporting for the stories in today's show comes from the Nevada Current, Arizona Mirror, Colorado Newsline, Source New Mexico, and Denver's Westword.Thank you for listening! See you next time.

THE THESIS: This is progressive originalism and, yes, that is oxymoronic. Justice Jackson is making the case that racism as government policy is okay because the old, white men who wrote our founding documents were, in her mind, racist. What she really intends to do is to push the Cultural Revolution from the bench as anyone who read even a little bit about her views as a judge knew she would do on SCOTUS. THE SCRIPTURE & SCRIPTURAL RESOURCES: Hosea 9:7The days of punishment are coming, the days of reckoning are at hand. Let Israel know this.Because your sins are so many and your hostility so great,the prophet is considered a fool, the inspired person a maniac.Hosea 9:10“When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert;when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree.But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.Hosea 10:3-4Then they will say, “We have no king because we did not revere the Lord.But even if we had a king, what could he do for us?”4 They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements;therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.THE NEWS & COMMENT:The woman who is on the court because she is black and female--though she famously has no idea what the word “woman” means--is doing exactly what we knew she would do: attempting to legislate racism unto the law, making all black people victims and all white people oppressors. She is nothing more than a communist who intends to legislate America into splintered pieces. [AUDIO] - Justice Jackson tells the Alabama solicitor general that the Framers of the 14th Amendment did NOT intend it to be “race neutral or race blind,” so taking race into account to protect minority voting rights is perfectly constitutional. Progressive originalism at work.Jackson wants to control who gets what and she uses racism as her cover. The Revolutionary Communist Party's Podcast celebrates using the cover of the weather--Climate Catastrophe, don't-cha-know--to control everything. The 14th Amendment “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”Her comrades in the Communist Party, USA are really excited about the new control governments are seizing: [AUDIO] - There are many creative ideas for how to address the #climate crisis. Under capitalism they go nowhere if they aren't profitable. But these ideas CAN be put into effect in a revolutionary socialist system.Raymond Lotta was or is a leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party (“USA”) and the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement.Almost ten years ago, I began pointing out that America has been pushed into a cold, civil war. I guess I should feel better with people like Victor David Hanson in agreement with me:Victor Davis Hanson: The Thinnest Veneer Of Civilization RemainsThe veneer of respectability and civility has no place in the separate Country of California where the government intends to control what every doctor says and/or prescribes using Covid as the cover: Want Informed Consent? Speak Out Against California's New ‘Misinformation' Law; Now is the time to speak out against California's AB 2098, signed into law Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, which designates the dissemination of misinformation or disinformation related to COVID-19 as “unprofessional conduct."In the heart of every tyrant there is the poison combination of fear, arrogance and ignorance. They fear because they don't know The Lord, they are arrogant because they believe themselves to be god-like and they remain ignorant because they believe there is nothing they do not know. Alaska Earthquake; Elite Panic vs. the Resilient Populace. The lessons of a forgotten American disasterAs in war, the first casualty in disasters is often the truth. One symptom of elite panic is the belief that too much information, or the wrong kind of information, will send citizens reeling. After the 2011 tsunami knocked out Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, officials gave a series of confusing briefings. To many, they seemed to be downplaying the amount of radiation released in the accident. In the end, the radiation risks turned out to be much lower than feared, resulting in no civilian deaths. But, by then, the traumatized public had lost faith in any official statements. As one team of researchers notes, any “perceived lack of information provision increases public anxiety and distrust.”Elite panic frequently brings out another unsavory quirk on the part of some authorities: a tendency to believe the worst about their own citizens. In the midst of the Hurricane Katrina crisis in 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin found time to go on Oprah Winfrey's show and lament “hooligans killing people, raping people” in the Superdome. Public officials and the media credulously repeated rumors about street violence, snipers shooting at helicopters, and hundreds of bodies piled in the Superdome. These all turned out to be wild exaggerations or falsehoods (arguably tinged by racism). But the stories had an impact: Away from the media's cameras, a massive rescue effort—made up of freelance volunteers, Coast Guard helicopters, and other first responders—was underway across the city. But city officials, fearing attacks on the rescuers, frequently delayed these operations. They ordered that precious space in boats and helicopters be reserved for armed escorts.Too often, the need to “avoid panic” serves as a retroactive justification for all manner of official missteps. In late March, as the coronavirus pandemic was climbing toward its crest in New York City, Mayor Bill De Blasio appeared on CNN's State of the Union to defend his record. Host Jake Tapper pressed the mayor on his many statements—as recently as two weeks earlier—urging New Yorkers to “go about their lives.” Tapper asked whether those statements were “at least in part to blame for how the virus has spread across the city.” De Blasio didn't give an inch. “Everybody was working with the information we had,” he explained, “and trying, of course, to avoid panic.” How advising people to avoid bars and Broadway shows would have been tantamount to panic was left unexplained.

This week on Unorthodox, lots of lox drama at one Manhattan synagogue. Our Gentile of the Week is author and podcaster Michael Lewis, who gamely revisits his 1993 Toy Goy article in the New Republic, tells us about being on the receiving end of antisemitic taunts for attending the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans and shares what he learned researching his 2016 book, The Undoing Project, about the friendship between Israeli cognitive psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. Our Jew of the Week is Dana Bash, CNN's chief political correspondent and the co-anchor of CNN's State of the Union. She joins us to tell us what she learned while reporting her recent CNN special, “Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America,” and why she decided to also make the story personal.  Our annual fundraiser is underway, and this year we're upping the stakes: for every $100 you donate, you'll be entered to win a mystery gift box curated by Stephanie, Mark, or Liel. Donate at tabletm.ag/mysterybox, and thank you for your support. We're heading back on the road! Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. We love to hear from you! Send us emails and voice memos at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave a voicemail at our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Remember to tell us who you are and where you're calling from.  Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel. Want to book us for a live show or event in your area, or partner with us in some other way? Email Tanya Singer at tsinger@tabletmag.com. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Sponsors:  Soom tahini is the perfect ingredient for your fall meals. Use discount code UNORTHODOX22 for 10% off your next order at soomfoods.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Dowd has a counterintuitive formula for Democrats to win the 2022 election: Matthew Dowd is going against the grain. And he just may be right with the strategy that Democrats must follow to win the 2022 election. Watch Jen Psaki destroy a reporter trying to shield GOP from Rick Scott's middle-class tax hike: A reporter took exception to President Biden calling out the GOP branded Rick Scott tax hike. Jen Psaki destroyed her willful incompetence. Jake Tapper grills MS Gov. on Roe overturn: Given your track record why should people believe you?: CNN's State of the Union host Jake Tapper did not allow Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves to bloviate over Roe v. Wade's overturn. Bill Crosier, President of Houston Peace & Justice Center discusses his organization and politics: The president of the Houston Peace & Justice Center, Bill Crosier, discusses the purpose of the organization and current politics. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/support

Jake Tapper grills MS Gov. on Roe overturn: Given your track record why should people believe you?: CNN's State of the Union host Jake Tapper did not allow Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves to bloviate over Roe v. Wade's overturn. Jen Psaki stops a reporter who made Alito's leaked brief, the story. It's control of women's bodies: Jen Psaki did not allow a reporter who bought into the Republicans' talking point about Alito's leaked memo. She stopped it cold. Fareed Zakaria: Blue America is Western Europe. Red America is Saudi Arabia & Nigeria: Fareed Zakaria pointed out why blue America is like Western Europe and Red America is like Saudi Arabia and Nigeria. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/support

A week after the Supreme Court draft opinion leak potentially overturning Roe v Wade, reactions to Governor Tate Reeves side stepping Jake Tapper's questions on HB 1510, the "15 week ban", CNN's State of the Union.

Guest is Andy Field, ABC News Correspondent  Pressure is mounting for President Biden to visit Ukraine after his administration said it is considering sending a senior official to the embattled country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday both expressed an interest in having Biden visit Ukraine; British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the war-torn country earlier this month. Zelensky told CNN's “State of the Union” that he expects the U.S. leader will do so. “I think he will. And I think he — but it's not — I mean, it's his decision, of course. And about the safety situation, it depends. I mean that. But I think — I think he's the leader of the United States, and that's why he should come here to see,” Zelensky said. Kuleba said a visit from Biden “would be an important message of support for us” during an interview with CBS's “Face the Nation,” and he noted that a meeting between the two presidents could “pave the way” for new supplies, weapons and discussions on a possible political settlement to end the conflict. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest is Andy Field, ABC News Correspondent  Pressure is mounting for President Biden to visit Ukraine after his administration said it is considering sending a senior official to the embattled country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday both expressed an interest in having Biden visit Ukraine; British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the war-torn country earlier this month. Zelensky told CNN's “State of the Union” that he expects the U.S. leader will do so. “I think he will. And I think he — but it's not — I mean, it's his decision, of course. And about the safety situation, it depends. I mean that. But I think — I think he's the leader of the United States, and that's why he should come here to see,” Zelensky said. Kuleba said a visit from Biden “would be an important message of support for us” during an interview with CBS's “Face the Nation,” and he noted that a meeting between the two presidents could “pave the way” for new supplies, weapons and discussions on a possible political settlement to end the conflict. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At nearly the same moment President Joe Biden declared him a "butcher," Vladimir Putin's missiles began falling in Lviv, Ukraine.Sending black smoke and flames billowing into the air, and injuring at least five people, the strikes on a fuel depot pierced what had been relative calm in the western hub city that had seen relatively little of the war that has engulfed the nation.The target hardly seemed coincidental. Biden was 250 miles away, visiting Ukrainian refugees in bitter cold at Poland's national stadium. He heard pleas from young mothers to pray for the men -- husbands, fathers, brothers -- they had left behind."We Ukrainian mothers are ready to strangle (Putin) with our bare hands," said a woman whose son remained to fight. Gathering up a small girl wearing a pink coat and pigtails, Biden told her he wanted to take her home.When he returned to his hotel, aides briefed Biden on the strikes in Lviv. A few hours later, propelled by heartache and anger, Biden walked into the courtyard of an old Polish castle to declare the Russian President "cannot remain in power."The very final words Biden would utter on his last-minute swing through Europe ended up being the most consequential, reverberating widely as Air Force One departed for Washington. They surprised his aides, many of whom spent hours honing the text of a speech viewed by the White House as a significant moment for Biden's presidency. The line Biden uttered wasn't in what they wrote.Gathered backstage at the castle, White House officials hastily issued a clarification -- one of several on this trip alone -- to say Biden wasn't calling for regime change. But not before the Kremlin issued its own affronted response, saying Russia's ruler is "not to be decided by Mr. Biden."The administration's downplaying of Biden's remark continued Sunday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying from Israel, "I think the President, the White House, made the point last night that, quite simply, President Putin cannot be empowered to wage war or engage in aggression against Ukraine or anyone else."The series of events that unfolded here Saturday afternoon placed into sharp relief the highly unsettled atmosphere that pervades Europe as Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its second month. A display of aggression from Putin in the borderlands of Ukraine was followed by an offhand yet forcefully delivered suggestion from Biden that Russians find another leader."He went to the National Stadium in Warsaw and literally met with hundreds of Ukrainians. He heard their heroic stories as they were fleeing Ukraine in the wake of Russia's brutal war in Ukraine. In the moment, I think that was a principled human reaction to the stories that he had heard that day," Biden's ambassador to NATO, Julianne Smith, said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."Biden's view of Putin had been growing increasingly dark over the past month, according to officials, and his language has sharpened in describing a "pure thug," "murderous dictator," "war criminal" and, after visiting refugees at the stadium, a "butcher."His aides have said Biden has been hoping to avoid the Cold War, Washington versus Moscow dynamic he believes Putin desires. Instead, he left Europe more directly at odds with the Russian leader than ever.Whether that was his intention seemed unclear. The clarification the White House issued was at least the third time on Biden's trip a White House official felt obliged to clean up remarks the President made that appeared, on their own, startling.As he was hailing the heroism of the Ukrainians, Biden told US troops "you're going to see when you're there" -- even though he's vowed American forces won't be entering the conflict directly. Afterward, a spokesman said nothing had changed: "The President has been clear we are not sending US troops to Ukraine."And after Biden said he would respond "in kind" to the...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that Russia's "playbook" for an invasion of Ukraine is moving forward, though he said there still is a chance for diplomacy to avert a war."As we've described it, everything leading up to the actual invasion appears to be taking place," Blinken said on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday.Ukraine's defense ministry reported more than 100 ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine on Saturday and said that shelling continued into Sunday, while Russian troops remain in Belarus to continue military exercises that were supposed to have concluded.Blinken told CNN's Dana Bash he was concerned that the extension of the exercises was another sign that Russia was setting the stage to invade, following "false-flag" operations this week and the accumulation of more than 150,000 Russian forces along Ukraine's border."Now they're justifying the continuation of 'exercises' that they said would end now, the continuation indefinitely of those quote-unquote exercises on the situation in eastern Ukraine -- a situation that they created by continuing to ramp up tensions," Blinken said.Still, Blinken said the US would continue to try to find a last-ditch diplomatic path. He said President Joe Biden is willing to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin "at any time, in any format" if it will help prevent a war, saying the Biden administration will continue to take whatever steps it can to try to convince Moscow not to invade Ukraine."We believe President Putin has made the decision, but until the tanks are actually rolling, and the planes are flying, we will use every opportunity and every minute we have to see if diplomacy can still dissuade President Putin from carrying this forward," Blinken said.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Germany on Saturday, where he met with Vice President Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference. Zelensky said that he was urging the US and Europe not to wait to put in place sanctions against Russia, arguing that they wouldn't help Ukraine if they only were invoked after an invasion had already begun.Blinken said on Sunday that the US did not want to unveil the sanctions ahead of time because that would "allow Russia to try and plan against them.""The purpose of the sanctions in the first instance is to try to deter Russia from going to war," he said. "As soon as you trigger them, that deterrent is gone and until the last minute, as long as we can try to bring a deterrent effect to this, we're going to try to do that."Blinken said that if Putin goes forward with an invasion, the US and NATO have been clear they're "going to come down on him and Russia very, very hard."Asked if Putin could be bluffing, Blinken said, "There's always a chance, but every indication that we've seen, every move that he's made, that has followed the play that we laid out for the world to see in front of the United Nations Security Council, he is following the script almost to the letter.""Everything we're seeing suggests that this is dead serious, that we are on the brink of an invasion," he added.But Putin still has options on the table if he chooses to take a diplomatic off-ramp to the tensions, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Sunday."We have made serious proposals and talked about changing, for instance, the scope and scale of some of our exercises in Europe, being willing to talk about offensive missile capabilities in Europe. We have certainly put forward other proposals to try to convince Mr. Putin ... that we're serious," Kirby told Fox.He also made clear the issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO, however, is "an issue for Ukraine and for NATO.""That is not something that Mr. Putin can simply institute a veto over or decide for himself," he said.And the US would not recognize the ceding of Crimea or any other territory in Eastern Ukraine to Russia as a way to...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the debate over President Biden's sweeping “build back better” agenda continues in Washington, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin hasn't been shy about laying out his demands, as Democratic leadership in the House and Senate and the White House bend over backwards to garner his and Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema's votes for reconciliation bill that's been moving through Congress. High on Senator Manchin's list: adding so-called work requirements to the newly expanded Child Tax Credit. In a September appearance on CNN's State of the Union, he derided parents who don't work outside the home, asking: “Don't you think, if we're going to help the children, that people should make some effort?”  Asked what he thought of the West Virginia Senator's remarks, Child Tax Credit champion and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown responded as aptly as he did succinctly, declaring: “I think raising children is work.” Of course, so-called “work requirements”—the policy of using survival benefits as a tool to compel paid work outside the home—is not a new idea. Indeed they were the centerpiece of Donald Trump's agenda to dismantle the safety net for the better part of his one-term presidency.  But the notion of so-called work requirements dates back a lot farther than Trump—and even a lot farther back than Ronald Reagan's racist myth of the welfare queen. Indeed, as a recent report from the Center of the Study of Social Policy documents in painstaking depth, the long and sordid history of work requirements in U.S. income policy has roots that trace back centuries to the slave trade. So given the Senator from West Virginia's continued interest in keeping work requirements alive, instead of turning the page on this kind of policymaking-by-dog-whistle and ensuring that all families have what they need to thrive—we at Off-Kilter thought it might be helpful to take a deep dive into the racist roots of work requirements. Joining Rebecca for this week's show: Aisha Nyandoro, chief executive officer of Springboard to Opportunity and architect of the Magnolia Mother's Trust; Jeremie Greer, cofounder and co-executive director of Liberation in a Generation; and Elisa Minoff, senior policy analyst at the Center for the Study of Social Policy and the author of “The Racist Roots of Work Requirements.”  Dig into Elisa Minoff's full report, “The Racist Roots of Work Requirements” For more on the history and consequences of the 1996 welfare law, check out “TANF Policies Reflect Racist Legacy of Cash Assistance” by Ife Floyd Read “Work Requirements Would Undermine the CTC's Impacts on Racial and Economic Justice” by the Children's Defense Fund's Emma Mehrabi

While we are told to "trust the science" how much can we really trust, Biden, CDC, and Fauchi?First up, the COVID 'HOSPITALIZATION' STATS ARE WRONGHealth experts consider hospitalizations as the main barometer for measuring where we are in the Covid pandemic. But a major study just revealed that roughly half of the recorded Covid hospitalizations are not accurate.https://tv.gab.com/channel/peterboykin/embed/biden-cdc-and-fauchi-are-not-6141e2d270d6269c0bcd5e00/The truth: The Atlantic [a left-wing news outlet] broke down the study and found that just under 50% of reported hospitalizations are for either asymptomatic cases or mild cases. Why this matters: Health professions consider hospitalizations the most vital metric for tracking the risk posed by the disease. Death obviously is an important metric, but hospitalization also tells you how many people suffered major illnesses along with death. So when half of those hospitalizations tracked are not serious illness... You've got a problem.Why are the numbers SO wrong: The Federal government requires hospitals to report every patient who tests positive for Covid. A positive test adds them to the "hospitalizations" pile, with no differentiation between severity. Some of the reasons they are considered hospitalized are:They have mild symptoms but the doctor wants to observe them because they have comorbiditiesSometimes they're at the hospital for un-related illness and happen to test positive for Covid.Then the media gets a hold of these totals and you end up with sensationalized headlines about hospitals being at capacity. And it's no wonder why time after time, the hospitals have to correct the media claims that they're near 100% capacity. Second, up, NEW DOCUMENTS INDICATE FAUCI FUNDED DEADLY RESEARCH THAT HE PREVIOUSLY DENIEDThe debate is over. The U.S., thought Dr. Anthony Fauci, sent millions of your tax dollars to fund deadly gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology - the same lab where Covid likely originated. The Intercept sued the U.S. government for 900-pages of previously hidden documents that prove it.Before we get into the Intercept article, I want to remind you of this interaction between Senator Rand Paul and Dr. Fauci from July 20 at a Senate hearing:Senator Rand Paul: "Dr. Fauci, knowing that it is a crime to lie to Congress, do you wish to retract your statement of May 11th, where you claim that the NIH never funded 'gain of function' research in Wuhan?"Dr. Fauci: "Senator Paul, I have never lied before the Congress and I do not retract that statement... and Senator Paul, you do not know what you're talking about."Back up: 'Gain of function' is basically when scientists speed up the mutation of a virus in a lab. Through these mutations, a virus "gains new functions" and can become much more deadly.This bombshell report provides deeper insight into how the U.S. funded gain of function research with bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and funneled the funding through a U.S.-based company called EcoHealth Alliance. "The trove of documents includes two previously unpublished grant proposals that were funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (which Fauci runs), as well as project updates relating to the EcoHealth Alliance's research, which has been scrutinized amid increased interest in the origins of the pandemic."Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University says these new documents prove that the Fauci grants to EcoHealth "funded gain-of-function research as defined in federal policies" because it specifically sought to make chimeric SARS-based coronaviruses, which they confirmed could infect human cells.Ebright continues: "The documents make it clear that assertions by the NIH Director, Francis Collins, and the NIAID Director, Anthony Fauci, that the NIH did not support gain-of-function research or potential pandemic pathogen enhancement at WIV are untruthful.““This is a roadmap to the high-risk research that could have led to the current pandemic," according to Gary Ruskin, executive director of U.S. Right To Know.Meanwhile but most important is the Biden Admin, the Surgeon general has stated that the US is to 'monitor' whether vaccine exemptions are being used properlyU.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has advised that the Biden administration will "monitor" to ensure no one abuses COVID-19 vaccine exemptions.President Biden announced a mandate that required any company with at least 100 employees to mandate its workforce. The only way to avoid the mandate is to claim an exemption on either religious or medical grounds. Some critics argue that the exemptions allow for simple abuse, but Murthy insists the administration will ensure that does not happen. "Unfortunately, as a country, we have experience in dealing with exemptions, but we've got to be vigilant there and make sure that people are using them, you know, in the spirit that they're intended and not abusing them or asking for exemptions when they don't apply," Murthy told CNN's "State of the Union." "That's an area that we continue to monitor in the days and weeks ahead."Biden's vaccine mandate has met immediate opposition from Republican governors, who made clear that they plan to oppose the mandate with legal action if necessary after claiming the mandate was "unconstitutional." "The American Dream has turned into a nightmare under President Biden and the radical Democrats," Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said on Twitter in response to the mandate. "They have declared war against capitalism, thumbed their noses at the Constitution, and empowered our enemies abroad."The new mandate would affect about 80 million Americans, with about 17 million workers at health facilities also required to get vaccinated.There is something more pressing about all of this... WHY DID THE CDC CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF 'VACCINE'?The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its definition for the term "vaccine" on its website. See if you can spot the difference.The old definition: "a product that stimulates a person's immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease."The new definition: “a preparation that is used to stimulate the body's immune response against diseases."Why would the CDC remove the part of the definition that refers to producing immunity? They claim "the current definition is more transparent" because vaccines never produce 100% immunity. It seems that the old definition doesn't square with their plan to continue to roll out booster shots every 6-8 months. So they had to get rid of the language. Or they could be trying to get ahead of the fact that the vaccines aren't protecting as well against the Delta variant. [Source: The Atlantic, The Intercept, Epoch Times, Fox News, Waking Up Right]https://www.spreaker.com/user/9922149/biden-cdc-and-fauchi-are-not-to-be-trust#Boykin4CongressPeter R Boykin Peter Boykin For United States Congress https://BoykinForCongress.comhttps://t.me/BoykinForCongressSupport The Podcast and WebsiteTo Donate to the Podcast (NOT THE CAMPAIGN)https://paypal.me/magafirstnewsJoin Peter Boykin on Telegramhttps://t.me/RealPeterBoykin#GoRightNewshttps://GoRightNews.com

Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including: President Biden's German shepherd Major attacked many more people than the White House has disclosed, according to newly released emails. White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked Friday how Americans can “have faith” in President Joe Biden's administration regarding Afghanistan when it shielded the number of dog-biting incidents. Sen. Mitt Romney Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union” accused the Trump administration of having helped “cause this crisis” unfolding in Afghanistan.

--On the Show: --Farron Cousins, host of Farron Balanced and Ring of Fire, fills in for David --The Department of Homeland Security is warning of violence from conspiracy theorist Trump supporters who believe Trump will be reinstated as president soon --Trump supporters are headed back to the Capitol on September 18th as part of a "Justice for J6" rally --Trumpist attorney Lin Wood suffers another defeat in the federal courts, this time on a case arguing the rules of the 2021 US Senate runoff elections in Georgia --Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy says on CNN's State of the Union that he disagrees with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's decision to ban mask mandates --A Morning Consult poll finds that 56% of adults believe companies should require COVID-19 vaccinations for their employees and customers --A former Newsmax host named Dick Farrel dies of complications due to COVID-19 after spending the last year calling coronavirus a "scamdemic" and then having a deathbed conversion about the virus and the vaccine --Donald Trump is furious with some Senate Republicans for working to pass Joe Biden's infrastructure proposal --The US Postal Service will pay $120 million to a contractor that Trumpist Postmaster General Louis DeJoy once led and whose family still holds a stake --The Republican strategy for the next election cycles is to focus on culture war issues and to strawman progressive positions --A Republican official from Arizona's Maricopa County says that he and his family have received death threats after saying the 2020 election was secure --On the Bonus Show: Alabama miner strike continues, CNN host wants to name COVID variant after DeSantis, student loan moratorium extended, and much more...

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The Trump Administration continues to downplay the pandemic, Vice-President Mike Pence campaigns even as staff members in his inner circle test positive for SARS-CoV-2, and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," that the Administration is no longer going to control the pandemic. Some Americans are beginning to fear a dark post-election America if the other side wins. Fear of the "other" candidate winning is felt by Biden and Trump supporters. Americans usually fear foreign threats, not each other. Does the pandemic have us on edge or is something deeper going on in America? Also this hour: The Trump Administration is counting on a vaccine by the end of the year. But approval of a vaccine may signal the beginning of a long year tracking the safety of potentially multiple vaccines in the absence of a vaccine safety office dedicated solely to leading the effort. GUESTS: Yascha Mounk is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Persuasion, an associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. His latest book is "The People Vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is In Danger and How To Save It." @yascha_mounk Carl Zimmer is the author of thirteen books about science. His next book, “Life’s Edge: The Search For What It Means To Be Alive,” will be published in March 2021. He writes the "Matter" column for The New York Times, and is an adjunct professor at Yale. (@carlzimmer) Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LISTEN TO KERRE MCIVOR TALK WITH CODY WEDDLE, VENEZUELAN CORRESPONDENT FROM SAN ANTONIO DEL TACHIRAOppositionleader Juan Guaido has called on the international community to consider "all options" to resolve Venezuela's crisis, a dramatic escalation in rhetoric that echoes comments from the Trump administration hinting at potential U.S. military involvement.Guaido's comments late Saturday came after a tumultuous day that saw President Nicolas Maduro's forces fire tear gas and buckshot on activists trying to deliver humanitarian aid in violent clashes that left two people dead and some 300 injured.For weeks, the U.S. and regional allies had been amassing emergency food and medical kits on Venezuela's borders in anticipation of carrying out a "humanitarian avalanche" by land and sea to undermine Maduro's rule.With activists failing to penetrate government blockades and deliver the aid, Guaido announced late Saturday that he would escalate his appeal to the international community — beginning with a meeting Monday in Colombia's capital with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on the sidelines of an emergency summit of leaders of the so-called Lima Group to discuss Venezuela's crisis.He said he would urge the international community to keep "all options open" in the fight to restore Venezuela's democracy, using identical language to that of President Donald Trump, who in his public statements has repeatedly refused to rule out force and reportedly even secretly pressed aides as early as 2017 about the possibility of a military incursion.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has also stepped up the belligerent rhetoric, saying on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday that Maduro's "days are numbered."A close Guadio ally, Julio Borges, the exiled leader of congress who is Guaido's ambassador to the Lima Group, was even more explicit in urging a military option. "We are going to demand an escalation of diplomatic pressure ... and the use of force against Nicolas Maduro's dictatorship," he said Sunday.It's a prospect that analysts warn risks fracturing a hard-won coalition of Latin American nations who've come together to pressure Maduro's socialist government. Most Latin American governments, even conservative ones like those in neighboring Colombia and Brazil, are on the record opposing a military solution and would face huge dissent should they back any military action led by the U.S., whose interventions in the region during the Cold War remain an open wound."These governments know they would face a huge tide of internal opinion greatly offended by a US-led invasion for historical and political reasons," said Ivan Briscoe, the Latin America director for the Crisis Group, a Belgium-based think tank.At the same time, though polls say Venezuelans overwhelmingly want Maduro to resign, almost an equal number reject the possibility of a foreign invasion to resolve the political impasse.Resting at the foot of the Simon Bolivar bridge as work crews in Colombia began removing debris left by the unrest, Claudia Aguilar said she would support a military invasion but worries it would lead to more bloodshed.The 29-year-old pregnant mother of three said she crossed illegally into Colombia on Sunday to buy a bag of rice and pasta for her family after Maduro ordered a partial closure of the border two days earlier."We're with fear, dear God, of what will happen," she said standing near the dirt trail she took to sneak across the border. "More blood, more deaths. The president of Venezuela does whatever he wants."In addition to weakening multilateral pressure against Maduro, analysts say the opposition saber rattling also risks undermining Guaido's goal of peeling off support from the military, the country's crucial powerbroker.The 35-year-old Guaido has won the backing of more than 50 governments around the world since declaring himself interim president at a rally in January, arguing that Maduro's re-election last year wa...

Jake Tapper, host of CNN's "State of the Union" and "The Lead with Jake Tapper" joins Chuck to talk about his new thriller "The Hellfire Club" - a novel about Washington during the era of McCarthy, and why history might be repeating itself.