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Hey HBs! Blair Leigh and Bryan are here to help Mel recap Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall! Luc and Oliver are here with all the witty banter, misunderstandings, and fake dating goodness! Plus, a fabulous cast of side characters we couldn't get enough of. AND THE SWOON FACTOR! It's high! Whew. Bonus Content: Achilles penises, bathroom antics on dates, distraction snuggles, "DELETE, BLOCK," and so much more! Lady Loves: Mel: Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall. Same voice, but lots of sex!Bryan: "DELETE, BLOCK" Do what you gotstaBlair: Daisy Jones and the Six TV show, Ted Lasso Season 3, and Invisible String by Meg Jones (that one comes highly recommended by Neighbor Becci!)Check out Blair and Bryan's bookstore Beausoleil Books! They ship everywhere! And read Blair's debut novel: What Comes After!CALL FOR ST. VINCENT SUBMISSIONS for a chance to win a Devil In Winter care package!! Send us voice memos or videos of yourself reading your favorite quotes, telling us what you love about St. Vincent or DIW, whatever. You can even email or DM us on instagram! Every written submission gets one entry into the drawing and every voice or video recording gets 2 entries! Send to heavingbosomspodcast@gmail.com by 3/29.Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :)Get more content on PATREON!!Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, RedbubbleInstagram: @heavingbosomsTwitter: @heaving_bosomsMentioned in this episode:Want more HB? Check out our PATREON!You support us, plus you get access to 150+ bonus episodes, video of regular episodes, gifts, care packages, author hangs, votes in show content, and SO MUCH MORE!!!HB Patreon

In this edition of Self Evident, Alyssa, Kenna Rose & Brynn run through three issues going on in America: Arizona public schools banning Christian teachers from applying, Illinois legislators proposing that bathrooms should be for all and all should be for the same bathroom, and more. To send an email to Illinois lawmakers voicing your disapproval of HB 1286, click here. … Continue Reading

We begin a tribute to the late Pat Schroeder, longtime Colorado Congresswoman (1973-1997) who passed yesterday at 82. RIP. A Happy Birthday wish to STEM hero Kendrick Castillo, who would have been 22 today. A preview of our new weekly feature, "Meanest Social Media" of the week... we'll announce the winner every Friday. Then - a recap of HB 1202 and the lunacy from Saturday. Mexico's President asks why the U.S. doesn't "fight the problem" of fentanyl and "why don't they take care of their youth?" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Right now HB 359 is making its way through the Montana state  legislature.  The measure would ban drag performances  in schools, libraries, and some businesses. The ban defines drag in terms that are quite broad. It states, in part, that a person is performing drag if their presentation: “...is different than the performer's gender assigned at birth using clothing, makeup, or other physical markers and sings, lip syncs, dances, or otherwise performs for entertainment to appeal to a prurient interest.”  As the fate of HB 359 still hangs in the balance, earlier this month, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee recently signed into law a bill banning drag shows when children are around, along with a bill preventing trans kids from accessing medically sanctioned, and often life saving, gender affirming healthcare. We talk about the bills, what they mean for the community, and where advocates fear these bills might lead.

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: The war between the Texas House and Senate over how to provide property tax relief is fully underway. It also seems to be a bit of a war between some fiscal responsibility groups too. Texas House Takes First Swing in Property Tax Appraisal Reform Fight With Senate Appraisal Caps Overwhelmingly Rejected in HB 2 House Hearing The big problem is all sides are working themselves hard on something that doesn't truly address the problem. Both bodies should be working on a permanent phase out of the school M&O property tax.Frankly we should adopt both the Senate and House items: M&O compression; lowering the appraisal cap to five percent and applying it to all real property; increase the homestead exemption, and; adopt the exemption for business personal property. That could all be done except that leadership decided to keep tax relief to a number well below what revenue projections show they could do.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.KCBD: Commissioner Corley to reintroduce game room regulations following shooting, hours after proposal was tabled.I ask bluntly: Who, if anyone, is on the take to protect these places? Why have two DA's, a sheriff, and others been so inactive on this issue for years – years after the legislature gave them the tools to manage the issue? Who is on the take? Or, why are they so lazy so as to have ignored the issue for a decade?And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

New Mexico in Focus Senior Producer Lou DiVizio kicks off the show with an update on several key pieces of legislation moving through the Roundhouse. That includes the $9.6B budget package passed by the state Senate Sunday. HB 2 would increase spending by nearly 14%, which works out to more than $1B. The Governor held a press conference in her office Tuesday morning to announce a bipartisan agreement on emergency legislation revising New Mexico's medical malpractice law. According to reporting from the Albuquerque Journal's Dan McKay, SB 523 would make sure independently owned outpatient clinics can remain open next year. New Mexico in Focus Political Correspondent Gwyneth Doland speaks with three people in the Roundhouse about HB 547, the omnibus tax bill that would address a wide range of items, including the Gross Receipts Tax and individual tax reimbursements of $500. Then, Gene Grant talks to independent Journalist Ted Alcorn about the miniscule increase in alcohol taxes included in that tax plan. Gene also asks about the now-tabled HB 230, which would have increased taxes on alcohol by a much more substantial amount. Finally, Gene speaks with the Santa Fe Reporter's Andrew Oxford, who's been covering the recent developments around a rebuild plan for the Santa Fe Obelisk. Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland Guests: St. Rep. Derrick Lente, (D) NM District 65 – Sandia Pueblo Camilla Feibelman, director, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Richard Anklam, executive director, New Mexico Tax Research Institute Correspondent: Gene Grant Guests: Ted Alcorn, independent journalist Andrew Oxford, reporter, Santa Fe Reporter For More Information: New Mexico Bill Finder - NM State Legislature --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nmif/message

Happy Monday! We begin with a slew of sound after CO House Republicans tried in vain to kill HB 1202, the "Supervised Injection Site" bill. Aurora actually had a proposal to become a "Sister City" with JUAREZ, MEXICO! Then a special extended Money Monday as we discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. David Fisher joins us www.landmarkgold.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The CO House passed HB 1202 Saturday, despite a valiant attempt by CO Republicans. We welcome CO Rep. Lisa Frizell (HD 45) in studio. Outstanding interview as we discuss We wrap with more unbelievable words over the weekend by the Dems on the border crisis. We end with John Travolta's "In Memoriam" speech/nod to Olivia Newton-John at last night's Oscars (Steffan apologizes for watching!)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aurora's Sister City program literally wanted to partner with JUAREZ, MEXICO. A nod to longtime San Diego DJ "Shotgun" Tom Kelly. Then - we recap the House loss in the battle against HB 1202 with sound from multiple Colorado Republican members. "Help me Jared Polis! You're our only hope." We wrap the hour with our annual "March Madness" discussion with Chandler With Sports: @withsports17 on Twitter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Right now HB 359 is making its way through the Montana state  legislature.  The measure would ban drag performances  in schools, libraries, and some businesses. The ban defines drag in terms that are quite broad. It states, in part, that a person is performing drag if their presentation: “...is different than the performer's gender assigned at birth using clothing, makeup, or other physical markers and sings, lip syncs, dances, or otherwise performs for entertainment to appeal to a prurient interest.”  As the fate of HB 359 still hangs in the balance, earlier this month, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee recently signed into law a bill banning drag shows when children are around, along with a bill preventing trans kids from accessing medically sanctioned, and often life saving, gender affirming healthcare. We talk about the bills, what they mean for the community, and where advocates fear these bills might lead.

This week the boys sit down with Nigel and Jeremy from CARSEX and talk about: Mothers circus animal cookies, Peach rings, the 4th horseman, Long Beach, Dark art emporium, the Continental room, Damned Age, Yamaha classical, the Keytones, Girl scout cookies, Samoas, Thin Mints, Indiana grandparents, Texas, HB, and much much more.

As tuition costs continue to rise, many have questioned whether college is worth the time and money it takes to get a degree. Many students who might otherwise have pursued a bachelor's degree are finding it more attractive to begin working and building their careers right out of high school. A somewhat similar debate that has gotten far less buzz—whether high school is really necessary—is now taking place in New Hampshire thanks to HB 399. Listen as hosts Anna Brown and Mike Dunbar, of Citizens Count break it down in  $100 Plus Mileage. This podcast is produced in partnership with Citizens Count, Granite State News Collaborative and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University.  

Women stressed! Celebrities' garish looks, censored! Huntington Beach "Pride flag" drama! Hake vs. messy black callers! * 0:00:00 Mon, Mar 13, 2023 AD: HandsOffDC rally* 0:01:47 Hey, guys! Willow Beach tee (clouds, not UFOs)* 0:03:48 Adjusting to Daylight Saving Time (w/ Nick)* 0:07:29 Women's History Stress (theSkimm), Ma'am (CNN)* 0:13:21 Celebrities on the Oscars red carpet (Censored)* 0:30:53 PATRICK, DENMARK: ET exist? (goes silent)* 0:34:28 WILLIAM, CA: HBCU "sports," black callers, China* 0:44:14 PATRICK AGAIN: Space is not what we're told* 0:55:04 "Carlos" - Havalina (2002, Space, Love, & Bullfighting)* 1:01:05 Supers: Dismissing women, important issues* 1:05:57 HB's Dan Kalmick for "Pride" flag, replies* 1:27:45 TONY slanders William, JLP, Tucker Carlson!* 1:36:25 JOSH, GA: I jump to conclusions: women voting* 1:44:42 Super: Stanley Kubrick filmed moon landing on-location* 1:46:47 MAZE says whites commit crime just as much as blacks!* 1:55:03 Thanks, all! Call me tomorrow!* 1:55:35 "Rosas" - La Oreja de van GoghBLOG https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2023/3/13/red-carpet-horrors-more-hb-pride-black-callers-mon-3-13-23 PODCAST: SUBSTACKThe Hake Report LIVE M-F 9-11 AM PT (12-2 ET) Call-in 1-888-775-3773 thehakereport.com VIDEO  YouTube  |  Rumble*  |  BitChute  |  Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Odysee*  |  DLive  PODCAST  Apple  |  Spotify  |  Castbox  |  Podcast Addict  |  Pocket Casts  |  Substack  (RSS)  *SUPER CHATS on asterisked platforms, or  Ko-fi  |  BuyMeACoffee  |  Streamlabs  SUPPORT / EXCLUSIVES  Substack  |  SubscribeStar  |  Locals  ||  SHOP  Teespring  SEE ALSO  Hake News on The JLP Show  |  Appearances elsewhere (other shows, etc.) Get full access to HAKE at thehakereport.substack.com/subscribe

Steffan is back from London with stories to share! From meeting actor George Takei (Mr. Sulu) after seeing "Allegiance" - to an encounter with a Duty Minister at St. Paul's Cathedral and a discussion on Colorado's HB 1202 - the Supervised Injection Site bill. Thoughts on the death of actor Robert Blake, who died yesterday at 89. Steffan covered the murder case of Blake's wife Bonnie Lee Bakely in 2001. Lauren Boebert will become a grandmother (non-starter) and the four Americans kidnapped at the border.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Texas State Representative Christina Morales led a press conference on March 8th at the Texas State Capitol to advocate for House Bill 45. House Bill 45 would add Mexican American and African American studies and other ethnic studies courses students can take to satisfy their social studies requirement. This will offer students a more robust view of Texas history and studies show it can lead to academic success. State Rep. Christina Morales authored HB 45. She is re-filing it this year, after an identical bill passed in the House in 2021 but died in the Senate. On Wednesday at the Capitol, Morales was joined by Rep. Gene Wu, Rep. Alma Allen, Rep. Ron Reynolds, Rep Victoria Neave Criado, Rep. Jarvis Johnson, & Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, as well as members from the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and Texas Legislative Black Caucus, as well as Tony Diaz, educator and one of the chief advocates for the bill outside of the legislative body. Morales pushed that courses such as ethnic social studies lead to higher graduation rates and a higher likelihood of students enrolling into college. She said that was especially important in the "post-pandemic world" we are living in. She also touted that bipartisan support efforts like hers have received in the past. "Mexican American studies and African American studies were unanimously approved by the Republican and Democratic members in the state board of education," Morales said. "So this is bipartisan." Co-authoring this bill, among others, is Rep. Alma Allen. She said she would support HB 45 as many times as it takes to pass. "Texas history is American history," Allen said. "American history is all of our history." Educators joined lawmakers for the lawmakers' press conference in support of ethnic social studies courses. Tony Diaz, an educator in Houston, said these types of courses were first taught in Houston Independent School District. "Texas was the first state to unanimously support Mexican American history and African American history," Diaz said. "It lets students know why this history is important." Reynolds said HB 45 is a chance to take steps forward instead of backward. "This bill will certainly be a great reflection of the true diversity of this state, which is our strength and certainly help with healing," Reynolds said. * This is part of a Nuestra Palabra Multiplatform broadcast. * Video airs on www.Fox26Houston.com. * Audio airs on 90.1 FM Houston, KPFT, Houston's Community Station, where our show began. * Live events. Thanks to Roxana Guzman, Multiplatform Producer Rodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio Producer Radame Ortiez, SEO Director Marc-Antony Piñón, Graphics Designer Leti Lopez, Music Director Bryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritus Liana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritus Lupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritus Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, hosts Latino Politics and News and the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show on 90.1 FM, KPFT, Houston's Community Station. He is also a political analyst on “What's Your Point?” on Fox 26 Houston. He is the author of the forthcoming book: The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital. www.Librotraficante.com www.NuestraPalabra.org www.TonyDiaz.net Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund. Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records Website | baydenrecords.beatstars.com

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Swipe Up 229: Unfiltered Opinions on the News and Entertainment World from the Ray Taylor ShowShow topic: Welcome to Swipe Up, part of the Ray Taylor Show! In each episode, host Ray Taylor gives his honest and unfiltered opinions on the latest news, current events, entertainment updates, and other random posts he finds on Instagram. Join Ray every Thursday as he shares his thoughts and insights on a variety of topics. Whether you're looking for a fresh perspective on the news or just want to be entertained, Swipe Up has something for everyone. Don't miss an episode - subscribe now! Story 1 (00:01:05): TikTok is introducing new features aimed at improving safety for teens and families. One of these features is a daily screen time limit of 60 minutes for users under 18, with options for customization and parental controls. Learn more about TikTok's new tools for safety and well-being in the digital world. Story 2 (00:21:46): New York City has agreed to a settlement for a class-action lawsuit brought by protesters who were mistreated by the NYPD during a 2020 demonstration in the Bronx. The NYPD used a controversial tactic called "kettling" to contain the protesters, and the lawsuit accused them of using unnecessary force. The settlement will provide each protester with a payout of at least $21,500. Learn more about this case and its implications for police accountability.Story 3 (00:30:26): Tennessee has become the first state in the US to ban drag performances in public, with Governor Bill Lee signing HB 9 into law on March 2. This news article discusses the ban and its implications, as well as other legislation signed by Governor Lee, including a bill restricting access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The ban on drag performances has been met with criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and others, who say it violates First Amendment protections. Watch this video to learn more about this controversial new law.Shout Out To: @IGNdotcom @NowThisNews @BuzzFeedNews JOIN Inspired Disorder +PLUS Today! InspiredDisorder.com/plus Membership Includes:Ray Taylor Show - Full Week Ad Free (Audio+Video)Live Painting ArchiveEarly Access to The Many FacesMember Only Discounts and DealsPodcast Back Catalogue (14 Shows - 618 Episodes)Ray Taylor's Personal BlogCreative WritingAsk Me AnythingDaily Podcast: Ray Taylor Show - InspiredDisorder.com/rts Daily Painting: The Many Faces - InspiredDisorder.com/tmf ALL links: InspiredDisorder.com/links

Full-text: Cascade Policy Institute's bill to make it easier for Oregon high school students to graduate early by passing the GED is getting a hearing this week. We hope you will reach out to the committee to voice your support for the bill. This Wednesday, March 8, the Oregon House Committee on Education will hold a hearing on HB 3068. Currently, it is almost impossible for an Oregon high school student to take the GED exam. In most cases, students must drop out of school before they're allowed to take the GED. HB 3068 lifts that restriction. If the bill passes, any student aged 16 or older can take the GED test. (Parental consent would be required for students under 18.) Students who pass will be awarded diplomas, meaning they will be considered high school graduates and free from compulsory school attendance. HB 3068 will boost Oregon's graduation rate because students who pass the GED receive diplomas and will be considered high school graduates. HB 3068 will reduce Oregon's dropout rate because students won't have to drop out first before taking the exams. Our bill has bipartisan support across both houses of the Oregon legislature. That's because this is a common-sense solution that imposes no obligations on students, families, or the state. Even better, HB 3068 does not require any new spending or taxes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coffeewithcascade/message

This week the girls have another classic cowgirl chat, talking about all things horses, what has happened in 2023 so far, and what they're hoping this year will look like for them. Of course, with a sprinkle of random thoughts in there as well. Enjoy!! FOLLOW US! INSTA // Call Me Cowboy: @callmecowboypodcast Kaitie: @lifewayward HB: @hannahbethvirginia YOUTUBE // Kaitie Blue Kepler Hannah Beth Virginia TIKTOK // @lifewayward @hannahbethvirginiaa AMAZON STOREFRONT // Kaitie: https://www.amazon.com/shop/lifewayward HB: https://www.amazon.com/shop/hannahbethvirginia OTHER TINGS // Kaitie's Etsy: WaywardWesternCo HB's Website: www.hannahbethvirginia.com

Ahhhh! Naima Simone is back to play! And there are orcs!! This book was SOOO good, y'all. We're obsessed with it. A lot of times good romance not only delivers on the swoony and schmexy components, but it comments on the world we inhabit. This book does that on every level at an 11!! Plus is Bonkers in all the best ways. So! This is part 1 because we chatted for 4 hours. Content Warnings: This episode contains discussions of freedom of choice, abortion, teenaged pregnancy, loss of a pregnancy, harmful visits to the doctor, and self-harm (cutting). But we balance that with cackling, silly nicknames, and buckets of come!Bonus Content: Slutty Bears, "Medieval England Times Paranormal Orc Times Highlander Times," getting corked like a wine bottle, Splash Mountain, Finley Fenn's Buckets of Cum Guarantee, and so much more! Follow Mel's Dangerous Tides Kickstarter to get 6 Pirate novels, including one by Naima Simone! There's art, GORGEOUS special edition books, and swag! Follow Naima on all the places!Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :)Get more content on PATREON!!Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, RedbubbleInstagram: @heavingbosomsTwitter: @heaving_bosomsMentioned in this episode:Love the show? Leave a review! Give HB a 5 Star rating and review wherever you listen! It helps us grow and makes us feel like 1 million dollars. And we're still doing the bribe! If you leave a 5 Star review, we'll guarantee to review whatever book or movie you recommend! Want more HB? Check out our PATREON!You support us, plus you get access to 150+ bonus episodes, video of regular episodes, gifts, care packages, author hangs, votes in show content, and SO MUCH MORE!!!HB Patreon

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, March 7th, 2023. I hope you all had a fantastic weekend with you and yours! Before we get to the news… Fight Laugh Feast Conference - Ark Encounter This year, our Fight Laugh Feast Conference is at the Ark Encounter in Kentucky on The Politics of Six Day Creation. The politics of six day creation is the difference between a fixed standard of justice and a careening standard of justice, the difference between the corrosive relativism that creates mobs and anarchy and the freedom of objectivity, truth, and due process. The politics of six day creation establishes the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word for all of life: from what is a man or a woman, when does human life begin, and how is human society best organized? Come hear Ken Ham, Pastor Doug Wilson, Dr. Ben Merkle, Dr. Gordon Wilson, me and more, and of course a live CrossPolitic show! Mark your calendars for October 11th-14th, as we fight, laugh, and feast, with beer & psalms, our amazing lineup of speakers, our Rowdy Christian Merch, and a Sabbath Feast to wrap up the occasion. Maybe an infant baptism while we’re at it! Visit fightlaughfeast.com for more information! In world news, we visit Greece. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-03-05/thousands-protest-in-athens-after-greeces-deadly-train-crash Greeks Protest Over Deadly Train Crash, Station Master Jailed Pending Trial ATHENS (Reuters) -A Greek railway employee was jailed on Sunday pending trial over a deadly train crash that killed at least 57 people, as Greeks seethed with anger over the worst rail disaster in living memory. Protests continued to reverberate days after a head-on collision of a passenger train and a freight carrier on the Athens-Thessaloniki route late in the evening of Feb. 28. Clashes erupted between police and demonstrators in Athens on Sunday, after thousands rallied to protest over the crash. The 59-year-old Larissa station master faces multiple charges of disrupting transport and putting lives at risk. The man, who cannot be named under Greek law, was questioned for seven hours before a magistrate on Sunday before being detained. "For about 20 cursed minutes he was responsible for the safety of the whole of central Greece," his lawyer said. On Thursday, his lawyer said that his client was devastated and had assumed responsibility "proportionate to him" but other factors were also at play, without elaborating. Railway workers say the country's rail network has been creaking under cost-cutting and underinvestment, a legacy of Greece's debilitating debt crisis from 2010 to 2018. The Prime Minister of transportation, who blamed the crash on human error, acknowledged that decades of neglect could have contributed to the disaster. "As prime minister, I owe everyone, but most of all the relatives of the victims, an apology," he wrote on his Facebook account. "Justice will very fast investigate the tragedy and determine liabilities." After protests over the past three days across the country, some 10,000 people gathered in an Athens square on Sunday to express sympathy for the lives lost and to demand better safety standards on the rail network. "That crime won't be forgotten," protesters shouted as they released black balloons into the sky. A placard read: "Their policies cost human lives." Railway workers' unions say safety systems throughout the rail network have been deficient for years as a remote surveillance and signalling system has not been delivered on time. They have called on the government to provide a timetable for the implementation of safety protocols. The prime minister of transportation said on Sunday that if there had been a remote system in place throughout the rail network "it would have been, in practice, impossible for the accident to happen". https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/06/us/boston-flight-exit-door-arrest/index.html Man arrested after allegedly trying to open emergency door on plane and stabbing flight attendant A Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly attempting to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon three times during a flight from Los Angeles to Boston on Monday, after attempting to open an emergency exit door, according to the Justice Department. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, faces one charge of interference and attempted interference with flight crew members and attendants using a dangerous weapon. Torres was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport Monday and will remain detained pending a hearing set for Thursday. During a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston, the flight crew saw an alarm that a door in the plane had been disarmed and, after inspection, a flight attendant saw the door’s locking handle had been pushed out of the fully locked position and an emergency slide arming lever had been disarmed, according to the Justice Department. A flight attendant who saw Torres near the door went to talk to Torres about the door, according to the department, who asked if there were cameras showing he had tampered with the door. “According to court documents, the flight attendant then notified the captain that they believed Torres posed a threat to the aircraft and that the captain needed to land the aircraft as soon as possible,” the Justice Department said. Soon after, Torres allegedly got out of his seat, mouthing something, before thrusting “towards one of the flight attendants in a stabbing motion with a broken metal spoon, hitting the flight attendant on the neck area three times,” the department said. Torres was then tackled by other passengers on the flight and was immediately taken into custody after the flight landed. According to a criminal complaint, Torres told investigators he broke a spoon in half a bathroom on the airplane to use as a weapon. He also told law enforcement that he tried to open the emergency door and “had gotten the idea” to jump out of the plane, according to the complaint. Torres told investigators he was trying to defend himself and tried to stab the flight attendant because he believed they were trying to kill him, the complaint states. The flight attendant felt the object Torres was holding in his hand “hit him on his shirt collar and tie three times,” according to the complaint. United Airlines says it has banned Torres from flying on future flights following this incident. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/06/one-third-biden-2020-voters-do-not-want-him-run-again/ Poll: One-Third of Biden 2020 Voters Do Not Want Him to Run Again More than one-third of Biden 2020 voters do not want him to run for reelection in 2024, a recent survey from YouGov/The Economist revealed. The survey found 58 percent, overall, revealing they do not want President Joe Biden to run for office again in 2024, while 24 percent said they do. Another 18 percent remain unsure. Predictably, opinions are divided along party lines, as 83 percent of Republicans and 59 percent of independents do not want him to run. Less than a majority of Democrats, 43 percent, believe Biden should run in 2024, while more than one-third, 34 percent, said he should not. Another 23 percent of Democrats remain unsure. Notably, over one-third of Biden 2020 voters, 36 percent, do not want him to run in the next presidential race, while less than a majority, 39 percent, said he should. One-quarter of Biden 2020 voters remain unsure. For further comparison, most Trump 2020 voters, 55 percent, want former President Donald Trump to run in 2024, and 53 percent of Republicans across the board say the same. The survey was taken February 25-28, 2023, among 1,500 U.S. adult citizens. It coincides with other polls showing Biden’s inability to win over a majority of Democrats to support his potential 2024 presidential bid. A recent Fox News survey, for instance, found 53 percent of Democrat voters asserting that “someone else” should be their nominee in the forthcoming presidential election, compared to 37 percent who said “keep Biden” as the nominee. As Breitbart News reported: The article added further perspective to Biden’s figures among the Democrat base, noting that Trump saw far more support from his Republican base at the same point in his presidency, as 72 percent of Republican voters wanted to see him as the GOP nominee again in 2020. Similarly, a McLaughlin & Associates survey released last month found just more than a quarter, 26 percent, supporting Biden in a crowded Democrat field. https://www.theblaze.com/news/bob-ferguson-ministry-of-truth AG pushes state level 'Ministry of Truth' critics say could jail conservatives who express mainstream views A state attorney general is advocating for a bill some critics argue could punish outspoken conservatives as domestic extremists, KTTH's Jason Rantz reported Wednesday. "Some conservative views, or anything [Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson] deems as 'misinformation,' are examples of 'domestic extremism,'" Rantz said. It's the "most dangerous bill in legislative history," the Seattle radio host added. Washington is creating a state version of the ill-fated "Ministry of Truth," according to Rantz and others who have analyzed the bill. The controversial bill proposes the establishment of a commission on domestic violence extremism. Rep. Bill Ramos, a Democrat, sponsored the bill which would create the 13-member commission. HB 1333 describes the duties of the proposed commission as involving efforts to "combat disinformation and misinformation" and collecting data on incidents of "domestic violent extremism," the Center Square explains. Though DVE is not explicitly defined in the bill, Ferguson has described the term as including noncriminal activities or speech, the outlet also says. The legislation was spawned by the Attorney General's 2022 "Domestic Terrorism" study, according to Center Square. That study warned that "effective State intervention to address these threats has the potential to implicate speech or association that may be protected by the First Amendment, or the individual right to bear arms protected by the Second Amendment." Further, the commission, though charged with examining ways to treat DVE as a public health issue through the state's Department of Health, would have only one member required to be an expert in public health. The basic idea is to "take preemptive measures to stop actual domestic terrorist acts through community intervention." Such "community intervention" could include, for example, compelling people identified as "extremists" to undergo counseling, according to Rantz's interpretation of comments Ferguson made in an interview with PBS in January. How a Washington state plan to fight domestic extremism could be a model for the nation- Play Video 3:13-5:46 Rantz went on to explain that opposing critical race theory, mask mandates, and radical gender ideology could all be seen by the commission as tied to "white supremacy." Now lastly, let’s end on some good news: https://www.dailywire.com/news/walgreens-wont-distribute-abortion-pill-in-21-states-spokesperson-says Walgreens Won’t Distribute Abortion Pill In 21 States, Spokesperson Says American pharmacy chain Walgreens faced backlash over the weekend after announcing it would not sell abortion pills in states where the drugs remain legal after nearly two dozen Republican state attorney generals threatened legal action against the company. Walgreens, the second-largest pharmaceutical chain in the United States, told Politico last week they would not dispense abortion pills either by mail or at locations in 21 states, including Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, and Montana, where the drug is legal. The decision followed a letter from 20 Republican attorneys general last month, who warned of violating state laws if the company mailed out abortion pills. Several other pharmacies, including CVS, Walmart, and Costco, also received a similar letter from those state officials. Following the announcement, Business Insider reported the phrases “Walgreens” and “#BoycottWalgreens” trended on Twitter as critics called on consumers to stop supporting the pharmacy — which cited tweets from one of President Joe Biden’s aides, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) — all calling on the pharmacy to reverse its decision. Kristi Hamrick, a spokesperson for Students for Life, praised Walgreens’ decision. Students for Life and other pro-life groups have also written to Walgreens and CVS, threatening “legal ramifications” for the pharmacies if they begin filling prescriptions for abortion pills, Politico reported. Other states Walgreens included in the announcement were those that made it illegal to dispense the abortion pill through mail such as Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, March 7th, 2023. I hope you all had a fantastic weekend with you and yours! Before we get to the news… Fight Laugh Feast Conference - Ark Encounter This year, our Fight Laugh Feast Conference is at the Ark Encounter in Kentucky on The Politics of Six Day Creation. The politics of six day creation is the difference between a fixed standard of justice and a careening standard of justice, the difference between the corrosive relativism that creates mobs and anarchy and the freedom of objectivity, truth, and due process. The politics of six day creation establishes the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word for all of life: from what is a man or a woman, when does human life begin, and how is human society best organized? Come hear Ken Ham, Pastor Doug Wilson, Dr. Ben Merkle, Dr. Gordon Wilson, me and more, and of course a live CrossPolitic show! Mark your calendars for October 11th-14th, as we fight, laugh, and feast, with beer & psalms, our amazing lineup of speakers, our Rowdy Christian Merch, and a Sabbath Feast to wrap up the occasion. Maybe an infant baptism while we’re at it! Visit fightlaughfeast.com for more information! In world news, we visit Greece. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-03-05/thousands-protest-in-athens-after-greeces-deadly-train-crash Greeks Protest Over Deadly Train Crash, Station Master Jailed Pending Trial ATHENS (Reuters) -A Greek railway employee was jailed on Sunday pending trial over a deadly train crash that killed at least 57 people, as Greeks seethed with anger over the worst rail disaster in living memory. Protests continued to reverberate days after a head-on collision of a passenger train and a freight carrier on the Athens-Thessaloniki route late in the evening of Feb. 28. Clashes erupted between police and demonstrators in Athens on Sunday, after thousands rallied to protest over the crash. The 59-year-old Larissa station master faces multiple charges of disrupting transport and putting lives at risk. The man, who cannot be named under Greek law, was questioned for seven hours before a magistrate on Sunday before being detained. "For about 20 cursed minutes he was responsible for the safety of the whole of central Greece," his lawyer said. On Thursday, his lawyer said that his client was devastated and had assumed responsibility "proportionate to him" but other factors were also at play, without elaborating. Railway workers say the country's rail network has been creaking under cost-cutting and underinvestment, a legacy of Greece's debilitating debt crisis from 2010 to 2018. The Prime Minister of transportation, who blamed the crash on human error, acknowledged that decades of neglect could have contributed to the disaster. "As prime minister, I owe everyone, but most of all the relatives of the victims, an apology," he wrote on his Facebook account. "Justice will very fast investigate the tragedy and determine liabilities." After protests over the past three days across the country, some 10,000 people gathered in an Athens square on Sunday to express sympathy for the lives lost and to demand better safety standards on the rail network. "That crime won't be forgotten," protesters shouted as they released black balloons into the sky. A placard read: "Their policies cost human lives." Railway workers' unions say safety systems throughout the rail network have been deficient for years as a remote surveillance and signalling system has not been delivered on time. They have called on the government to provide a timetable for the implementation of safety protocols. The prime minister of transportation said on Sunday that if there had been a remote system in place throughout the rail network "it would have been, in practice, impossible for the accident to happen". https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/06/us/boston-flight-exit-door-arrest/index.html Man arrested after allegedly trying to open emergency door on plane and stabbing flight attendant A Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly attempting to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon three times during a flight from Los Angeles to Boston on Monday, after attempting to open an emergency exit door, according to the Justice Department. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, faces one charge of interference and attempted interference with flight crew members and attendants using a dangerous weapon. Torres was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport Monday and will remain detained pending a hearing set for Thursday. During a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston, the flight crew saw an alarm that a door in the plane had been disarmed and, after inspection, a flight attendant saw the door’s locking handle had been pushed out of the fully locked position and an emergency slide arming lever had been disarmed, according to the Justice Department. A flight attendant who saw Torres near the door went to talk to Torres about the door, according to the department, who asked if there were cameras showing he had tampered with the door. “According to court documents, the flight attendant then notified the captain that they believed Torres posed a threat to the aircraft and that the captain needed to land the aircraft as soon as possible,” the Justice Department said. Soon after, Torres allegedly got out of his seat, mouthing something, before thrusting “towards one of the flight attendants in a stabbing motion with a broken metal spoon, hitting the flight attendant on the neck area three times,” the department said. Torres was then tackled by other passengers on the flight and was immediately taken into custody after the flight landed. According to a criminal complaint, Torres told investigators he broke a spoon in half a bathroom on the airplane to use as a weapon. He also told law enforcement that he tried to open the emergency door and “had gotten the idea” to jump out of the plane, according to the complaint. Torres told investigators he was trying to defend himself and tried to stab the flight attendant because he believed they were trying to kill him, the complaint states. The flight attendant felt the object Torres was holding in his hand “hit him on his shirt collar and tie three times,” according to the complaint. United Airlines says it has banned Torres from flying on future flights following this incident. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/06/one-third-biden-2020-voters-do-not-want-him-run-again/ Poll: One-Third of Biden 2020 Voters Do Not Want Him to Run Again More than one-third of Biden 2020 voters do not want him to run for reelection in 2024, a recent survey from YouGov/The Economist revealed. The survey found 58 percent, overall, revealing they do not want President Joe Biden to run for office again in 2024, while 24 percent said they do. Another 18 percent remain unsure. Predictably, opinions are divided along party lines, as 83 percent of Republicans and 59 percent of independents do not want him to run. Less than a majority of Democrats, 43 percent, believe Biden should run in 2024, while more than one-third, 34 percent, said he should not. Another 23 percent of Democrats remain unsure. Notably, over one-third of Biden 2020 voters, 36 percent, do not want him to run in the next presidential race, while less than a majority, 39 percent, said he should. One-quarter of Biden 2020 voters remain unsure. For further comparison, most Trump 2020 voters, 55 percent, want former President Donald Trump to run in 2024, and 53 percent of Republicans across the board say the same. The survey was taken February 25-28, 2023, among 1,500 U.S. adult citizens. It coincides with other polls showing Biden’s inability to win over a majority of Democrats to support his potential 2024 presidential bid. A recent Fox News survey, for instance, found 53 percent of Democrat voters asserting that “someone else” should be their nominee in the forthcoming presidential election, compared to 37 percent who said “keep Biden” as the nominee. As Breitbart News reported: The article added further perspective to Biden’s figures among the Democrat base, noting that Trump saw far more support from his Republican base at the same point in his presidency, as 72 percent of Republican voters wanted to see him as the GOP nominee again in 2020. Similarly, a McLaughlin & Associates survey released last month found just more than a quarter, 26 percent, supporting Biden in a crowded Democrat field. https://www.theblaze.com/news/bob-ferguson-ministry-of-truth AG pushes state level 'Ministry of Truth' critics say could jail conservatives who express mainstream views A state attorney general is advocating for a bill some critics argue could punish outspoken conservatives as domestic extremists, KTTH's Jason Rantz reported Wednesday. "Some conservative views, or anything [Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson] deems as 'misinformation,' are examples of 'domestic extremism,'" Rantz said. It's the "most dangerous bill in legislative history," the Seattle radio host added. Washington is creating a state version of the ill-fated "Ministry of Truth," according to Rantz and others who have analyzed the bill. The controversial bill proposes the establishment of a commission on domestic violence extremism. Rep. Bill Ramos, a Democrat, sponsored the bill which would create the 13-member commission. HB 1333 describes the duties of the proposed commission as involving efforts to "combat disinformation and misinformation" and collecting data on incidents of "domestic violent extremism," the Center Square explains. Though DVE is not explicitly defined in the bill, Ferguson has described the term as including noncriminal activities or speech, the outlet also says. The legislation was spawned by the Attorney General's 2022 "Domestic Terrorism" study, according to Center Square. That study warned that "effective State intervention to address these threats has the potential to implicate speech or association that may be protected by the First Amendment, or the individual right to bear arms protected by the Second Amendment." Further, the commission, though charged with examining ways to treat DVE as a public health issue through the state's Department of Health, would have only one member required to be an expert in public health. The basic idea is to "take preemptive measures to stop actual domestic terrorist acts through community intervention." Such "community intervention" could include, for example, compelling people identified as "extremists" to undergo counseling, according to Rantz's interpretation of comments Ferguson made in an interview with PBS in January. How a Washington state plan to fight domestic extremism could be a model for the nation- Play Video 3:13-5:46 Rantz went on to explain that opposing critical race theory, mask mandates, and radical gender ideology could all be seen by the commission as tied to "white supremacy." Now lastly, let’s end on some good news: https://www.dailywire.com/news/walgreens-wont-distribute-abortion-pill-in-21-states-spokesperson-says Walgreens Won’t Distribute Abortion Pill In 21 States, Spokesperson Says American pharmacy chain Walgreens faced backlash over the weekend after announcing it would not sell abortion pills in states where the drugs remain legal after nearly two dozen Republican state attorney generals threatened legal action against the company. Walgreens, the second-largest pharmaceutical chain in the United States, told Politico last week they would not dispense abortion pills either by mail or at locations in 21 states, including Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, and Montana, where the drug is legal. The decision followed a letter from 20 Republican attorneys general last month, who warned of violating state laws if the company mailed out abortion pills. Several other pharmacies, including CVS, Walmart, and Costco, also received a similar letter from those state officials. Following the announcement, Business Insider reported the phrases “Walgreens” and “#BoycottWalgreens” trended on Twitter as critics called on consumers to stop supporting the pharmacy — which cited tweets from one of President Joe Biden’s aides, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) — all calling on the pharmacy to reverse its decision. Kristi Hamrick, a spokesperson for Students for Life, praised Walgreens’ decision. Students for Life and other pro-life groups have also written to Walgreens and CVS, threatening “legal ramifications” for the pharmacies if they begin filling prescriptions for abortion pills, Politico reported. Other states Walgreens included in the announcement were those that made it illegal to dispense the abortion pill through mail such as Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.

This is real and it is going to result in violence: the separate Country of Washington is about to pass into law two bills that, combined, allow children to cross into the state and get wrong-sex hormones and genital mutilation surgeries without so much as notifying parents. Further, police officers in the Country of Washington will be banned from telling parents the location of their kids so long as abortion or gender defiance is at hand. When you legalize kidnapping children from Idaho, Montana, Nebraska or such so they can be mutilated and you ban cops from rescuing them, a father or mother will absolutely--and quite justifiably--enact violence to get their kids back from the kidnappers. After all, the same Country of Washington hopes to create political prisons for speech the government dislikes, so people will be forced to skip the First Amendment and go straight to the Second. I am not hoping for this, I pray God prevents it, but these laws guarantee violence. Julie Barrett, my sister and friend and head of Conservative Ladies of Washington and Conservative ladies of America joins us to talk us through this, including the two “Republicans” who voted to allow this catastrophe. What does God say? This isn't just medical kidnapping, it is causing children to oppose God, to lie, to have lies carved into their bodies. Jesus is so very clear about the fate that awaits the people pushing this. Matthew 18:5-75 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.Causing to Stumble6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. 7 Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!Conservative Ladies of WashingtonConservative ladies of AmericaWashington moves to become latest sanctuary state for child sex changes; Senate Bill 5599 would allow shelters or host homes to provide housing for runaway minors without being required to notify their parents if they have a "compelling reason" to keep the information a secret.HB 1469 - 2023-24; Concerning access to “reproductive” health care services and “gender”-”affirming”, “treatment” in Washington state.Attorney General seeks to make Washington the first state with political prisonsWhat the Separate Country wants to do to kids isn't new, it is what evil rulers did in Biblical days: Summary of Slavery in Babylonia4Patriotshttps://4patriots.comNever be in the dark with the Patriot Power Solar Generator. Use code TODD to save 10% on your first order.Alan's Soapshttps://alanssoaps.com/TODDUse coupon code ‘TODD' to save an additional 10% off the bundle price. Bonefroghttps://bonefrog.usEnter promo code TODD at checkout to receive 5% off your subscription. Bulwark Capitalhttps://knowyourriskradio.comGet your free copy of “Common Cents Investing” Call 866-779-RISK or visit the website. Healthycellhttps://healthycell.com/toddJourney to better health and save 20% off your first order with promo code TODD.My Pillowhttps://mypillow.comUse code TODD for BOGO free on the new MyPillow 2.0RuffGreenshttps://ruffgreens/toddGet your FREE Jumpstart Trial Bag of Ruff Greens, simply cover shipping. SOTA Weight Losshttps://sotaweightloss.comSOTA Weight Loss is, say it with me now, STATE OF THE ART!Texas Superfoodshttps://texassuperfoods.comTexas Super Foods is whole food nutrition at its best.

New Mexico in Focus Senior Producer kicks off the show with updates on several pieces of legislation moving through the Capitol in Santa Fe. That includes the possibility of a slight increase on alcohol included in an omnibus tax bill, HB 547, which passed the House Taxation and Revenue Committee Monday morning. This is something we've been covering for months, mainly due to the work of Journalist Ted Alcorn and New Mexico in Depth. You can read a recent story by Marjorie Childress and Trip Jennings on the influence of alcohol lobbyists here: Powerhouse Lobbyists on Tap for Alcohol Industry. Next, Political Correspondent Gwyneth Doland speaks with two doctors and a lawmaker about several healthcare bills circulating in the Roundhouse. Ophthalmologist Dr. Angie Braxton and pediatrician Dr. Nancy Wright share their perspective on the state's growing problem of attracting and retaining doctors, and St. Rep. Elizabeth Thomson, (D) Albuquerque, gives some insight on several other healthcare bills she's supporting. Then, Gene Grant and the Line Opinion Panel discuss a possible statewide expansion of Medicaid coverage, and the Governor's decision to pause the state's provider procurement process. Gene and the Panel also explore some of the developments in New Mexico's efforts to pull itself up from dead last in literacy including a new training program for elementary school teachers. Finally, Gene speaks with University of New Mexico Law Professor Sonia Gipson Rankin about her career, and her work. Professor Gipson Rankin comments on some of the systemic issues in our criminal justice system that contribute to racially disproportionate incarceration rates, and how the growing use of artificial intelligence factors into that equation. Host: Lou DiVizio Political Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland Line Host: Gene Grant Guests: Dr. Angie Braxton, ophthalmologist Dr. Nancy Wright, pediatrician St. Rep. Elizabeth Thomson, (D) NM District 24 - Albuquerque Sonia Gipson Rankin, J.D., University of New Mexico School of Law Line Panelists: Martha Burk, political psychologist and author Edmund Perea, attorney and public safety analyst Tom Garrity, founder & president, the Garrity Group Public Relations For More Information: Proposed Legislation Would Expand Medicaid Eligibility, Create Low-Cost Plans Through Program - Albuquerque Journal Bill Overhauling NM High School Graduation Requirements Approved by House - Albuquerque Journal Professor Sonia Gipson Rankin - Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nmif/message

Well hello and welcome, welcome and hello! This time for real, the VLOG is BACK BACK. Should be smooth sailing through to summer. Or at least until May when Hall Of Vape happens. No matter, full on action packed VLOG this week. The University of Michigan is cool again. I got some Christmas gifts from my mom to open. Australia lies again and… are tube mechs a dead art form? Gate is open, come on in. Catch me on Twitch 3 days a week https://www.twitch.tv/grimmgreen AVM / Brian King ( FDA ) Live Stream https://theavm.org/the-future-of-vaping-in-the-us UM study: E-cigarettes should be recommended more for smoking cessation https://www.detroitnews.com/story/life/wellness/2023/02/20/um-study-e-cigarettes-should-be-recommended-more-for-smoking-cessation/69923850007/#Echobox=1676920863 Twitter Drama https://twitter.com/GregTHR/status/1628539176512528384 CONNECTICUT – STOP A FLAVOR BAN! https://casaa.org/call-to-action/connecticut-stop-a-flavor-ban-2/ HAWAII – STOP A 70% TAX ON VAPING https://casaa.org/call-to-action/hawaii-stop-a-70-tax-on-vaping/ HAWAI'I – STOP A FLAVOR BAN! https://casaa.org/call-to-action/hawaii-stop-a-flavor-ban/ MARYLAND – STOP A FLAVOR BAN (SB 259)! https://casaa.org/call-to-action/maryland-stop-a-flavor-ban-sb-259/ NEW MEXICO – STOP A FLAVOR BAN (HB 94) https://casaa.org/call-to-action/new-mexico-stop-a-flavor-ban-hb-94/ OREGON – STOP A FLAVOR BAN! (HB 3090) https://casaa.org/call-to-action/oregon-stop-a-flavor-ban-hb-3090/ UNPAID SPONSOR: https://grimmgreenmerch.com/ High quality, independent merch shipped by me, our selection sucks but i'm trying to fix it. PAID SPONSOR: https://thecoldestwater.com/?ref=grimmgreen he Coldest Water - Use code "GRIMM" for 10% off UNPAID SPONSOR: https://www.palmerspowders.com/ High quality and precise powder coating from one of the best around

What's happening in Florida to education under fascist governor Ron DeSantis, and how are students responding and resisting? Featuring interviews with: Rafael Kadaris, a correspondent on the Revolution Nothing Less Show. Articles and resources he mentions can be found at Revcom.us. Ben and Stephanie are student organizers with Stand For Freedom Florida (on Instagram at @standforfreedomfl). Support their efforts: https://www.gofundme.com/f/protect-educational-freedoms-in-florida Recommended reading: For more on HB 999, read Michelle Goldberg's recent piece for the NYT: Florida Could Start Looking a Lot Like Hungary Take action: Find a Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights International Women's Day Action Refuse Fascism is more than a podcast! You can get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including the newest addition: mastodon.world/@refusefascism Send your comments to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support: · paypal.me/refusefascism · donate.refusefascism.org · patreon.com/refusefascism Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/refuse-fascism/message

We begin with BREAKING news out of Walterboro, SC: Alex Murdaugh found guilty of murdering his wife and son in 2021. Guilty on two other counts as well.  Then - a recap of Steve Wells' visit in Hour One, Then - more on HB 1202 and the White Lab Coast Lady. Calls and texts. We continue our "Music Thursday" with Bruce Springsteen - tonight at Pepsi Center. We wrap the hour with sound from Rep. Richard Holtorf sound from HB 1202 testimony.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GUEST: ShiftWA.org's Randy Pepple highlights two WA Legislative bills that KVI listeners should be supporting to their elected officials, SB 5536 on toughening the state's lenient drug possession law, Pepple quotes recent Legislative testimony saying, "our jails were never filled with only simply drug possession cases but now our parks and sidewalks are", HB 1363 on the police pursuit law would go back to the original version, State Sen. Manka Dhingra essentially contradicts herself and says she'll grant a hearing to the House bill if it passes the House.

6am hour -- American news media are consumed with South Carolina murder conviction of Alex Murdaugh, GUEST: gun rights "go to guy" Dave Workman (writing at TheGunMag.com) examines WA Legislature bill that would allow gun manufacturers to be sued as a response to (ahem, attempt to) curb gun violence in WA, "the legislation to hold the firearms industry responsible is going to run head long into...federal statute...that clearly makes a junk lawsuit illegal", this agenda to sue gun manufacturers is 40 years old, the rather astonishing promotion of Women's History Month (March) by Hershey's chocolate bar company. 7am hour -- is it time for the US to go to war in Mexico?, a former US Attorney General writes that Mexican drug cartels are more dangerous (to the US) than ISIS/al-Qaeda, consider how the Mexican government responded after capturing the son of notorious drug cartel king pin El Chapo, 58,000 US military were killed during the 13 years of Vietnam and in 2022 over 100,000 Americans died from drug over-doses (i.e. fentanyl), GUEST: economist Steve Moore joins the debate about US using military force in Mexico to stop drug cartels, global greenhouse gas emissions are at an all time high despite US and other nations pledging to cut back, "crisis of happiness" in America, 8am hour -- KVI callers sound off on the strategy of US military going to battle in Mexico with drug cartels to stop the flow of drugs into the US, the bizarre legal odyssey of a Tacoma woman refusing to get treated for her tuberuclosis infection and how that squares with local judges who are letting violent criminals get favorably bail deals before going to trial, GUEST: ShiftWA.org's Randy Pepple highlights two WA Legislative bills that KVI listeners should be supporting to their elected officials, SB 5536 on toughening the state's lenient drug possession law, "our jails were never filled with only simply drug possession cases but now our parks and sidewalks are", HB 1363 on the police pursuit law would go back to the original version, Manka Dhingra says she'll grant a hearing to the House bill if it passes the House, KVI listener says Mexico produces too many products US consumers use which could be interrupted if drug cartels are attacked by US military, compare how Bellevue vs. Seattle handles spray paint graffiti taggers.

Christmas and January turned out to be a bit more of a cluster than I had originally intented them to be. Everything will be explained, but there actually won't be a Vlog next week. The rest of the year should be smooth sailing though. Now then, all the VLOG things are present tonight. Any links I mention will be down below. Gate is open, come on in. Catch me on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/grimmgreen CONNECTICUT – STOP A FLAVOR BAN! https://casaa.org/call-to-action/connecticut-stop-a-flavor-ban-2/ HAWAII – STOP A 70% TAX ON VAPING https://casaa.org/call-to-action/hawaii-stop-a-70-tax-on-vaping/ HAWAI'I – STOP A FLAVOR BAN! https://casaa.org/call-to-action/hawaii-stop-a-flavor-ban/ MARYLAND – STOP A FLAVOR BAN (SB 259)! https://casaa.org/call-to-action/maryland-stop-a-flavor-ban-sb-259/ NEW MEXICO – STOP A FLAVOR BAN (HB 94) https://casaa.org/call-to-action/new-mexico-stop-a-flavor-ban-hb-94/ OREGON – STOP A FLAVOR BAN! (HB 3090) https://casaa.org/call-to-action/oregon-stop-a-flavor-ban-hb-3090/ Juh-Biden https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/07/fact-sheet-in-state-of-the-union-president-biden-to-outline-vision-to-advance-progress-on-unity-agenda-in-year-ahead/ AVM's Response https://twitter.com/VaporAmerican/status/1623083198493360131 UNPAID SPONSOR: https://grimmgreenmerch.com/ High quality, independent merch shipped by me, our selection sucks but i'm trying to fix it. PAID SPONSOR: https://thecoldestwater.com/?ref=grimmgreen he Coldest Water - Use code "GRIMM" for 10% off UNPAID SPONSOR: https://www.palmerspowders.com/ High quality and precise powder coating from one of the best around

If you're like us, you may not have believed your eyes when you first read of a new bill that seeks to ban voting locations on college campuses in Texas. HB-2390 was authored by Texas Rep. Carrie Isaac (who herself recently got her clock cleaned via massive turnout at Texas State University) and continues to be considered by the Republican-dominated House. Joining us for a tour of the dozens of reasons this is a terrible idea are three esteemed allies, all directly involved in the fight to protect voting rights in Texas: freshly-elected Travis County Clerk Dyana Limon-Mercado, MOVE Texas Advocacy Organizer Amber Mills, and Texas Civil Rights Project Senior Election Protection Attorney and Policy Counsel Emily Eby French - if you will, a bit of a voting rights super-group! Learn more about: The Travis County Clerk's Office: https://countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/ MOVE Texas' Lege Agenda: getshitdoneagenda.com Register for Texas Civil Rights Project Bill Tracking Updates: http://bit.ly/TCRPLege Progress Texas' own voting info initiative, Go Vote Texas: https://govotetexas.org/ And, if you're enjoying our podcast, please help us keep producing it, ad-free with a donation (Thank You!): https://act.progresstexas.org/a/donate

Phew it's over. Steffan testified in front a House committee hearing HB 1202, the "Overdose Prevention Center" bill. Steffan and Deborah Flora discuss to open the hour. Sound from the "Harm Reduction Action Center" leader - a condescending, patronizing woman with an off-the-charts amount of hubris. Then - we replay Steffan's three-minute testimony from earlier. Calls & texts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

March 1! We start with a recap of today at the Colorado Capitol as Steffan testifies against HB 1202. First, a background on the "Harm Reduction Action Center" Ex. Dir. "White lab coat" Lisa. A real treat. Steffan discusses his brief talk with Governor Polis before the hearing began. Then - a replay of Steffan's testimony and we welcome Jim Fasone of Mountain Time Media - he attended the hearing today. Calls & texts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy March! Deborah Flora begins the program as Steffan comes back after testifying against HB 1202. Steffan calls in on the road back to the studio. Also - sound from a mother who lost children to fentanyl.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Final day of February! Steffan starts off with the lunacy that is HB 1202 -the "Overdose Prevention Act" which will DESTROY Colorado. Steffan will testify tomorrow against 1202. Denver Mayoral candidate Kwame Spearman returns in studio. We discuss 1202 with him, and welcome House Minority Whip Rep. Richard Holtorf.  Sign up to testify in person of via Zoom: www.leg.colorado.gov/testimony 130pMT start.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We open with talk of HB 1202 and a reading of (most) of the four-page bill. First - sound form the Homeland Security Congressional Hearing today in DC. Calls and texts. Sign up to testify in person of via Zoom: www.leg.colorado.gov/testimony 130pMT start.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6am hour -- Chicago's mayor is getting voted out, the first incumbent in over 40 years to lose in re-election bid, about 30 activists are at the heart of a protest effort to close down the King County jail, GUEST: ShiftWA.org's Randy Pepple lists the 3 Worst Bills left remaining in the WA Legislative session, "in the name of public safety" HB 1333 would allow the AG ( Bob Ferguson) to be the "minister of truth", HB1110 is the housing bill that would take away local zoning control from cities and take it over by state bureaucrats, SB5599 allows for protection of sex-assignment surgery for minors and its supporters are lying about what the bill will do, 7am hour -- Jon Stewart's 2021 assertion that he believes COVID originated in a Wuhan (China) lab leak takes on broader significance with this week's WSJ report about DOE conclusion that lab leak is most likely source of global pandemic, Stewart this week reflects on how he was targeted by the "intolerant Left" for his 2021 comments, 8am hour -- listen to the most idiotic defense of Pres. Biden's student tuition debt loan forgiveness plan, a Seattle Congresswoman makes an equally idiotic claim to keep Biden's student loan debt transfer in place, a King Co. jail protest exposes how small the activist group is pushing this "non-sensical" closure, the political left is at war with personal responsibility, Tenino residents cheer the cancellation of plan to open sex-offender half-way housing site near their homes.

Heartbreaking audio from today's Homeland Security Committee hearing in DC. More calls and texts and discussion on HB 23-1202. Sign up to testify in person of via Zoom: www.leg.colorado.gov/testimony 130pMT start.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you've got some retirement savings but can't contribute any more, will you ever be able to retire? Joe and Big Al have three simple strategies to help you get there. Plus, how long does it take to get off of Medicare's income-related monthly adjustment amount, or IRMAA, after your income decreases at retirement, and how do you take unknown future IRMAA income limits into account when setting up your financial plan? Can you “re-do” Social Security and stop taking benefits after claiming Social Security early? Do spousal benefits change after one spouse files for Social Security? And finally, the fellas address a few corrections they've received recently regarding Medicare and safe harbor 401(k) plans. What exactly is “top-heavy” anyway? Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:02 - Will I Ever Be Able to Retire? I Have Some Savings But Can't Contribute More (Patty, NY) 06:38 - Retired, Income Dropped, Enrolled in Medicare. How Long to Get Off IRMAA? (Randy, Hb, Ca) 08:05 - How to Plan for Unknown Future Medicare IRMAA Income Limits? 10:53 - “Re-Doing” Social Security: Can You Stop Taking Benefits After Claiming Early? (Lauris, Volcano, Hawaii) 12:39 - Will Spousal Social Security Benefit Amounts Change When One Spouse Files? (Philip, Los Angeles) 15:09 - SECURE 2.0: When Must You Pay Taxes on Company Match Retirement Contributions? (Jim, Dallas, TX) 19:47 - CORRECTION: ACP Test for Safe Harbor 401(k) Plans, After-Tax Contributions (Debra, St Louis) 25:08 - CORRECTION - Medicare Test: Creditable Drug Coverage (Steve, Las Vegas) 28:56 - DUKE's Medicare Enrollment Experience (DUKE (John Wayne), Knoxville, TN) 32:54 - The Derails Access this week's free financial resources in the podcast show notes at https://bizlink.to/ymyw-418:  Retirement Readiness Guide NAPA-net: 401(k) After-Tax Contributions Are ‘Testy' Turbocharge Your Wealth! YMYW TV & Companion Guide Episode Transcript Ask Joe & Big Al On Air (Plus, YMYW Producer Andi Last video interview on the Audience Growth Podcast)

An update on the push for a WA switch to the 'pay per mile' tax (away from a gas tax), GUEST: transportation policy analyst Mariya Frost, (with Kemper Development in Bellevue, WA), explains the difficulty of documenting a 'pay per mile' (aka road usage charge RUC) tax, why HB 1832 in the WA Legislature is the "wrong way to implement a RUC in Washington state", any new system needs to replicate the features of a gas tax, how the WA 18th Amendment applies to the tax for highway spending and not mass transit or generalized transportation spending, the double talk about transportation mobility from WA transportation bureaucrats.

New Mexico in Focus Senior Producer Lou DiVizio opens the show with updates on several pieces of legislation moving through the Roundhouse: SB 73 would open primary elections to all voters in the state if passed. Right now only party-affiliated voters can participate. The bill passed the Senate last week and now moves on to the House. HB 7 would guarantee access to reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare to anyone in the state is passed. It was voted through the House last week. HB 4 would reform elections in several ways – by expanding automatic voter registration, allowing convicted felons to vote, creating a voluntary, permanent absentee voter list, and enacting the Native American voting rights act. It moves on to the Senate after passing the House last week. Also last week, the House Taxation and Revenue Committee voted to table HB 230, which would increase alcohol taxes by 25-cents per drink. The chair of the committee, State Representative Derrick Lente says they'll have to wait and see if a compromise can be reached. SB 418 would modernize the state's Oil and Gas Act by considering the impacts on the environment and disadvantaged communities. It will go before the Senate Conservation Committee this week. After that, New Mexico in Focus Political Correspondent Gwyneth Doland catches up with three lawmakers to ask about some good governance legislation, including two HJR 2 and HJR 8, which would modernize the state legislature. Then, Gene Grant and the Line Opinion Panel talk through those good governance bills, and debate their potential effectiveness. Gene and the Panel also discuss a SJR 1 which would recreate a state board of education, making that the authoritative body on education, instead of the current system of a single Public Education Secretary. Finally, New Mexico in Focus Correspondent Antonia Gonzales speaks with newly-elected Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren about his first month in office, and his priorities for the tribe through the remainder of his term. Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondents: Gwyneth Doland, Antonia Gonzales Line Host: Gene Grant Guests: St. Rep. Natalie Figueroa, (D) NM District 30 – Albuquerque St. Sen. Gregg Schmedes, (R) NM District 19 – Tijeras St. Sen. Bill O'Neill, (D) NM District 13 – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque Dr. Buu Nygren, Navajo Nation President Line Opinion Panelists: Dave Mulryan, president, Mulryan-Nash Advertising Andy Lyman, reporter, Santa Fe Reporter Merritt Allen, Vox Optima Public Relations For More Information: NM Legislation Listings --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nmif/message

6am hour -- instant concern that fatal I-5 crash in Seattle involves a stolen vehicle, Democratic Congressman's candid talk about likely Chinese COVID lab leak bothers CNN anchor, MLB's first controversy with new rule involving the pitch clock, a random stabbing between two Microsoft employees in Redmond WA produces numerous questions after victim and suspect say they don't know each other, Auburn WA school teacher complains about "Christo-fascist" parents in angry screed. 7am hour -- Supreme Court winning football coach Joe Kennedy has finally reached an agreement to resume coaching at Bremerton HS, meanwhile an Auburn WA teacher's political agenda is exposed in response to a parent's concern about school policy on informing parents about their children's status at school, "Christo-fascist parents", candid talk from a SF "liberal mugged by reality" about how Democrats are their own worst enemy, annual 'youth risk survey' shows alarming rise in depression of teen-age girls, now 57% say they're depressed. 8am hour -- update on the push for a WA switch to the 'pay per mile' tax (away from a gas tax), GUEST: transportation policy analyst Mariya Frost, (Kemper Development), the difficulty of monitoring a 'pay per mile' (aka road usage charge RUC), why HB 1832 "wrong way to implement a RUC in Washington state", any new system needs to replicate the features of a gas tax, how the WA 18th Amendment applies to the tax for highway spending and not mass transit or generalized transportation spending, the double talk about transportation mobility from WA transportation bureaucrats, a concrete example of Seattle bureaucrats enabling the homeless.

Part of what makes the study of public policy so fascinating is how even the most admirable proposals can warrant deeper scrutiny. A great example of this is found in HB 143, a bill before the NH House of Representatives that would allow domestic violence victims to secretly record their abusers without running afoul of the state's wiretapping law. Listen as hosts Anna Brown and Mike Dunbar, of Citizens Count break it down in  $100 Plus Mileage. This podcast is produced in partnership with Citizens Count, Granite State News Collaborative and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University

Indiana Rep Jim Lucas calls in to discuss his bill HB 1177, which would create specialized firearms safety, education, and training curriculum for teachers, school staff, and school employees. Lucas dispels some of the disinformation out there regarding his bill. Critics of such bills often make the argument that such bills would turn our schools into the Wild West. But Lucas disagrees and says it does quite the opposite. For about the same price of resource officer, 40 staff members could be properly trained with a firearm. Armed teachers and staff make a potential shooter less likely to act, since he won't know who is armed. Lucas adds that it's just misguided to rely on the police to protect our children. In fact courts have ruled that they are not obligated to.  "Our highest courts of the land have ruled that we are on our own" says Lucas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gun Relford returns to the 93.1 WIBC studios for another edition of the Gun Guy Show. In the first hour, Indiana Rep Jim Lucas calls in to discuss his bill HB 1177, which would create specialized firearms safety, education, and training curriculum for teachers, school staff, and school employees. Lucas dispels some of the disinformation out there regarding his bill. Critics of such bills often make the argument that such bills would turn our schools into the Wild West. But Lucas disagrees and says it does quite the opposite. For about the same price of resource officer, 40 staff members could be properly trained with a firearm. Armed teachers and staff make a potential shooter less likely to act, since he won't know who is armed. Lucas adds that it's just misguided to rely on the police to protect our children. In fact, courts have ruled that they are not obligated to.  "Our highest courts of the land have ruled that we are on our own" says Lucas.  In the second hour, Guy talks about the case of 23-year-old Walter Oliver who was arrested inside Castleton Square Mall on an allegation he had a handgun with Glock switch inside. Carrying a firearm inside a mall is not against the law, as evidenced in the Greenwood Mall shooting. So, was the arrest of Oliver on the suspicion he was packing against the law? Guy addresses that question.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leslie and Colleen give a short update on April's case, the efforts in Oklahoma to bring justice to survivors, and the activities happening in Oklahoma next week to support HB 1639, a bill that will help people who were victims of domestic violence at the time of their crime get sentencing relief.     ______ TRANSCRIPTION SPEAKERS Colleen McCarty, Leslie Briggs   Leslie Briggs  00:17 Hey, Colleen.   Colleen McCarty  00:18 Hey Leslie,   Leslie Briggs  00:19 welcome back to the studio.   Colleen McCarty  00:21 I'm so glad to be back here. Bison & Bean with you.   Leslie Briggs  00:25 It's been too long.   Colleen McCarty  00:26 It's been a wild ride,   Leslie Briggs  00:28 guys, we have updates.   Colleen McCarty  00:30 We have so many updates. We never sleep. So   Leslie Briggs  00:34 we do not sleep. It's gnarly. I'm so tired.   Colleen McCarty  00:38 We don't wish this on you. But we're happy to give you all the updates and all the work we've been doing for the last six months since we wrapped our last episode of panic button. The April Wilkins case. Yeah. What's been happening?   Leslie Briggs  00:51 Well, I came to work for you. Oh, that's   Colleen McCarty  00:53 right. Pretty sweet. That   Leslie Briggs  00:56 happened a little while ago. So yeah, I'm the new legal director at OK Appleseed, the nonprofit that puts on the panic button podcast. What do you do at Oklahoma Appleseed, Lesley. Well, I try to execute your vision. protect the rights of every Oklahoman. We're doing a lot of cool stuff. Really.   Colleen McCarty  01:14 Oh my gosh, I know every day I wake up and I'm like, I can't believe I get to do this for a job. And   Leslie Briggs  01:19 me too. I love it so much. Yeah, chaotic, and awesome. Just like us just like just a good time, dude,   Colleen McCarty  01:28 seriously, we strive for a good time. And seeking justice at the same time. Right. And so in service of seeking justice, we we did this big story about April's case that all of you have heard and I hope it has lit a fire under you because it lit a fire under us. And in service of seeking justice for her. We wrote what's called a post conviction relief application. And I'm going to let Leslie talk to you about what that means and and how we're trying to help her get out of prison.   Leslie Briggs  01:57 Yeah, we actually wound up doing that throughout the fall before I came on full time with OK Appleseed. And it's based on new evidence that we uncovered. And we believe that evidence warrants a new trial, or a vacation or sentence, or modification to time served. And that's what we've asked the court to do. We were we lost at the district court, you can go and read all of the pleadings online if you're a legal nerd, or you just want to know more about what the evidence was that we found, but it's currently on appeal. We appealed that district court decision to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. And if we lose there, we're going to take it all the way to the top.   Colleen McCarty  02:39 How long does it usually take to hear back from the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals?   Leslie Briggs  02:43 Oh, I mean, I don't know what the what an average time is, but probably several months, I imagine will be on appeal through the summer at least. And then maybe have a decision at the end of the summer.   Colleen McCarty  02:55 Have you talked to April about how she's feeling about all of this?   Leslie Briggs  02:59 I think April, I mean, April has been through every possible legal hurdle, multiple times. I mean, she has this is her third post conviction relief application. And she's been through the appellate process before so April kind of knows how to temper expectations and just see what happens more than anything, though. I think April is extremely motivated and excited about the other work we've been doing, which I'm hoping you'll ever give everyone an update about which is our legislative push to change the system.   Colleen McCarty  03:32 Yeah, so the nice thing about Oklahoma Appleseed is that we work across multiple sectors of the legal system. So we have been working on multiple fronts to bring justice to April and people like her. That's one of the nice things about the Appleseed model is we work on multiple fronts of the legal system. So we can work in the courts for direct advocacy. But then we also work at the legislative level, and the legal research level and the community organizing level and this project with April and criminalized survivorship in Oklahoma has kind of touched all four of those areas in different ways. We were really trying to think outside the box about how we could help April but not just her but everyone in her situation. And we started looking around the country to see what other folks have been doing. And we found this big group in New York that passed a bill called the domestic violence survivor Justice Act, and that has helped several people since it was passed in 2019. Essentially, people who are in prison who can show proof that they were abused at the time of their crime and that the abuse was substantially related to the crime can apply to their sentencing court and receive sentencing relief or a lower sentence. So we thought about how we could make that something that was really made for Oklahomans by Oklahomans. And we worked with a bunch of groups here in Oklahoma to sort of figure out what survivors need. And we also got several survey responses from over 100 survivors and an Oklahoma prison here where April is called Mabel Bassett. And we've started to put together really what these experiences look like, and how these people are being prosecuted for crimes that stem from their survivorship. And we worked together to come up with some language that we thought would formulate a nice law change here in Oklahoma that would give a lot of these people sentencing relief, but then would also provide a mitigation procedure for people who are currently being prosecuted that can show they can show in a sentencing hearing any evidence that they have of their abuse and get a shorter sentence on the front end of the system, too. So it's not just a retroactive reform, it will do both things which we were pretty excited about putting this together back in the fall, and we were not sure where it was going to go. And then we heard back from a Republican legislator in Oklahoma named Toni Hasenbeck, who's from Elgin, Oklahoma, and she is a fierce champion for women's rights. And she was very disturbed by some of the stories that we were hearing from survivors in prison. And she agreed to author this bill for us.   Leslie Briggs  06:22 So Bill have a number. The bill does have finally   Colleen McCarty  06:24 has a number. It's HB 1639. It's starting in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. And it will be traveling through it's been introduced, and it has language and we expect it to be heard in committee. Next Wednesday, which is the 28th of February, the year of our Lord 2023. At 10:30am. In the rotunda   Leslie Briggs  06:49 Be there or be square. Yeah, right. Yes. We want you to come join us. We have we're doing a ton of stuff at the Capitol next week in celebration and advocacy of this monumental and historic effort that Rep. Hasenbeck is undertaking and Colleen's gonna give you some of those deets.   Colleen McCarty  07:08 Yeah, so we'd love to see anyone who's in the Oklahoma City area next week. We have two capital days that volunteers are free to come and meet us in the Supreme Court hallway. We will have water and snacks and talking points and anything you will need to be prepared to speak to your legislators. That date is February 27. We will start advocating at nine and probably be there all day until five. There's a bus leaving from Tulsa, Oklahoma from OSU Tulsa downtown. That will leave at 830 and arrive to the Capitol at about 10 and leave the Capitol at about three and be back by 430 to make sure everyone can pick up their kids and things like that. So if you need a ride, do not hesitate to hop on the just bus just bus I named it myself if I'm really proud of it.   Leslie Briggs  08:05 Oh man,   Colleen McCarty  08:06 just bus or bust.   Leslie Briggs  08:10 Say that three times. Dude, that just bus bust just bear in Tulsa. You do not want to miss that just but   Colleen McCarty  08:21 I feel like we're gonna I'm gonna set everybody up with a playlist and it's gonna be fire so far. So get on the bus or don't drive your ass down there.   Leslie Briggs  08:30 I don't care. We want to see you there, though.   Colleen McCarty  08:32 We want to see all of your faces, even if it's like, I'm just here because I listen to the podcast. I don't care. I want you there.   Leslie Briggs  08:38 Yeah, we want you there. We think that I mean, just to support this bill to support what rep Hasselbeck is trying to achieve. For survivors of domestic violence in the state of Oklahoma. It's I mean, it's historic. It's something that we need   Colleen McCarty  08:52 it is we just found out that the 2020 numbers showed that more women in Oklahoma are killed by their partners than any other state except one. So we're second in the nation for the number of women being killed by their intimate partners. But then we also know on the flip side, when those survivors rarely are the ones that live in an altercation like that. They're getting life and 30 years and 40 years in prison. And it's not a rare situation.   Leslie Briggs  09:19 Yeah. Which is actually kind of a good segue. But it's a good segue into   Colleen McCarty  09:25 our teaser, we're previewing also today this season two for   Leslie Briggs  09:31 season two, panic button, season two. Should we say the title?   Colleen McCarty  09:35 Yeah, we should say the title. That's a good title.   Leslie Briggs  09:38 Operation Wildfire.   Colleen McCarty  09:40 Yep. Panic Button. Season two Operation Wildfire. We can't spoiler you tonight about why it's called that.   Leslie Briggs  09:47 No sport. Yeah, no, absolutely no spoilers, but we'll just say this that like the question. I think that season two is going to be exploring is a lot of people. Plenty of people We'll have rightly asked, Why didn't April just leave? Like, I think that that's not an a strange question to wonder? Like, why didn't April just get out and get away? And so season two, I think is gonna we're gonna really get to explore what happens when they when someone does. What happens when someone gets away? Yeah. What happens to the abuser? What happens to that person? And   Colleen McCarty  10:25 yeah, I also think it speaks to what happens when people band together to try to stop a violent person. Yeah. And the power in that but also the questions that that kind of like causes   Leslie Briggs  10:43 the obstacles, the challenges and then yeah, like the I think yeah, questions about tactics, questions about results, questions about, I think systemic. I guess failings is the word. But it doesn't seem to really do it justice. It's more like systemic. Like I'm thinking of, well, my sink is broken right now. So it's like, clogs, right? And like the way that the system is just clogged and can't function and you can't get get get the water through to the pipes on the down on this metaphor. It's working. With all these hand motions of sink troubles right now, what's top of mind. But   Colleen McCarty  11:26 I think also, it's just like, this is gonna sound like a rant. But for the majority of human history, people were just killing each other, and there were no consequences. Then we had a little bit of human history where the only consequences for any wrongdoing were death, and everyone's getting killed. And then it was like, Okay, well, we can't kill everybody. So let's wind that back a little bit, and just put people in prison for a really long time. But now, we're to this point where it's like, the only real violence at mass scale that happens in our society is violence against women. And there's really Yeah.   Leslie Briggs  12:08 What about like mass shootings?   Colleen McCarty  12:10 I mean, sure, that is a totally different crime type than what we're talking. Yeah. Yeah. Like a domestic violence call is made every second in America,   Leslie Briggs  12:22 right? I mean, we've seen the data here in Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City, our largest metropolitan area. Yeah. So   Colleen McCarty  12:28 43,000 domestic violence calls made in 2021. And less than 1000 of those lead to arrest. And so it just starts to ask this question about like, this is the most prevalent type of violence that the system is the most bad at responding to   Leslie Briggs  12:46 that I agree with wholeheartedly. Like this violence is so prevalent, and our system doesn't effectively curtail it, or really even punish it, which it's a punitive system. I mean, if it does nothing, well, it punishes people. Well. Yeah, that's this,   Colleen McCarty  13:06 but not this. And then it's like, there are just so many ways to get away with it. Right. And the people who know how to get away with it, get away with really get away with it so much, really get away with it. And it's startling, it really is because like I come from criminal justice reform, where everyone's getting punished for every goddamn thing. Yeah. Yeah. And we're trying to stop people for getting punished as much as they are. Yeah. And then walking into this world of domestic violence advocacy and victims advocacy and saying,   Leslie Briggs  13:44 This is so warped way. So warped, yeah. Like, it's not capturing the right bad actors at the right moment.   Colleen McCarty  13:53 No, and it's not preventing any violence. No, it's actually like, allowing, we talked about this with April's case. But it's allowing these cycles of violence to like, expand and expand and expound because, you know, if you talk to people who work in trauma, or people who try to heal trauma, they will tell you that subconsciously or subconscious wounds are acting themselves out until something happens to cause you to heal it. And if you just keep not getting held accountable. Yeah, it just keeps getting like louder and bigger and more people getting hurt.   Leslie Briggs  14:30 Yeah, more chaotic more untethered. I think and those themes are going to be coming through in season two. Certainly.   Colleen McCarty  14:37 Yes, but you are going to meet some really fun character. So too.   Leslie Briggs  14:40 Yeah. And it's another Oklahoma based story. So we're, we're excited. We're in the research phase. We have two excellent, top notch interns that are plugging away getting us all the details and so they are basically legal research superheroes. I think I called them or Swiss Army Knife interns the other day. I love that they do everything for us there like, I mean, I will message either one of them at like 5pm It'd be like, I need this thing and I'm sorry. It will be like 615 They're like it's done.   Colleen McCarty  15:11 It's done. It's in the file.   Leslie Briggs  15:12 It's good. Love it. So excellent. So shout out. Alison cat. You guys are true heroes.   Colleen McCarty  15:18 Yes. So we don't want to take too much more of your time because we want you to start preparing to come to the Capitol with us next week. There's two days you can do that you can do that Monday the 27th or Thursday, the second we will be conducting community art projects and bringing people together and speaking to the survivor experience in Oklahoma. So we hope you will join us and stay tuned for season two of panic button.   Leslie Briggs  15:47 Operation Wildfire.   Colleen McCarty  15:54 Panic Button is a co production of Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice and Leslie bricks. We're your hosts Colleen McCarty and Leslie Briggs. Our theme music is velvet rope by Guillaume the production team is Lesley Briggs and rusty row were recorded at Bison and be in studio in Tulsa. Special thanks to Lynn Worley, Amanda Ross and Ashlyn Faulkner for their work on this case. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, use a safe computer and contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at the hotline.org or call 1-800-799-7233 help others find our show by leaving us a rating and writing a review. Follow us at Oka underscore Appleseed across all social platforms. You can subscribe right now in the Apple podcasts app by clicking on our podcasts logo and then hit the subscribe button. 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The seminal 1964 Supreme Court decision in New York Times v. Sullivan limited the ability of public officials to silence their critics by successfully suing them for defamation. Sullivan made “American public officials more accountable, the American media more watchful, and the American people better informed,” said William Rehnquist, the late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. But Sullivan is increasingly under attack from politicians, activists, and even sitting Justices of the Supreme Court. They believe the decision went too far, enabling the news media and others to defame others with little-to-no consequence. On today's show, we are joined by lawyers Floyd Abrams (Cahill Gordon & Reindel), JT Morris (FIRE), and Matthew Schafer (Fordham Law) to discuss New York Times v. Sullivan and its future. Show notes: New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964) “Two Justices Say Supreme Court Should Reconsider Landmark Libel Decision” by Adam Liptak “How to Restore Balance to Libel Law” by Glenn Reynolds Florida HB 991, the anti-Sullivan bill Matthew Schafer's tweet thread on Florida's HB 991 “New York Times v. Sullivan and the Forgotten Session of the US Supreme Court” by Matthew Schafer “The Most Important Supreme Court Precedent for Freedom of the Press Is in Jeopardy” by Matthew Schafer and Jeff Kosseff   www.sotospeakpodcast.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@freespeechtalk Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/freespeechtalk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotospeakpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freespeechtalk/ Email us: sotospeak@thefire.org

In this episode we talk Shane Rickard, the CEO and partner at Harmon Brothers! While at Harmon Brothers, the ad agency that has collectively driven more than 1.5 billion views, over $700 million in sales, and is behind viral ads like Lume, Squatty Potty, and Kodiak Cakes. He graduated from UVU with a degree in Digital Marketing—and a PHD in Arrested Developer. Shane first connected with Harmon Brothers during the 5 years he spent working for Orabrush as a video production manager and marketing expert. Before officially joining the HB team, he was the creative lead and account manager at the Molio Agency for 2 years. In 2016, Shane was adopted by Harmon Brothers as a Producer and Creative Director. Since then he's led notable projects like the Chatbooks “Camper” ad, Camp Chef's “Grill God”, Murphy Ladder's “Ladder Luchador”, Kodiak Cakes' “LumberJill Family”, and Next Vacay's “Traveling Tree.”  Shane loves skiing and snowboarding almost as much as his job at Harmon Brothers. And sure, being a dad of four kids is kinda cool too. In his free time, Shane likes to hike, backpack, and hike with backpacks. He and his wife plan to climb as many mountains as possible without falling of one. In the meantime, he'll keep running the company and creative directing ads that make people laugh so hard, whatever they're drinking comes out of their nose.  Contact Shane at his instagram @shanerickard and of course at his website  www.harmonbrothers.com  GET THE KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED TO CREATE ADS THAT BRAND & SELL HERE   How We Can Help You Close More Deals: Gitomer Books and Courses Here Sales Mastery Program Here Gitomer Sales Certification Here Speaking and Events Here Custom Sales Processes and Scripts Here 

Tony Kinnett talks HB 1608, CRT in Idaho, and NYC Mayor Eric Adams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tony Kinnett talks about testifying for HB: 160 yesterday, the bill will Eliminate sexual content taught to kids K-3rd grade and parents must give permission of pronoun change.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.