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In a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, President Donald Trump signs an executive order establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. Tribal leaders also provided remarks at the event: * Melanie Benjamin, Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe * Myron Lizer, Vice President, Navajo Nation * Alvin "A.J." Not Afraid, Chairman, Crow Tribe * Kevin DuPuis, Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa * Roger Smith, Council Member, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Attorney General William Barr of the Department of Justice and Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt also provided remarks. Photo: Joyce N. Boghosian / White House
Rob and Tom discuss the end of the government shutdown and how Trump has fared so far.TOPICS- Headlines- Brexit Amendments- Trump & Government Shutdown- Trump’s Achievements- Quick Polls UpdateSUPPORTSupport all TTSS shows on PatreonSHOWNOTES- Tomorrow’s Newspapers Today- Positive News- The Queen and Government- BBC: Brady Amendment- Twitter: Plan B Cartoon- Planet Money: The First Shutdown- 538: Trump Approval Ratings- Wikipedia: Federal Judges Appointed by Trump- New York Times: The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant- Wikipedia: Rhyme as Reason Effect- Facebook: Amy Patrick on the Wall- Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention- Labour vs Conservative Voting Intention- Join us on Discord!DISCUSS- Reddit- Twitter- FacebookATTRIBUTION- Recording engineer: Craig- Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).- Main Image: Security Strategy by Joyce N. Boghosian (Public Domain).Rob and Tom discuss the Meaningful Vote mere moments after the result, skipping the headlines this week. Then the conversation circles round to Mr. Speaker and the Government Shutdown.
Our culture - from the artistic to the political - has been rocked in the last couple of months. We’ve had many allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment — mostly on the part of powerful men. A striking theme in much of the last few weeks has been that women, who most often were the targets of abuse, often didn’t speak up for a long time. So in this episode, we are taking a look at the idea of finding one's voice — from a female perspective. We're listening to the words of Michelle Obama and of Carling FitzSimmons, founder and director of the all-female a cappella group La Caccina, whose latest album "Open Book" includes the powerful song "We are." By the way, if you are in Chicago, you can see La Caccina in concert by checking out their performance schedule. (Note: The photo of Michelle Obama was by official White House photographer Joyce N. Boghosian.)