Podcast appearances and mentions of Pramila Jayapal

President Donald Trump is feeling emboldened as he comes off a seismic win from this week's Supreme Court hearings and Congress moving forward with his One Big Beautiful Bill. So the question is, how do Democrats fight back as checks and balances on this president wither and die? Plus, Trump's effort to erode deportation due process. Rep. Pramila Jayapal joins The Weekend to share her thoughts on how the courts are enabling Trump's worst instincts on immigration.

The Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling curtailing judicial tyranny by inhibiting lower courts’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions. Farmers in Wenatchee are concerned they won’t have the manpower to pick all of their crops. The researcher in charge of a Trump administration report on gender dysphoria stands by his findings that trans surgeries for minors is unethical. // Pramila Jayapal is shocked to learn that it gets hot in the summer. // Two high school grads were left stranded in Seattle on a cross country road trip after their car was stolen.

Jason Rantz, host of The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH in Seattle/Tacoma and author of What's Killing America, joined The Guy Benson Show today to react to Israel's targeted strike on Iran amid Tehran's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons and why Rep. Pramila Jayapal's defense of the Iranian regime is so typical of the far-left. Rantz also previewed the upcoming "No Kings" protests, warning that while some attendees may be peaceful, Soros-backed factions are likely to incite violent unrest. Guy and Jason also warned New Yorkers about the radical agenda of Zohran Mamdani and what his rise could mean for the future of the city, drawing apt comparison to Rantz's own Seattle, WA. Listen to the full interview below! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Activists marched on Seattle’s federal building last night and things may only get worse tonight at Cal Anderson Park. Washington’s K-12 education system fares poorly according to a new study. // A Democrat Congresswoman tried to play the sexism card when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to correct her on inflation during a hearing. The U.S. and China have agreed to a framework of a trade deal. // Pramila Jayapal is very upset that Republicans want to ban trans surgeries for kids. Many WA companies are opting out of pride events this year.

How are big insurance companies dodging the very rules meant to protect patients — and turning our health care system into a profit machine for Wall Street? What can we the people do to stop it? Join us as we dive into the dark side of corporate loopholes, for-profit health care, and policy failure with Rachel Madley, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy. A former FDA staffer and health policy advisor to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Rachel played a key role in crafting and reintroducing the House Medicare for All bill in 2023. With a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Columbia University, she brings both scientific rigor and firsthand policy experience to this eye-opening conversation.

How are big insurance companies dodging the very rules meant to protect patients — and turning our health care system into a profit machine for Wall Street? What can we the people do to stop it? Join us as we dive into the dark side of corporate loopholes, for-profit health care, and policy failure with Rachel Madley, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy. A former FDA staffer and health policy advisor to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Rachel played a key role in crafting and reintroducing the House Medicare for All bill in 2023. With a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Columbia University, she brings both scientific rigor and firsthand policy experience to this eye-opening conversation. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more! And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation at heal-ca.org/donate.

Hour 1 Segment 1Tony starts the show talking about the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles intensifying. Tony also talks about why Maxine Waters is questioning the National Guard is coming in with guns. Hour 1 Segment 2Tony talks about Pramila Jayapal holding a rally for the anti-ICE riots. Hour 1 Segment 3Tony talks about the Muslim American Society Islamic Center in Philadelphia showing children dressed as terrorists chanting unspeakable things. Tony also talks about Terry Moran getting suspended from ABC from a deleted X post about Stephen Miller. Hour 1 Segment 4Tony wraps up the first hour of the show by talking about Greta Thunberg getting detained by Israeli forces on a Gaza-bound aid boat and says she got kidnapped.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 1 Segment 1Tony starts the show talking about the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles intensifying. Tony also talks about why Maxine Waters is questioning the National Guard is coming in with guns. Hour 1 Segment 2Tony talks about Pramila Jayapal holding a rally for the anti-ICE riots. Hour 1 Segment 3Tony talks about the Muslim American Society Islamic Center in Philadelphia showing children dressed as terrorists chanting unspeakable things. Tony also talks about Terry Moran getting suspended from ABC from a deleted X post about Stephen Miller. Hour 1 Segment 4Tony wraps up the first hour of the show by talking about Greta Thunberg getting detained by Israeli forces on a Gaza-bound aid boat and says she got kidnapped. Hour 2 Segment 1Tony starts the second hour of the show talking about Simone Biles and Riley Gaines going back and forth over transgender athletes. Hour 2 Segment 2Tony talks about David Hogg and Ken Martin. Hour 2 Segment 3Tony talks more about how the left wants you to think the Los Angeles riots are peaceful. Tony also talks about how the U.S. expects a huge Russian strike on Ukraine. Later, Tony talks about the upcoming parade for the Army’s 250th birthday. Hour 2 Segment 4Tony wraps up the second hour of the show talking about Governor Gavin Newsom telling Tom Homan to arrest him after the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, and how Mayor Karen Bass responds to it. Hour 3 Segment 1Tony starts the final hour of the show talking more about the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles escalating and how Maxine Waters responds to it. Hour 3 Segment 2Tony talks about male Ozempic users revealing shocking changes to their penises after taking the shot. Hour 3 Segment 3Tony is joined with Representative Jim Baird to talk about the big, beautiful bill. Hour 3 Segment 4Tony talks about Angel Reese making a fashion statement and playing terribly for the Chicago Sky.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This time on CodeWACK! How are big insurance companies dodging the very rules meant to protect patients — and turning our health care system into a profit machine for Wall Street? What can we the people do to stop it? Join us as we dive into the dark side of corporate loopholes, for-profit health care, and policy failure with Rachel Madley, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy. A former FDA staffer and health policy advisor to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Rachel played a key role in crafting and reintroducing the House Medicare for All bill in 2023. With a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Columbia University, she brings both scientific rigor and firsthand policy experience to this eye-opening conversation.   Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more! And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation at heal-ca.org/donate

This time on CodeWACK! How are big insurance companies dodging the very rules meant to protect patients — and turning our health care system into a profit machine for Wall Street? What can we the people do to stop it? Join us as we dive into the dark side of corporate loopholes, for-profit health care, and policy failure with Rachel Madley, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy. A former FDA staffer and health policy advisor to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Rachel played a key role in crafting and reintroducing the House Medicare for All bill in 2023. With a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Columbia University, she brings both scientific rigor and firsthand policy experience to this eye-opening conversation. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more! And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation at heal-ca.org/donate.

Pramila Jayapal and some of her Democrat colleagues performed a cringeworthy political stunt at the ICE detention center in Tacoma. Another pot shop was broken into during a smash-and-grab in Capitol Hill. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called out CBS anchor Margaret Brennan for her fearmongering over tariffs. // Big Local: Microsoft made another round of layoffs. Paine Field is adding another major airline to its services… but unfortunately it’s Frontier. We got another story about preparing for the next tsunami to hit the Washington coast. // You Pick the Topic: New York Times columnist David Brooks compared Elon Musk to some of the world’s worst mass murderers.  

This week on CodeWACK!   Are Americans finally waking up to the truth about single-payer healthcare? With new Medicare for All bills recently reintroduced in Congress, we're setting the record straight. Will it really save us money? Is it socialized medicine? And why aren't our legislators addressing the REAL causes of our skyrocketing healthcare costs? To unpack this, we spoke with Rachel Madley, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy. A former health policy advisor to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal — lead sponsor of the House Medicare for All bill — Rachel helped shape and reintroduce the landmark legislation in 2023. She's also a former FDA staffer and holds a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Columbia University, where she was active in both Physicians for a National Health Program and Students for a National Health Program. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more! And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation at heal-ca.org/donate.

This week on CodeWACK! Are Americans finally waking up to the truth about single-payer healthcare? With new Medicare for All bills recently reintroduced in Congress, we're setting the record straight. Will it really save us money? Is it socialized medicine? And why aren't our legislators addressing the REAL causes of our skyrocketing healthcare costs? To unpack this, we spoke with Rachel Madley, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy. A former health policy advisor to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal — lead sponsor of the House Medicare for All bill — Rachel helped shape and reintroduce the landmark legislation in 2023. She's also a former FDA staffer and holds a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Columbia University, where she was active in both Physicians for a National Health Program and Students for a National Health Program. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more! And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation at heal-ca.org/donate.

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This lifelong Democrat and pro-migrant activist who was planning to vote for Kamala, says she switched to President Trump after her quiet town in Colorado was overrun by illegals committing violent crime.Trump just cleared violent illegals off Minnesota's streets–Tim Walz calls that ‘tyranny'…Illegal Migrant with a criminal record was driving 100 miles per hour, he was drunk, he was high, he drove right into American Trooper Christopher Gadd killing him instantly in his police car. Seattle, Washington attorney says “It is not a crime” (INSANE)Reporter: "Why do you not want the best and brightest from around the world to come to Harvard?" President Trump: "I do, but a lot of the people need remedial math. Did you see that? Where the students can't add 2 and 2, and they go to Harvard...And then you see those same people picketing and screaming at the United States … We don't want troublemakers here."Marco Rubio obliterates Rep. Pramila Jayapal over student visas: Jayapal: "Where in the Constitution does it say that the Secretary of State can override the First Amendment protections of free speech?" Rubio: "There's no constitutional right to a student visa. A student visa's a privilege."Rubio to Mayorkas: If you come from Cuba, you are presumed to be fleeing persecution. Which means you are automatically eligible got refugee cash. You're eligible for food stamps.   You're eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Others who immigrate this country have to wait five years for that—and they don't get the refugee cash.Heartbreaking. 15 year old Irish girl and champion boxer Kaiden McKenna speaks about feeling unsafe in her own community because of strange foreign men.Video from the May 27 Seattle Trantifa and far-left violent direct action shows BLM race grifter Erica Williams @AExquisitePearl hitting Christians trying to attend the worship rally outside City Hall.Massive crowd of Christians gather to praise Jesus Christ—despite threats of political violence. The group says they will not be stopped from worshipping in the city of Seattle. This is powerfulWhat Does God's Word Say?John 11:47-5247 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.“What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”49 Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “You know nothing at all! 50 You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”51 He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, 52 and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one. 53 So from that day on they plotted to take his life.1 Corinthians 10:6-136 Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” 8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. 9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. 12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

What’s Trending: Keith Swank says he won’t enforce the gun permit law. GUEST: Pastor Russell Johnson (The Pursuit NW) explains what happened as Antifa thugs attacked Christian worshipers at a weekend event. // Big Local: The City of Puyallup of failed to report over $2 million in federal COVID funds. A Des Moines driver had a bad case of road rage. The City of DuPont held their annual 5k run to honor fallen heroes and Gold Star families. // You Pick the Topic: More Kilmar Abrego Garcia madness. Bad faith Pramila Jayapal is at it again.

This week on CodeWACK! Medicare for All is back in the spotlight! With two new bills recently introduced in Congress, what makes these proposals different from earlier versions— and why are some advocates feeling hopeful, even in the current political climate? What would a truly public, universal health care system look like, and how could it help curb the soaring costs, corporate greed, and bureaucracy plaguing our current system? To unpack this, we spoke with Rachel Madley, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy. A former health policy advisor to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal — lead sponsor of the House Medicare for All bill — Rachel helped shape and reintroduce the landmark legislation in 2023. She's also a former FDA staffer and holds a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Columbia University, where she was active in both Physicians for a National Health Program and Students for a National Health Program.

As the Republicans complete the largest transfer of wealth to the very rich in history, Pramila Jayapal answers listener calls from across the country.Plus- Trump doubles down for Putin.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on CodeWACK! Medicare for All is back in the spotlight! With two new bills recently introduced in Congress, what makes these proposals different from earlier versions— and why are some advocates feeling hopeful, even in the current political climate? What would a truly public, universal health care system look like, and how could it help curb the soaring costs, corporate greed, and bureaucracy plaguing our current system? To unpack this, we spoke with Rachel Madley, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy. A former health policy advisor to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal — lead sponsor of the House Medicare for All bill — Rachel helped shape and reintroduce the landmark legislation in 2023. She's also a former FDA staffer and holds a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Columbia University, where she was active in both Physicians for a National Health Program and Students for a National Health Program. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more! And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation at heal-ca.org/donate.

This week on CodeWACK! Medicare for All is back in the spotlight! With two new bills recently introduced in Congress, what makes these proposals different from earlier versions— and why are some advocates feeling hopeful, even in the current political climate? What would a truly public, universal health care system look like, and how could it help curb the soaring costs, corporate greed, and bureaucracy plaguing our current system? To unpack this, we spoke with Rachel Madley, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy. A former health policy advisor to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal — lead sponsor of the House Medicare for All bill — Rachel helped shape and reintroduce the landmark legislation in 2023. She's also a former FDA staffer and holds a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Columbia University, where she was active in both Physicians for a National Health Program and Students for a National Health Program. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more! And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation at heal-ca.org/donate.

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about Donald Trump catching South African president Cyril Ramaphosa completely off guard by forcing him and the press to watch video footage of Economic Freedom Fighters'Julius Malema getting crowds to chant "Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer"; Elon Musk staring down South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as Trump explains the murders of white South African farmers; Scott Jennings and CNN's Abby Phillip getting into a tense debate over the murders of white South African farmers; Charlie Kirk exposing how uneducated the "free Palestine" advocates and protesters at University of Cambridge are; Columbia University's graduation ceremony descending into chaos as Columbia President Claire Shipman desperately tries to show her support for Mahmoud Khalil;" Marco Rubio's tense exchange with Pramila Jayapal over the revoking of Tufts University student Rumeysa Öztürk's visa; The Beat's'" Ari Melber pushing back on James Carville's baseless accusations of the Trump administration pressing charges on LaMonica McIver because she's black; and much more. Dave also does a special "ask me anything" question-and-answer session on a wide-ranging host of topics, answering questions from the Rubin Report Locals community.   WATCH the MEMBER-EXCLUSIVE segment of the show here: https://rubinreport.locals.com/ Check out the NEW RUBIN REPORT MERCH here: https://daverubin.store/   ---------- Today's Sponsors: Gravity Defyer - Sick of knee pain? Get Gravity Defyer shoes. Minimize the shock waves that normal shoes absorb through your feet, knees and hips with every step. Use the promo code "RUBIN30" at checkout, to get an extra 30% off orders over $120 or more. Just text RUBIN30 to 91888 or go to: http://gdefy.com and Use the promo code "RUBIN30"   Franzese Wine - Experience the rich legacy of 94-point wines from Armenia, inspired by Michael Franzese's story of redemption. Get your first bottle today for 15% off! Limited time offer. Go to: https://franzesewine.com/ and use code RUBIN for your discount.   Juvenon BloodFlow 7 - BloodFlow-7 by Juvenon is scientifically designed to support healthy circulation — so you feel energized, clear-headed, and vibrant again. Go to: https://www.bloodflow7.com/Rubin

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:05pm- Rich is joined in studio by… Nick Kayal, Dawn Stensland, and Greg Stocker! Don't they have a show to do in 12-hours? 6:10pm- Democrat political strategist James Carville baselessly claimed that Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba only charged Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault of an ICE agent outside of Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ because of her skin color. Carville argued: “I don't have any proof…but I think if it was a white congressperson, they would not have arrested her.” 6:15pm- Now Dom Giordano is in studio! What did he think of last night's NJ Republican Gubernatorial Primary? And will the One Big Beautiful Bill Act be passed? Plus is it sauce or gravy? 6:30pm- During a Wednesday Senate hearing, Secretary of State Marco Rubio destroyed progressive Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal during a debate over the revocation of student visas being held by those with anti-American proclivities. 6:40pm- While appearing on Fox News, Mark Halperin suggested that a hypothetical JD Vance-Marco Rubio presidential ticket in 2028 could end up being “preordained.”

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (05/21/2025): 3:05pm- Jake Tapper's new book, “Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” which is critical of the Biden Administration for covering up the president's physical and cognitive decline is due to be released later this week. While Tapper is now reporting on internal stories about Biden's health decline, why did he ignore the story prior to Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election? Notably, during an interview with Lara Trump, Tapper vociferously denied Joe Biden was experiencing any sort of cognitive decline and suggested that people were merely picking on the then-president for suffering from a life-long stutter. 3:30pm- Tom Homan—Trump Administration Border Czar—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss how the Big Beautiful Bill Act will benefit border security and fulfill President Donald Trump's campaign pledge to stifle illegal border crossings. He explains: “We have the most secure border in the most history of the country, but we need to finish it. We need to make it permanent!” 4:05pm- On Wednesday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. During the meeting, Trump confronted Ramaphosa with video clips and news articles documenting instances of genocide against white South African farmers. Ramaphosa denied the allegations, but Trump continued to pushback with evidence: "You do allow them to take land. And then when they take the land, they kill the white farmer—and when they kill the white farmer, nothing happens to them." 4:15pm- In response to the Oval Office confrontation between President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, many media outlets ignored Trump's claims of an unfolding genocide—with CNN even accusing Trump of “ambushing” the South African president. 4:40pm- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump welcomed the NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Florida Gators to the White House. 4:50pm- While appearing on CNN, “Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again” co-author Alex Thompson discussed a particularly disturbing report documented in his new book. Thompson explained that the 2024 Biden campaign spent millions of dollars on producing a fake town hall—but then couldn't use the content because Joe Biden's performance was so poor. 5:05pm- Susan Crabtree—RealClearPolitics National Political Correspondent & Author of the book, “Fools Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino revealing that there is no evidence suggesting a larger conspiracy surrounding the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. But why are there still so many unanswered questions? 5:40pm- Brand Manager Greg Stocker joins the show, John Cena's apology to China was so awkward and hilarious that we must play it again—four-years later, and how do you pronounce “Ingraham”? 6:05pm- Rich is joined in studio by… Nick Kayal, Dawn Stensland, and Greg Stocker! Don't they have a show to do in 12-hours? 6:10pm- Democrat political strategist James Carville baselessly claimed that Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba only charged Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault of an ICE agent outside of Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ because of her skin color. Carville argued: “I don't have any proof…but I think if it was a white congressperson, they would not have arrested her.” 6:15pm- Now Dom Giordano is in studio! What did he think of last night's NJ Republican Gubernatorial Primary? And will the One Big Beautiful Bill Act be passed? Plus is it sauce or gravy? 6:30pm- During a Wednesday Senate hearing, Secretary of State Marco Rubio destroyed progressive Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal during a debate over the revocation ...

In the 5 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed: 2 Israeli embassy staffers fatally shot outside DC event Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Rep. Pramila Jayapal get into heated exchange over Turkish citizenhttps://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/ill-continue-to-revoke-student-visas-marco-rubio-snaps-at-rep-jayapal-in-explosive-hearing/videoshow/121343181.cms Anti-Israel protesters spark chaos outside Columbia University graduation with diploma-burning, aggressive chants Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Thursday, May 22, 2025 / 5 AM HourSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: Jamal Greene, Maya Wiley, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Betsey Stevenson, Kylie RobisonTonight, Donald Trump tries to re-write the Constitution. Will the Supreme Court allow Trump to decide who is an American citizen? Then, why Republican defections are causing big trouble for Trump's beautiful bill. Plus, Walmart's plans to raise prices as the Trump tax arrives at America's largest retailer. And what in the world is happening to Elon Musk's chatbot Grok? Want more of Chris? Download and subscribe to his podcast, “Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes podcast” wherever you get your podcasts.

Today, Thursday, May 8 on Urban Forum Northwest:* Eric Evans, Treasurer, Democrats for Diversity & Inclusion (DDI) is an organization that knows diversity is not their problem-it is our promise. Treasurer Evans invites you to support their fund raising efforts that will be beneficial to promising students.*Sophia Benalfew, Executive Director, Ethiopian Community in Seattle is hosting the Housing Justice & Community Power Summit on Friday, May 16 9:30 am-11:45 am at the Ethiopian Community of Seattle 8323 Rainier Avenue South. Agnes Navarro, Executive Director, Filipino community of Seattle will be panelist. Sameth Mell is one of the organizers for the event. The summit will feature remarks by Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Congressman Adam Smith, State Senator Rebecca Saldana, King County Council Chair Girmay Zahilay, Seattle City Council members Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Mark Solomon and Sunaree Marshall Director, King County Housing and Community Development (HCD). There will be a panel of Government and Institutional Partners.*Retired Seattle Black Firefighters Clarence Williams who was also past president of the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters and now serves as president of the Northwest Retired Black Firefighters Association comments on his expectations of MLK County Superior Court Judge Josephine Wiggs-Martin ruling will be on the questionable sale of the 23rd & East Pike Street property that was paid for by the retired Black Firefighters. He will be joined by Seattle's first Black Firefighter and first Black Chief of the Seattle Fire Department Claude Harris. Attorney Yohannes Sium has represented the retired and Seattle Firefighters who opposed the sale of the property and he will comment on this case.Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. X@Eddie_Rye.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., joined forces with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to introduce ambitious Medicare for All legislation that would provide comprehensive coverage to every American without premiums, co-payments, or deductibles. The move comes at a striking moment — with Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress, the bill's passage remains unlikely.In this week's episode of The Intercept Briefing, Jayapal delivers a candid assessment of Democratic strategy in the Trump era. "You can't just be an opposition party. You do have to also be a proposition party.” It's why Medicare for All was so important, she explains. “We have to show people that we are willing to un-rig the system.”Jayapal acknowledges critical missteps by her party. "A lot of my colleagues may have gotten scared off and somehow thought that what the American people wanted was for us to play footsie with Donald Trump instead of go toe to toe with him," she says. "And I think it is very clear now, after the first three months of destruction and chaos and cruelty, that that is not the way to go. This is not an administration that you want to try and get in bed with. This is an administration that we have to fight if we want to preserve our democracy."She has been particularly frustrated by her colleagues in the Senate. "The Senate had the ability to confirm Trump's Cabinet, and you saw many Democrats going along with those confirmations as if somehow this was OK to put these people who are completely incompetent and have no understanding whatsoever, and even worse have lots of things in their backgrounds that never should have allowed them to be confirmed as Cabinet members." The Senate, she adds, had “a certain power to stand up early that they didn't use."Now is the time, says Jayapal, to offer a clear roadmap for resistance. "My job now is to use the platform I have and the relationships I have to build the resistance movement on the outside and on the inside. And that is really on every level from Congress to the courts to the public."Listen to the full conversation of The Intercept Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

(The Center Square) – “This is a beautiful, coordinated action to take back our country and to show Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and these Republicans who are just spineless in this moment that we intend to fight back against unelected billionaires,” U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said to roughly 25,000 demonstrators at a Saturday protest in Seattle. Jayapal was one of 21 speakers at the Seattle rally, which itself was one of more than 1,300 demonstrations as part of the nationwide “Hands Off!” event by civil rights organizations, labor unions, LGBTQ+ advocates, veterans and other activists. Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxx Read more: https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_02b31167-f8da-49ce-8a64-0ea845cb0f62.html

Hour 2 Segment 1 Tony starts the second hour of the show talking about Chuck Schumer supporting tariffs in China from 2018. Hour 2 Segment 2 Tony talks about an article saying that Trump voters are now suffering from buyer’s remorse. Hour 2 Segment 3 Tony starts the Friday audio dump starting with Mark Carney saying he doesn’t buy his own groceries and strawberries. Tony also talks about Jim Cramer on tariffs and anti-Tesla protests. Later, Tony also talks about Kamala Harris returning to the stage with a “sense of fear and Pramila Jayapal needing to be strike or street ready. Hour 2 Segment 4 Tony wraps up the second hour of the show by talking about Jerome Powell trying to calm the markets down. Tony also talks about a federal judge finding President Trump’s ‘America First’ slogan is racist towards immigrants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tony starts the Friday audio dump starting with Mark Carney saying he doesn’t buy his own groceries and strawberries. Tony also talks about Jim Cramer on tariffs and anti-Tesla protests. Later, Tony also talks about Kamala Harris returning to the stage with a “sense of fear and Pramila Jayapal needing to be strike or street ready.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 1 Segment 1 Tony starts the show talking about how China is reacting and responding to the tariffs. Tony also talks about the Nintendo Switch 2 preorders being delayed because of the tariffs. Hour 1 Segment 2 Tony talks about the Senate moving forward on President Donald Trump’s tax cuts. Hour 1 Segment 3 Tony talks about Hamas ready to release all hostages at once for end to war. Tony also talks about General Motors increasing truck productions in Indiana following President Trump’s tariffs. Later, Tony talks about Morgan Wallen walking off in the end credits of Saturday Night Live and posting on his Instagram story saying, “get me to God’s country.” Hour 1 Segment 4 Tony wraps up the first hour of the show by talking about the latest on the Alien Enemies Act. Hour 2 Segment 1 Tony starts the second hour of the show talking about Chuck Schumer supporting tariffs in China from 2018. Hour 2 Segment 2 Tony talks about an article saying that Trump voters are now suffering from buyer’s remorse. Hour 2 Segment 3 Tony starts the Friday audio dump starting with Mark Carney saying he doesn’t buy his own groceries and strawberries. Tony also talks about Jim Cramer on tariffs and anti-Tesla protests. Later, Tony also talks about Kamala Harris returning to the stage with a “sense of fear and Pramila Jayapal needing to be strike or street ready. Hour 2 Segment 4 Tony wraps up the second hour of the show by talking about Jerome Powell trying to calm the markets down. Tony also talks about a federal judge finding President Trump’s ‘America First’ slogan is racist towards immigrants. Hour 3 Segment 1 Tony starts the final hour of the show joined by E.J. Antoni, economist from The Heritage Foundation, to talk about Liberation Day being in full effect and the potential of trade wars. Hour 3 Segment 2 Tony talks about the possibility of illegal immigrants and gang members receiving the death penalty from Pam Bondi Hour 3 Segment 3 Tony continues his conversation with E.J. Antoni, talking about Liberation Day and possible trade wars Hour 3 Segment 4 Tony wraps up another edition of the show talking more about anti-Trump & Tesla protests happening this weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Trump Administration is poised to slap worldwide tariffs on friend and foe alike…. Sending Wall Street reeling today. And the president’s crackdown on unauthorized immigration has arrived in Washington, with the first big ICE raid of a workplace in our state in Bellingham. There’s plenty of news out of D.C. hitting home for Western Washington, and joining Soundside host Libby Denkmann the view from congress is Pramila Jayapal. She represents WA’s 7th congressional District, including most of Seattle. GUEST: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA 7th District) RELATED LINK: Immigration officials raid Bellingham roofing company, arresting 37 | The Seattle Times Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmThere are signs of life in the Democratic Party, and if Republicans continue to badly underperform in special elections, the vibes could shift. But there are some things even a robust opposition can't really stop, when a president claims autocratic power, and is insulated from normal political considerationsAfter a brief discussion of Cory Booker's filibuster, and the Supreme Court race in Wisconsin, Matt and Brian discuss the unitary executive theory. Specifically:* What is the unitary executive theory?* Is a rogue presidency really what Republicans had in mind when they concocted this theory a few decades ago?* Would adverse court rulings establishing an all-powerful, unaccountable executive mean the end of Fed independence, and a ruined economy?Then, behind the paywall, are there any legitimate reforms to our political system that would be both wise and make the government more responsive to election outcomes? Is there any circumstances under which this kind of king-like presidency would not devolve into criminality and corruption? Will any constitutional checks remain if the Supreme Court grants Trump's unitary executive claims, or will it be entirely up to the masses?All that, plus the full Politix archive are available to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed. Further reading:* One way to weaken Trump's executive would be to rescind his tariff authority.* The long tail of law firms caving to Trump's lawless threats. * Pramila Jayapal's Resistance Lab.

Marc Elias joins to discuss the legal smackdown dealt against Trump's grudge-filled crusade against private law firms. Plus, Delaware Sen. Chris Coons on his call for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign for his role in the Signal-gate security fiasco.

Hour 2 Segment 1 Tony starts the second hour of the show talking about Randi Weingarten speaking at an education rally. Tony also talks about PBS and NPR in a congress hearing about DOGE and allegations of bias. Hour 2 Segment 2 Tony plays the latest White House press briefing from Karoline Leavitt and talks about Signalgate. Hour 2 Segment 3 Tony plays more of the press briefing where Leavitt left and was overwhelmed with repetitive questions. Hour 2 Segment 4 Tony wraps up the second hour of the show talking about the cost of housing, healthcare, and groceries according to Pramila Jayapal. Tony also talks about the Boston Celtics being sold for $6 billion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 1 Segment 1 Tony starts the show talking about Jasmine Crockett hit with a censure effort for calling Governor Greg Abbott “hot wheels”. Tony also talks more about Jeffrey Goldberg in the group chat and Signalgate. Hour 1 Segment 2 Tony talks about the Senate GOP eying at least $2 trillion spending cuts budget package. Hour 1 Segment 3 Tony is joined with Kurt Schlichter of Townhall to talk about Signalgate and how to move past the screaming. Hour 1 Segment 4 Tony wraps up the first hour of the show by talking about Costco no longer selling the Kirkland Signature soy milk. Hour 2 Segment 1 Tony starts the second hour of the show talking about Randi Weingarten speaking at an education rally. Tony also talks about PBS and NPR in a congress hearing about DOGE and allegations of bias. Hour 2 Segment 2 Tony plays the latest White House press briefing from Karoline Leavitt and talks about Signalgate. Hour 2 Segment 3 Tony plays more of the press briefing where Leavitt left and was overwhelmed with repetitive questions. Hour 2 Segment 4 Tony wraps up the second hour of the show talking about the cost of housing, healthcare, and groceries according to Pramila Jayapal. Tony also talks about the Boston Celtics being sold for $6 billion. Hour 3 Segment 1 Tony starts the final hour of the show talking more about Signalgate and way Jeffrey Goldberg was in the group chat in the first place. Hour 3 Segment 2 Tony talks about Hemi V8’s are back and are heading to Dodge muscle cars. Hour 3 Segment 3 Tony talks about President Donald Trump being popular and why some people deserve and don’t deserve to be fired from the Signalgate incident. Hour 3 Segment 4 Tony wraps up another edition of the show talking about Maxine Waters raging against DOGE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The government’s about to run out of money.There’s an ongoing, multi-fronted showdown in the courts over who has the power to cut federal spending after it’s been appropriated.And also a little bit of a trade war brewing with new U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel just announced.Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal shares her view from the House of Representatives with Soundside. *Note: since this conversation aired, President Trump has halted his plan to double tariffs on Canadian metals. Guest: Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal represents Washington’s 7th congressional district, which ranges from Lake Forest Park to White Center Related Links: Trump halts doubling of tariffs on Canadian metals, after Ontario suspends electricity price hikes - AP New deputy FBI director Dan Bongino previously called for imprisoning Democrats - NPR Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal was one of many miserable looking Democrats who held up what appeared to be auction bid signs in a not-so-silent protest at last nights State of the Union speech. Pramila's not Ready for Rain. Are you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWD-x3GIUFA

For a Democrats take on President Trump's address to Congress, we're joined by Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington. Jayapal, who is also chair emerita of the House Progressive Caucus, joins Amna Nawaz to discuss. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

For a Democrats take on President Trump's address to Congress, we're joined by Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington. Jayapal, who is also chair emerita of the House Progressive Caucus, joins Amna Nawaz to discuss. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

An Archbishop teacher has been accused of horrific sex crimes against very young children. Pramila Jayapal had some strong comments directed towards Donald Trump’s immigration policy. Guest: Richland Mayor Theresa Richardson responds to some of the blowback she has received for a social media post praising Elon Musk and DOGE. // Trump took questions at a cabinet meeting today. Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer is calling out the sanctuary policies of Washington State. // Rep. Jasmine Crockett had some choice words for Elon Musk.

Glenn reacts to radical leftist Washington Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal's recent meltdown about President Trump cracking down on illegal immigration. "If we don't have this labor, our way of life will crumble." Where have you heard that argument used before? The Left's view on immigration is exploitation masked by progressive "compassion." Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy joins to discuss his campaign for Ohio governor and the policies he plans to implement. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) joins to discuss why we must pass the REINS Act.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn tells the heartbreaking story of a Texas rancher who was killed by a suspected cartel IED while he was driving near his ranch. Glenn lays out the importance of standing up against the cartels, who are so willing to take the lives of our own. It's simple: The cartels are terrorists, and we must treat them as such. Glenn reacts to radical leftist Washington Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal's recent meltdown about President Trump cracking down on illegal immigration. "If we don't have this labor, our way of life will crumble." Where have you heard that argument used before? The Left's view on immigration is exploitation masked by progressive "compassion." Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy joins to discuss his campaign for Ohio governor and the policies he plans to implement. Glenn and Stu discuss the changes coming to the Washington Post as Jeff Bezos tries to distance the outlet from its liberal bias. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) joins to discuss why we must pass the REINS Act. Glenn and Stu discuss how humans are now forming romantic relationships with AI chatbots.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is THIS what is inside Fort Knox?? Look ahead to our Free Think Friday guest, Brad Meltzer. Democrats continue to display their racism and contempt for immigrants. A congressman wants President Trump arrested. Why so much pushback on Elon Musk sending an email to federal employees? Mineral deal reached between the U.S. and Ukraine! President Trump introduces an immigration "gold card." DNI Tulsi Gabbard has message for government employees who were in sex chat rooms on government time. New video from Mars. Big 12 silence on anti-Mormon chants at sports facilities. What's with the bruise on the president's hand? Near miss at a Chicago airport. iPhone skullduggery. Keystone XL Pipeline rebirth? Another fun day for the press in the White House Oval Office. 00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED 00:58 Inside Look Fort Knox Vault 05:27 DOGE CLOCK 05:55 Mike Johnson on DOGE Findings 06:46 Pramila Jayapal is Mad at Deportations 08:21 Hank Johnson Wants Trump Arrested by US Marshal 10:11 Lisa Murkowski Doesn't Like the Email from Elon Musk for Fed Employees 12:27 Counselor to Trump Alina Habba Explains Elon's Email 22:21 Trump Gold Card to be Released Soon 32:04 Chewing the Fat 48:44 F the Mormons? 53:00 Near Plane Collision at Chicago International Airport 56:30 Apple “Racist” Trump Issue 1:00:12 President Trump Answers 1,009 Questions from Press 1:02:15 IRS Leaked American Information 1:04:32 The White House is OFFICIALLY Open 1:16:17 Nick Sortor Confronts Eric Swalwell in Public 1:19:14 Sharia Law is NOT Allowed in Texas 1:25:33 Why Fire General CQ Brown? 1:26:39 White House Opens the Press Pool to theblaze 1:30:52 Trump Admires Gulf of America 1:32:17 “Trump Was Right About Everything” Hat 1:33:14 Trump Slams Reporter AGAIN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the immediate aftermath of the mammoth fires in Los Angeles, Ralph welcomes Douglas Heller, Director of Insurance at Consumer Federation of America to fill us in on what to expect from the industry and how to get the most out of your fire insurance claims. Then, our resident constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, returns to present a list of constitutional crises to expect upon the second coming of Donald Trump.Douglas Heller is a nationally-recognized insurance expert and Director of Insurance at Consumer Federation of America. In addition to conducting research for and providing expertise to consumer rights organizations, Mr. Heller is a member of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance, an appointee of California's Insurance Commissioner, serving as a board member of the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan, and he serves on the Executive Board of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.A key thing for everybody to know is that the premiums that we have paid over the last several years here in California—and this really goes across the country, but in California in particular—have put the insurance industry in a perfectly healthy position to deal with the claims, as dramatic and as severe as these fires are and the amount of damage that they caused…For the insurance companies to cry poverty in the wake of the buildup of capital over the last several years would be outrageous, and so we're going to be watching for that.Douglas HellerThe story around the country was that California was already a terrible hellscape for the insurance companies to do business in. When in fact, they were doing far better than the rest of the country. One of the big trade journals that reports on the industry has said that State Farm has been kept afloat by its performance in California over the last couple of years. And it was more a kind of a climate opportunism—after ignoring the potential (and then, growing) impact of climate change on property risk for years and decades, the insurance companies finally had this kind of revelation that oh they can talk about climate change as a new risk and a justification for demanding whatever they want.Douglas HellerBattle lines seem to be drawn—at least in my opinion—between the “Drill baby, drill. All we need to do is rake the leaves” camp versus “Hey, this is another wake up call to the climate crisis.” Because this was a severe weather event. And there were four major fires at once, and no fire department, whose main daily job is medical emergencies, is equipped to deal with that. Especially since the first two days the winds were so high—hurricane force winds—they couldn't get helicopters and airplanes into the air to make the drops in these canyons. And I don't think there's any amount of brush clearing that would have stopped these winds from whipping up these embers to send them into these residential districts.Steve SkrovanBruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and an expert on international law. Mr. Fein was Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and he is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, and American Empire: Before the Fall.The Trump regime has a high probability of being the most lawless dictatorial regime in American history. All presidents violate laws, but Trump has taken this to a new, boastful level of variety.Ralph NaderThe reason why it's more likely that Trump will use this dragnet in a more abusive ways, is because he and his FBI nominee have said openly that they're going to do everything they can to persecute, to go after their enemies list…The only limitation on abuse is that they don't have the manpower to actually use it all.Bruce FeinWe're the guardrails—not Congress anymore. It's the people who have to stand up and protest and not send scoundrels back to office if they're not discharging their obligations under the United States Constitution. If we aren't the guardrails, there aren't any out there.Bruce FeinNews 1/15/251. In Gaza, CNN reports a ceasefire deal has finally been reached. This comes on the heels of negotiations between the warring parties, attended by envoys of both President Biden and incoming President Trump, with Egyptian and Qatari mediators. Under the terms of this deal, Hamas has agreed to free the remaining 33 Israeli hostages in their custody, while Israel will “free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.” Trump's apparent demand for an immediate settlement with this many Israeli concessions comes as a shock. Israeli journalist Erel Segal, widely seen as a Netanyahu proxy, is quoted saying “We're the 1st to pay a price for Trump's election. [The deal] is being forced upon us… We thought we'd take control of northern Gaza, that they'd let us impede humanitarian aid.”2. In more foreign policy news, the American Prospect is out with a piece on the gifts received by senior foreign policy officials in the Biden Administration. According to this report, Bill Burns – Director of the Central Intelligence Agency – has in the past year received “an $18,000 astrograph, an $11,000 Omega watch, and a ceremonial Saudi war sword.” By comparison, Secretary of State Antony Blinken received $600 worth of memorabilia and “several acrylic landscape portraits.” As this piece notes, individuals cannot keep these gifts – they become public property – yet the disparity in these gifts does reflect the difference in perception toward Blinken and Burns. As one State Department official put it, “When you want someone to drink champagne, you send Blinken. When you need someone to actually fix s**t in Brazil, the Middle East, or Russia, you send Burns.”3. And in the final days of his administration, AP's Matt Lee reports President Biden will reverse Trump's decision to designate Cuba a state sponsor of terror. The state sponsor of terror designation resulted in Cuba facing even harsher sanctions than they had during the decades-long embargo and led to multiple critical shortages of essential goods like fuel. Since the designation was announced in 2021, many have called for it to be reversed, including New York State Senators and representatives in New York, Massachusetts and Minnesota, as well as local representatives and labor unions like the UAW, UE, and others, per People's Dispatch. It is unclear why Biden is taking this action now and Trump can reverse this move as soon as he takes office.4. Turning to labor, NBC reports the Services Employees International Union (SEIU) will rejoin the AFL-CIO, 20 years after leaving the labor federation. With SEIU back in the fold, the AFL-CIO will represent over 15 million workers. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler is quoted saying “We are the, probably, only institution in the country that has an infrastructure in every city, in every state, in every workplace, that is a mobilizing machine…And as they say, outside power builds inside power.” This move is widely seen as an attempt to consolidate worker power ahead of Trump's return to office, though the unions have resisted saying so explicitly. The Teamsters left the AFL-CIO around the same time as the SEIU, but have made no moves to rejoin the labor federation and have instead opted to strategically align themselves with Trump. It remains to be seen which strategy will yield better results.5. In more labor news, Fast Company reports servers at Waffle House franchises around the country claim “the chain forces them to do janitorial work and dishwashing for [sub-minimum] tipped wages, robbing them of up to $46.8 million.” As this piece notes, “Wage theft…is a common practice. As of 2017…workers lose $15 billion annually in minimum wage violations alone.” Moreover, “From 2021 to 2024, the Department of Labor recovered more than $1 billion in back wages and damages for 615,000 employees in the U.S.” Waffle House is a particularly egregious offender, with 90% of workers surveyed reporting they had experienced some form of wage theft in the past year. The state minimum wage in Georgia, where Waffle House is based, is a meager $5.15 per hour, yet the tipped minimum is even lower at just $2.13 – a starvation wage. One worker, Melissa Steach, is quoted saying “Corporations can't keep throwing us around because we make all this money for them…And what are they really doing with it? They are not supporting their workers. They can't keep screwing us around. We're here. We're worth it.”6. On the other end of the spectrum, Apple CEO Tim Cook's staggering compensation package hit nearly $75 million in 2024, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Converted to an hourly wage, this equates to roughly $600 per minute. This is a substantial increase from his 2023 total of $63.2 million, but still lower than the nearly $100 million he received in 2022. In October, Apple reported its services business, including Apple Music and iCloud, hit a revenue of $24.97 billion for the quarter, a “new all-time high for the company.”7. In more tech news, the Intercept reports Meta – parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – is relaxing their content moderation rules as they relate to hate speech. The Intercept received leaked training materials to this effect, which explicitly outline what users are now allowed to say. These officially permitted statements include “Immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of s**t,” “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians,” and simply “I'm a proud racist.” The Electronic Frontier Foundation's international freedom of expression director Jillian York is quoted in this piece saying, “While [Meta's previous censorship regime] has often resulted in over-moderation that I and many others have criticized, these examples demonstrate that Meta's policy changes are political in nature and not intended to simply allow more freedom of expression.”8. In a more positive story of social progress, EuroNews reports that the Italian Bishops' Conference has issued new guidelines all but clearing the way for openly gay men to enter the priesthood. According to the newly issued report, titled "Guidelines and norms for seminaries,” "When referring to homosexual tendencies, it's… appropriate not to reduce discernment only to this aspect, but, as for every candidate, to grasp its meaning in the global framework of the young person's personality.” In 2023 Pope Francis told the AP that “being homosexual isn't a crime,” and has endorsed the church “blessing” same-sex unions. Women remain entirely excluded from the priesthood.9. On the domestic front, Axios reports Justice Democrats – the progressive insurgent group – is planning a new wave of primary challenges to unseat “corporatist” incumbent Democrats. While the group's number one target seems to be George Latimer, who ousted Congressman Jamaal Bowman from his newly redrawn seat last cycle, spokesperson Usamah Andrabi told Axios the group is, “keeping every deep blue district on the table.” However, many of the prominent House progressives are shying away from this effort. Pramila Jayapal, former chair of the Progressive Caucus said “I think given what's at stake we feel really urgently that we need to protect all incumbents,” while Ilhan Omar said "There are folks who endorse against their own colleagues, but I don't."10. Finally, Public Citizen co-presidents Rob Weissman and Lisa Gilbert have written a letter to the chairs of the Trump Transition team asking to be named members of the Department of Government Efficiency, aka DOGE. In this letter, Weissman and Gilbert express their “concerns about DOGE's structure and mission,” particularly with regard to its proposed leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who “hold financial interests that will be directly affected by federal budgetary policies,” but also makes the key argument that DOGE's mission to “slash excess regulation” and “cut wasteful expenditures” must be tied to the other “half of the picture: more efficiently regulating corporations to better protect consumers and the public from harmful corporate practices.” They argue that their “appointment to serve as members of DOGE” would enable them to serve as “voices for the interests of consumers and the public who are the beneficiaries of federal regulatory and spending programs.” Rather than an earnest plea for an appointment, this letter is more likely meant to expose a key issue with the DOGE project: those in charge of cutting supposed government waste are riddled with conflicts of interests. They have too many fingers in the pie. If Trump were serious about reducing government spending generally – and corruption specifically – he would appoint people like Weissman and Gilbert, not Ramaswamy and Musk. And they would start with the unbelievably bloated, unauditable Pentagon budget.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) to discuss what to expect from the upcoming Trump administration's immigration agenda, and how the Republican-controlled Congress might govern. First, Sam and Emma check in on Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing for Defense Secretary, with Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine putting the screws to him on the allegations against Hegseth regarding numerous instances of infidelity and sexual misconduct (to say nothing of the financial mismanagement!) Then, they speak with Rep. Jayapal, first discussing her role on the Judiciary Committee as ranking member of the immigration subcommittee, her thoughts on the Laken Riley Act that is making its way through the Senate, and what to expect from the incoming Trump administration when it comes to mass deportation efforts. She then discusses what to expect from the Congressional Progressive Caucus now that she is no longer chair (she is chair emerita however!) under Rep. Greg Casar's stewardship, and where Democrats can go in terms of messaging to have more success then they did in November's elections. And in the Fun Half, Sam, Emma, and the MR Crew discuss the late night unveiling of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump's supposed election interference in the 2020 election and on January 6th, 2021, the continued apathy coming from the likes of Speaker Johnson & Sen. Tommy Tuberville about conditioning wildfire aid to California, the prospects of a Trump-brokered ceasefire (and how upsetting that is to the Israeli right), and, finally, a Morning Joe guest shocking a panel by discussing the prospects of class war. Plus, your calls & IM's! Follow Rep. Jayapal on Twitter here: https://x.com/RepJayapal Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Follow us on TikTok here!: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here!: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here!: https://rumble.com/user/majorityreport Check out our alt YouTube channel here!: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! https://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: https://majority.fm/app Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code majority to get 10% off your purchase! Check out today's sponsors: Prolon: Just in time for the new year, Prolon is offering The Majority Report with Sam Seder listeners 15%  off their 5-day nutrition program for your post-holiday glow-up when you go to https://ProlonLife.com/MAJORITY.  That's https://ProlonLife.com/MAJORITY for 15% off. Blueland Cleaning Products: Blueland has a special offer for listeners. Right now, get 15% off your first order by going to https://blueland.com/majority. You won't want to miss this! That's https://blueland.com/majority to get 15% off. Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

What’s Trending: Seattle’s Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal made ridiculous comments about the proposed ‘Lake Riley Act.’ Yet another Seattle restaurant has closed due to the city’s minimum wage hike. An owl has been harassing people at a Snohomish County park. // Big Local: Skagit County is dropping the speed limit for a three-mile stretch near Burlington by 10 miles per hour. Parking in Point Ruston just became an even bigger headache. A Richland father and 2 sons disarmed a felon that was threatening customers in a bar. A teenage migrant in Tukwila was stabbed and killed in a parking lot. // You Pick the Topic: A wife found out her husband was cheating because of his supermarket rewards membership.

 Why would 158 Democrats vote against a bill that would deport illegal alien sex offenders and pedophiles and stop deviant migrants from crossing our border? We put a spotlight on Pramila Jayapal and the Left's clear preference of illegals over citizens - even when it costs us our safety. Plus the parallels between Thomas Crooks and the ISIS-inspired terrorist who killed 14 in New Orleans. And the Chuck Schumer live television lie that puts the final fork in the Deep State.

First up on today's wide-ranging show, Ralph speaks to political scientist Adolph Reed about how American politics has started taking its cues from professional wrestling and how the left can rebuild itself. Then, we welcome Steve Silberstein from National Popular Vote to update us on their interstate compact's progress. Finally, we're joined by three interns from the American Museum of Tort Law—Dylan Bird, Gabriel Duffany, and Rachel Donovan discuss a rather unique summer assignment.Adolph Reed is Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and an organizer with the Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute's Medicare for All-South Carolina initiative, and co-host of Class Matters Podcast. His most recent books are The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives and (with Walter Benn Michaels) No Politics but Class Politics.One of the things that struck me, especially, is during the pandemic it was striking to see how much full-blown animus toward government— or toward the idea of public and public goods—that there is out there in society at large. And we know Heritage (and the rest of the reactionary, the Koch brothers) have been fueling that and stoking that kind of resentment for as long as they've been around, frankly, right…But what's different is that since the Clinton years, the Democrats have been just as likely to attack the idea of government or public goods and public services, right? And they're more likely to do it backhandedly…So there hasn't been any space for people to connect even the fact that they like to go to the public library or like to use the public park with this bipartisan, full-bore attack on the idea of government. And that has gone so far and so deeply within society.Adolph ReedSteve Silberstein founded and served as the first president of Innovative Interfaces Inc., a leading supplier of computer software for the automation of college and city libraries. Mr. Silberstein sold his interest in the company in 2001 and now devotes his time to philanthropic and civic matters, one of which is sitting on the Board of Directors of National Popular Vote.Of the states that have passed [the National Popular Vote compact], it's mostly been with Democratic votes. Because for a while there's been a theory that Republicans couldn't win the national popular vote. That's why they opposed it. But now that they have actually won the popular vote this time around, that theory which caused some of them to oppose it has gone by the wayside.Steve SilbersteinThere's no reason for [Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan being “swing states”]. You know, those states didn't even exist when the constitution was established. It's just purely an accident…Those states are not typical of the United States—each state is unique in some way. So, Wisconsin has a big dairy industry. Pennsylvania has coal mining or fracking or something like that. So the candidates just concentrate on those—what are really very obscure issues to most of the people in the country. These states are not typical. They are not representative in any way shape or form of the rest of the country.Steve SilbersteinDylan Bird is a sophomore at St Lawrence University, pursuing a double major in Global Studies and Spanish on a Pre Law Track. Gabriel Duffany is a sophomore at the University of Connecticut, pursuing a double major in Human Rights and Communication also on a Pre Law Track, and he is an intern at the American Museum of Tort Law. Rachel Donovan is the Outreach Coordinator at the American Museum of Tort Law, and she is pursuing studies in education. All three recently worked as summer interns at the American Museum of Tort Law in the VoxBox Civic Engagement Summer Course, and they participated in Ralph Nader's Dictionary Pilot.It's a very daunting task when somebody hands you a full dictionary—over a thousand pages or so—and asks you to read it front-to-back. Once you start to actually sink your teeth into it…I actually found it to be a very positive experience. Rather than simply looking up individual words and ending your journey there, the goal really becomes the exploration of knowledge.Dylan BirdFor me, what really did stand out wasn't the individual words. It was more so the process of defining that I found the most compelling. So it showed up to me in the linguistic sense that these aren't exact definitions here. They're more so measurements, gauges of people's public opinions and definitions that would shift over time. So it was interesting to see how the evolution of words came, how meanings evolved over time with new technologies, new cultural moments. And as a news writer, I found that fascinating—the complexities of a word, the connotations that go with it, they can make or break the framing of any certain topic.Gabriel DuffanyI think that this project could be very important for students of all ages because it's not often that you would use a physical dictionary very much anymore—versus just going online and looking up a word. And now multiple definitions could come up—you may not even find exactly what you're looking for, because words undergo new meanings on a near-daily basis. And I think having the chance to read the original definition may give students new meanings to words that they may have thought they had the knowledge of due to social media.Rachel DonovanNews 12/25/241. On December 19th, the Teamsters announced they would launch “the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history.” This strike covers nearly 10,000 Amazon workers who have joined the Teamsters, with workers taking to the picket line in New York City Atlanta, Southern California, San Francisco and Skokie, Illinois. Teamsters President Sean O'Brien is quoted saying “If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon's insatiable greed. We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it…This strike is on them.” Scenes from this strike went viral over the holidays; one video posted by Labor Notes journalist Luis Feliz Leon shows NYPD officers guarding a path for Amazon trucks to depart after clearing away a blockade by striking workers – in case you were wondering whose side the cops are on.2. In more Amazon union news, INDY Week's Lena Geller reports that on December 23rd Amazon workers filed for a union election at the RDU1 warehouse in Garner, North Carolina. These workers are organizing under the auspices of Carolina Amazonians for Solidarity and Empowerment, aka CAUSE, which states that “despite an illegal campaign of intimidation by Amazon, which is desperate to keep unions out to continue paying poverty wages and failing to improve dismal work conditions,” the union believes they have “easily” exceeded the 30% card check threshold to demand an election. If successful, RDU1 would become the first unionized Amazon facility in the South.3. Independent investigative journalists Ken Klippenstein and Dan Boguslaw are out with a report on a potential conflict of interest in the Luigi Mangione prosecution. Apparently, “Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker, who is overseeing pre-trial hearings for…Mangione, is married to a former Pfizer executive.” Judge Parker's husband, Bret Parker, had served as Vice President and assistant general counsel at Wyeth, and held the same titles after that company was purchased by Pfizer. According to financial disclosures, Mr. Parker still collects a pension from Pfizer in the form of a “Senior Executive Retirement Plan.” The Parkers also own hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of stock in Pfizer itself, along with other pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and healthcare companies. These holdings raise grave questions about the impartiality of this judge.4. In more news from New York, Gothamist reports New York Governor Kathy Hochul has vetoed a bill which would have “reversed New York's longstanding ban on jury service for anyone convicted of felonies at any point in their lives. If enacted, the bill would have allowed people with felony convictions to serve only after completing their sentences, including parole.” This bill passed with the support of the New York Civil Liberties Union and Phil Desgranges, an attorney at The Legal Aid Society, called this bill “common-sense legislation.” State Senator Jabari Brisport wrote “Fun fact about [New York] politics. The Governor has until end of year to sign bills so she usually waits until [the] holiday season and vetoes a bunch right before Christmas, hoping no one notices.” The Gothamist piece notes that Hochul vetoed 132 bills over the weekend.5. Turning to Israel, a remarkable story in unfolding around the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. According to Democracy Now!, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to skip the anniversary “out of fears he might be arrested for committing war crimes in Gaza.” As we have documented on this program, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant in November, and since then various countries have grappled with their obligations under international law to arrest the pair. While certain ICC signatory nations like Germany and France have sought to weasel out of these commitments, according to this report, “Poland's deputy foreign minister recently confirmed Poland would comply with the ICC arrest warrants if Netanyahu visited.”6. On the domestic front, newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar has sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanding that the Biden administration withhold new transfers of offensive weaponry to the Israeli military. In this letter, he and other progressive members of Congress make clear that the administration itself has “correctly identified steps the Israeli government must take in order for continued transfers…to be in accordance with U.S. law,” and that “the Israeli government has failed to take sufficient action or change course.” This letter is signed by 20 members of Congress including Casar himself along with Summer Lee, James McGovern, Mark Pocan, Pramila Jayapal, Sara Jacobs, AOC, Rashida Tlaib, and others.7. In a stunning story picked up by POLITICO, Republican Congresswoman Kay Granger – chair of the critical House Appropriations Committee until last April – has been missing in action for months. Despite continuing to hold her Texas seat, she has not cast a vote at all since July. Calls to her office went unanswered and unreturned. Visits to her office found it vacant. And when investigative reporters sought her out, they wound up finding her in an assisted living facility wracked with dementia. This story is tragic; Granger's son has spoken out since publication, addressing how rapidly his mother's mental decline has progressed. Yet, this is just the most striking example of the gerontocracy that has gripped Capitol Hill. And at least Granger had the sense remaining to recuse herself from votes; rebellious Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky is quoted saying he's “more concerned about the congressmen who have dementia and are still voting.”8. Moving to some good news, the Federal Trade Commission announced last week that they, along with the Attorney General of Illinois, have reached a $25 million settlement with food delivery giant GrubHub, stemming from the firm's engagement in “an array of unlawful practices including deceiving diners about delivery costs and blocking their access to their accounts and funds, deceiving workers about how much money they would make delivering food, and unfairly and deceptively listing restaurants on its platform without their permission.” In addition to the monetary penalty, the company must make significant changes to its operations model, including “telling consumers the full cost of delivery, honestly advertising pay for drivers, and listing restaurants on its platform only with their consent.” This is a victory for consumers, workers, restaurants, but perhaps above all, the rule of law. As FTC Chair Lina Khan puts it “There is no ‘gig platform' exemption to the laws on the books.”9. On December 23rd, President Biden announced that he would commute the death sentences for 37 out of the 40 federal prisoners on death row, in a major victory for ending executions by the state. These sentences have been commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In a statement, Biden wrote “I've dedicated my career to reducing violent crime and ensuring a fair and effective justice system…Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss. But… I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level.” He ends this statement by alluding to the fact that as president he has imposed a moratorium on federal executions and fears that the incoming Trump administration will resume state-sponsored killings. Per AP, the three inmates whose sentences were not commuted are: Dylann Roof, the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooter, Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and Tree of Life Synagogue shooter Robert Bowers.10. Finally, on Christmas Eve, Bernie Sanders issued a statement laying out “How to Make America Healthy Again,” echoing the language used by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Under Bernie's plan, this initiative would include Medicare for All, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, paid family and medical leave, a 32-hour work week, raising the minimum wage, and reforms to the food industry itself, such as banning junk food ads and stronger warning labels on high-sugar products. As with Bernie's qualified embrace of the “Department of Government Efficiency” this should be seen as a savvy move to call the Trump team's bluff. Will they really go after big sugar? Or will they bend the knee to their corporate benefactors yet again?This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. 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Ralph and team spend the entire hour with Israeli reporter, Gideon Levy, a singular voice in an otherwise compliant domestic press to discuss his book “The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe” a series of columns written before and after the October 7th, 2023 attacks that put this ongoing tragedy in historical context.Gideon Levy is a Haaretz columnist and a member of the newspaper's editorial board. He is the author of the weekly “Twilight Zone” feature, which covers the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza over the last 25 years, as well as the writer of political editorials for the newspaper. He is the author of The Punishment of Gaza, and his latest book is The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe.If you talk with me about a very broad scheme—not ending this war now in Gaza, but really for a long range, a real vision—the vision is only the choice between an apartheid state between the river and the sea, or a democracy between the river and the sea. There is no third way anymore, unfortunately. And we have to choose, and the world has to choose: Is the world ready to accept a second apartheid state, or is the world ready to act for having an equal democracy for Palestinians and Israelis living between the river and the sea?Gideon LevyWe have to stick to global, universal values: occupation is illegal, apartheid is immoral, and war is always cruel.Gideon LevyAfter the 7th of October, an iron curtain fell between Israel and any kind of human sentiments toward Gaza— the people of Gaza, the victims of Gaza, we don't want to hear, we don't want to know, we are not bothered, and we have the right to do whatever we want.Gideon LevyWe hear about the hundred hostages held by Hamas underground a great deal in the US media, but we don't hear much about the torture and the other mistreatment of thousands of Palestinians—some of them women and children—who were arrested, just arbitrarily kidnapped, and sent to Israeli jails.Ralph NaderNews 12/18/241. Our top story this week comes from Public Citizen Corporate Crime expert Rick Claypool, who reports that the Biden Department of Justice has opted to not prosecute McKinsey, the consulting firm that advised Purdue Pharma to “turbocharge” OxyContin sales even as the opioid crisis reached its peak. Instead, the DOJ announced they would enter into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the firm; in other words, the Biden administration is giving McKinsey a get out of jail free card for their role in perhaps the most expansive, destructive, and clear case of corporate crime this century. Claypool rightly calls this deal “Pathetic” and “A slap in the face to everyone who lost a loved one to the crisis.”2. On December 10th, a federal judge blocked Kroger's proposed $20 billion acquisition of Albertsons supermarkets, per the Wall Street Journal. According to the Journal, U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson sided with the Federal Trade Commission, which had sued to stop the merger, agreeing that this consolidation in the grocery store sector would “erode competition and raise prices for consumers.” This argument was particularly poignant given the soaring cost of groceries since the COVID-19 pandemic. In the aftermath of this decision, Albertsons has filed suit against Kroger alleging that the larger supermarket chain had resisted calls to “divest itself of a larger number of stores,” in order to stave off the inevitable antitrust actions federal regulators would bring against this merger. Albertsons filed this lawsuit, which seeks at least $6 billion in damages less than 24 hours after the ruling, per the Journal.3. On December 14th, the BBC reported 26-year-old OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment. In October, Balaji exposed that OpenAI had flagrantly violated US copyright laws while developing its flagship AI program ChatGPT. Balaji's revelations form the underpinnings of lawsuits against OpenAI by news publishers, including the New York Times, as well as best-selling authors who allege their work was unlawfully used to train the company's AI models. The BBC reports that Balaji's death was ruled a suicide by the San Francisco medical examiner's office and that his body was discovered by police when they were called in to “check on his wellbeing.” This report does not include who called in the wellness check.4. According to intrepid independent journalist Ken Klippenstein, the New York Times has issued internal guidance directing staff to “dial back” its use of photos of Luigi Mangione's face. The reasons for withholding images of Mangione's face – bizarre in its own right given the inherent newsworthiness of such photos – is however just the tip of the iceberg. The Times has also directed its reporters to refrain from publishing Mangione's manifesto, despite having copies in their possession. As Mr. Klippenstein puts it “This is media paternalism at its worst, the idea that seeing the shooter's face too much, or reading his 262-word statement, will necessarily inspire copy-cat assassinations and should therefore be withheld from the public.” To his immense credit, Mr. Klippenstein has published the manifesto in full, which is available on his Substack – as are photos of Mangione's face.5. Turning to the Middle East, the diplomatic tension between Israel and Ireland continues to deepen. On December 11th, the Middle East Monitor reported that Ireland will “formally join South Africa's genocide case against Israel,” at the International Court of Justice, following formal approval by the Irish government. Ireland will reportedly ask the Court to “broaden its interpretation” of what constitutes genocide, according to the nation's Foreign Minister Micheal Martin. Martin went on to say that Ireland is “concerned that a very narrow interpretation of what constitutes genocide leads to a culture of impunity in which the protection of civilians is minimised,” and that the government has also approved joining the Gambia's genocide case against Myanmar. Just days later, Israel announced that the country would shutter its embassy in Dublin, accusing Ireland of “extreme anti-Israel policies,” including joining the genocide lawsuit and recognizing the state of Palestine, per CNN. Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris, facing harsh criticism from Israeli politicians, wrote “I utterly reject the assertion that Ireland is anti-Israel. Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights and pro-International law.”6. In more Palestine news, the Hill has published a heartrending op-ed by Hamid Ali, widower to Aysenur Eygi, the American citizen murdered in cold blood by the IDF during a protest in the West Bank in September of this year. This piece begins “What do you do with the clothes your wife was wearing when she was killed, now stained with her blood? How do you preserve them as evidence for an investigation that may never happen? What else can you do when your government has given no indication that it will hold her killer — a soldier in the army of a close ally — accountable[?]” Ali goes on to tell the story of how he met Aysenur, how they fell in love, and eventually got married – and recounts the eyewitness testimony that she was shot after “20 minutes of calm, sheltering behind an olive tree.” Ali also expresses his anger and frustration – both at the Israeli military's flimsy attempt to cover up the murder by falsely claiming she was “shot accidentally during a violent protest,” an assertion that, he notes, was swiftly debunked by major news outlets – and at the United States government, which has refused to hold the Israeli military accountable. Ali ends this piece by laying out how he and his family will meet with the State Department and members of Congress next week to “plead with them to do something about Aysenur's senseless killing…support our family's call for an independent U.S. investigation into her death and accountability for the soldier that killed her…[and] urge President Biden to prioritize this case in the last days of his administration and uphold justice for our family.”7. Last week, we reported on the so-called “mutiny” of younger Democrats against the old-guard poised to take the ranking member committee seats in the new Congress. Chief among these was AOC's bid to seize the ranking member slot on the Oversight Committee from Congressman Gerry Connolly, who is 74 years old and suffering from cancer. At first, it seemed like the young Congresswoman from Queens had successfully outmaneuvered Connolly – even going so far as to pledge that she would no longer back primary challenges against incumbent Democrats, a cornerstone of her outsider brand and appeal, POLITICO reports. Yet, with help from the Democratic power brokers including Nancy Pelsoi, Connolly was able to beat back this challenge at the Democratic Steering Committee. The final vote was a lopsided 131-84, per Axios.8. Our last three stories this week concern the legacy of the Biden Administration. First, progressives are calling on the president to pardon environmental lawyer Steven Donziger, who has faced persecution as a “corporate political prisoner” per American University's Center for Environment Community & Equity for his role in suing Chevron over that company's environmental devastation in Ecuador. In a letter signed by 34 congressional Democrats, led by Congressman Jim McGovern and including Senators Bernie Sanders and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Representatives Rashida Tlaib, Pramila Jayapal, and Jamie Raskin among others, the progressives write “Mr. Donziger is the only lawyer in U.S. history to be subject to any period of detention on a misdemeanor contempt of court charge…the legal case against Mr. Donziger, as well as the excessively harsh nature of the punishment against him, are directly tied to his prior work against Chevron.” This letter continues “Pardoning Mr. Donziger”…[would send] “a powerful message to the world that billion-dollar corporations cannot act with impunity against lawyers and their clients who defend the public interest.” We echo this call to pardon Donziger, particularly since President Biden's recent, highly-publicized pardons have consisted of corrupt public officials and his own troubled son Hunter.9. Next, Reuters reports that on December 11th, the Senate opted not to back President Biden's renomination of Lauren McFerran to the National Labor Relations Board. The upper chamber voted 50-49 against holding a confirmation vote, with the usual suspects – Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema – defeating the move. Had the Senate reconfirmed McFerran, the balance of the labor board would have remained tilted in favor of Democrats and their allies in organized labor. Now, incoming President Trump will be able to stack the board with his own nominees, expected to be much friendlier to business. Trump is also expected to sack NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, who has been instrumental in leveraging the power of the NLRB in favor of workers.10. Finally, on a lighter note, Deadline reports the NLRB has ruled that contests on the Netflix dating show Love Is Blind are in fact employees under the law. This reclassification opens the door to widespread unionization throughout the unscripted television sector, which has long skirted the heavily-unionized Hollywood system. The fallout from this decision will have to be observed over time and the Trump NLRB could certainly seek to hold the line against unionization in that industry – of which Trump himself was a longtime fixture – but this decision could mean an almost unprecedented expansion of the Screen Actors Guild. We will be watching.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

To unlock Politicology+ visit politicology.com/plus *NOTE: Upcoming Mailbag Episode! Send us your questions to podcast@politicology.com or leave a voicemail at ‪(202) 455-4558‬* This week, we discuss Senate Republicans picking a new leader, Trump's push for recess appointments, named cabinet nominees, and White House staffing. Next, we discuss reporting that FEMA workers were told to skip houses with Trump signs, and the allegations it was a widespread practice. Finally, in our separate Politicology+ episode we talk about a House hearing about UFOs and the former military leaders sounding alarms that we are unprepared this technology. Joining Ron Steslow on this week's panel:  Susan Del Percio  (MSNBC political analyst and crisis communications expert)  Stef Kight (Politics Reporter at Axios)  Segments this week: (02:56) The Senate and recess appointments for Cabinet positions  (28:34) FEMA skips Trump supporters  Not yet a Politicology+ member? Don't miss all the extra episodes on the private, ad-free version of this podcast. Upgrade now at politicology.com/plus. Follow this week's panel on X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/RonSteslow https://x.com/DelPercioS https://x.com/StefWKight Related reading: Segment 1: Axios - John Thune wins Senate Republican leader race Politico-Tracking Trump's Cabinet picks Axios - Republicans "stunned and disgusted" as Trump taps Matt Gaetz for AG WP - Trump demanded senators allow recess appointments. Here's what that means. NY Post - Progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal reneges on support for axing filibuster after Republicans flip the Senate Segment 2: Daily Wire - EXCLUSIVE: FEMA Official Ordered Relief Workers To Skip Houses With Trump Signs Fox News - Fired FEMA employee says instructions to skip Trump homes were part of ‘colossal avoidance' policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices