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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers welcome Lighting Designer Jim Tetlow Back to the Show! Join Jim, Steve, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: New events at Showlight; International diversification of lighting designers; Expanded and financially sponsored student program (Applications close March 31!); Interviewing French caterers; Upgrading the television lighting in The U.S. Senate Chamber; Lost baggage; Why live shows are getting brighter and brighter... Will it ever be bright enough?; Balancing video and stage levels in live entertainment and corporate shows; How about "Someplace to build from?"; and The Transition Phase to becoming a Crumudgen.  Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.

Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) sits down with her friend, colleague, and new Senate Chamber neighbor, Sen. Dawn Keefer (R-York/Cumberland), as she steps into her new role representing the 31st District. They discuss their shared priorities for York County, including economic growth, small business support, government accountability and fiscal responsibility. Tune in to hear how they plan to collaborate to best serve their constituents and ensure York County continues to thrive.

This hour Mark talks with the regular roundtable crew, Brad Premo, CEO Leadslingers Whiskey, Justin Moon, CEO Kahr Arms, and Neil McCabe from Red State. Conversation included the leftist meltdown over Trumps landslide victory over Kamala Harris, Senate Majority leadership in the new Republican controlled Senate Chamber and moving new gun bills through to Trumps desk for signature. These include the Hearing Protection act to make suppressors legal without ATF interference, and some form of national concealed carry reciprocity which Trump has vowed to sign into law.

Send us a Text Message.James Mountain Inhofe , was an interesting man. He was Oklahoma's longest serving Senator, a pilot, and a man who served in office on every level of Government. He was Mayor of Tulsa, a Congressman and a Senator. He was a conservative advocate and a man who fought the Climate change movement every step of the way. He even famously once brought a snowball into the Senate Chamber to make his point. In this episode we will remember that famous moment and look back the years he served as Chairman of the Armed Services Committee too. He was a tireless advocate for veterans and active duty personnel too. He was most famously though, a man who fought for the needs of Oklahoma. We will look back at his career and in our last half hour let you hear from him on his final day in the United States Senate, in his farewell address. Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., described Inhofe on Tuesday as a "dear friend and mentor, a titan in Oklahoma, and a highly effective leader in D.C." He was an extraordinary figure in the Senate and in this episode we look back at his career. He died on July 9, 2024 at the age of 89.  Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!

Tracy Tullier, a Breaux Bridge resident and Supervising Guide of Tours at the Louisiana State Capitol, joins Discover Lafayette to discuss her beloved work in guiding people through our state's majestic Capitol, as well as sharing Louisiana's rich history with visitors who hail from all parts of the U. S. and countries around the world. Tracy Tullier at the Louisiana State Capitol, photo credit to Jan Risher, the Advocate. While many Louisiana residents have never experienced the tour of our State Capitol, in 2023 visitors from 115 different countries made the trip, and over 65,000 registered signed in. Tracy explained that in addition to these registered guests, many people don't sign in for a tour but still show up to wander around the beautiful building and make the trip up to the top floor Observation Deck to take in the sights of the Mississippi River, LSU's campus, and surrounding buildings of downtown Baton Rouge and beyond. Tracy came to our attention over the past couple of years when Lafayette Junior Leadership Class students traveled to Baton Rouge to learn about state government, the legislative sessions held at the State Capitol, and have the opportunity to meet elected officials from Acadiana. She makes the day, her smile captures your heart, and you know you are in good hands. Tracy is professional, enthusiastic, and well-informed, ready to shape your understanding about Louisiana, weaving in facts and tidbits of historical events such as when Huey Long was shot inside the Capitol building, how the current State Capitol came to be built, and how the House of Representatives and Senate work. On her tours, Louisiana really comes to life! Pictures below were taken by Jan Risher of the Advocate and depict the chandeliers on the Capitol's first floor (which weigh two tons), and photos of the Senate and House Chambers. The Louisiana State Capitol was built in 14 months, and cost $5 million to construct. It was the brainchild of Governor and U. S. Senator Huey Long. It is the tallest capitol in the United States. And as Tracy Tullier states, "Our capitol has more questions than it does answers" when she recounts the many interesting events that have taken place in the building, including Huey Long's death, the bombing that took place in the Senate Chamber in 1970, and how thereafter, a pencil (or something) got stuck in the Senate Chamber's ceiling. Ironically, Senator Long died before he could dedicate the Capitol, so that honor was fulfilled by his successor, Louisiana Governor Oscar K. ("OK") Allen. Pictured below is a photo of the early Capitol Building. If you haven't made this trip to Baton Rouge to visit the Capitol, this tour should be added to your bucket list of things to do in your lifetime, as it is truly a lifetime adventure and one that will awaken your interest in Louisiana culture. Tracy Tullier and her fellow tour guides are employed by Louisiana's Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, under the office of Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser. Tracy worked at the Slidell Welcome Center before being employed at the Capitol several years ago, and encourages people to check out all of our state's Welcome Centers to learn more about Louisiana. During the interview, she thanked her boss, Jason Miller, for his support, and complimented her peers throughout the state who are employed at our regional welcome centers who encourage people to check out local attractions, dining, lodging, and events as they pass through Louisiana. Before you travel to the Capitol, you may want to visit online at https://house.louisiana.gov/pubinfo/VirtualTour/lacaphistory.htm to gain more information about the experience. The State Capitol is free and open daily for tours, from 8 till 4:30 p.m. If you want to make a reservation for the tour, call 225-342-7317. The tour guides will confirm your appointment via email. You can also walk in without an appointment and req...

State Sen. John Kavanagh got called a racist for suggesting that criminals are stupid.

On this day in 1917, the U.S. Senate adopted a rule that allowed a two-thirds majority to cut off debate and force a vote.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She was a wife, mother, confidant, and a social and political advisor during one of the most tumultuous periods of American history. Despite never being elected to an office, in recognition of her power of influence and sagacity her portrait now hangs permanently in the Senate Chamber of the Massachusetts General Court. Few women in the period of the American Revolution and early Republic left behind such a voluminous correspondence as Abigail Adams. As her husband John got further involved in the cause of American independence and sovereignty, Abigail's circle of friends and admirers grew in like proportion, eventually leading her from Weymouth, Massachusetts to the great courts of Europe.   We talk with  John L. Smith, Jr., , author of The Unexpected Abigail  Adams:  A Woman not Apt to be Intimidated. 

   Everyone immediately thought drug overdose with those three Chiefs fans that died in KCMO the day KC played the Chargers.  And now we know.  And talk about easy information that should have been put out right away... turns out the resident of the house has been cooking up home made drugs for these dudes for years, according to a relative.     The Senate aid that filmed gay sex with his partner inside a Senate hearing room is set free with his Dem privilege card.  Turns out you can secretly go there, have sex with your boyfriend and distribute it to a gay sex site and it's not a crime.  But just walk into the capital on J6 and you're in jail.  Wow.    Libs are all up the kitchen of lib Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor.... they want her OUT!    The Chiefs are KU's role model this year as the Jayhawks approach their biggest game of the year so far, hosting Houston Saturday afternoon.     And Patrick Mahomes, after getting exposed this week for his beer gut, dad body, finally admits he hates working out.  Also, a Ravens player saves a life on an airplane, Kliff Kingsbury is back coaching and it's groundhog day.  Early spring or late?

Missouri State Senator Holly Thompson Rehder joins Mark Reardon to share her take on yesterday's stripping of the chairmanships from members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus.

LINKS:Pod Virginia | PatreonLearn more about Jackleg MediaCheck out Black Virginia NewsIN THE NEWS: Delegate Don Scott has become the new Speaker of the House--the first Black Speaker in Virginia's history. And his election came alongside several new Committee Chairs that could mean big changes in the balance of power in Richmond.House Majority Leader Charniele Herring has introduced a constitutional amendment to change the restoration of voting rights for people convicted of felonies--making it automatic, rather than dependent on the Governor's will. And it seems there's some bipartisan energy behind the effort.Governor Youngkin says he wants to get rid of the car tax--but he didn't put it in his legacy budget proposal. It doesn't seem likely to happen, but the issue may serve as a rhetorical win in upcoming elections .TRIVIA: When the official portrait of Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax is added to the Senate Chamber, whose portrait will be removed?At the Watercooler:- Activate Virginia is making a FOIA request to learn more about the high school graduation shooting in Richmond. For some reason, the state is fighting it.- GA Staffers say the emails they're receiving about the Arena deal are overwhelmingly negative. Learn more at http://linktr.ee/JacklegMedia

#GOP: The Constitution's remedy is Congress and acts of impeachment and removal by trial in the Senate. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/the-constitutions-answer-to-trumps-misconduct-remains-impeachment-not-criminal-prosecution/ 1925 Senate Chamber

Today on Last Call we cover all the pressing political news so you are in the know with what's going on in this country that may or may not effect you and your day to day. If anything, modern politics are entertaining sadly enough and we are here to capitalize on it to keep you informed and entertained . This episode Dead Leg and Tansey are joined by political commentator/ influencer, Conservative Ant and podcast host of Anti Hero Podcast, Tyler. We are breaking down the pending civil war that may have just been officially sparked off by the Colorado Supreme Court.... Or is that just a distraction for the Epstein client list that was just court ordered to be released in January 2024? We also have more on the Senate chamber defilement story which, believe it or not, makes the story that much worse. To wrap it all up and place a bow on it we have George Santos interview with Ziwe Fumudoh. All this and more on today's Last Call of The Day.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gay Democrat Staffer who filmed himself getting RAMMED in Senate chamber to be ARRESTED very soon!

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[00:30] Desecration of the ‘Sacred Temple' (55 minutes) Media reports on Friday revealed that a staffer working for Maryland Democrat Sen. Ben Cardin filmed a graphic homosexual video inside the Senate Chamber where Supreme Court justices are confirmed. Very few politicians have spoken out about this horrendous conduct. These promoters of perversion worship the ground on which the Capitol stands but will not speak out against sodomy in the Senate—while still publicly defaming Trump supporters for “desecrating” the “sacred temple” of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. What does God think about this abominable behavior?

Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the Department of Justice Wednesday as House Republicans pressed him for answers about the Hunter Biden investigation.   President Joe Biden is meeting with leaders of Israel and Brazil amid tensions with both countries. What are leaders talking about as they try to find common ground?   There's no more dress code for the Senate Chamber. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) presided over the Senate Wednesday for the first time since the rule change, in shorts.   What does the auto workers' strike tell us about the broader state of the economy? An expert joins us to share his thoughts on the disruptions happening in the labor market.   ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette Digital News Desk, and I'm here with your update for August 21, 2023.It'll be hot again Monday. According to the National Weather Service it will be mostly sunny on Monday with a high near 94 degrees. On Monday night it will be partly cloudy, with a low of around 73 degrees.Cedar Rapids police and fire personnel recovered a body from the Cedar River on Sunday afternoon.According to a city news release, police and firefighters received a report of a body floating in the river around 2:30 p.m.Responding officers found a man's body floating along the west bank of the river between the Ellis boat ramp and I Avenue boat ramp. Firefighters used a boat to recover the body just before 3:30 p.m.Officials don't yet know the identity of the dead man. An investigation is underway.A section of sidewalk on Third Avenue in downtown Cedar Rapids was closed Saturday morning after bricks fell from the facade of a four-story building and landed on the sidewalk.The falling bricks landed adjacent to the Granby building, 218 2nd St. SE, according to a news release from the city of Cedar Rapids. The incident was reported at approximately 7:25 a.m. Saturday, shortly before the Downtown Cedar Rapids Farmers Market opened. No injuries were reported, according to the city.Using a Cedar Rapids Fire Department ladder truck, crews inspected the building's exterior and removed other loose materials. The city's Buildings Services Department was notified. A preliminary inspection indicated the bricks fell from the facade.A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced Friday to 30 months in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.Leo Christopher Kelly, 37, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on seven offenses, including obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony, and six misdemeanors.According to court documents and evidence presented during Kelly's May trial, Kelly was one of the few rioters who breached the Senate Chamber. While there, Kelly ascended the Senate Dais, leafed through sensitive documents and took photos of them, the DOJ reported.Kelly's video showed him joining other rioters in challenging police, the news release states.Judge Royce C. Lamberth sentenced Kelly to 30 months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release. Kelly must pay $7,000 in restitution and fines.

Welcome to the weekend!This is Stephen Colbert from the Gazette Digital News Desk, and I'm here with your update for Saturday, August 19th, and Sunday, August 20th, 2023.According to the National Weather Service, temperatures on Saturday will be sunny, with a high near 92, cooling to a low around 71 Saturday evening.Sunday will be sunny and hot with a high of 98. Sunday night will be partly cloudy, with a low around 72.Education savings accounts a ‘catalyst' for new private schools, according to an administrator It's likely more private schools will be opening in Iowa in the coming years, a private school administrator said Friday.The education savings accounts program passed by Republican lawmakers and Gov. Kim Reynolds this year created an opportunity for new private schools to start up across the state, Josh Bowar, the head of Sioux Center Christian School and the interim outreach coordinator for the Iowa Association of Christian Schools, said during the taping of this weekend's episode of “Iowa Press” on Iowa PBS.He said his organization has been in touch with at least 20 groups who are looking to open new Christian schools in the coming years because education savings accounts — valued at $7,600 per student for the coming school year — have increased the potential for the schools to attract students.More than 18,000 Iowa students were approved for the coming school year for the savings accounts to attend private school. About 60 percent of those students already attend private school, while about 40 percent are coming from public schools.Cedar Rapids man sentenced for role in Jan. 6 insurrectionA Cedar Rapids man was sentenced Friday to 30 months in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.Leo Christopher Kelly, 37, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on seven offenses, including obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony, and six misdemeanors.According to court documents and evidence presented during Kelly's May trial, Kelly was one of the few rioters who breached the Senate Chamber. While there, Kelly ascended the Senate Dais, leafed through sensitive documents and took photos of them, the DOJ reported.Judge Royce C. Lamberth sentenced Kelly to 30 months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release. Kelly must pay $7,000 in restitution and fines.In the 31 months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 1,100 people have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol.Marion traffic cameras now working at 2 intersections Traffic cameras at two intersections in Marion have been installed and officially went live Friday for a 30-day warning period, according to a news release from the city of Marion.The cameras are at the intersection of Highway 100 and East Post Road and the intersection of Highways 13 and 151.The original goal was to have them up and running by July 1, but the city hit a delay with permitting on signage for the cameras, according to the police department.Drivers caught on camera going more than 11 mph over the speed limit or running a red light will receive a warning in the mail for the first 30 days the cameras are live.After that, violations will result in a citation mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle.Have a good weekend, everyone.

523. We talk to Diana M. Greenlee and Jenny Ellerbe about their book, Poverty: Revealing the Forgotten City. "The settlement of Poverty Point, occupied from about 1700 to 1100 BC and once the largest city in North America, stretches across 345 acres in northeastern Louisiana. The structural remains of this ancient site-its earthen mounds, semicircular ridges, and vacant plaza-intrigue visitors as a place of artistic inspiration as well as an archaeological puzzle. Poverty Point: Revealing the Forgotten City delves his enduring piece of Louisiana's cultural heritage through personal introspection and scientific exploration. With stunning black and white photography by Jenny Ellerbe and engrossing text by archaeologist Diana M. Greenlee, this imaginative and informative book explores in full Poverty Point's Late Archaic culture and its monumental achievements.   This week in Louisiana history. May 18, 1896. LA. case of Plessy v. Ferguson, "seperate but equal." This week in New Orleans history. New Orleans' 4,000-seat Saenger Theatre opened on February 4, 1927 after three years of construction at a cost of $2.5 million.  It was the flagship of Julian and Abe Saenger's theatre empire and is one of a few still in existance.  Being New Orleans, a parade of thousands formed on Canal Street on opening night where the most expensive tickets could be had for 65 cents.  For the cost of admission was a silent movie, stage play, and  music by the Saenger Grand Orchestra.  With an interior designed by architect Emile Weil it was an "atmospheric theatre" — 150 lights in the ceiling are arranged in the shape of constellations in the night sky surrounding an Italian Baroque courtyard.  Special  effects machines projected images of moving clouds, sunrises, and sunsets. This week in Louisiana. Visit Louisiana's Old State Capitol Website 100 North Blvd. Baton Rouge LA 70801 Admission: Free Hours 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Tuesday - Friday 9:00 am -3:00 pm Saturday Louisiana's Old State Capitol is a standing testament to the resiliency of our state and its people. Learn how this National Historic Landmark has withstood war, fire, abandonment and even a few fist fights. From the historic House Chamber where Louisiana succeeded from the Union in 1861 to the impeachment proceedings of Gov. Huey P. Long in the Senate Chamber, this old Statehouse has seen it all. Discover the importance of voting and what it means to be a good citizen throughout our various interactive exhibits, learn more about our colorful past governors and don't forget to look up to marvel at the breathtaking stained glass dome! Postcards from Louisiana. Listen on Google Play. Listen on Google Podcasts. Listen on Spotify. Listen on Stitcher. Listen on TuneIn. The Louisiana Anthology Home Page. Like us on Facebook. 

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy released, in an exclusive to FoxNews pundit Tucker Carlson, thousands of hours of security camera footage from in and around the Capitol on January 6, 2021. It shows a much calmer scene than previously released clips, with protestors appearing to walk about taking pictures like tourists, undisturbed by police. The so-called QAnon Shaman, Jacob Chansley, appears to be escorted around the building and assisted into the Senate Chamber by officers, where he prayed, thanking God for their assistance. The Capitol Police chief has since said that Carlson's selective editing and claims about the video are "outrageous and false", and that outnumbered officers were attempting deescalation techniques to get protestors, including Chansley, to peacefully leave the building. Chansely, in a signed confession, has said police repeatedly asked him to leave. Do we now know what really happened during the "insurrection"? Will we ever? How can conservatives reasonably evaluate competing claims about the events, and the video, of January 6? Right Angle is a production of the Members at https://BillWhittle.com . Thanks to Zo Rachel for sitting in for Bill again this week.

[00:30] Biden Lied About Being Arrested (12 minutes) In 2007, Joe Biden said on David Letterman's show that he was arrested for walking into the Senate Chamber when he was 21—an easily provable lie. Biden has repeatedly lied about being arrested at least four different times, but he never faces consequences for such blatant lies. [12:00] January 6 Footage Reveals the Truth (43 minutes) Footage from Jan. 6, 2021, shows that Jacob Chansley, the so-called “QAnon Shaman,” was escorted both into and out of the Senate Chamber by the Capitol police. New January 6 footage proves that another protester the Department of Justice is trying to convict walked into and then out of the Capitol for less than a minute. On his show this week, Tucker Carlson called January 6 the second-biggest scam in his lifetime—after the 2020 presidential election steal. Also in this segment, a new song by singer Natasha Owens titled “Trump Won” sets the truth about the election steal to music!

January 6th was shocking and clearly got out of hand, but what was even more shocking is the government's response to that event. The committee that was convened as a result was a show trial, designed to reinforce a narrative whose purpose was to shame Donald Trump and to ensure that he would be permanently eliminated from holding office. At the center of this coverup, has been the government's unwillingness to release ALL the footage from that day's events. As part of his agreement to get the votes from a couple of key holdouts during the Speaker's election, Kevin McCarthy agreed to release ALL the footage from that day. It was being concealed for "national security" reasons. For what possible purpose could Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat colleagues be withholding this footage? Maybe some of it ran counter to the OFFICIAL NARRATIVE? Join me today as we look a little closer into these details and ask key questions about what happened that day. Thomas Massie - I Meme Therefore I Am

On Tuesday Night, February 7th, 2023 Joe Biden returned to his Beloved United States Senate Chamber where he had spent half of his life and presented Congress and the rest of America Biden's Assessment of The State of the Union in America.

FreedomPRESS exposing the lies, hypocrisy, and hidden agendasof those elected to office Today in the Senate as filed on October 18 we will cover their activities of the Chamber as again they declared it a "pro forma session" that only lasted foor an entire 3 minutes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/freedompress/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/freedompress/support

New Yorker staff writer Luke Mogelson was inside the Capitol as the QAnon Shaman and other insurrectionists took over the Senate Chamber. He had been chronicling clashes with extremist groups for years, as chronicled in his new book, The Storm Is Here: An American Crucible. Plus, Kamala Harris makes an argument about MAGA hurting the United States' standing the eyes of others, and does the U.S. TV viewer really care THIS MUCH about the Queen? Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If the world goes expected, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will make history this summer when she is sworn in as the first Black Supreme Court justice in American history. The Senate confirmed her nomination this week on a largely party line basis after President Joe Biden fulfilled a campaign pledge to nominate a female Black jurist to the Court if a vacancy provided him the opportunity. The vote was 53-47, with three Republican senators joining all 48 Democrats and two independents. The vote was not without political theater, however, and familiar divisions were evident in the Senate Chamber and beyond - and indeed throughout the confirmation hearings. But the historic nature of the confirmation is the lede that Jessica and Joe discuss on today's episode.

Twice warned of the danger that threatened him on the Ides of March, although "the earth rocked and the stars fell and headless men walked in the Forum," Cæsar goes to the doom awaiting him in the Senate Chamber. (Volume 12, Harvard Classics) Ides of March, March 15.  

On March 4 1909, William Howard Taft was to be sworn in as the 27th President of the United States. The night before a fierce storm struck the East Coast and all but shut down travel. With Temperatures well below freezing snow began on the afternoon of March 3 in Washington DC and continued into the after dawn hours of Inauguration Day, which at the time was still held on March 4th. The blizzard left more than 10” of snow. The inauguration ceremony was moved indoors, into the Senate Chamber, limiting the number of persons who could attend. Despite the adverse weather conditions, the inaugural parade was not cancelled. 6,000 city workers used 500 wagons to remove 58,000 tons of snow to clean the parade route. For the first time in inauguration history, the incoming First Lady joined her husband in leading the parade from the Capitol to the White House. Before heading off that evening with his wife, to an inaugural ball at the Pension Building, Taft hosted a celebratory dinner at the newly opened Metropolitan Club for those fellow members of his Yale Class of 1878 who had come to the event. In his remarks he said that . “I always said it would be a cold day when I got to be president,” and so it was. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Senators in the upper chamber of Congress are allowed to write and change the rules of their chamber depending on which party is in control of the Senate Chamber during the current session of Congress. The Senate's Nuclear option is a metaphor for changing the vote-threshold of legislation and nominees  from 60 votes to 51. When the Senate is not using the Nuclear Option, it takes 60 votes to end debate on a law or bill and then the Senators can vote on a bill and either pass the legislation or not pass it and possibly even continue working on that law until they can all agree to pass it. But as the Senate stands right now until the start of the new Congress session in January 2023 starts, there is fifty Republican Senators and fifty Democratic Senators in the upper chamber of Congress. When necessary Vice President Harris may as the President of the Senate cast a tie breaking vote when Senators vote fifty to fifty for a piece of legislation in consideration. That's where the Democrats in the Senate have to be careful with possibly changing the rules of the Senate to allow for the usage of the Nuclear Option. Enjoy this episode and if you like this podcast, feel free to review it on Apple Podcasts.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nrodyunknown/message

The virus enters the mainframe. Donald Trump's Big Lie is ushered into the Senate Chamber by a ruthlessly ambitious young Senator who will do anything to get ahead, even at the cost of democracy itself. The Assault on America is produced by Cool Zone Media, iHeartRadio, and Novel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

The top-rated weekly law and politics podcast -- LegalAF -- produced by MeidasTouch and anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, is back for another hard-hitting, thought-provoking yet entertaining look at the most compelling developments at the intersection of law and politics in real-time. On this episode, Ben and Popok explore and explode this week's political litigation developments: 1. Bombshell revelations about why Trump chose Rudy “I will say anything” Giuliani to be his lawyer when no legitimate lawyer would take his cases. 2. The troubling indictment for lying of democratic lawyer Michael Sussman by Trump's special prosecutor looking into Russian interference for providing compelling evidence of Russian involvement, but allegedly not disclosing to the FBI that he also worked for the Clinton Campaign. 3. This week's decision by a North Carolina 3-judge trial panel to overturn the state's new Voter ID laws as racially-biased and violative of the State's Equal Protection Clause. 4. The FBI's bumbling investigation of Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh, the 4,5000 tips it received prior to his confirmation, and what it means for the future. 5. This week's decision by an upstate NY federal judge to block New York's front-line health worker vax mandate on First Amendment, religious grounds. 6. Key Developments in the USA v. the State of Texas case challenging the constitutionality of the abortion ban and now assigned to an Obama-appointee federal judge sitting in Austin, and a full hearing on the matter to be held by him in 2-weeks' time. 7. A “friends of the court” brief just filed by the architect of the Texas Bounty Hunter/Handmaid's Tale abortion ban, the state's former solicitor general, seeking not only the overturn of Roe v. Wade, but also that women should go back to the Dark Ages of abstaining from sex altogether, and calling for the elimination of gay marriage and gay sex as a constitutional right. 8. And, updates, updates on: (a) E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit against Trump in Manhattan federal court; and (b) a Jan6 insurrectionist trying to walk away from a sweet-heart 8 month plea deal for breaking into the Senate Chamber by claiming his plea agreement was “forged.” Special Easter Eggs Alert: Popok receives NO yellow cards from Ben on this episode but does demand that Ben wear a LegalAF t-shirt on the next show. Reminder and Programming Note: All past episodes of Legal AF originally featured on the MeidasTouch podcast can now be found here on this channel. Follow Legal AF on Twitter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fleeing Texas Democrats infect Washington D.C. while Rand Paul and Dr. Fauci spar in the U.S. Senate over Wuhan lab funding. Capitol Hill defendant Paul Hodgkins is sentenced to 8-months prison for walking into the Senate Chamber. Jeff Bezo's launches into space and many people in the media are disgusted, for some reason.​And more! Join criminal defense lawyer Robert F. Gruler in a discussion on the latest legal, criminal and political news, including:​

January 6 protester Paul Hodgkins commited no acts of violence, nor did he damage or destroy any property when he entered the US Capitol Building on Jan 6th. He walked into the Senate Chamber and took a selfie. He walked out after 11 minutes. He now faces eight months in prison and a lifetime as a convicted felon. Meanwhile, violent protesters from last summer's BLM and Antifa riots were not even charged with crimes. That is called political justice and it has no place in a free society. Also today: Strange Covid outbreaks, why are Soros and Gates buying a Covid testing company, and more...

* Guest: Bryan Rust - Over the past 50 years, Rust Coins has been working to educate customers about precious metals - RustCoinAndGift.com. * Honest Money Report: Gold: $1883.90 Silver: $27.64. * Paul Hodgkins, Who Stormed the Senate Chamber, is second rioter to plead guilty. * Fed Takes Closer Look At Creating Digital Money - Jeanna Smialek. The central bank is beginning to explore the risks and rewards of a digital dollar. * Guest: Alex Newman, Author, Journalist - RedPillExpo.org - COVID Was a 'Weaponized Operation' by China! - JBS.org - TheNewAmerican.com.

Hour 1 * Guest: Bryan Rust – Over the past 50 years, Rust Coins has been working to educate customers about precious metals – RustCoinAndGift.com. * Honest Money Report: Gold: $1883.90 Silver: $27.64. * Paul Hodgkins, Who Stormed the Senate Chamber, is second rioter to plead guilty. * Fed Takes Closer Look At Creating Digital Money – Jeanna Smialek. The central bank is beginning to explore the risks and rewards of a digital dollar. * Guest: Alex Newman, Author, Journalist – RedPillExpo.org – COVID Was a ‘Weaponized Operation' by China! – JBS.org – TheNewAmerican.com. Hour 2 * Guest: Elizabeth Fairchild, Social Media Influencer – Red Pill Expo Promo Reel. * Cardio Miracle – Nitric Oxide Supplement! * The Swamp/Deep State is weaponizing fear and anxiety to totally transform America! * NV Counties Stand Tall for Liberty! * Rand Paul: the left is terrorizing my family! – I have exposed the truth about Dr. Fauci. FIRST: He funded the Wuhan lab that potentially created the COVID-19 virus. THEN: He lied to our faces, repeatedly, while he profited from the pandemic. * Rand Paul Calls for Fauci to be Fired in Classic Two Word Response. * A 23-year-old in Massachusetts pleaded guilty to hacking social media accounts to steal account names and cryptocurrency worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the DOJ. * “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” is no longer – Trump shut down his own personal blog Wednesday, and senior-level staff say he will be returning on an unnamed social media platform. * Let's Talk About the Future of Newsrooms – Adrian Pennington. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

Cannabis News Update April 16, 2021 Today in cannabis news: Some company owners in states that have recently passed cannabis legalization express fears of oversaturation in the market; medical cannabis growers in New Mexico express concerns with the cannabis legislation signed by the governor just days ago; and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer continues his federal cannabis legislation hype talk tour.  The Morning Buzz presented by TRICHOMES brings you late-breaking news that tells you what's happening within the cannabis industry. Check in with the cannabis community at TRICHOMES.com

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Today in 1804, the US Senate held a party featuring something called the “Mammoth Loaf.” To explain, we have to first tell you about Thomas Jefferson, an enormous block of cheese and an archeology project. Plus: a very cold town in Siberia has some very cool music, thanks to spring ice drums. Jefferson presented with a “mammoth loaf” of bread (History.com) Thomas Jefferson and the "mammoth loaf of bread" (part 1) (The New York Evening Post via Newspapers.com) Spring ice drums in the village of Oymyakon, Yakutia (Siberian Times) Our backers on Patreon are the coolest people --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message

Twice warned of the danger that threatened him on the Ides of March, although "the earth rocked and the stars fell and headless men walked in the Forum," Cæsar goes to the doom awaiting him in the Senate Chamber. (Volume 12, Harvard Classics) Ides of March, March 15.

On March 4 1909, William Howard Taft was to be sworn in as the 27th President of the United States. The night before a fierce storm struck the East Coast and all but shut down travel. With Temperatures well below freezing snow began on the afternoon of March 3 in Washington DC and continued into the after dawn hours of Inauguration Day, which at the time was still held on March 4th. The blizzard left more than 10” of snow. The inauguration ceremony was moved indoors, into the Senate Chamber, limiting the number of persons who could attend. Despite the adverse weather conditions, the inaugural parade was not cancelled. 6,000 city workers used 500 wagons to remove 58,000 tons of snow to clean the parade route. For the first time in inauguration history, the incoming First Lady joined her husband in leading the parade from the Capitol to the White House. Before heading off that evening with his wife, to an inaugural ball at the Pension Building, Taft hosted a celebratory dinner at the newly opened Metropolitan Club for those fellow members of his Yale Class of 1878 who had come to the event. In his remarks he said that . “I always said it would be a cold day when I got to be president,” and so it was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Maryland Senate gave final approval to a package of police reforms yesterday, including a bill to repeal and replace the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights -- which lays out due process procedures for police accused of misconduct. Maryland Matters reporter Hannah Gaskill talks about years of previous attempts by lawmakers to tackle repeal. And Senator Will Smith, who chairs the Judicial Proceedings Committee, shares specifics of the Senate’s approach. Read more: Historic Police Reform Package Passes Out of Senate Chamber on Bipartisan Terms Maryland Senate approves package of police reform measures The Maryland Senate has passed 9 major policing bills. Here’s what to know about each one and what comes next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George Polk Award-winning journalist Luke Mogelson followed a mob of MAGA supporters into the Capitol on Jan. 6 and filmed what he saw. His video footage from inside the Senate Chamber was used as evidence in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. "I think that the majority of people who were there were generally geared up and prepared for some kind of violence," he says. "So once all these folks were gathered on the Mall and listening to Trump, I think that they could have been sent in any number of directions. What did happen was Trump specifically directed them towards a target, a specific target, and that was the Capitol."

George Polk Award-winning journalist Luke Mogelson followed a mob of MAGA supporters into the Capitol on Jan. 6 and filmed what he saw. His video footage from inside the Senate Chamber was used as evidence in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. "I think that the majority of people who were there were generally geared up and prepared for some kind of violence," he says. "So once all these folks were gathered on the Mall and listening to Trump, I think that they could have been sent in any number of directions. What did happen was Trump specifically directed them towards a target, a specific target, and that was the Capitol."

Welcome to the final new episode of the week for Quick News Daily. I hate to sound like a broken record, but the most important topics for our everyday lives are pretty much the same these days. We have news on COVID about vaccines and double masking. We’ve got news on some new executive orders from President Joe Biden, plus some more updates on impeachment.Add Quick News Daily on VERO: http://bit.ly/QuickNewsVeroWhat VERO is: https://neilpatel.com/blog/what-is-vero/The search engine that plants trees: Ecosia.org Sources ----more----Transcript:COVID VACCINESStarting off the show, I want to bring a new study of the COVID vaccines to your attention. I’m not sure how this one compares to the South African study in terms of how accurate it could be, but it was led by William James, a professor of virology at the University of Oxford. I want to warn you right away that like most other studies about COVID, this one hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed.  His team took blood samples from people who had recovered from COVID, as well as people who had been vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine. They also broke it down by whether the vaccinated volunteers had received one or two doses. They then tested this blood against one of the first variants from a year ago, the South African variant, and the UK variant (which this article from the Guardian calls the “Kent Variant”. I guess they like to blame specific areas over there).  In terms of antibodies, the blood had moderate protection against the original variant, slightly less protection against the UK version, and then no ability to neutralize the South African variant. That said, when it comes to your immune cells that fight off an infection once you get it, people who either had COVID originally or those who got one dose all had strong immune cell responses. These experts are definitely encouraged about this because they think it means our immune cells are protecting against different regions of that all-important spike protein. If they protect against more areas of that, then we could be protected against other variants that might show up.  In terms of people who got second doses, Professor James said “In more than 90% of cases, the antibodies that people are generating after the second dose are up at the sort of level that neutralises the virus and which we would expect to protect them from infection. We’re pretty confident that they’ll be protected from infection by the South African strain and the Kent strain, as well as the [original] strain of the virus.”  Since the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are very similar, it seems that if you got either of those vaccines, you should still be in pretty good shape.  I have to just take a second and tell you how much it bothers me that this article (again, since it’s from the UK) kept calling the vaccines “jabs” instead of “shots”. I know it’s just because we’ve known it as “shots”, but “jabs” just creeps me out for some reason.  DOUBLE MASKINGFinally, we have some data about whether double masking actually helps prevent you from getting COVID. This data is actually coming from the CDC, which is even more encouraging. They found that by either wearing a cloth mask over a surgical mask, or just a surgical mask with the ear loops knotted and sides tucked in to get a closer fit, you can reduce your exposure to airborne particles by over 90%!  In their experiments, they found that just by themselves, a surgical mask blocked 42% of particles if an infected person coughs, while a cloth mask blocked 44%. However, when they’re combined, they blocked 92% of particles.  When it comes to regular breathing and you’re around someone without a mask, your exposure is decreased by 65% when you do the knotting technique and 83% if you double mask. This goes up over 95% if both people are double masking or doing the knotting technique.  They also say to test that your mask is filtering correctly, you should practice wearing them in front of a mirror. If your mirror fogs up from your breath, it’s working. If you feel it on your eyes or your glasses steam up, it’s not working. It sounds counterintuitive, but you’d rather have it go out the front, which is how it gets filtered. If it’s coming out the top, it means the masks are actually blocking the air completely, and it has to go somewhere, so it’s just a straight-up hole on the top or out the sides, with no filtration. EUGENE GOODMAN/IMPEACHMENTFlipping over to impeachment, I have to give another shoutout and thank you to Capitol Police officer, and now Deputy Sergeant at Arms, Euguene Goodman. On Wednesday, after I had already recorded the show, the Democratic Impeachment Managers played another never-before-seen video. This time, it showed security footage of Mitt Romney heading down a corridor, straight for the mob, obviously not knowing he was going the wrong way. Then, right before he turns the corner, Officer Goodman comes sprinting in out of nowhere to point him in the opposite direction and lead him to safety. With how outspoken he’s been of Donald Trump, it’s not hard to imagine that the mob might have hurt Mitt Romney pretty badly.  When he was questioned by reporters during a break, Romney even admitted he didn’t know how close he had come to the mob and said, “I did not know that was Officer Goodman. I look forward to thanking him when I next see him”. They were then spotted chatting during a break later in the day, and Romney said he used that time to thank him.  Matt Romney, Mitt’s son (I guess they have a sense of humor), was really gracious towards Officer Goodman, tweeting “we appreciate your bravery and service, Officer Eugene Goodman!!”, with a super cool action photo of Goodman pointing Romney in the other direction.  Literally, this officer was like a one-man team of Avengers. He was everywhere that day! Between saving Romney and leading the mob away from the defenseless senators who were still in the Senate Chamber, Eugene Goodman almost single-handedly prevented the mass murder of a huge portion of our government.  One of the things that hit me the hardest is actually the cover art for this episode, which you can see best on Spotify, which is that Sergeant Goodman was just standing there in the back of the Senate Chamber while this new video played. He played it really cool, but I wonder if he was grinning under his mask thinking, “yeah, that was me. Pretty amazing, huh?” I know I would have.  In terms of the actual trial, the prosecution wrapped up their case yesterday, so Trump’s team took over today. To give you a sense of what it’s been like, I’ll start with this *Beastie Boys*. If the defense was arguing about that song, they’d say that because the Beastie Boys said you have to “fight for your right to party”, then that means that either your parents have to let you party, or you have to kill your parents.  Their main evidence for today was a super long video of clips of all of these Democrats saying “fight”, totally out of context, and then showing the protests/riots from this past summer. It’s just a stupid strawman, whataboutism argument that if the Democrats want to convict Trump for saying “fight like hell”, then they should all be convicted too for these statements. Just a super dumb argument because they don’t have any other defense. Honestly, do not waste a single second watching the actual presentations from Trump’s team. Just wait for me to talk about it, or listen to the news tonight when they play the highlights.  BIDEN EXECUTIVE ORDERSPresident Biden made some more executive order news recently, so I want to go over two of those stories.  The first one is something I haven’t even heard about, but he announced an executive order “directing a government-wide supply chain review for critical goods in the coming weeks, with the chip shortage a central concern behind the probe”, with the priority of “identifying choke points in supply chains”.  Apparently, these semiconductor chips are hard to come by these days, which is hurting the auto industry and the video gaming industry. Some possible solutions that executives from companies that make these chips, like Intel and Qualcomm, have suggested to create tax incentives and initiatives to bring more chip manufacturers back to the US. Nothing is final yet, but if COVID has taught us anything, it’s that we can’t necessarily rely on foreign manufacturing all the time.  The other executive order was one that he actually signed, which I’ve mentioned before. Biden officially rescinded Trump’s national emergency declaration about the US-Mexico border. Yes, that’s right folks, no more taxpayer dollars are going to be used to fund the wall! I mean, Mexico was supposed to pay for it, but who’s counting anyway?  ENDHey, some exciting news: Quick News Daily has joined the social media platform VERO! VERO is a newer app that I actually learned about from director Zack Snyder after he used it to do those livestream commentaries for Batman v. Superman and Man of Steel. It’s a newer social media app, and it’s supposed to be the anti-Facebook/anti-Instagram.  It shows you exactly how much time you spend on the app. There are no ads, no algorithms, and there aren’t any notifications that are designed to keep you scrolling. You can even sort between friends (who you actually know), acquaintances, and regular followers. Plus, your posts can be pictures, a link, music, movies or TV shows, books, apps, games, or places. It’s really cool!  I’d suggest downloading it soon because eventually there will probably be a subscription. I’m not even sponsored by it, I just thought it was more ethical than Facebook. Also, since it’s so new, I figured I had a good chance of establishing Quick News Daily as a major player on there. The usual media people like CNN, the New York Times, etc. aren’t even on there yet. So, go check that out; the link to my Quick News Daily account is in the episode description.  While I’m on my soapbox giving out free ads to people, I might as well tell you about a search engine I found called Ecosia. Companies pay to advertise on Ecosia, and when you search and scroll past their ads, Ecosia gets money. They then use those profits to plant trees all over the world (they partner with local groups that do most of the work).  They even let you track how many trees you’re responsible for. For example, on my laptop, I’m at 146 trees. Honestly, even if you know what you’re looking for is on Wikipedia or the URL is just really long, just search for it on Ecosia and help plant a tree.  You can find all of that information, and more, if you still have questions, at Ecosia.org. That link is also in the episode description.

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A couple days ago I was watching some of the footage from inside the Capitol Building during the siege of January 6th. When the insurrectionists entered the Senate Chamber and stood like a desolating sacrilege at the dais, they began to thank Jesus for this moment. I was horrified. My stomach turned to see Jesus’ name invoked triumphantly as a part of the chaos and violence. And I can tell you with all my heart that I do not believe Jesus condones or inspires the ugliness we saw. It was, to my mind, anti-Christ. But I cannot tell you those men aren’t Christians. I don’t get to say that. And I don't get to shirk off either my connection to the Christians I don’t understand or my share of responsibility for a faith that still hurts people in Jesus’ name.

What was Trump trying to accomplish on Jan. 6 by organizing a massive march on the Capitol just as Congress was preparing to certify Joe Biden’s electoral victory? Trump was desperate to overturn the election outcome. He lost the popular vote by more than 7 million but only narrowly lost several battleground states, which allowed Biden to win the electoral college. Trump’s team had filed hundreds of lawsuits at the federal and state level to overturn the election outcome in those states. Every one of those lawsuits has failed even though many of them were heard by conservative and right-wing justices, including the Supreme Court. Trump’s main fear in losing the White House was that his immunity from criminal charges and other legal actions that he thought were likely to be brought against him and his family at the state level would be removed. Trump fears that once having left the White House he and his family would be subject to criminal prosecutions for financial crimes, fraud and the like similar to the offenses that Paul Manafort was convicted of and for which he is now in prison. The Trump Organization, like many corporate entities especially in the real estate industry, is being investigated for a litany of financial crimes over the course of its existence that Trump and his family is potentially liable for. Trump is (arguably) able to pardon himself for federal crimes before leaving office, but not for state crimes. The Jan. 6 march was alternatively billed as a “March to Save America” or a “March for Trump” and Trump was hoping to delay or stop the certification process. There can be no other explanation for why he called this particular protest, this particular action, this particular rally and march in the middle of the day and in the middle of a work week and just two hours prior to the certification vote in Congress. Contesting the election result — and asserting his win — also allowed him to retain control of the Republican Party in a way that a loss would not and provided him with a significant fundraising opportunity and slush fund. But it turned out to not just be a ploy. He spent the days up until Jan. 6 browbeating Pence, who presides over the certification process, to overturn the election results. Was this a coup attempt? This was an attempt to overturn the 2020 election outcome at the moment Congress was in session to certify the election results, as is mandated by federal law. The election took place on Nov. 3rd. Biden won the popular vote by more than 7 million. He won the electoral college vote by 306-232. The Electoral College vote was certified on December 14, 2020. Congress was in session on January 6, 2021 to formally certify that Biden won the election so that he could be inaugurated, in accordance with federal law, on January 20, 2021. The violent takeover of the Capitol Building was designed to stop the election certification. Congress was dispersed. The president of the Senate, Mike Pence, was rushed out of the Senate Chamber and into hiding just moments before he would have been captured by a violent mob that was chanting “Hang Mike Pence, Hang Mike Pence.” This prevented the certification of the election outcome. Only after the mob was cleared from the Capitol Building was Congress able to reconvene to do this. While the Congress was dispersed and in hiding Trump made calls to members of the Congress to pressure them to help stop the certification. More than half the Republicans in the House of Representatives voted no on the certification when Congress was eventually able to reconvene later that night.

Attack on the Capitol - Lapse in Capitol security/Officers suspended and or arrested/The cult’s ultimate terroristic plans/Qanon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’ll file Articles of Impeachment against Biden on Jan. 21st for “Abuse of power” (6:40) More details come to light/Capitol police officers assaulted & murdered/Article of Impeachment introduced (18:00) Trump’s dueling statements about the cult after the riot/Giuliani calls for “Trial by combat”/Trump Jr. (24:12) More videos emerge from the attack/Arrests/Hero officer led mob away from Senate Chamber (34:50) What years of Trump & misinformation have done (45:45) Big tech & financial institutional backlash (48:20) Trump says his speech was “Totally appropriate”/Impeachment articles introduced (53:15) FBI intelligence failure/Future threats (1:05:20) Impeachment hearing/Jim Jordan/Trump’s statement (1:10:30) Security like this nation has never seen for an inauguration (1:31:55) So long, Trump…Go fuck yourself!

News Release - The following is a speech by Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado. This was given just hours after an armed mob entered the Senate Chamber looking to stop a Constitutional process to simply count the ballots verifying the election of Joe Biden as President of the United States. Investigations have revealed that the mob was looking to take Vice President Pence hostage, and do harm to the Speaker of the House. Senator Bennet uses the fall of Rome as an example of the day's events.

News Release - The following is a speech by Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado. This was given just hours after an armed mob entered the Senate Chamber looking to stop a Constitutional process to simply count the ballots verifying the election of Joe Biden as President of the United States. Investigations have revealed that the mob was looking to take Vice President Pence hostage, and do harm to the Speaker of the House. Senator Bennet uses the fall of Rome as an example of the day's events.

Trump incited the DC Capitol riots, and I'll explain why there can be little doubt. Plus, my thoughts on the tech companies suspending Trump's accounts, the media's role in all of this, and where we go next. Links: Twitter Safety on Twitter: (https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1347684877634838528) "After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence." Donald Trump Speech "Save America" Rally Transcript January 6 - Rev (https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-speech-save-america-rally-transcript-january-6) Aaaand here come the Twitter bans. 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Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on a Zoom call with Oregon reporters after being evacuated from the Senate Chamber on Wednesday as protesters stormed the Capitol. The following is audio from the call as he described the scene and his thoughts as events unfolded.  

Chaos Erupts at the Capitol. Pro-Trump supporters have swarmed over Capitol Hill through the Rotunda and into the U.S. Senate Chamber itself in an effort to stop the joint session of Congress called to certify the results of November’s election. The Vice-President along with all Senate and House members have been evacuated while the mayor of Washington, D.C. has declared a 6PM curfew as police try to get control of the rioting protesters. One person has been taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound. Is this the United States of America?

Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on a Zoom call with Oregon reporters after being evacuated from the Senate Chamber on Wednesday as protesters stormed the Capitol. The following is audio from the call as he described the scene and his thoughts as events unfolded.  

Pro-Trump supporters have swarmed over Capitol Hill through the Rotunda and into the U.S. Senate Chamber itself in an effort to stop the joint session of Congress called to certify the results of November’s election. The Vice-President along with all Senate and House members have been evacuated while the mayor of Washington, D.C. has declared a 6PM curfew as police try to get control of the rioting protesters. One person has been taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound. Is this the United States of America?

Pro-Trump supporters have swarmed over Capitol Hill through the Rotunda and into the U.S. Senate Chamber itself in an effort to stop the joint session of Congress called to certify the results of November’s election. The Vice-President along with all Senate and House members have been evacuated while the mayor of Washington, D.C. has declared a 6PM curfew as police try to get control of the rioting protesters. One person has been taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound. Is this the United States of America?

Pro-Trump supporters have swarmed over Capitol Hill through the Rotunda and into the U.S. Senate Chamber itself in an effort to stop the joint session of Congress called to certify the results of November’s election. The Vice-President along with all Senate and House members have been evacuated while the mayor of Washington, D.C. has declared a 6PM curfew as police try to get control of the rioting protesters. One person has been taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound. Is this the United States of America?

Its Thursday and topics tackled today include...President-elect Biden condemns Trump for inciting a mob as Dems call to remove Trump after capital riot.; Protestors breach the Capital building, reach the floor of the house and Senate Chamber and now everyone is asking how this could of happened. Was yesterdays events in DC an indicator of the year to come? Some say riots at the Capital were not solely about police inaction but were about the perceived loss of white power and White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany says White House condemns Capital violence and will ensure orderly transfer of power.

This week we investigate the spirits of New York's State Capitol Building in Albany and the ghosts that reside there. However, the scariest ghost of all may be the lost history that resulting from the 1911 library fire. Learn about William Hunt, Samuel Abbott, and listen to uncover the names of two previously unknown ghosts!   Follow Us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesandwitchdemeanors Submit your feedback or personal stories to crimesandwitchdemeanors@gmail.com  Like Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crimesandwitchdemeanors  Episode Transcript: Available below the sources in the show notes Visit the website: https://www.crimesandwitchdemeanors.com  Main podcast illustration by GiAnna Ligammari: https://gialigammari.wixsite.com/portfolio    Sources:   1911 Capitol fire remains seared into city's history. (2011, March 27). Times Union. https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/1911-Capitol-fire-remains-seared-into-city-s-1308984.php   Albany State Capitol. (2020, June 12). Haunted Houses. http://hauntedhouses.com/new-york/albany-state-capitol/   Body is Found in Albany Ruins: Samuel J. Abbott, a Watch-man, Discovered in West Wing Under Debris. (1911, March 31). Brooklyn Daily Times, page 1.   BUILDING BIG: Databank: New York State Capitol. (n.d.). Retrieved January 5, 2021, from https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/ny_state_capitol.html   Capitol Fire of 1911: Online Exhibits: New York State Library. (n.d.). Retrieved January 5, 2021, from http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/mssc/capitolfire/   Crimes and Casualties. (1878, October 29). The Buffalo Courier, page 1.   Find No Trace of Mr. Abbott: Searchers Believe Syracuse Man Perished in Capitol Fire. (1911, March 30). The Post Standard, page 7.   Fire at the New York State Library. (n.d.). New York Genealogical & Biographical Society. Retrieved January 5, 2021, from https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/fire-new-york-state-library   Fire Destroys State Capitol: Cigar or Cigarette Causes $600,000 Damage. Started in Assembly Library. (1911, March 29). The Oswego Palladium.   Important River News: Items from our Exchanges ; Two Accidents At The Capital—Died From His Injuries—The Body of Eagan Found In The River—Fires—A Pet Dog Roasted In An Oven—Strange Disappearance Of An Aged Lady—Sad Accident in Troy. (1878, October 30). Poughkeepsie Eagle News, page 1.   John, T. S. (n.d.). With History Comes Hauntings – The New York State Capitol Has Its Fair Share. Retrieved January 3, 2021, from https://www.milesgeek.com/hauntings-new-york-state-capitol   March 27, T. A. P., & Pm, 2011 12:59. (n.d.). 100th anniversary of 1911 Capitol fire. Newsday. Retrieved January 5, 2021, from https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/ny-marks-100th-anniversary-of-1911-capitol-fire-1.2785318   Pudney, T. G., & Editor, A. (n.d.). Ghosts, legends and lore come to life in “Capitol Hauntings” tour – The Legislative Gazette. Retrieved January 3, 2021, from https://legislativegazette.com/ghosts-legends-and-lore-come-to-life-in-capitol-hauntings-tour/   Snapshot. (n.d.-a). Retrieved January 3, 2021, from http://hauntedhouses.com/new-york/albany-state-capitol/   Snapshot. (n.d.-b). Retrieved January 3, 2021, from https://legislativegazette.com/ghosts-legends-and-lore-come-to-life-in-capitol-hauntings-tour/   State Capitol Wrecked By Fire; One Life Lost. (1911, March 29). The Standard Union, page 1.   Ten Million Loss When Fire Wrecks the Capitol: Priceless Documents are Destroyed: 400,000 Volumes Cannot Be Replaced; Defective Electric Button the Cause. (1911, March 29). Buffalo Evening Times, page 1.   The Capitol. (n.d.). Retrieved January 5, 2021, from https://www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/statestreet/thecapitol.html   U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995—AncestryLibrary.com. (n.d.). Retrieved January 3, 2021, from https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1411739262:2469?indiv=1&tid=&pid=&queryId=c5a29b04d2d96924c8babf14bd6ecc9a&usePUB=true&_phsrc=eBA227&_phstart=successSource   Young, M. (2020, June 5). Behind the Scenes Look Inside the New York State Capitol in Albany. Untapped New York. https://untappedcities.com/2020/06/05/behind-the-scenes-inside-the-new-york-state-capitol-in-albany/   TRANSCRIPT: Hello, and welcome to Crimes & Witch-Demeanors!  I'm your host, Joshua Spellman.  We're starting the year off right with something we should have covered earlier…a haunted library!  Or…at least a haunting that was caused by a library.    The New York State Capitol Building, in Albany is home to three known spirits: the artist William Morris Hunt, a night watchman named Samuel Abbott, and a fruit vendor.  There was a death of a construction worker at the site that may contribute to the hauntings, but it is not confirmed.  Both the fruit vendor and the construction worker have remained nameless in all the internet articles I've read…until now.  Join me in discovering their identities and learning more about the tragic fire that erased centuries of history and caused billions of dollars of damage…which of course lets us touch briefly on the importance of libraries, preservation, and the dangers that digital and physical records pose to the preservation of our history and culture.   BUT…before we get to our main ghost story we have to talk about the building itself because not only is it impressive, it is integral to the spirits that haunt it.   The New York State Capitol is an incredibly large and imposing structure that fills two whole city blocks.  Five architects had worked on its design and it was heralded as one of the most beautiful buildings in America…though others criticized it for being an oversized and costly spectacle.  Which…they weren't wrong about.  Construction took place between 1867 and 1899 at a cost of over 25 million dollars, or the modern equivalent of 768 million.  It was built by hand using white granite from Maine and in places the walls are four to five feet thick.   Its style is unique…and that is in part because of its five architects that did not work on the project simultaneously leading to what historians refer to it as the “Battle of the Styles”.  It also has led to some interesting mishaps, not all stemming from its numerous architects, but they are major oversights nonetheless.  Some highlights include the building initially being built on top of quick sand!  Not sure how that happened!  They had to dig out all the sand and replace it with clay and concrete.  Another major mistake was that the original cornerstone of the building, which contains a time capsule, has been lost because the builders forgot to mark it.   The first architect, Thomas Fuller, designed the first floor in a Classical and Romanesque style.  However, from 1875-1883, Henry Hobson Richardson and Leopold Eidlitz worked on the building and continued the design in a Renaissance style.  During this time, Frederick Law Olmstead, who was a frequent collaborator with Richardson, was hired for the landscape architecture.  The final architect on the project was Isaac G. Perry, assigned to the project by Grover Cleveland.  He became the first New York State architect and is known for many institutional buildings and asylums across the state.   While the exterior itself is impressive the interior is absolutely breathtaking.  In particular, the Western Grand Staircase is a testament to the intricacies of this bold design.  Initially begun by Richardson, it was completed by Perry who kept his design but added even more carved elements than originally planned.  The Grand Staircase lacks a dome, and in fact the New York State Capitol is one of only 10 US Capitol buildings without one, but in its place is a magnificent 3,000 square foot skylight.  Which is…bigger than any house I've lived in.  I cannot even fathom it.  The vaulted ceilings and sandstone walls are carved with intricate acanthus leaf designs around 77 famous faces of the day.  The sandstone carvers were also allowed to carve a memory into the sandstone, many choosing to carve the faces of their wives or children.  However, one of these artisans had a dark side as he chose to carve the face of a demon tucked between some leaves in a dark hallway.  It is so small and tiny that it is said if you can find the face on your own, you yourself are a devil.   The devil is surely in the details and the capitol building is full of them.  One of the lost details are the murals of artist William Morris Hunter.  Hunt was commissioned to paint two 45 foot long murals directly onto the sandstone walls of the Assembly Chamber.  They were titled “The Flight of Night” and “Discover” and Hunt considered them to be his magnum opus.  Sadly, the ceiling of the Assembly Chamber was deemed unstable and had to be lowered significantly, permanently obscuring the artwork.  Future murals that were planned were deserted due to a lack of funding.  The destruction of these works are largely attributed to the deepening of his depression and eventual suicide.  His ghost still haunts the capitol today, mourning the loss of his greatest works.   The lowered ceiling was intended to be made of solid oak.  However, the contractor cheated the state to line his own pockets and instead used oak paneling filled with paper mâché.  While this was a contentious issue at the time it ended up saving the Assembly Chamber in 1911 when true tragedy struck.         “Good evening, what are you still doing here?” and old man asked, a lantern in one hand and a silver-handled cane in the other “Working late?”   “Good evening, Mr. Abbott!  Oh, well you know…a librarian's work is never done!” the man replied, “Plus the Tammany caucus didn't wrap up until,” he glanced at his pocket watch “nearly one o'clock this morning.  So I'm just closing up the State Library now.  I believe they're still in the Assembly Library up to God knows what! I just worry, I hate that the Assembly uses their library as a social venue…always drinking and smoking…even with their wives around!”   Old man Abbott chuckled, “Well I'll make sure they don't get into too much trouble, that's my job after all!” he said, patting the small firearm on his side.   “I will sleep a little better knowing you're on the lookout” the librarian sighed, “I suppose I'm just a little on edge about it all. With the Triangle Shirtwaist fire last week, I can't stop thinking about what would happen if something like that were to occur here with all the cigarettes flying about”   “Well,” Abbott said, thoughtfully, “they say this building is fireproof and I'm sure we'd be able to put out a blaze before it got too serious.  Remember the fire a few years ago in the cellar from the electrical?  That wasn't a problem.  We just shut the doors at it burned itself out.”   “You're right, you're right” the librarian replied, “I'm just being overly anxious.  Well, goodnight Samuel” the librarian said, waving his hand as he exited the library.   “Goodnight!” Abbott shouted back as he resumed his patrol of the stacks.   Samuel smiled, looking toward the intricate ceilings, drinking in the newfound silence of the library.  What a job he had.  What a life he had.  The relative stillness of the State Capitol at night was a stark contrast to the hustle and bustle of the capitol during the day, not dissimilar to the cacophony of the Civil War that oftentimes still rang through his ears   But at night.  The night was different.  A peaceful, cool stillness that only being surrounded by marble  and stone could impart.  There was nothing like wandering the corridors alone at night, absorbing the artistry all around him; every night finding some new detail tucked away into the sandstone by some coy artisan.    Despite being an old man of 78, Samuel was happy to be working.  He loved being in awe every day.  There was always something new, something exciting.  The State Library itself, with its hundreds of thousands of books, or even more exciting…the artifact collection.  Unique items and treasures from all over the world, and he was able to spend time alone with them.  And it was his job to protect them and the employees of the capitol.  There was never a night that he didn't find something to excite him, and this night was no different.   “FIRE! FIRE!” a panicked voice shouted from somewhere in the hall.  Samuel rushed out of the library as quickly as he could, and he found the man in the hall, looking around, frantic.   “What's going on?” Samuel asked, concerned.   “There's a fire.  A fire in the assembly library.  It was just a small fire on the desk it could have been put out with just a bucket of water but we couldn't find any…” the man breathed heavily “we thought we'd shut the door and let it burn out while we got something to extinguish it but…but…now it's engulfed the whole library.  We have to get everyone out!”   Samuel didn't say a word.  He just nodded in understanding and rushed back into the library.  He had to do something, “Is anyone in here?!” he shouted through the library, his voice echoing.  He just performed his rounds and didn't see anyone, but he had to make sure “There's a fire and we have to evacuate!”  He listened.  The only thing he could hear was the distant commotion in the Assembly room.   Glancing around at the thousands of books and records around him, Samuel was overcome by the importance of these volumes.  Family genealogies, state records, even materials from the founding fathers were in this library.  Without a second thought, Samuel made his way around the library, flinging open windows in hopes that it could save the material. “What are you doing?” someone gasped from the doorway of the library “We have to go!” they shouted before running off.   “I'll be out in a moment!” Samuel grumbled back, continuing his crusade to save the library.   First, smoke began to pour in from one of the other entrances.  Then flames leapt out, licking the nearest shelf of books, setting them ablaze.  Quickly, the fire spread down the stacks.  The smoke was so thick that Samuel could hardly see.   Wheezing, he hobbled on his cane out into the hall.  He could hear voices in the distance, but he seemed to be the only one around, everyone else had made it safely out the area of immediate danger.  Samuel made his way as quickly as possible to the Grand Staircase but what he saw was a scene out of the ninth circle of hell.   The fire was burning so hot that the staircase was…melting.  The staircase was turning into a molten slurry and Samuel could hear cracks forming in the massive skylight above.  He pivoted and made his way down a narrow corridor.  He knew this building like the back of his hand, this was the closest way out, just through this claustrophobic hallway.   The smoke seared his lungs.  He couldn't see.  He reached for the keys on his belt, he knew the door would be locked.  It was only a hundred feet or so.  CRACK!  The sound was deafening.  The skylight above the Grand Staircase, had shattered.  And though it was far behind him, it sounded as though it was just above him.  The walls of the corridor were crumbling, the ceiling was falling down.  Just 40 more feet.  A large chunk of stone fell next to Samuel, just missing him.  30 more feet.  He coughed.  His eyes were feeling heavy.  20 feet.  He grabbed the keys from his belt.  15 feet.  The glass of the door he was headed to shattered in front of him, which was fortunate in case he couldn't get the lock.  10 feet.  His feet felt heavy, he was losing consciousness.  But he was almost there.  5 feet.   Blackness.   Poor Samuel Abbott perished just 5 feet from safety.  His body being buried by debris, it would not be found for days.  Samuel Abbott was the sole human casualty of the 1911 Capitol Fire.  Despite his brave actions, much of the Library's collections and State records were lost.  500,000 books, over 300,000 colonial manuscripts, state census records, revolutionary war records, were destroyed alongside another 10,000 archaeological and ethnographic artifacts.  It's said that miraculously, the only items left unscathed by the inferno were the Native American artifacts.  Were they protected by ancestor spirits?   The blaze was eventually put out, completely destroying about a quarter of the capitol.  Unfortunately, none of the material, not the building were insured.  Which was especially detrimental since the fire caused anywhere from 8 million to 12 million dollars in damage.  The modern equivalent of 209 to 314 million today.   In a strange twist of fate, the paper mâché paneling in the assembly room that covered up William Morris Hunt's artwork may have helped save the day.  If the ceiling in the Assembly was made of solid oak as planned, it would have been destroyed in minutes.  However, the filling of the paneling absorbed the water from the firefighter's hoses and slowed the progress of the fire.  Saving the Assembly room from total wreckage, and preventing the spread of the fire to the rest of the Capitol.   The jangle of keys can be heard late at night.  Locked doorknobs turn and are tugged at.  It appears that Samuel's ghost is still wandering the halls.  Not in pain, but happily carrying out his nightly duties, ensuring that everyone in the building is safe.  Helping to avoid any future tragedy that may befall the Capitol.         For a story about a library fire the accuracy of the articles out there are astoundingly poor.  In more than one article William Morris Hunt is called William Morris Hunter.  Luckily he's a larger figure in the art world and this is easily remedied but it had been Samuel Abbott that was misnamed it would make research on him much more difficult.   I feel so bad for Samuel Abbott, especially because he was so close to escaping.  His body was lost in the ruins and wasn't discovered until March 31st.  Here is an excerpt from the Brooklyn Times Union titled “Body is Found in Albany Ruins”:   “About 7:30 o'clock this morning, as the men tackled the debris near the entrance, they discovered a charred leg protruding upwards.  Shortly after the body was uncovered and taken from the ruins.  The head and trunk were not burned, but the four limbs were charred.   Had Abbott been able to continue on his way he would have found safety within five feet.  The door, although locked, is partly glass and would have broken easily.  It is supposed the smoke drove him out of the library proper, and he was overcome on his way to safety.”   This is also the main excerpt I based the narration on, since (naturally) not much is available on what happened to him specifically that night.  Though accounts of other staff members are plentiful.   However, I weaved facts in the rest of the narration.  Parts of the sandstone did melt under the heat of the flames and the giant skylight completely shattered from the heat.  The amount of damage to the building and the records inside it is astounding.  While the cause of the fire is still debated, today it's usually attributed to a cigar or cigarette that was discarded improperly during the caucus.  However, all the newspapers I read said it was due to faulty wiring, which was the cause of the previous fire in the cellar.  There were reports of electrical issues in the Assembly room and the Assembly Library prior to the fire so it is a possibility.  Reports on this differ and it's impossible to know now what truly started the blaze. The damage was incredible, and the descriptions of how the building essentially acted as a chimney for flames to shoot through and carry to other parts of the building is horrifying.  You can see pictures of the damage on the podcast Instagram.  It's worth a look.   This fire still impacts research in the modern day as so many historical records, even those dating to colonial times were destroyed.  However, this leads me to address a major part of this story that has become legend: that none of the indigenous artifacts were damaged in the fire.   This obviously is an ominous and spooky fact that has spread over the last century… but it's only partially true.  The night of the fire many brave librarians, archivists, and archaeologists did what any of us would do – attempt to save our cultural heritage.    Arthur Parker, the first New York State archaeologist ran the length of the fourth floor hallway brandishing a tomahawk that was passed down through generations of Seneca natives.  He used the tomahawk as a fire ax and rescued as many artifacts as he was able.  He managed to only save 50 of the 500 Iroquois artifacts on display, but it was better than having them all perish in the flames.  So…yes.  Some of the indigenous materials were saved, but it was due to human intervention, not the spectral.   Other librarians managed to save rare volumes and artifacts including the original manuscript of George Washington's farewell address and the copy of the Emancipation Proclamation that Abraham Lincoln had written by hand.   One of the more heartwarming things I read in the newspapers were the other librarians from across the world lending assistance and condolences.  In an article in the Syracuse Post Standard, Mary J. Sibley, the librarian at Syracuse University, offered the use of the library to the Capitol Building's State Library School.  The head librarian from the Imperial University in Tokyo also send kind words and support via telegram.   We'll get back to paranormal ghosts in a moment but the true ghosts of the fire is the hundreds of thousands of lost records that were vital to learning our country's history.  However, this fire and the famous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that happened only days prior, led to major fire safety reforms.  Library fires have destroyed many important records: most famously the 1921 fire that destroyed almost the entirety of the 1890 census, or more recently the 2018 museum fire in Brazil that destroyed over 200 years of records and artifacts.   One of the most annoying things I hear surrounding these fires is “Why didn't they have all of it scanned and digital?”  And there is so much to unpack here, it would probably take another hour of explaining the intricacies of not only digitization but digital preservation.  But here's the cliff notes: most of the world's knowledge is on paper.  Well over 90% of it, in fact.  Why is it not digital?  There's a number of factors—the largest being that digitization is expensive.  It takes a lot of manual labor that libraries, museums, and archives do not have the funding or manpower for in addition to storage and maintenance costs.  Digital records are also a lot more volatile than paper ones.  How many times have you opened a file and it was corrupt?  Or you accidentally deleted something from your hard drive?  Things like this can wipe out thousands of records in an instant.  Also, digital records need constant upkeep as file formats become obsolete and as they suffer from bitrot…yes, digital files do rot…there's a lot.  The long and short of it is that paper records are typically easier to preserve.  Ideally you would have the paper copies and numerous copies of digital surrogates stored in different geographic locations with different natural disaster threats.  But I digress.   The moral of the story is digital media is more prone to destruction and requires constant upkeep while paper records can be managed with benign neglect.   Okay, sorry for the lecture.  Let's talk about the ghosts we haven't met yet—the unnamed fruit vendor and the construction worker.   The spirit of the vendor was said to be discovered when a female tour guide was locking up for the night when she saw a large, black mass fall from one of the upper floors to ground below.  To her surprise, there was nothing there.  After telling her fellow tour guides they were confused because there had never been ghost sightings in that portion of the building.  It was later discovered that in 1890 a depressed fruit vendor flung himself from the fourth floor Senate Chamber staircase and died.  There are numerous reports of people seeing something fall from the staircase and when they look they have seen a man bleeding out on the stones.  However, once they go to get help there is nothing there upon their return.   Surprisingly, no articles name this fruit vendor which had me doubting his existence.  I came across the story on a fluke and I would never have found this information if it wasn't for some faulty OCR..which if you don't know is optical character recognition.  Essentially computer readings of scanned images.  I was searching for fruit vendors in 1890 using modern spelling “v-e-n-d-o-r” but luckily the OCR on a newspaper was incorrect and I still go the hit.  It turns out in 1890 it was spelled “v-e-n-d-e-r” and for some really odd reason, the story of the fruit vendor's suicide was exclusive to this Brooklyn newspaper.  Brooklyn is nowhere near Albany but again, I digress.    The story is honestly super graphic and surprising for a Victorian-era article, but the article from the Brooklyn Citizen reads as follows:   An Unusual Suicide: A Fruit Vender Kills Himself in the State Capitol (special to the citizen)   Albany, April 17th: At about 8:45 this morning Jacob Thorne, a sidewalk fruit vender, jumped or fell down the Senate staircase, a distance of eighty-five feet, to the second floor and was instantly killed, his head being crushed to jelly.  He was about 65 years of age, and had been in ill health for some time, and was supposed by many to be slightly deranged.  The suicide theory is accepted, as the body lay almost in the centre of the court”   So, now we know that his name was Jacob Thorne.  Why he's never mentioned by name anywhere is beyond me.  I tried to do more research into him, and I thought I came across him…a farmer named Jacob Thorne in the Albany area.  At first it appeared that he was still alive after 1890 but when I saw he was listed on a census for no reason, his wife was listed as widowed, I thought it may be him.  But alas, it was not.  I searched for a good amount of time through numerous resources and only came across the Jacob Thorne that was not him.  This leads me to believe either the records were destroyed or perhaps he was black.  But I'm just glad that his name is out there now, because the dead should be remembered.    This includes the construction worker who's spirit may or may not haunt the grounds.  In all the stories it is said that a man who was plastering the ceilings in the Senate Assembly room in 1878 fell on a Saturday night and he wasn't discovered until Monday morning, still alive.  Doctor's attempted to save his life but he died two days later.  Is this story the truth?   According to the Buffalo Courier and the Poughkeepsie Eagle, on Monday, October 29, 1878, two men had fallen while working on the capital building on the same day, at different times, and were both seriously injured.  So there's one discrepancy, there were two men: Patrick Stanton and John Hunt.  Stanton fell from the scaffolding while Hunt fell through a ventilation hole in the ceiling when removing its co ver.  Yet another inaccuracy is that this incident occurred on a Monday and not over the weekend as the story goes.  They were both immediately taken to the hospital for medical attention.    Neither of them appears to have died.  Though there was a John Hunter that died the same day who was a mason.  However, he's buried in Brooklyn.  It's possible it was him, but the name isn't an exact match.  The articles title…which I must read since it is…something else does say that there was a death from injuries.  The title is “Important River News: Items from our Exchanges ; Two Accidents At The Capital - Died From His Injuries - The Body of Eagan Found In The River - Fires - A Pet Dog Roasted In An Oven - Strange Disappearance Of An Aged Lady - Sad Accident in Troy”   This…is a sidebar we need to touch on.  I come across so many bizarre stories when reading newspapers.  The dog story…I just need to share.  I shouldn't laugh but it's so weird!   “A lady living on Front Street, west of Swan, had a favorite little pet dog about the house up to Thursday last.  On that day he mysteriously disappeared, and Sunday, when the lady had occasion to open for the first time since Thursday, the oven door of the kitchen stove, the roast remains of the per were found”  WHAT.  I need to know more.  But that's not why were' here.   Curiously, the article also mentions that there was a fatality of someone by the name Riley in the Assembly room due to ventilation holes which had been covered at this point.  Is this the ghost of the worker who fell?  Or is this an additional death not mentioned previously.  Either way, this is a mystery that I unfortunately spent over an hour trying to figure out and one that for now, will remain unsolved.  If either of these men were to die it seems it would have been John Hunt as he was suffering from “intense internal pain” that they couldn't find the cause of.   The ghost of William Morris Hunt is said to be felt in the Assembly Chamber where his prized works were covered up and then later destroyed.  No one has ever seen his ghost, but instead he has been “felt” and the lights will occasionally flicker.  Which could be his ghost…but it makes me think of the faulty wiring that may have ignited the blaze.  The doorknobs in the room also rattle and doors slam shut and open on their own.   However, I like to think this is the ghost of Samuel Abbott, making sure doors are locked and shut as he makes his nightly rounds.  The idea that Mr. Abbott is still trying to keep people safe, that this building has a guardian spirit makes me smile.  And on this smile-worthy note we shall close.    There is so much history that was lost and so much history to uncover at the New York State Capitol, an hour could be dedicated to all the information I couldn't fit in.  I'm recording this episode on Tuesday night because I spent way too much time investigating some of these ghosts!   If you have any places you want me to investigate, please let me know!  Tell a friend about this podcast if you think they'd like it.  So please, stay away from scaffolding, say thank-you to your local librarian, and as always stay curious and stay spooky.  Bye~

Dec. 24, 2020 - We reheard our conversation with then-State Senate candidate John Mannion. (originally aired 10/8/20)

The Finance Bill, 2020 has been passed by members of the Senate Chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja.This followed the consideration of the report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Customs, Excise and Tariff, Trade and Investment, as well as Public Procurement by the lawmakers during plenary on Tuesday.The bill proposes various amendments to existing tax laws and financial regulations in response to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Nigerian economy.

Enbridge's controversial/terrible Line 3 oil pipeline is finally out of the courts and is once more racking up permit approvals on its way to installment across native land and waterways. Not great! Grace and Bri get you up to speed on the history and Enbrige's (dubious) environmental track record, and then talk to Senator-Elect Mary Kunesh about all the ways this sucks for Native populations, the environment, and women. Plus, a bonus history lesson about the racist art at the Capitol, the attempts to remove it, and the giant garbage piece depicting Native Americans that still overlooks the Senate Chamber floor. Show Notes Enbridge Line 3 Timeline - MPR Majority of MPCA Advisory Group Resigns - MPR MN350 Pipeline Resistance Team Discoverers & Civilizers Led to the Source of the Mississippi (photo) - MHS The Signing of the Treaty of the Traverse de Sioux (photo) - MHS Father Hennepin Discovering St. Anthony Falls (photo) - MHS --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/renegadefeminist/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/renegadefeminist/support

Melissa Murray is a superstar in the legal profession. In Part One of this two-part conversation, Melissa Murray takes us along on her journey from receiving a phone call asking her to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee during Justice Kavanaugh’s tumultuous confirmation process through her live remarks in the Senate Chamber. She shares her personal story growing up in Florida as the daughter of immigrants to her appointment as the interim dean of UC Berkley Law School at the age of 40 as well as her current position as Professor of Law at NYU. During Part One, Melissa tackles issues of gender and race within the law and society at-large, as well as how we can better bring these issues to life in the law school classroom. Enjoy this episode of Iron Advocate as we continue to explore how lawyers can kill it in the law without it killing us. Check out Melissa’s own podcast, Strict Scrutiny, on your favorite podcast platform or by visiting https://strict-scrutiny.simplecast.com. You can follow Melissa on Twitter @ProfMMurray.

The Overnight Underground Podcast, here’s the headlines: Retail sales are in the crapper. The Michigan legislature shuts down. Wisconsin opens up, Denver gets its own KKK shopper. A new nominee for the worst movie ever and a new irritating Chinese ice cream flavor debuts in Hong Kong.  These stories & more coming up on today’s Overnight Underground News. I’m John Ford.   Retail sales plunge Yesterday we saw the latest jobs report and it wasn’t pretty. The retail sales numbers released today don’t look much better.  CNBC reports retail sales dropped nearly sixteen and a half percent in April, which is far worse than was predicted. Clothing sales were hit with the biggest downturns. Hey, it’s not like you need new clothes, you're not going anywhere and no one sees you anyhow. Retail sales declines were also seen in restaurants and service stations along with retailers that have been deemed non-essential. Grocery stores were one of the few retail establishments that saw an uptick in sales. Hey, people gotta eat and of course let’s not forget about all that toilet paper you bought either.  Homelessness could spike Ready for some more good news?  CNN Business now reports that the picture for low income workers is especially bleak. Nearly forty percent of those with a household income below forty thousand dollars a year reported a job loss in March. Another study conducted by a Columbia University professor, notes that homelessness in the US could reach as high as forty five percent within a year. The professor who conducted the analysis, Dan O’Flaherty, says the downturn is exacerbating homelessness which is already a public health crisis in many American cities. O’Flaherty notes, quote: “This is unprecedented. No one living has seen an increase of ten percent of unemployment in a month.”  Except maybe for those who got fired, and are currently seeing one hundred percent unemployment.  Michigan shuts down legislature Fed up with the protesters, Michigan lawmakers have decided to suspend their legislative session rather than face the possibility of continued armed protests. Bloomberg reports that  protests have been squarely aimed at Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who allegedly has received death threats since the protest began. Protesters are angered over the Governors controversial lock-down in the state. Lansing lawmakers had been fearing a repeat of the April 30th dissent, when armed protesters entered the Senate Chamber. The protests on Thursday saw much smaller crowds due to rain in the Capitol. Giving birth to the phrase, “Give me liberty or give me death. Unless it’s raining.”  Bars open up in Wisconsin Across the lake in Wisconsin, things were opening up after that state's supreme court tossed their Governors stay at home orders. Quite a few Wisconsiners dashed from their homes and headed to the bars for a quick Schlitz. One patron at a bar in Milwaukee told Reuters news: Wait, does this mean he likes to schwing?  Denver gets a KKK shopper Another day another guy shopping in a KKK hood. Fox thirty one Denver reports that this time the pointy headed masked shopper was spotted and of course photographed at the City Market in the Denver suburb of Dillon. The police have stated that they are asking for the public’s help identifying a man. The director of communications for the Town of Dillon, told the press, quote: “Right now, they’re trying to identify him, contact him and take it from there. Obviously, we take this kind of action very seriously.”  Biden mumbles again It’s time once again for our sound byte of the day. Today’s winner comes from presumptive democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, during his latest virtual roundtable. Just for the record, and leaving all the mumbling and other gaffes aside, there have been thirty six and a half million unemployed in the last two months. I’ve said it before I’ll say it again, our choice as leader of the free world is to pick either this doddering old fool or a reality show barker with delusions of adequacy? If that doesn’t convince you that the game is rigged, nothing ever will.  Tear gas ice cream Oh those wacky Chinese. The AP is reporting an ice cream shop in Hong Kong has a new flavor that’s turned out to be a hit with patrons, it’s tear gas flavor. The main ingredient in the new confection is black peppercorns, to give Hong Konger's that ol’ time memory of the peppery tear gas rounds fired by police during demonstrations last year. One customer explained the flavor as, quote: “It tastes like tear gas. It feels difficult to breathe at first, and it’s really pungent and irritating.” I don’t know about you, but that’s not what I look for in an ice cream flavor. What’s next, Covid-19 flavor? It tastes like a musky face mask, makes it hard to catch your breath and it’s only available for takeout.  Worst movie evar Cats is now officially the worst movie ever made. That’s according to the man who wrote what previously was considered the worst movie ever made, Battlefield Earth  Writer J.D. Shapiro tells The New York Post, quote: “I watched about 10 or 15 minutes of ‘Cats,’ and unfortunately, it might beat out ‘Battlefield Earth. To regular people, ‘Cats’ was f - - king disturbing.” Great, now we just gotta’ wait for Hollywood to make Battlefield Cats. You know, I wouldn’t put it past those idiots.

On March 4 1909, William Howard Taft was to be sworn in as the 27th President of the united States. The night before a fierce storm struck the East Coast and all but shut down travel. The blizzard left more than 10” of snow. The inauguration ceremony was moved indoors, into the Senate Chamber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Senate gets down to business in the Impeachment of President Trump. Former Maryland governor Bob Ehrlich, Ayesha Rascoe of NPR and Law Professor Mark Graber recap the historic proceedings yesterday in the Senate Chamber.

Rodd and Radio discuss the feeling in the Senate as the swearing-in process happens.

We sit down with Brian Feldman, a State Senator who represents District 15 in Maryland. Brian is also a CPA, so he brings a lot of those key business and finance insights directly into Maryland’s Senate Chamber. He’s a great partner of the profession and we’ve worked with him many times on a number of key bills. Even if you don’t live in Maryland, we think it’s important that you take a few minutes and listen in on this conversation, and here’s why: We all know what’s happening in Washington these day, and what’s happening in Washington is... nothing good. The political climate there is so toxic that nothing – or next to nothing – of huge significance is getting done there. Most legislative things that impact us directly are happening in our state capitals and in our city or county governments because most of the laws that directly impact our lives are passed at the state and local level. That makes the work that lawmakers do on those levels hugely important – but unfortunately, they’re also criminally overlooked and ignored. That all means our profession’s involvement at those levels is absolutely critical – and it’s wanted! Lawmakers want to speak with their constituents and get their input. Otherwise, they’re just flying blind. So we do that, and we hope that after listening to this episode, you will consider speaking with your state and local representatives, too. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

Even as Preston Brooks entered the Senate Chamber on May 22nd, 1856 few would predict the chain of events that he would set in motion, least of all him. A Southern Democrat representing South Carolina, he had heard of and read the speech made by Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner. It had publicly Andrew Butler, who was not only his state’s Senator, but also his cousin. Now he demanded retribution. Whereas he might have demanded a duel, it was, after all his first instinct, he was talked out of it by his fellow Congressman Laurence Keitt. This was, after all, a man below his station. He had proven, in his speech and the language he used, that point. Dueling him would be beneath Brooks. No, if he were to get satisfaction it would be by treating him like the slaves the Northern Abolitionist loved so dearly, and caning him. The events that would follow would become an iconic moment in American history and a turning point as Senator Sumner crumbled unconscious in a pool of his own blood on the floor of the Senate. Though he would recover from his injuries the nation would never be the same. In a sense Brooks would, through his actions, create a unity in the Republican Party that would create a national movement that would, in a few years’ time, deliver the White House to Abraham Lincoln as he set into motion events that would quickly sweep out of control. In a sense he would become the unwilling father of the party he so despised and a movement completely contrary to his nature and his ideology. This is the story of the caning of Charles Sumner….

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Professor Dana Fisher shows that policymakers only hear scientific information about climate change that reaffirms their own positions. Fisher is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland.

George Washington's second presidential inaugural address was delivered on March 4, 1793. It took place in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the shortest inaugural address to date. The oath of office was administered by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States William Cushing.

Footnote wandered over to the Senate Chamber last month to watch Sen. Ted Cruz read a bedtime story to his kids. But the media prefer the Texas State Senator who spent eleven hours defending infanticide. Footnote wandered over to the Senate Chamber last month to watch Sen. Ted Cruz read a bedtime story to his…

Andrew Jackson was the 7th President of the United States.  He had the fourth highest rank of all the presidents, below Washington, Eisenhower, and Grant.  He is also considered to be the nation's ninth greatest president, after Lincoln, FDR, Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, and Truman.  Therefore, he is the second greatest warrior-president in US History, after only George Washington, himself. Andrew Jackson's military career began in the War of 1812.  First, he defeated Chief Red Eagle of the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.  Then, he defeated Sir Pakenham of the British at the Battle of New Orleans.  Even though the war was over at this point, Jackson delivered Britain one of its greatest defeats in history, while only suffering 21 casualties.  In the Seminole War that followed soon after, Andrew Jackson captured Spanish Florida and became its territorial governor, thereby founding the state of Florida, which is currently America's fourth most powerful state. Andrew Jackson's personal life was a tough one.  "Old Hickory" got into 103 duels.  He famously defeated Charles Dickinson, thought by many to be the nation's greatest dueler, despite being shot two inches from the heart.  In the Senate Chamber, Jackson also sat next to Thomas Hart Benton, the man who had shot him repeatedly while he lay on the floor in a hotel in Nashville in a fight a few years earlier.  While president, he beat his would-be assassin with his own cane until his aides apprehended him.  Lastly, at his funeral, his pet parrot had to be removed because it was swearing too much (a skill taught to it by Andrew Jackson, himself). This episode only covers Andrew Jackson's life up to his presidency. For more information, read: The American Presidents by David Whitney Military Blunders by Geoffrey Regan Kaplan AP US Government Princeton Review AP US History Military History Podcast is sponsored by Armchair General Magazine