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On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: Reaction continues to pour in over the situation in Afghanistan, one day after deadly attacks killed 13 US service members and more than 150 Afghans. From Pakistan, Philip Crowther, International Affiliate Reporter for the Associated Press, joins to share what he has heard coming out of Afghanistan. In the Oval Office, President Joe Biden remembered and honored the fallen US service members. Some Republicans want more than just hearings and investigations, even demanding President Biden and his top officials resign. Republican Strategist and Former National Security Council Spokesman under President Trump, John Ullyot, joins to share what he thinks of the calls being made for the evacuation in Afghanistan to continue beyond the August 31st deadline. Although it is unclear how many Afghan refugees will be resettled in America, Catholic organizations are not waiting to find out. They are preparing to help those in need. And a worldwide movement of young people is holding a march to support Afghan women. Member of the Economy of Francesco, Valentina Rotondi, joins to tell us about this initiative. Finally this evening, today and tomorrow are the feast days of a mother and son who are among the most beloved figures in the Catholic Church. Washington Bureau Chief for EWTN News, Dr. Matthew Bunson, joins to tell us about St. Augustine and St. Monica. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn

Kim and Producer Steve delve into events across the nation. Obama drastically scales down his original 700 plus guest list for his birthday party because of COVID. Do these elites really believe what they are saying? Or is this a distraction as important news concerning election integrity, the infrastructure bill and illegals crossing the southern border is ignored by mainstream media? This Sunday on America's Veterans Stories, Retired Army Major General Joe Arbuckle will be interviewed by Kim at 3pm and 10pm on KLZ 560 AM and KLZ 100.7 FM. Colorado Senate Bill 21-142 signed into law by Governor Polis this past May states, “Every person has a right to privacy with respect to personal health decisions, free from coercion or interference from the government.” Denver ignores the law and increases the maximum fine to $5000 for public health violations. These regulations by an unelected bureaucracy kills businesses. Mayor Hancock is forcing the vaccination within the city, recognizing people will lose their jobs. Hancock is the Director of MORE, Mayors Organized for Reparations. How can you take action against people based on skin color, especially since many families arrived in the United States after the Civil War? Dr. James Lyons-Weiler notes that an ingredient in the vaccination may cause infertility. The infrastructure bill dropped late Sunday night. Who has read the 2703 pages? Possible bribe for Sen. Manchin as his wife's commission is slated to receive $1 billion. Lorne Levy, mortgage specialist with Polygon Financial Group, discusses the possibility of a non-vaccinated person not qualifying for a loan. Just recently an employer would not do an employee verification because the employee would not take the experimental drug vaccination. Lorne says if this is done just days before a loan is finalized the potential buyer could lose their earnest money. Give Lorne a call at 303-880-8881 for professional advice when securing a home mortgage. Don't miss out on Castlegate Knife and Tool's event tomorrow, Thursday in Sedalia from 3-6pm. They will be serving food and drinks while they sharpen one of your knives. Frequent guest Josh Philipp, senior investigative reporter for The Epoch Times and host of Crossroads, states that the government is using businesses and bureaucracies against the American public to administer vaccination passports. This calls into question HIPPA and the legality that your health information is between you and your doctor. A class action lawsuit is in the making. Local officials split on keeping or relinquishing their power brought forth by the “declared” COVID-19/Wuhan-China virus. What is happening is anti-Constitution and flies in the face of our Founding Father's principle that our inalienable rights are given by God. There are lots of contradictions in laws. One example is Colorado SB 21-142. “My body, my choice.” Illegals coming over the southern border with COVID-19 are released into the U.S. without any medical care. Elections matter. The hypocrisy of the left when comparing 2016 and 2020 is blaring. Their narrative in 2016 has been proven to be false while 2020 is shining the light on election integrity issues throughout the country. The Arizona Election Report will be released soon. Other states are following. The truth will come out even with the mainstream rhetoric and the Department of Justice lawsuits. Some Republicans are finally showing their strength.

Some Republicans push back against Nancy Pelosi and mask mandates.

The hearings for Nancy Pelosi's select committee have begun. Some Republicans, including some of Geraldo's closes friends, are trying to gaslight the country and pretend nothing happened on January 6th.

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A heatwave runs through the Pacific Northwest; The NYC mayoral race vote count gets a little blundered; Some Republicans want to keep reminders of the Confederacy in the U.S. Capitol; Britney Spears has another ally in the battle against her conservatorship; Serena Williams gets injured during her Wimbledon match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich; An activist who explored intersecting issues of race, gender, and class has died at the age of 95; The first out transgender contestant will compete in the national Miss USA pageant. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 1: Rush on Trump standing up to Putin vs. Biden's weakness. Leftists encouraging race-based crime. Merrick Garland is a Biden puppet. Some Republicans join Democrats on infrastructure trillion from bankrupt nation. Immigration. Trump to visit border before absentee czar Harris. Biden's oil crisis and green energy nonsense. PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 2: Publishing and the move to censor certain points of view. Google and Facebook power. The Fed is monetizing debt as a direct consequence of this inflation tax that is spending. Lockdowns destroyed restaurants, ruined lives, abused children, and none of it was necessary. History will not be kind to lockdown advocates. Media gaga as Biden meets with Putin, who pushes back on charge he killed opponents by invoking 1/6.  PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 3: Chrissy Teigen. Jon Stewart acts like he alone suddenly discovered the Wuhan coronavirus lab with an uncomfortable Stephen Colbert who sticks to the communist Chinese line. The Democrat Party is The Squad. What if half the country decides they like socialism and fire in the streets? Why are officeholders allowed to lie to us? You wouldn't let a utility ban sale of electricity or water to people with some points of view, so why can social media giants do it? EIB High Note: Heroic dog saves owner from rattlesnake bites.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Mask mandates do nothing, though no one here is surprised. John Cena grovels to China. Shots fired at George Floyd Square on the anniversary of his death. A stupid "journalist" compares 9/11 to January 6th. Gretchen Whitmer breaks her own COVID rules. Seth Rogen daftly tells comedians not to complain about cancel culture... guess it makes sense, cause he isn't one. Transgender-affirming doctor promotes children sex changes. Biden's ATF nom is terrible. Conservatives are flocking to Florida. Some Republicans don't want Trump to run again. Atlanta anti-police politician gets his car stolen. BLM founder quits BLM. Idaho Lt. Governor takes the law into her own hands... and it's awesome. Enjoy! Remember to subscribe, rate, and share the show on all major podcasting platforms. You can contact Elan at ElanMorrison@protonmail.com (sponsorship welcome)

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: One of the sketchiest libertarian venture capitalists in America planned to launch an app to summon a private police force by smartphone. Today we are pleased to report that, thanks to negative publicity, the rent-a-cop app is being scrapped. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has given US intelligence agencies ninety days to figure out where the coronavirus came from. And he says they’ll be entertaining a theory favored by many Republicans, that the virus somehow escaped from a lab in China. And lastly, activist shareholders, with the support of public pension funds, won a vote forcing Exxon Mobil to hire directors who favor clean energy. It’s a massive defeat for Exxon management and a repudiation of the company’s old, planet-destroying ways. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: This dispatch from the dystopia comes from CBS News. The crowdsourcing crime- tracking app Citizen, whose earliest backers include the venture capitalist billionaire Peter Thiel, is ditching plans to develop a private police force that could be summoned by users via the smartphone app. The company began offering the service in Los Angeles last month as a pilot program. For the service, Citizen partnered with a private firm called Los Angeles Professional Security, which describes itself as a provider of subscription law enforcement. But on Tuesday, Citizen ended the program, stating it has no plans to launch a similar service elsewhere. The company's decision follows more than a week of negative publicity for the popular app, which uses cellphone-location data to alert users of potential safety hazards, emergencies and criminal activity in their area. CBS reports that as Citizen's popularity has grown, so, too, has its number of critics, who say the app raises privacy issues as well as racial bias. Matthew Guariglia, a policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, called the app "a digital superhighway for racial profiling," In mid-May, the app misidentified a homeless person as the source of a recent wildfire in Los Angeles. Citizen posted pictures of the man, and offered a $30,000 reward to anyone who could provide information leading to his arrest. A few days later, a different man was arrested for the crime. If you think the regular police are bad, wait until you see what Silicon Valley comes up with. Biden Orders Review Of Virus Origins This update on the politics of the pandemic comes from the Washington Post. President Biden said yesterday that he has asked the intelligence community to determine the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s a major departure from the previous White House position that the World Health Organization should lead efforts to uncover the contagion’s origin. Biden has asked for a report within ninety days. The new message from the White House reflects the rapidly changing views about the origins of the virus. In recent weeks, a theory has gained more support that the source of the coronavirus may have emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, though that is far from proved. Some Republicans pushed the idea early on, including Donald Trump. But the idea was dismissed by many influential scientists and Democrats. The Post says that in recent weeks, some prominent researchers have begun arguing that the lab theory should remain on the table until more is known. And a series of reports in the Wall Street Journal, including one that highlighted how several people who work at the Wuhan lab became sick in fall 2019 with Covid-like symptoms, has been part of a reexamination. Biden said one element of the US intelligence community leans toward the view that the novel coronavirus came from a laboratory accident. Two other components, on the other hand, believe the virus came from animal-to-human contact. But are American spies really well- suited to make this determination, especially without Chinese cooperation? Exxon Shareholders Revolt Over Clean Energy You love to see it. The New York Times says Big Oil was knocked down a peg yesterday. Shareholders of Exxon Mobil dealt the company’s management a stunning defeat by electing at least two board candidates who pledged to steer the company away from oil and gas and toward cleaner energy. The success of the campaign, led by a tiny hedge fund against the nation’s largest oil company, could force the energy industry to confront climate change. Analysts could not recall another time that Exxon management had lost a vote against company-picked directors. The vote reveals the growing power that giant Wall Street firms now have to press corporate managements to pursue social goals. According to the Times, the hedge fund leading this campaign, Engine Number One, was seeking to defeat four of the company’s twelve director candidates. Its victory is the culmination of years of efforts by activists to force the oil giant to change its environmental policies. Some big pension funds, including the New York State Common Retirement Fund and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, had joined the effort. In another sign of change, shareholders of Chevron, the second largest US oil company, yesterday voted for a proposal to reduce emissions from the fuel the company makes and sells. And in the Netherlands, a court required Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its emissions by forty five percent by 2030. One day these companies will be only a memory, and the world will be better for it. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: The Los Angeles Times reports that nine people were killed, including the gunman, in a shooting yesterday morning at a San Jose rail yard. The suspect set his own house on fire, then drove to a Valley Transportation Authority union meeting and began shooting, law enforcement sources said. Sympathy and solidarity to all affected. The Washington Post reports that Amazon will buy MGM Holdings from its investment- group owners, paying $8.45 billion billion to put the historic studio in the hands of the retailing giant. The Post is also owned by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, but we aren’t, so we can say he has enough money, power and cultural influence, already. According to the Associated Press, President Biden is nominating former senior State Department official Nicholas Burns to serve as his ambassador to China, and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be his ambassador to India. Prominent Democratic fundraisers Denise Bauer, Jane Hartley and David Cohen have also emerged as leading contenders for postings in France, Italy and Canada, respectively. Gotta love those patronage jobs! Good news! The New York Times reports that immunity to the coronavirus lasts at least a year, possibly a lifetime, improving over time – especially after vaccination. That’s according to two new studies, both in the journal Nature. The results suggest that people who have recovered from Covid-19 and later been vaccinated will continue to have high levels of protection against emerging variants, even without a vaccine booster. So there’s a silver lining for survivors. AM QUICKIE - MAY 27, 2021 HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

The debate over Middle East policy is changing in the U.S., with more Americans expressing support for Palestinians. The Washington Post and L.A. Times explain the role Black Lives Matter has played in this shift. Some Republicans who supported Trump’s election falsehoods are now running to become their states’ top election officials. Politico has the story. Many people who lost restaurant jobs during the economic shutdown have decided to leave the business completely. The Washington Post spoke to industry veterans to find out why. WABC reports on the first recordings of humpback whales singing off the coast of New York.

Some Republicans are trying to oust Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership post. Is that a good idea? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Some Republicans in the U.S. House want Rep. Liz Cheney, the GOP's conference chair and the third-ranking Republican in the chamber, to go over her criticism of former President Donald Trump. Trump supporters are even attacking House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, pointing out his living arrangement with prominent consultant Frank Luntz. Is any work getting done in the House amid all this in-fighting? Can Republicans effectively rebut the Democrats' agenda when they're busying throwing pies at one another? Also, the Biden administration has finally conceded that the Dakota Access Pipeline should continue to operate during a court-ordered review, earmark spending is making a comeback, and federal legislation addressing civil asset forfeiture may be on the way. Congressman Kelly Armstrong will discuss the problems in his caucus and these other topics on this episode of Plain Talk.

Legalization is not an issue most Republicans want to talk about, and many of them are doing their best to halt any form of progress. Some Republicans even called legalization efforts in Florida “misleading” to the public. We’ll discuss which states have an uphill battle to climb with the GOP and Attorney Tammy Allison from Texas will also stop by to discuss legalization in the Lone Star State!Footnotes:Five States Where Republicans Are Trying to Block Marijuana Legalization (CelebStoner.com)Attorney Tammy Allison aka The Pardon Attorney, Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas’ 6th District Joins the ShowGOP Congressman’s Bill Would Protect Marijuana Consumers’ 2nd Amendment Rights (Marijuana Moment)Matt Gaetz investigators probing medical marijuana connections for possible corruption: report (Orlando Sentinel)North Carolina legislators introduce bill to legalize marijuana (The Hill)Don’t Expect Senate Marijuana Banking Vote Any Time Soon, Key Chairman Says (Marijuana Moment)Birmingham to pardon 15,000 with marijuana convictions (ABC News)Cannabis Workers in Rhode Island Make History by Joining Local 328 (UFCW)Who won the marijuana lottery? Arizona holds drawing for 13 dispensary licenses in rural counties (AZCentral)Support the show (https://www.youtube.com/cannabislegalizationnews)

The Idaho House voted last week to kill the K-12 budget, which includes a raise for teachers, far right conservatives lauded the move. Some Republicans are focused on rooting out what they say is social justice curriculum in Idaho schools.

Black farmers scored a major victory in the Covid relief package, winning billions of dollars in aid. The farmers call it fairness. Some Republicans call it reparations. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by John Boyd Jr. to talk about what this relief means for Black farmers across the country. Boyd is the founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, and says the time is now for the Biden administration to make up for decades of government discrimination. Guest: John Boyd Jr., founder, and president of the National Black Farmers Association Podcast production by Ahyiana Angel and Jasmine Ellis You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now for just $1 for your first month. Click here for more info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black farmers scored a major victory in the Covid relief package, winning billions of dollars in aid. The farmers call it fairness. Some Republicans call it reparations. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by John Boyd Jr. to talk about what this relief means for Black farmers across the country. Boyd is the founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, and says the time is now for the Biden administration to make up for decades of government discrimination. Guest: John Boyd Jr., founder, and president of the National Black Farmers Association Podcast production by Ahyiana Angel and Jasmine Ellis You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now for just $1 for your first month. Click here for more info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The false narrative of widespread voter fraud during the last presidential election has not gone away. Some Republicans and Trump supporters have clung to the idea that the election was stolen. They’ve continued to call for restrictions and regulations. They say they want to make elections more secure. Others call it voter suppression. Today, we’ll explore the sweeping bill package from Michigan legislative Republicans that would change election law in Michigan.  GUESTS: State Senator Ed McBroom, a Republican representing Michigan's 38th district, comprising several counties in the Upper Peninsula. He sponsored some of the bills in the package and he also chairs the Senate Oversight Committee. John Pirich, a retired Michigan elections attorney and an expert in the field.  NOTES: Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some Republicans who voted to convict former President Donald Trump are already facing backlash, exposing rifts within the party.

In just his first few hours in office, President Biden signaled he will create a stark change in immigration policy. Besides signing a series of executive orders that reverse some of  President Trump’s most emblematic and controversial  policies, the Biden administration released an outline of a sweeping immigration reform bill that includes a path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants. Some Republicans were quick to criticize President Biden’s actions, calling them “amnesty.” FOX News Correspondent Gillian Turner breaks down the Biden immigration policies, their motivation and whether there is any appetite in Congress to pass immigration legislation.     Beyond a bold immigration plan, President Biden will need Congress to help him pass some of the big items on his  agenda. Chris Wallace, host of FOX News Sunday, discusses what he thought of President Biden's plan for his first 100 Days, the likelihood he can get any of his ideas through Congress and whether his pleas for unity will have an impact.   Plus, commentary by former White House speechwriter & Fox News Contributor Marc Thiessen.

Podcast: Left, Right & Center (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Impeached againPub date: 2021-01-16President Trump is the first president to be impeached twice. What does it mean to hold him accountable? And what should be done about the Republicans who voted to throw out the results of the election? Some Republicans are saying impeachment is divisive and the country needs to move on, but what about the lies the party has tolerated and fomented about the election for months and months. Weren't those divisive too? Josh Barro talks with panelists K. Sabeel Rahman and Lanhee Chen and special guest Zeynep Tufekci about the role social media played in spreading conspiracy theories that led to the riot. Do recent actions by Amazon and Facebook and Twitter reduce the risk of future unrest? And should we worry about the role these large private firms play in shaping the rules of our discourse? President-elect Biden is preparing to take office as his predecessor's impeachment trial begins. He wants another $1.9 billion relief package — and bipartisan support for it. Can he get that?The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from KCRW, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

President Trump is the first president to be impeached twice. What does it mean to hold him accountable? And what should be done about the Republicans who voted to throw out the results of the election? Some Republicans are saying impeachment is divisive and the country needs to move on, but what about the lies the party has tolerated and fomented about the election for months and months. Weren’t those divisive too? Josh Barro talks with panelists K. Sabeel Rahman and Lanhee Chen and special guest Zeynep Tufekci about the role social media played in spreading conspiracy theories that led to the riot. Do recent actions by Amazon and Facebook and Twitter reduce the risk of future unrest? And should we worry about the role these large private firms play in shaping the rules of our discourse? President-elect Biden is preparing to take office as his predecessor’s impeachment trial begins. He wants another $1.9 billion relief package — and bipartisan support for it. Can he get that?

Some Republicans join Democrats in Trump's second impechment

Vice President Mike Pence shut down Nancy Pelosi's push to have President Trump removed from office using the 25th Amendment.  Under the 25th Amendment Vice President Pence and a majority of the cabinet must attest to President Trump being unfit for the office.  Pence indicated in a letter to Pelosi that he would have no role in such an effort. Nancy Pelosi is also leading the Democrat charge to impeach President Trump for "willfully inciting violence against the Government of the United States."  Some Republicans have joined the effort as well including Sen. Republican leader Mitch McConnell.

Democrats move to impeach the President a second time… Some Republicans call on Trump to resign… A Utah man with ties to ‘Black Lives Matter’ caught inside the Capitol during the riot… Social media bans the Commander-in-Chief… The campaign to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom grows… Plus, Bill's Message of the day, the truth about the capitol hill riot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California Educators Help Students Make Sense of U.S Capitol Insurrection Teachers Help Students Process Violence at U.S Capitol The storming of the U.S Capital by pro-Trump mob was an awful episode in American history. It also provides a teaching moment for California educators, who are leading difficult discussions about what happened, and why. Reporter: Vanessa Rancaño, KQED Some Supporters Defend Trump after Capitol Hill Insurrection California is a progressive-leaning Blue state, but it also has big patches of red. Some Republicans in the Central Valley say the insurrection on Capitol Hill does not represent Trump supporters. Reporter: Alex Hall, KQED Doctors and Nurses Exhausted and Angry as Some Patients Ignore COVID-19 Warnings In California, the virus is claiming about 360 lives a day and infecting thousands more. In overburdened hospitals, doctors and nurses are frustrated by people who are blasé about COVID's dangers or pandemic deniers. Reporter: Lesley McClurg, KQED California Orders Hospitals in Certain Regions to Postpone Non-Essential Surgeries The state issued a new health order to try to ease the strain on over burdened hospitals. Hospitals that have room also must accept patients from other facilities that have maxed out their intensive care beds. Reporter: Jackie Fortier, KPCC How College Students Are Processing the Insurrection and Violence in D.C Cal State Los Angeles senior, Marisa Martinez got reactions from two of her fellow students after the insurrection at the Capitol. Reporter: Marisa Martinez 

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Donald Trump pledges a peaceful transfer of power when Joe Biden is inaugurated on January 20th. It’s a little late now, doncha think? Meanwhile, Democrats in Congress call for Trump’s immediate removal from office, through impeachment if necessary. But they’d need to cut short their current vacation. And lastly, California looks to extend eviction protections for renters – and to send $600 state stimulus checks to many residents. Now there’s an idea worth stealing. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Here’s the state of play following Wednesday’s insurrectionist raid on the Capitol. After resuming its joint session Wednesday night, Congress voted to certify Joe Biden’s presidential election victory in the wee hours of yesterday morning. When all was said and done, one hundred and forty seven Republican members of Congress – including eight Senators – voted to overrule the Electoral College results. There are now calls that they should face consequences for supporting an anti-democratic putsch, but more on that later. After certifying Biden’s win, the House and Senate adjourned for most of the next two weeks. In a statements released yesterday, Trump offered the closest thing to a concession we will likely hear from him. In a morning statement, one day after vowing to never concede, he said QUOTE there will be an orderly transition on January 20th ENDQUOTE. In a later video, he called for calm and reconciliation in an apparent effort to appease Democrats calling for his removal. This could be how we hear from Trump going forward, in canned statements and videos from the bunker. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg yesterday announced that Trump would be suspended from the platform indefinitely, or at least until Biden’s inauguration. There were reports that Trump has made plans to pardon family members as well as himself. No shock there. More surprising: the Trump campaign yesterday dropped all of its election challenges in Georgia. More details emerged about the mob that took the Capitol. It reportedly included a former officer of the Oakland, California Police Department, and a current sheriff’s lieutenant from Bexar County, Texas, who is now under investigation. According to Politico, more off-duty police officers and members of the military may have also participated in the mob. A West Virginia state delegate joined in and livestreamed himself pushing past police officers. A Pennsylvania Republican state senator, Doug Mastriano, also organized buses for the mob. A man who was photographed inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, and stealing her mail, was identified as Richard Barnett, an avowed white supremacist. Finally, the woman who was shot and killed by Capitol Police was identified. Her name was Ashli Babbitt and she was an Air Force veteran from California, as well as a Q-Anon believer. Law enforcement sources said a Capitol Police officer was either dead or on life support last night, potentially becoming the fifth fatality related to the mob takeover. A rioter reportedly hit him in the head with a fire extinguisher. It’s all pretty grim, isn’t it? Democrats Demand Immediate Impeachment Many news organizations took the day to survey the fallout of Wednesday’s events. Reactions were many and varied. Speaking by telephone to the winter meeting of the Republican National Committee yesterday morning, Donald Trump was greeted with cheers. According to the Washington Post, some shouted we love you when Trump was put on speakerphone. Democrats were in no such lovey-dovey mood. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Trump should be immediately removed from office by way of the 25th Amendment, which is a long shot because it would require action by members of Trump’s own cabinet as well as his Vice President, Mike Pence. (Pence advisers told Business Insider he won’t support such plans.) Failing the 25th Amendment remedy, Schumer said, Trump should be impeached for his role in instigating the assault on Congress. The call for removal was taken up by a wide range of Democrats including Nancy Pelosi and Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who stressed the need to move quickly. According to the Daily Beast, members of the House Judiciary Committee began drawing up articles of impeachment Wednesday evening. Omar sponsored them yesterday. House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler said he supported the articles being brought directly to the House floor. Separately, Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush circulated a petition calling for the expulsion of those Republican members who QUOTE incited the attempted coup and white supremacist attack ENDQUOTE. Some Republicans did pipe up, for what it’s worth. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf released a statement imploring Trump to condemn the mob violence. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, announced her resignation. Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said the Justice Department is committed to ensuring that those responsible for the attack face the full legal consequences. Former AG Bill Barr clearly blamed Trump for the violence, saying QUOTE orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable ENDQUOTE. The top federal prosecutor in Washington DC, Michael Sherwin, said Trump was not off limits in his investigation. The conduct of the police was heavily scrutinized. The chief of the Capitol Police resigned, and Schumer said he plans to fire the Senate sergeant-at-arms when he takes over as Majority Leader. The Wall Street Journal reported that managers of a DHS unit called Intelligence and Analysis knew of the looming mob but didn’t view it as posing a significant threat. Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser called for an investigation, noting federal cops came down harder on peaceful civil rights protesters over the summer than on violent insurrectionists this week. I wonder why. California Plans Stimulus Checks A state law protecting California tenants from pandemic-related evictions expires at the end of this month. So it’s good news, as the Los Angeles Times reports, that Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing to extend protections for renters and expedite distribution of $2.6 billion in federal rental assistance. Newsom said the budget he will release today would include the rental assistance money and a $600 state stimulus check to low-income residents. Under the proposals, Newsom said that Californians who have been impacted by this pandemic will get help to provide for their families and keep a roof over their heads. Millions of Californians lost income when the COVID-19 pandemic began in March, per the Times. Last summer, Newsom and the Legislature approved a bill that protected many tenants from evictions through January 31. Speaking Wednesday, Newsom did not say how long an extension he would support. A representative said that the plan is subject to negotiations with legislators. The governor also proposed to provide a Golden State Stimulus that would refund $600 to taxpayers who received a California earned income tax credit, the Times reports. Residents may be eligible for the tax credit if they have annual incomes of $30,000 or less. Last year, nearly four million eligible tax returns were filed. The stimulus payments would be sent out in February and March. Why don’t more states do this? AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: NBC News reports that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is no longer the richest man in the world, after Tesla CEO Elon Musk's fortune rose to $188.5 billion. That’s $1.5 billion more than Bezos. Congratulations to the insufferable plutocrat. Joe Biden has picked Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a former union leader, to serve as his Labor secretary, according to Politico. It’s a blow to Asian American activists who’d lobbied for California Labor Secretary Julie Su to take that position. But Walsh apparently had the support of both the American Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees – or at least their leadership. People with no symptoms transmit more than half of all cases of the novel coronavirus, the Washington Post reports. The new statistic comes from a model developed by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I’ll say it again: stay home or stay distant, wear a mask, and wash your hands. The Guardian reports that an Iraqi court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Donald Trump. The warrant is part of the court’s investigation into the killing of a paramilitary commander who died in the same US drone strike that killed Iranian general Qassem Suleimani at Baghdad Airport last year. I know where Trump might be – is there a tip line? That’s all for the AM Quickie. Join us this afternoon on the Majority Report. JAN 8, 2020 - AM QUICKIE HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

Democrats close in on a Senate split ...winning one Georgia seat with the other too close to call. Some Republicans set to protest the Presidential election results. California COVID crisis. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

Published on 16 May 2019. Yesterday, we told the story of President Trump’s trade war with China. Today, our colleague speaks with two Americans who have been feeling the effects of that war. Guests: Natalie Kitroeff, a business reporter for The New York Times, talked to Kevin Watje, a truck manufacturer in Iowa, and Eldon Gould, a farmer in Illinois. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:President Trump’s tariffs, initially seen as a cudgel to break down trade barriers, increasingly look like more permanent measures intended to shelter American industry.Some Republicans are balking at the president’s trade policy as the Trump administration considers another bailout for farmers.

Hour 1 Some Republicans join Dems in crying for Trump to stop challenging election results

So the states certified the election and voted their electors. Good for them. That was illegal and they know it. Now while they try to run out the clock, more evidence mounts. But, the real wait is for DNI Ratcliffe's report to Trump regarding the 2018 executive order on foreign and electronic interference in our elections. Sound familiar? Some Republicans are fighting back and contested electors give us some extra time. Watch Ratcliffe. Support this podcast

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was authorized by the FDA on Friday evening, and the first shipments went out on Sunday. Most state governments intend to follow CDC recommendations and give the first few batches to health care workers and nursing home residents and staff… members of the Trump White House might also get it early. Today is the official electoral college vote, after which Biden and Harris will officially become the President-elect and Vice President-elect. Some Republicans may try to raise final objections when Congress counts the electoral votes in January, but… the end is near. And in headlines: A judge orders the jail population in Orange County, California to be cut in half, pro-Trump protestors demonstrate and commit violence in D.C., and Russian hackers infiltrate the Treasury and Commerce Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump’s campaign to subvert the will of voters and reverse his reelection loss to Democrat Joe Biden is taking hold among state and local Republicans even as it marches toward imminent failure — a demonstration of Trump’s power to bend the GOP to his will even as he leaves office.Dozens of state lawmakers, elected officials and party leaders in recent weeks have endorsed and advanced Trump’s false claims, and in some cases called for undemocratic actions to reverse results. None of the moves have had an impact on the election results — and even Republican governors have certified Biden’s win. Still, activists say they see the so-called “stop the steal” campaign as the animating force behind the next wave of Trump-era conservative politics.“I definitely see a brand new movement taking shape,” said Monica Boyer, a former lobbyist in Indiana and early national voice of the tea party movement. “Was this election stolen? I don’t know. But people have the right to know.”Signs of the power of that burgeoning political force have been building: In Pennsylvania, 64 Republican lawmakers — including leadership — have signed a statement urging members of Congress to block the state's electoral votes from being cast for Biden. In Texas, the state's Republican attorney general has filed a lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court demanding that other states' Electoral College votes be invalidated.Even in liberal Massachusetts, five GOP candidates who lost their races filed a federal lawsuit Monday trying to decertify the state’s election results, recycling claims about irregularities and voting machines.Meanwhile, lawmakers in Michigan, Arizona and Georgia all hosted meetings with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani where they allowed hourslong airing of grievances over the election as the states certified results for Biden.To be sure, such efforts have done more to build political support than overturn results. Trump and his allies have lost more than 40 times in federal and state courts. Tuesday is “Safe Harbor Day,” the federal deadline for Congress to accept the electoral votes that will be cast next week and sent to the Capitol for counting on Jan. 6. Biden has already secured the 270 electors needed to win.Meanwhile, Trump's attempts to personally persuade GOP lawmakers, governors and state election officials to intervene have failed.The president reached out twice last week to Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler, a Republican, to press the state’s legislature to replace the electors for Biden with those loyal to Trump. Cutler told him state law prevented such a move, according to a spokesman.Still, Trump has succeeded in using his unfounded grievances to build political power. The president has already raised more than $170 million since losing to Biden, requesting donations for an “election defense fund.” Most of that will become seed money for his post-presidency political career, going to a Trump-founded political action committee called Save America.The president has shown he's willing to attack state Republicans who don't back his cause. Trump tweeted Monday that Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, who had worried publicly about the spread of election misinformation, was “too dumb or corrupt to recognize massive evidence of fraud" and said he should be replaced.Duncan replied Tuesday: “Thank you for 4 years of conservative leadership,” adding that Trump had proven that a “business minded outsider can be effective in DC.”Some Republican groups, including state GOP committees, have grabbed hold of the Trump team's claims with both hands.The Arizona Republican Party late Monday appeared to ask supporters to consider dying to keep Trump in office. The state party's official Twitter account retweeted conservative activist Ali Alexander's pledge that he was “willing to give my life for this fight."“He is. Are you?” the Arizona GOP added.Some Republicans have spoken out against Trump's fight to subvert the results...

Some Republicans are calling on the President to stop pursuing the election fraud claims and focus on the races. Other GOP members are calling for Republicans to surround the GA Gov. Kemp's house and want his resignation. Politico Reporter Marc Caputo discusses the current state of the GA senate races and the GOP with John Howell.

Some Republicans are telling their voters not to vote in the Georgia run-off elections. How did they get there? What does that mean for our efforts to protect the right to vote?

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Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Some Republicans say that Donald Trump might accept that he actually lost the election sometime in December. What’s clear so far is that Trump’s legal challenges to the vote count are floundering. Meanwhile, more progressive Democrats in Congress are saying the party needs to confront Republicans rather than reach across the aisle as centrists suggest. Left-wing groups are circulating a list of names for Joe Biden’s cabinet – but will he listen? And lastly, Biden plans to immediately undo most of Trump’s immigration policies. The best part is, he can do it all with the stroke of a pen, without waiting for Congressional approval. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Joe Biden’s lead over Donald Trump in the popular vote count grew to five point one million yesterday. Aides to Trump told NBC News it was likely he would never concede that he lost the election. Rather, he might eventually say something like QUOTE We can’t trust the results, but I’m not contesting them ENDQUOTE. But even acknowledging reality to that limited degree is not in the cards yet. The Associated Press reports that Republicans are increasingly eyeing a December deadline to publicly accept the election result, giving Trump time and space to exhaust his legal challenges. That’s when the states face a deadline to certify results and a December 14 deadline for the Electoral College to cast its votes. Trump’s legal challenges are still not going well. The Washington Post reported yesterday that Trump’s lawyers have received a series of embarrassing rebukes by judges. But of course that hasn’t stopped the campaign from filing more challenges over ballots, including a new lawsuit in Michigan filed yesterday. The New York Times reports that the lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in Grand Rapids claims, among other things, that officials illegally backdated an untold number of ballots in order to make them eligible for counting. As with other recent claims made by Trump and his allies, evidence is lacking. The Times also reports that Biden’s campaign is considering legal action of its own to force the presidential transition to formally begin. But legal experts warned that such a move could easily backfire on Biden if he filed the lawsuit in federal court and lost. Meanwhile, CBS News reports that four former secretaries of Homeland Security – Tom Ridge, Michael Chertoff, Janet Napolitano and Jeh Johnson – published a statement calling on the transition to begin immediately. As in now. Separately, Alaska Republican Senator Dan Sullivan was projected to hold onto his seat, according to the Washington Post. That means Republicans are ensured fifty seats in the Senate; the two outstanding runoffs in Georgia will determine the majority. As Georgia prepares for those January runoffs, its Republican Secretary of State announced a hand audit of some five million votes in the presidential election. Biden leads in Georgia by more than fourteen thousand votes – so it would need to be one hell of an audit to give Trump a win. PROGRESSIVES NAME CABINET FAVORITES Progressive Democrats in Congress are making it clear there will be no honeymoon for Biden, Politico reports. Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib is among those complaining that centrist colleagues are trying to shame them into staying quiet, right as Democrats gain control of the White House. Tlaib told Politico QUOTE We are not interested in unity that asks people to sacrifice their freedom and their rights any longer ENDQUOTE. Top progressive groups are circulating a postelection memo that criticizes centrists for playing into Republicans’ divide-and-conquer racism. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York told Politico that Democrats will continue to play defense in swing seats if they don’t establish a cohesive message on race and racism. She said QUOTE this idea that we can win over white voters on a civility argument is like not a reliable strategy ENDQUOTE. In their memo, progressive groups also called on moderates to adopt a clear economic message, which they said was lacking this year. Democrats will lose the House in 2022, they wrote, if they abandon their core progressive base and agenda. Yesterday, Justice Democrats and the Sunrise Movement launched a campaign urging Biden to seize the climate mandate and laid out recommendations for thirteen cabinet positions. The recommendations include Representative Deb Haaland of New Mexico for Interior Secretary, Senator Elizabeth Warren for Treasury Secretary, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for Justice Department, Senator Bernie Sanders for Labor Secretary, and Tlaib for Housing and Urban Development. With progressives gaining force in the House, Biden would be smart to throw them a bone when he makes his Cabinet nominations. BIDEN PLANS IMMIGRATION REVERSALS The incoming Democratic administration is expected to quickly start dismantling Trump's immigration agenda, CBS News reports. After Biden is sworn-in in January, his administration will move to fully restore the Obama-era DACA program, which shields six hundred and forty thousand undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as children from deportation. The incoming administration also intends to rescind Trump's travel and immigration restrictions on thirteen predominantly Muslim countries. Biden will look to implement a hundred-day freeze on deportations while his administration issues guidance narrowing who can be arrested by immigration agents, CBS reports. Biden has pledged to end the Trump administration's policy of requiring non-Mexican migrants to wait in Mexico for the duration of their US asylum cases. The incoming administration may also reinstate an Obama initiative that allowed some Central American kids to reunite with their families in the US. And Biden's team is planning to begin the process of terminating the public charge rules. Trump implemented those rules to deny green cards and visas to applicants without a lot of money, who might request benefits like food stamps. Biden has also promised to dramatically increase refugee admissions, raising the cap to one hundred and twenty five thousand from the record-low fifteen thousand spots set by Trump. A source familiar with the Biden team's plans told CBS QUOTE All that stuff was done administratively through the president's executive authority, and so a new executive can basically reject those and start from scratch ENDQUOTE. Finally, NBC News reports that activists hope Biden will halt construction or even rip down the new sections of Trump’s border wall. Mister Biden, tear down that wall! AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: Up to two hundred thousand refugees could pour into Sudan while fleeing the deadly conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the AP reports. Nearly ten thousand people have already crossed the border, including some wounded in the fighting, and the flow is growing quickly. The United Nations wants humanitarian access as soon as possible, noting that fuel and food are urgently needed. Nearly two hundred boxes of uncounted votes have surfaced in Puerto Rico, a full week after voters went to the polls, the Times reports. The discovery could upset a number of close races and force a recount in the San Juan mayoral race. The head of the American Civil Liberties Union in Puerto Rico said QUOTE I don’t think anyone in Puerto Rico after a failed primary and this current process can really say they trust the system ENDQUOTE. California Governor Gavin Newsom has refused to give a timeline for when he expects to name a replacement to the US Senate for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. A California Democrat with knowledge of the process told NBC that Newsom has not yet spoken to Harris about who she’d like to see succeed her. Names in the mix range from California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, to San Francisco Mayor London Breed, to former Governor Jerry Brown. But can you imagine the furor if Newsom put an old white man in Harris’s seat? Yesterday marked another record day for US coronavirus infections, with one hundred and forty thousand new cases. Meanwhile, Texas became the first state to report more than one million confirmed cases. But the AP reports that state leaders gave no indication of forthcoming restrictions even medical tents are being erected outside rural hospitals. Republican Governor Greg Abbott has not given a press briefing on the virus since September. Please: do better. Just try. That’s all for the AM Quickie. Join us this afternoon on the Majority Report. NOV 12, 2020 - AM QUICKIE HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

More claims of voter fraud trickle in from Michigan and Wisconsin. Attorney General Barr tells the Department of Justice to investigate these claims. Some Republicans are actually standing up for election integrity, but certainly not enough. Whoopi Goldberg tells Trump supporters to, "suck it up!" She's basically saying to follow the example of Hillary Clinton. Sure. Hillary obviously set the standard for accepting an election.

More claims of voter fraud trickle in from Michigan and Wisconsin. Attorney General Barr tells the Department of Justice to investigate these claims. Some Republicans are actually standing up for election integrity, but certainly not enough. Whoopi Goldberg tells Trump supporters to, "suck it up!" She's basically saying to follow the example of Hillary Clinton. Sure. Hillary obviously set the standard for accepting an election.

More claims of voter fraud trickle in from Michigan and Wisconsin. Attorney General Barr tells the Department of Justice to investigate these claims. Some Republicans are actually standing up for election integrity, but certainly not enough. Whoopi Goldberg tells Trump supporters to, "suck it up!" She's basically saying to follow the example of Hillary Clinton. Sure. Hillary obviously set the standard for accepting an election.

Biden, Republicans and the Climate / Green Questions on the 2020 Ballot / Beyond the Headlines / Ice Hockey COVID Outbreaks / Tales of Two Planets: Stories of Climate Change and Inequality In A Divided World Some Republicans see opportunity for bipartisanship with a Democratic president, especially on the climate. How climate solutions can find support on both sides of the aisle if Congress remains divided amid a Biden presidency. Also, advice about getting through the Northern winter safely during the coronavirus pandemic. And a new anthology collects poems, short stories, essays, and reportage about the relationship between social inequality and the climate emergency. Those stories and more in this episode of Living on Earth from PRX.

Biden, Republicans and the Climate / Green Questions on the 2020 Ballot / Beyond the Headlines / Ice Hockey COVID Outbreaks / Tales of Two Planets: Stories of Climate Change and Inequality In A Divided World Some Republicans see opportunity for bipartisanship with a Democratic president, especially on the climate. How climate solutions can find support on both sides of the aisle if Congress remains divided amid a Biden presidency. Also, advice about getting through the Northern winter safely during the coronavirus pandemic. And a new anthology collects poems, short stories, essays, and reportage about the relationship between social inequality and the climate emergency. Those stories and more in this episode of Living on Earth from PRX.

Biden, Republicans and the Climate / Green Questions on the 2020 Ballot / Beyond the Headlines / Ice Hockey COVID Outbreaks / Tales of Two Planets: Stories of Climate Change and Inequality In A Divided World Some Republicans see opportunity for bipartisanship with a Democratic president, especially on the climate. How climate solutions can find support on both sides of the aisle if Congress remains divided amid a Biden presidency. Also, advice about getting through the Northern winter safely during the coronavirus pandemic. And a new anthology collects poems, short stories, essays, and reportage about the relationship between social inequality and the climate emergency. Those stories and more in this episode of Living on Earth from PRX.

Biden, Republicans and the Climate / Green Questions on the 2020 Ballot / Beyond the Headlines / Ice Hockey COVID Outbreaks / Tales of Two Planets: Stories of Climate Change and Inequality In A Divided World Some Republicans see opportunity for bipartisanship with a Democratic president, especially on the climate. How climate solutions can find support on both sides of the aisle if Congress remains divided amid a Biden presidency. Also, advice about getting through the Northern winter safely during the coronavirus pandemic. And a new anthology collects poems, short stories, essays, and reportage about the relationship between social inequality and the climate emergency. Those stories and more in this episode of Living on Earth from PRX.

PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 1: Don't be down, don't be discouraged. We have not lost our country. Trump will be reelected. Democrats devastated last night, no blue wave, polling was as wrong as we knew it was. Democrats are devastated and demoralized that Trump wasn't repudiated. Why Fox News called Arizona early: Trump ripped Fox on Fox & Friends yesterday, Murdochs want revenge. Trump will wind up winning Arizona. Dems lost House seats, Hispanic vote, Florida. Florida is a blueprint for future GOP success. Pollsters don't measure public opinion, they shape it. Bill Stepien confident Trump will win Arizona and Pennsylvania -- if only legal votes are counted. Trump has beaten back every attack, there's nobody better prepared to beat them on this than the guy who beats them on everything. Stepien: Math adds up in the president's favor. We play by the rules, they don't. Rush and Trump warned us that Democrats want this post-election chaos. Caller: We want love and peace in our lives. The left must be defeated. PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 2: More votes than registered voters in Wisconsin? Trump team, Trump family is all over the battle to win the post-election count. They are not going to lose. Never Trumpers at Fox News behind early AZ call. Cindy McCain and the McCain family trying to take out Trump in AZ. Frank Luntz blames uncooperative Trump voters for bad polls. Trump campaign demands Wisconsin recount. 100,000 Biden ballots found in Michigan, none for Trump. Media isn't angry at their pollsters, because the pollsters did their jobs. Some Republicans slam Trump for fighting back. Twitter censors Trump tweets. PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 3: Biden plans to claim victory. ABC takes Arizona back from Biden? Republicans who are criticizing Trump are eyeing 2024, come from the Establishment Republican lineage that loves to lose with honor. Kudlow responds to Christie criticism of Trump's response, no blue wave or repudiation of Trump. Trump endured 4 years of character assassination. Caller says his wife received two mail-in ballots. RINOs don't want Trump to question a voting system Democrats changed over the summer with mail-in ballot scheme. Trump's success with Hispanic voters in Florida has to be replicated in Florida. GOP women win House seats. Trump has turned GOP into blue-collar party. When betting markets shifted to Trump, networks stopped calling states. Most news out there is fake. Ideas to reform the voting system. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

To the United States and what promises to be a tumultuous week in American politics following the death of the Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday. President Donald Trump is promising to put forward a woman to replace her on the nine-judge court and he told a rally he'll reveal his choice in the next few days. Whoever Trump nominates, though, will be subject to a hearing and confirmation vote in the Senate. At the moment the Republicans have a small majority but that could change in November's election, as could the occupant of the White House. Some Republicans say a confirmation vote should wait until after November. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has also come out strongly in favour of waiting until after November. US correspondent Simon Marks speaks to Susie Ferguson.

This week, the podcast revisits a topic I wrote about for The New York Times last month - race and retirement. I’ve written before about how the inequities people of color experience during their working lives spill over into retirement. But during this time of racial reckoning, I wanted to take a deeper dive into the topic.For the Times story, I took special care to seek out the voices of Black Americans who also are expert on this topic. That’s how I found my way to economist Darrick Hamilton. Professor Hamilton is one of the nation’s leading voices on the causes and consequences of racial and ethnic economic disparities. He recently left Ohio State University to rejoin The New School in New York City, where he is teaching and starting up a new Institute for the Study of Race, Stratification and Political Economy.Darrick is a leading proponent of one of the most creative ideas for addressing the racial wealth gap - “baby bonds.” The idea is to provide every American child with a government-funded trust account at birth, starting with a $1,000 contribution. Kids born into lower-wealth families would receive more contributions over time, and the accounts would benefit from compound interest growth. The premise is that much of the wealth in the U.S. is transferred from generation to generation, and there’s a powerful compound effect that starts with our legacy of racist laws and policies and ends with today’s white households able to access far more capital for wealth-building activities - attending college, buying a home or starting a business. Baby bonds could serve as a proactive remedy for that injustice, and in many cases could impact the wealth available at retirement for people of color. In the Times story, I outline the basic numbers on race and retirement. They may not be surprising, but they certainly are appalling. In 2016, the typical Black household approaching retirement had 46 percent of the retirement wealth of the typical white household. For a Latino family, it was 49 percent. Two-thirds of single black retirees have incomes too low to meet basic living expenses. And that was before the pandemic. Since COVID19 struck, unemployment rates for older Black and Latino workers have been much higher than for their white counterparts. And mounting evidence suggestions that millions are being forced into premature retirement. That’s going to translate into sharp cuts in Social Security income and savings, and expensive disruptions in health insurance.The baby bonds concept has caught on in the Democratic party - Senator Cory Booker advocated for it during his presidential campaign and he has sponsored baby bond legislation in the Senate. The idea also has found its way into the Biden presidential campaign.Listen to my conversation with Darrick Hamilton by clicking on the player icon at the top of the newsletter. The podcast also can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.Not a subscriber yet? Take advantage of a special offerSign up now for the free or subscriber edition of the newsletter, and I’ll email a copy of my latest retirement guide to you. This one looks at dealing with the Social Security Administration during the COVID19 crisis. Customer service at the Social Security Administration has changed during the coronavirus crisis - the agency closed its network of more than 1,200 field offices to the public in March. Just a reminder- subscribers, have access to the entire series of guides at any time. Click on the little green button to subscribe, or go here to learn more.Will FICA revenue deferral open the door to privatization of Social Security? Here’s how it could play outI've been writing over the summer about the threat posed to Social Security by President Trump’s threat to continue deferring FICA tax collections should he win reelection. This has been a chaotic episode, with shifting indications from the White House on how a FICA revenue gap might be plugged. And most employers seem to be ignoring the deferral altogether as not worth the bother, and are continuing to collect FICA. Even the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - a staunch Trump ally - has expressed disapproval. Trump signed a presidential memorandum in August ordering the deferral through year-end of FICA revenue, and he also said that he would push for termination altogether of the tax if he wins a second term. It’s not at all clear that he could push this through Congress, but some experts think that the IRS code might permit him to defer FICA collections for an additional year.If we do stop funding Social Security through FICA, just about anything can happen. The concept of an earned benefit can go out the window pretty quick, and people will start thinking of Social Security as welfare. In the political back and forth over FICA, the Trump administration has stated that any deferred FICA revenue would be replaced by general revenue funds. But that suggests a transfer of more than $1 trillion annually - a tall order for a Congress already grappling with the demands of economic support for a flagging economy. It also would mark a turning point in Social Security’s funding structure. The program has always been funded mainly by FICA (it also receives relatively small amounts of revenue from taxes on benefits and interest on trust fund bonds.). Self-funding has been one of the program’s political strengths, as it gives workers and beneficiaries a sense of ownership - as per this oft-quoted 1941 quip from President Franklin Roosevelt:“We put those payroll contributions there so as to give the contributors a legal, moral, and political right to collect their pensions and their unemployment benefits. With those taxes in there, no damn politician can ever scrap my social security program. Those taxes aren’t a matter of economics, they’re straight politics.”Some Republicans have not given up on the dream of converting Social Security into a system of personal saving accounts - an anchoring idea of the reforms proposed by President George W. Bush. The plan was a political and policy flop, but some on the right continue to push it, including the Heritage Foundation.If you doubt this, check out this recent op-ed on FICA by Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute (emphasis added at the conclusion of this passage):. . . President Trump made clear in an Aug. 12 news conference that his real goal is to replace the Social Security payroll tax with revenues drawn from the general tax fund, the vast majority of which is income taxes. This idea faces both practical and philosophical hurdles, but could help the political parties finally come together to fix Social Security. The first problem with funding Social Security via income taxes is obvious: the federal budget is already in deficit, which means there isn’t room to fund Social Security with general revenues without significantly cutting other programs or raising income taxes. And that tax increase wouldn’t be tiny. In 2019, the federal government collected about $1.7 trillion in individual income taxes, versus nearly $1 trillion in Social Security payroll taxes. Even if the President’s plan would replace only the employees’ 6.2% payroll tax, that would mean about an additional $500 billion in general tax revenues needed. Moreover, funding Social Security with income taxes is also contrary to the program’s history, in which benefit were funded with a flatrate tax that applied to all earnings up to a maximum, which is currently $137,700 per year. The payroll tax contributed to the view that Social Security is an “earned benefit” rather than a welfare plan.But most Democrats have already given up on the idea of truly earned benefits, since their Social Security proposals focus on lifting the payroll tax cap and making the rich carry more of the load.Income-tax financing would simply take that idea in a more progressive direction. While about 15% of earnings accrue to employees with salaries above the $137,700 payroll tax ceiling, almost half of total income taxes are paid by households with incomes above that level. More than one-third of income taxes are paid by the top 1% alone.But what is in it for Republicans? The answer is that an income-tax-financed safety retirement net need not be nearly as expensive as the current Social Security program. For instance, Australia’s Age Pension costs around one-fifth of what Social Security does, because it merely supplements households’ own savings to ensure a minimum standard of living in retirement. Canada and New Zealand also use income tax-financed programs to provide a strong base of retirement income.For this idea to work, though, the U.S. would need to follow Australia’s lead by signing up every worker for a retirement savings account with automatic contributions. Those contributions could be funded using the payroll taxes that no longer would be needed to fund Social Security. Biggs was a deputy commissioner of Social Security during the Bush administration and he was involved in the aforementioned failed effort to convert Social Security into a system of private savings accounts. He hasn’t talked much about privatization in recent years - until now, that is:Once transitioned into place — which admittedly would take years — the result would be higher private savings, particularly for lower-income households, which reduces wealth inequality and boosts the economy. And while income taxes would be higher, total government spending on Social Security would be lower.To be clear, this is my plan, not President Trump’s. But for income tax-funding of Social Security to work, for it to overcome 30 years of Congressional inaction on Social Security, it needs to think creatively and offer something to both sides. Because the traditional menu of reforms — payroll tax rate increases, higher retirement ages, lower cost-of-living adjustments and so forth — haven’t motivated Congress to action. Joe Biden has been hammering Trump on the FICA issue in television ads running in swing states. We are living in a very weird world, indeed, when the chief actuary of Social Security is quoted in a political ad. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at retirementrevised.substack.com/subscribe

In our current political and cultural climate, the lives of certain people don't seem to matter. Some Republicans don't seem to think certain Democrats are worth much of anything. Some Black Lives Matters adherents don't think too highly of Trump supporters. And many Twitter users are ready to cancel anyone who doesn't agree with them 100%. In Mark 5:1-20, Pastor Erin Bird shows us that anyone who claims to be a follower of Jesus HAS to be pro-life. And not just pro-babies, but pro-human. But how are you supposed to love someone who holds the complete opposite political or philosophical as you? Listen in to learn how.

Happy Fathers Day and Welcome to the Seriouside of the jrilshow.  This morning, we will be discussing the following topics: THE MILLION PERSON REQUEST...NOT:  Earlier this week President Trump said that the campaign had received up to 1 million ticket requests for an event that marked his return to the campaign trail.  The number of attendees...drumroll pleaaaase.  6,200!PENCE IS A STOOGE:  Some Republicans like to portray VP Pence as the "The adult in the room"  Really?  Well that  "adult" refused to say that Black Lives Matter.  He has his nose so far up his bosses' nose, one could accuse him of wearing blackface....get it?UPDATE ON THE RAYSHARD BROOKS CASE:  The cops involved in the shooting of Rayshard Brooks were arrested this week.  Jay has a different take on this event after receiving a phone call during the week from special friend.  

Trump was right and the media was wrong, as per usual.Trump warned in 2017 Jefferson and Washington could be next and he was right. But we are not just talking about the far left tearing down statues Democrats in NYC want Thomas Jefferson removed from city hall.Mainstream Democrats are not just passively watching they are actively engaging in the removal of our history in support of a fringe ideology that is creeping ever more into the mainstream.And where are Republicans? Doing nothing, saying nothingDemocrats in California have just voted to repeal civil rights law that would prohibit discrimination in a move so shocking I still don't understand how this is possible. Some Republicans have spoken up but where is our leadership? Why won't our politicians stand up and call this out?#FarLeft#Democrats#TrumpSupport the show (http://timcast.com/donate)

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Hope Hicks, Trump's ex-body man return to White House; Source: official who ran office overseeing Stone case resigns after nomination for top treasury job pulled; Trump: may stop aides from listening to calls with world leaders; President Trump says Kelly was in "over his head" after ex-chief of staff says working for Trump was a "killer"; Barr slams Trump's DOJ tweets, but says president never asked him to do anything in Roger Stone case; Bloomberg spending on campaign ads top $350m; AG Barr: Trump should stop tweeting about DOJ; makes it "impossible for me to do my job"; Crossover voting could disrupt Democratic primaries; Some Republicans look to disrupt South Carolina Democratic primary; Limbaugh attacks Buttigieg, says Trump could "have fun" debating a "gay guy kissing his husband on stage"; Experience & popularity may not matter... as history proves; "Race for the White House" premiers Sunday at 9p et/pt

On today's podcast we cover the acquittal of President Donald Trump and the defection of Mitt Romney on one of the articles of impeachment. Plus, we cover how Iowa still can't count and the problem with ideological purity tests. The Senate acquitted President Trump on both articles of impeachment, breaking the hearts of Democrats across the country. But Democrats could claim a small victory — Mitt Romney was the only Republican to vote guilty on one of the articles, making it bi-partisan to convict. We get into it. It's three days later and we only have some results from the Iowa caucuses. One candidate is leading in the popular vote and another currently has more delegates. For a party championing the elimination of the Electoral College, it's funny how they designed a similar system for Iowa in the name of "fairness." Some Republicans are calling for Romney to be expelled from the Republican Party. Democrats are known for demanding absolute uniformity from their members, it would be a mistake for Republicans to do the same. We explain why.

The Senate preps for the inevitable Impeachment trial. Dana explains the other bills the House is voting on before the year’s end. Some Republicans write an op/ed in the New York Times coming out against Trump. Michael Bloomberg’s past offensive comments resurface. Ret. Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher joins us on Trump pardoning him after his trial.

Democrat Schiff's Corruption WORSE Than We Thought, Republican Vows Legal Action But WONT Play Dirty. Adam Schiff released private phone records for his Republican rival in the impeachment process Devin Nunes and a private US citizen and journalist John Solomon but worse now is that we are learning not only was his report wrong but that it may be completely fake.Devin Nunes said the logs released don't match his phone records. The records were used to smear Solomon and Nunes of having been engaged in a conspiracy to help president Trump dig up dirt on his political rivals.Nunes responded by threatening legal action against Adam Schiff for the serious breach.Meanwhile Judge Napolitono argued that Adam Schiff could be facing an ethics investigation over his abuse of power.Some Republicans demanded that Lindsey Graham respond in kind by subpoenaing Adam Schiff's records as well as other Democrats but Graham outright refused to play dirty.Graham and Republicans took the high road here but if Democrats like Schiff are willing to break the rules and play dirty it means that Republicans have a huge disadvantage in the Trump impeachment processSupport the show (http://timcast.com/donate)

Republicans are still standing by President Trump after a diplomat's damaging testimony about his efforts to press Ukraine for damaging information about his political rivals. Many congressional Republicans avoided commenting on acting ambassador William Taylor's explosive appearance. Some Republicans disrupted a scheduled closed-door deposition. Hundreds of thousands of Californians are without power for the second time in two weeks as dangerously windy weather prompts safety shutdowns. Pacific Gas & Electric on blacked out power to about a half-million people in 15 counties from the Sierra foothills to portions of the San Francisco Bay Area. British police have confirmed that 39 people found dead in a container truck near an English port were Chinese citizens. The dead found in the southeastern city of Grays included 31 men and eight women. The 25-year-old truck driver, who's from Northern Ireland's being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder. Spain says it's exhumed the remains of Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco from his grandiose mausoleum outside Madrid so he can be reburied in a small family crypt north of the capital. The government-ordered, closed-door operation satisfies a decades-old desire of many in Spain who considered the mausoleum an affront to the tens of thousands who died in Spain's Civil War.

On this edition of PM Orlando Yaffee updates the latest news! Some Republicans storm a closed door impeachment hearing. AND Markeith Loyd sentenced to life in prison. ALSO Florida Senate to decide if Scott Israel will be reinstated as Broward Sheriff. PLUS Yaffee's BEYOND REASON Commentary! Listen to the latest podcast here now!

Ep 188: Allison recs the Succession season finale (SPOILERS), Harry Styles' Lights Up video, and is very pumped about the WB's Batman casting In bad news: Video showing the violent executive of his political opponents shown at Trump's resort, grieving parents "ambushed" by Trump, who had teen's killer waiting at White House, Mick Mulvaney's admission, Hillary Clinton and Tulsi Gabbard's public feud, and Allison felt nothing looking at that viral Nancy Pelosi photo In good news: Some Republicans are finally jumping ship after Mulvaney's admission, Chicago teachers are on strike for better conditions for their students, and congrats to Holly, who won the Fat Bear contest! Light Treason News is supported by members! To sign up and keep the show going, visit lighttreason.news

Hour 1Pat and Stu wonder if they’ll be able to trust the GOP and President Trump not to back down on “red flag laws." The Democrats haven’t learned a single thing over the past two years, and it could well cost them the 2020 election. The president said he would rather take firearms first and go through due process second, but he’ll probably change his stance shortly. Only a small number of people with a diagnosed mental illness are more likely to commit acts of violence. MSNBC and CNN are even more unhinged than usual, from an outlandish claim about today’s date and neo-Nazis to baiting the NRA into attending a pro-gun control spectacle. It's super easy for an organization to take credit for a boycott taking a host off the air (even if they're merely on vacation).Hour 2The convention of Democratic Socialists wasn’t cringeworthy for the socialism as much as for the over-sensitivity of those in attendance. Some Millennials make great employees, but some leave something significant to be desired. Pat and Stu have a good laugh (and maybe a cry) over a twenty-something employee who was incredibly offended by being told that there is no "p" in “hamster.” Even Democrats are urging the president not to support “red flag laws," though for nefarious reasons. A Harvard professor takes on Sen. Ted Cruz over tech giants manipulating voters during the 2016 campaign.Hour 3Why have the Democrats completely abandoned the (very electable) pro-life and pro-gun rights positions? Simple anti-gun measures like universal background checks poll well, and you don’t need to fight hard for them. Chris Cuomo’s CNN rant continued with him simply saying that it was dumb not to adopt his stance on gun control. The Democrats are running an entire campaign on a lot of the things that were included in the suspected El Paso killer’s manifesto. Some Republicans are going so far as to support a ban on “military-style weapons.” Jeff Fisher joins the program to chew the fat. Here’s your reminder that Colin Kaepernick is not out of the NFL because of his political stance; he’s unemployed because he’s a lousy quarterback. Artificial diamonds? Great. Artificial burgers? Almost great. Stu provides the latest update on the Democratic field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some Republicans rebuke President Trump as he tells Democratic women they can leave the country; Trump tries to change asylum laws; Facebook faces strong opposition to cryptocurrency plan.

Yesterday, we told the story of President Trump’s trade war with China. Today, our colleague speaks with two Americans who have been feeling the effects of that war. Guests: Natalie Kitroeff, a business reporter for The New York Times, talked to Kevin Watje, a truck manufacturer in Iowa, and Eldon Gould, a farmer in Illinois. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:President Trump’s tariffs, initially seen as a cudgel to break down trade barriers, increasingly look like more permanent measures intended to shelter American industry.Some Republicans are balking at the president’s trade policy as the Trump administration considers another bailout for farmers.

On Monday's Mark Levin Show, what is white privilege? In America we must work hard to earn what we have and for that which we inherit, we must work hard to maintain it. Why aren't there any Islamic senior executives at CNN? After all, Jeff Zucker is white and is benefiting from white privilege so he should resign. The media should spread C.R.A.P. (Caucasians Rejecting Anglo Privilege) all over their industry. Just like Beto O'Rourke did when he apologetically noted that he's benefited from privileges that others may not have had. According to this logic, all candidates vying for the 2020 Democrat nomination should step aside if they are white and straight. Seriously, though, it’s a shame that we are even giving any voice to such pathetic commentary—O'Rourke's remorse over being straight, white, and married. Then, Democrats keep tearing away at the fabric of America and they just keep getting bigger and bigger with help from the propagandist media. Some Republicans have proposed a new plan using Social Security funds to pay for Paid Family Leave. The obvious problem here is that Social Security doesn't have the funds so what they need is a plan to save Social Security, first. Later, Rep's. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib need to know that there is a difference between patriotic Muslims and radical Islamists who hate Israel. They are so unabashed that the Democratic Party can't even correct their anti-Semitic tropes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Monday's Mark Levin Show, what is white privilege? In America we must work hard to earn what we have and for that which we inherit, we must work hard to maintain it. Why aren't there any Islamic senior executives at CNN? After all, Jeff Zucker is white and is benefiting from white privilege so he should resign. The media should spread C.R.A.P. (Caucasians Rejecting Anglo Privilege) all over their industry. Just like Beto O'Rourke did when he apologetically noted that he's benefited from privileges that others may not have had. According to this logic, all candidates vying for the 2020 Democrat nomination should step aside if they are white and straight. Seriously, though, it’s a shame that we are even giving any voice to such pathetic commentary—O'Rourke's remorse over being straight, white, and married. Then, Democrats keep tearing away at the fabric of America and they just keep getting bigger and bigger with help from the propagandist media. Some Republicans have proposed a new plan using Social Security funds to pay for Paid Family Leave. The obvious problem here is that Social Security doesn't have the funds so what they need is a plan to save Social Security, first. Later, Rep's. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib need to know that there is a difference between patriotic Muslims and radical Islamists who hate Israel. They are so unabashed that the Democratic Party can't even correct their anti-Semitic tropes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The shutdown is still going on, but Donald Trump welcomed the Clemson Tiger football team to the White House on Monday evening. He served them a large spread of McDonald's hamburgers, Burger King, Wendy's and Domino's Pizza. Not exactly health food for the student athletes. SOME Republicans are finally seeing the light about Steve King. They see that he is a white supremacist and they're taking action. We've known this for YEARS. Why are they just now noticing?We talk environmental issues with Maya van Rossum from the Delaware Riverkeepers, host of the Off-Kilter podcast Rebecca Vallas and Cate Martel from The Hill!

TALK TO AMERICA'S RABBI! RELIGION/CULTURE ANALYST: Rabbi Aryeh Spero, known worldwide as America's Rabbi, is a Middle East observer and political analyst. Spero is president of Caucus for America and author of Push Back: Reclaiming Our American Judeo-Christian Ethos. "Angry at the government shutdown and peeved over attempts to stifle anti-Israeli boycotts, Senate Democrats on Tuesday filibustered a bill that would have strengthened U.S. relationships in the Middle East while punishing the anti-Israel boycott movement. Some Republicans said the vote smacked of anti-Semitism, but Democrats said the GOP showed skewed priorities in pushing a foreign policy bill at a time when hundreds of thousands of federal workers are on furlough. The bill fell three votes shy of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster, with just four Democrats joining the GOP. Republicans made clear they aren’t giving up, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signaling more votes in the days ahead to try to break the filibuster." READ: www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/8/senate-democrats-filibuster-mideast-partnership-bi/ READ: www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-aipac-won-t-comment-on-rubio-claims-that-significant-number-of-democrats-back-bds-1.6824293 BIO: Known as America's Rabbi... Spero is president of Caucus for America, and a columnist for CNS News and The American Thinker. He was the first Rabbi to endorse Ronald Reagan. PLUG BOOK: www.amazon.com/Push-Reclaiming-American-Judeo-Christian-Spirit/dp/1581694326/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-5&qid=1399303171 WEBSITE: caucusforamerica.com TWITTER: @rabbispero

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Wentzville, Missouri will pay the price for trying to silence an atheist who criticized their “In God We Trust” sign. (0:58) — A white Kansas county commissioner told a black woman that he belonged to the “master race.” (4:35) — Ricky Gervais and Stephen Colbert talked about religion once again, and it’s a joy to watch. (9:43) — A 19-year-old progressive woman was elected to the New Hampshire State House. She ran after a sitting official insulted her. (12:00) — The conservative lawyers in a major church/state separation case aren’t getting all the money they wanted because the judge said they’re greedy. (15:40) — Kentucky’s governor is blaming mass shootings on zombies and abortions. (24:48) — An awful video game lets you shoot LGBTQ people. (27:52) — This Christian ministry’s contract with a public school district is bananas. (31:12) — Zayn Malik of One Direction says he’s not a Muslim. (40:19) — Some Republicans in a Texas county want to oust a local leader because he’s Muslim. (44:04) — People did not like these rainbow poppies on Remembrance Day. (49:38) — After an anti-gay Christian burned LGBTQ library books, an atheist raised over $1,000 to replace them. (53:37) — Why doesn’t the media cover religion with more skepticism? (57:00)

Christine Blasey Ford, the first woman to publicly accuse Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, gave her emotional testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. She testified that she is "100 percent" certain that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the 1980s. Ford said she was afraid she was going to be raped or killed when Kavanaugh forced himself on her. Kavanaugh strongly denied the allegation. He says his "life is permanently altered" and his reputation will never be the same after the hearing today. Whose testimony was believable? What can we make of their testimonies, and will this have an effect on the nomination? Some Republicans are vowing to confirm Kavanaugh no matter what happens in the hearings. The economic collapse of 2008 was a result of economic manipulation and became the focal point of the presidential campaign between Barack Obama and John McCain. In a recent MintPress News piece, "Tenth Anniversary of Financial Collapse, Preparing for the Next Crash," Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers argue that banks were bought out, and people were sold out. While the Trump administration claims the biggest economic comeback and strongest economy ever, a closer look at the numbers reveals Americans are still struggling and living paycheck to paycheck. What's even more evident is that we could be headed for another collapse. So, what can we do before the next crash, and can countries like Iceland provide a roadmap? GUESTS: Sherry Hamby, Ph.D. — Psychology of Violence director at Life Paths Appalachian Research Center, founder and co-chair of ResilienceComand research professor of psychology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.Leslie Proll — Civil rights lawyer advising the NAACP on judicial nominations and former NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund policy director. Dr. Margaret Flowers - Co-coordinator of Popular Resistance, whose work is at popularresistance.org.Kevin Zeese - Co-coordinator of Popular Resistance, whose work is at popularresistance.org.

When it comes to politics, do your morals outweigh your loyalty to political party? Some Republicans say even though they don't like President Donald Trump, they will support him because the policy consequences are more important. Amy Donaldson and Jasen Lee talk compromise and reaching your breaking point with your candidate. What kind of irreconcilable differences would it take for you to divorce the Democrat or Republican parties and vote values at the polls? We'd like to hear your thoughts on this matter. Drop us an email at voramyd@gmail.com or vorjasenl@gmail.com or on Twitter at adonsports and at JasenLee1. Our show's Twitter handle is @VORPodcast or you can also message us on the Voices of Reason Facebook page. BTW, our next live community conversation on the issue of immigration is scheduled for August 16. Location to be announced soon. Come join us for what should be a information and spirited dialogue about this important local and national issue.

On this edition of Good Morning Orlando Bud, Deb, and Yaffee talk about the latest news!Trump-Cohen tape released! What's on it...and what does it mean? AND Trump Train! Tax Cuts 2.0, 4.2% growth, and Trump still doing well in the polls! ALSO Trump and the Trade War! Some Republicans and Democrats continue to criticize Trump's tariffs and the Trump administration plans to bail out farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs. PLUS Adam Putnam ad against Ron DeSantis defines dirty politics. BONUS Attorney Jeff Kaufman joins Deb to give his expert legal analysis on the latest news!

Some Republicans sound the alarm as President Trump once again decries the Robert Mueller investigation. But can they save the special counsel's job? And a revealing new article takes us inside the West Wing - through the eyes of former Trump top aide Hope Hicks.

Trump-Russia narrative continues. Washington Post says Trump under investigation for obstruction of justice. Jared Kushner being investigated for business dealings with Russia? Political witch hunt. Everything is political. ESPN's Max Kellerman says standing for the national anthem is political. The Russian narrative is purely political. Trump calls this the biggest political witch hunt in American history. Some Republicans don't like him using Twitter, but where would this 'investigation' be if he didn't fight back? Representative Scalise's condition improves, but more operations likely needed. Political rhetoric. Calls for unity. What can we ideologically unite around in today's political civil war? Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe says 93 million Americans lose their lives to guns every day. We need political victories. Winning America's soul again. Political ideology can't fulfill the soul.

Trump-Russia narrative continues. Washington Post says Trump under investigation for obstruction of justice. Jared Kushner being investigated for business dealings with Russia? Political witch hunt. Everything is political. ESPN's Max Kellerman says standing for the national anthem is political. The Russian narrative is purely political. Trump calls this the biggest political witch hunt in American history. Some Republicans don't like him using Twitter, but where would this 'investigation' be if he didn't fight back? Representative Scalise's condition improves, but more operations likely needed. Political rhetoric. Calls for unity. What can we ideologically unite around in today's political civil war? Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe says 93 million Americans lose their lives to guns every day. We need political victories. Winning America's soul again. Political ideology can't fulfill the soul.

Trump-Russia narrative continues. Washington Post says Trump under investigation for obstruction of justice. Jared Kushner being investigated for business dealings with Russia? Political witch hunt. Everything is political. ESPN's Max Kellerman says standing for the national anthem is political. The Russian narrative is purely political. Trump calls this the biggest political witch hunt in American history. Some Republicans don't like him using Twitter, but where would this 'investigation' be if he didn't fight back? Representative Scalise's condition improves, but more operations likely needed. Political rhetoric. Calls for unity. What can we ideologically unite around in today's political civil war? Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe says 93 million Americans lose their lives to guns every day. We need political victories. Winning America's soul again. Political ideology can't fulfill the soul.

This week former National Security Advisor ( 2013-2017) Susan Rice admits to unmasking members of Trump's inner circle. Will FBI director James Comey begin an investigation? The confirmation of Neil Gorsuch may take place this week. The Democrats are threatening to block it even if it takes a unprecedented filibuster. Some Republicans are vowing to go to the Nuclear option to make sure Gorsuch gets his nomination. Why are the Democrats so opposed to Trump's Supreme Court nominee and do they have a leg to stand on in their criticism of Republicans not putting up a vote for Obama's last SCOTUS nominee? Join us in our discussion and for Bards Logic After Dark where we have some fun in the last our of the show. Who knows what topics we will discuss? Visit and consider Subscribing to the Bards Logic Newsroom where you can get updates on articles such as : Top Obama Adviser Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel and http://www.bardslogicpoliticaltalk.com/bards-logic-newsroom Follow the show by "clicking" the button here on Blog Talk Radio to receive email updates on episodes including the night's topics. Like our Page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/BardsLogicPoliticalTalk Bards Logic is the Grassroots, We the People Show.    

Some Republicans in Congress try to arrest the development of an independent judiciary by striking back at the Marshall Court. Chris Stewart (History of China) and Benjamin Jacobs (Wittenburg to Westphalia) explain impeachment. "Star Spangled Banner" performed by Logan Hardin. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Some liberals believe that Donald Trump's 'Russia Scandal' is worse than Hillary's 'Benghazi.' What exactly is the 'Russia Scandal?' A brief discussion of Benghazi. The Benghazi investigation led us to the secret Hillary server - which, according to the Left, became the very server the Russians hacked to help Trump win the election. Democrats plan to obstruct, delay, stop and, if possible, impeach Donald Trump. This is their strategy - no matter what Trump decided to do as president. Some Republicans liked having the issue of Obamacare to run on, but they never really wanted to do anything about it. That's in part what we're witnessing now with the uncertainty on how to proceed - along with some legitimate disagreement from different groups within the Party. No time to talk about John McCain, Milo, "I pee with LGBT" or the socialist disaster of Venezuela. Have a great day.

Some liberals believe that Donald Trump's 'Russia Scandal' is worse than Hillary's 'Benghazi.' What exactly is the 'Russia Scandal?' A brief discussion of Benghazi. The Benghazi investigation led us to the secret Hillary server - which, according to the Left, became the very server the Russians hacked to help Trump win the election. Democrats plan to obstruct, delay, stop and, if possible, impeach Donald Trump. This is their strategy - no matter what Trump decided to do as president. Some Republicans liked having the issue of Obamacare to run on, but they never really wanted to do anything about it. That's in part what we're witnessing now with the uncertainty on how to proceed - along with some legitimate disagreement from different groups within the Party. No time to talk about John McCain, Milo, "I pee with LGBT" or the socialist disaster of Venezuela. Have a great day.

Some liberals believe that Donald Trump's 'Russia Scandal' is worse than Hillary's 'Benghazi.' What exactly is the 'Russia Scandal?' A brief discussion of Benghazi. The Benghazi investigation led us to the secret Hillary server - which, according to the Left, became the very server the Russians hacked to help Trump win the election. Democrats plan to obstruct, delay, stop and, if possible, impeach Donald Trump. This is their strategy - no matter what Trump decided to do as president. Some Republicans liked having the issue of Obamacare to run on, but they never really wanted to do anything about it. That's in part what we're witnessing now with the uncertainty on how to proceed - along with some legitimate disagreement from different groups within the Party. No time to talk about John McCain, Milo, "I pee with LGBT" or the socialist disaster of Venezuela. Have a great day.

1. Political: GOP plan to repel obamacare. Strip planned parenthood of all federal funding. Some Republicans argue the women’s health care provider shouldn’t get any federal money because it provides abortion services. But it’s a misleading claim: The federal Hyde Amendment already bans federal dollars for abortions, except in very restricted cases. The overwhelming majority of Planned Parenthood’s services involve testing for and treating sexually transmitted diseases, providing birth control, screening for breast cancer and offering other women’s health care http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-ryan-defund-planned-parenthood_us_586eb540e4b02b5f8587f2962. Entertainment: Starwars team is trying to figure out what will happen to leia. 2 key scenes were supposed to be filmed. How should she live on or be written out?http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/star-wars-team-grappling-with-how-leia-will-live-on-after-carrie-fishers-death_us_586f9a30e4b02b5f85884472?section=us_entertainment3.Environmental: Color changing cats used to detect radioactive waste….https://www.theguardian.com/environment/shortcuts/2017/jan/08/colour-changing-cats-warn-radioactive-waste-nuclear-plants-distant-descendants4. Local: Philly soda Tax When the levy was approved last year, Philadelphia became the largest city in the nation to create a specific tax for soda and sugary beverages. The tax took effect on Jan. 1, with a per-ounce rate 24 times more expensive than the state's tax on beer. The 1.5 cent-per-ounce rate sounds smallhttp://reason.com/blog/2017/01/05/soda-tax-sparks-outrage-in-philadelphiaFollow us on instagram:@Mrs.ladyknickers@MarkvsTheWrldAnd follow our parent company SxSwww.spacesxspaces.comPlease Follow us on FaceBook:http://facebook.com/spacesxspacesAnd if you want to help the show out, please do all of your amazon shopping through www.spacesxspaces.com/amazon and we get a small kickback of the proceeds.

1. Political: GOP plan to repel obamacare. Strip planned parenthood of all federal funding. Some Republicans argue the women’s health care provider shouldn’t get any federal money because it provides abortion services. But it’s a misleading claim: The federal Hyde Amendment already bans federal dollars for abortions, except in very restricted cases. The overwhelming majority of Planned Parenthood’s services involve testing for and treating sexually transmitted diseases, providing birth control, screening for breast cancer and offering other women’s health care http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-ryan-defund-planned-parenthood_us_586eb540e4b02b5f8587f2962. Entertainment: Starwars team is trying to figure out what will happen to leia. 2 key scenes were supposed to be filmed. How should she live on or be written out?http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/star-wars-team-grappling-with-how-leia-will-live-on-after-carrie-fishers-death_us_586f9a30e4b02b5f85884472?section=us_entertainment3.Environmental: Color changing cats used to detect radioactive waste….https://www.theguardian.com/environment/shortcuts/2017/jan/08/colour-changing-cats-warn-radioactive-waste-nuclear-plants-distant-descendants4. Local: Philly soda Tax When the levy was approved last year, Philadelphia became the largest city in the nation to create a specific tax for soda and sugary beverages. The tax took effect on Jan. 1, with a per-ounce rate 24 times more expensive than the state's tax on beer. The 1.5 cent-per-ounce rate sounds smallhttp://reason.com/blog/2017/01/05/soda-tax-sparks-outrage-in-philadelphiaFollow us on instagram:@Mrs.ladyknickers@MarkvsTheWrldAnd follow our parent company SxSwww.spacesxspaces.comPlease Follow us on FaceBook:http://facebook.com/spacesxspacesAnd if you want to help the show out, please do all of your amazon shopping through www.spacesxspaces.com/amazon and we get a small kickback of the proceeds.

Some Republicans are not happy with the "conventional wisdom" that Democrat Joe Hogsett is the front runner in the Indy Mayor's race. We looked at the evidence on The 10 At 10, and featured part of the conversation between Marion Co. GOP chairman Kyle Walker and our Mike Corbin.