Politics at Work: Recent Episodes
Jonathan Smith & Paco Aguirre
Breaking social rules, Jonathan Smith & Paco Aguirre sit down at work to discuss politics during their lunch hour. Politics at work focuses on real people discussing political issues from different points of view. Jonathan identifies himself as a Republican & Paco identifies himself as a Democratic Socialist.
· 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak Global Map | Monkeypox | Poxvirus | CDC
· No, monkeypox is not a 'gay disease.' Here's what experts want you to know. (aol.com)
· Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russian court | CNN
· Robert E. Crimo III: What we know about Highland Park shooting suspect | CNN
· Russia claims full control of Luhansk region as key city captured | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera
· Ukraine’s prime minister says rebuilding will cost $750 billion. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
· Western arms supplied to Ukraine offered on darknet – RT investigation — RT World News
· Only 4 of 55 African Leaders Attend Zelensky Call, Showing Neutrality on Ukraine and Russia – Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond
· Natural Gas, Nuclear Go Green In The EU (forbes.com)
· WATCH: Farmers in Poland and Italy join Netherlands in mass European protests - Euro Weekly News
· Dutch Government Begins Canadian-Style Crackdown On Farmer Protests (thefederalist.com)
· BRICS 14th Summit 2022 | PM Narendra Modi Participates in the Summit (startuptalky.com)
· Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ends federal abortion rights (cnbc.com)
· Barack Obama Blasted for Not Codifying Roe v. Wade: 'Dem Failure' (newsweek.com)
· White House: Biden committed to codifying Roe v. Wade regardless of Miss. case | The Hill
· Nancy Pelosi and fellow Democrats are immediately using Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade overturning as an election fundraising opportunity (yahoo.com)
· When Joe Biden Voted to Let States Overturn Roe v. Wade - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
· Second known American killed while fighting in Ukraine | CNN Politics
· Britons, Moroccan sentenced to death in separatist-held Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera
· Julian Assange's extradition to US approved by UK government | CNN
· Vigilance Elite - YouTube
· Mexico’s AMLO will skip US-hosted Summit of the Americas | Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador News | Al Jazeera
· The Summit of the Americas Is an Instrument of US Hegemony in Latin America (jacobin.com)
· Participants 2022 (bilderbergmeetings.org)
· Record-high US inflation has analysts gloomy (nypost.com)
· US to allow Venezuelan oil to be shipped to Europe: report | The Hill
· Biden resists Ukrainian demands for long-range rocket launchers - POLITICO
· Buffalo shooter wore same Nazi symbol as Ukrainian military (israel365news.com)
· It’s Not Just White People: Democrats Are Losing Normal Voters of All Races (theintercept.com)
· Musk Compares Canada’s Trudeau to Hitler in Unhinged Trucker Crypto Freakout (yahoo.com)
· Abbott mantiene una ventaja de 7 puntos sobre O’Rourke en contienda por la gubernatura (dallasnews.com)
· Rand Paul blocks quick passage of $40 billion Ukraine aid package (nbcnews.com)
· ‘Historic Moment’: Finland And Sweden Submit Applications To Join NATO (forbes.com)
· Turkey Will Block Sweden and Finland Joining NATO (newsweek.com)
· These NATO Countries Have the Largest Militaries | Best Countries | US News
- Twitter accepts Elon Musk's buyout deal (cnbc.com)
- Ukraine is winning the battle on Twitter, but in the real world Kiev is losing the fight for the Donbass — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
· Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion, so it can be 'transformed as private company' (cnbc.com)
· SCOTT RITTER: Twitter Wars—My Personal Experience in Twitter’s Ongoing Assault on Free Speech – Consortium News
· Russia-Ukraine War: U.S. Is Running Out of Weapons Aiding Kyiv - Bloomberg
· Russia Government Budget Value - March 2022 Data - 1996-2021 Historical (tradingeconomics.com)
· French Presidential Election 2022 Live Results: Macron and Le Pen Face Off Again (bloomberg.com)
· AMLO Wins Mexico’s First Ever Recall Election (jacobinmag.com)
· American Think Tanks Are Fueling the Mexican Right (jacobinmag.com)
· Imran Khan claims US threatened him and wants him ousted as Pakistan PM | Pakistan | The Guardian
· Imran Khan ousted as Pakistan's PM after vote - BBC News
· Bucha massacre: CBS News finds evidence of atrocities near Ukraine's capital as Russia is accused of war crimes - CBS News
· Pentagon can't independently confirm atrocities in Ukraine's Bucha, official says | Reuters
· Russia asks U.N. Security Council to discuss Bucha 'provocation' | Reuters
· (158) Mayor of Bucha - YouTube
· Russia says it will demand payment in rubles for its natural gas from 'hostile countries.' 6 experts break down how that might work. (yahoo.com)
· Russia’s gold reserves buy Putin a few options | Reuters
· Invisible To Radars – Why Russia’s Hypersonic Missiles Are 'Undetectable' To Powerful Air Defense Systems? (eurasiantimes.com)
· Trump sues Hillary Clinton, DNC over 2016 election, Russia claims (cnbc.com)
· Ted Cruz questions Ketanji Brown Jackson about “critical race theory” | The Texas Tribune
· Russia Facing ‘Outright Defeat’ And ‘Sudden’ Collapse In Ukraine, Author Says | HuffPost Latest News
· Alex Rubinstein on Twitter: "American volunteer in Ukraine describes how foreigners who flocked over to the country to fight Russia are being used as cannon fodder
· Russia’s war in Ukraine: complete guide in maps, video and pictures
· Volodymyr Zelensky Says Ukraine Won't Join NATO (newsweek.com)
· Russia issues sanctions against Biden and a long list of US officials and political figures
· Harris slammed for laughing after question about Ukrainian refugees (nypost.com)
· Saudi Arabia reportedly considering accepting yuan instead of dollar for oil sales | TheHill
· Shift from the petrodollar imminent as India, others ditch US Dollar (theexchange.africa)
· Russia, China agree 30-year gas deal via new pipeline, to settle in euros | Reuters
· Once A Pariah, Venezuela's Maduro Now Courted by the U.S. for Oil (newsweek.com)
· Trump, who was impeached for withholding nearly $400 million in military aid from Ukraine,
· Sorry, Joe: Team Obama refused to arm Ukraine at all (nypost.com)
· Tulsi Gabbard calls for ceasefire to protect 25 U.S. Biolabs in Ukraine… - American Partisan
· Russia claims US did experiments with bat coronavirus samples in biolabs in Ukraine (dunyabulteni.net)
· China's Covid-19 outbreak explained as 37 million people now in lockdown. - CNN
· Omicron sub-variant BA.2 is just as contagious as MEASLES - New York Times Post (nytimespost.com)
· Julian Assange denied permission to appeal U.S. extradition at U.K Supreme Court (nbcnews.com)
· (41) Biden predijo en 1997 un conflicto OTAN-Rusia @RT Play en Español - YouTube
· Reconsidering NATO expansion: a counterfactual analysis of Russia and the West in the 1990s | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
· Russia says military action will stop immediately if Ukraine agrees to four conditions (yahoo.com)
· (45) PBS Glorifies Ukraine Leader with Nazi Painting Behind Him - YouTube
· Congress bans arms to Ukraine militia linked to neo-Nazis | TheHill
· Global North South (wikimedia.org)
· Mapped: 87 countries condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the UN (axios.com)
· Biden on Work From Home: 'It's Time to Get Americans Back to Work' (businessinsider.com)
· Victoria Nuland: Ukraine Has "Biological Research Facilities," Worried Russia May Seize Them (substack.com)
· 7 FAKE NEWS stories coming out of Ukraine – OffGuardian (off-guardian.org)
· Mexico–Russia relations - Wikipedia
· Washington responsible for fascist massacre in Odessa - World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org)
· Ukraine's Neo-Nazi militia preparing to 'fight to the death' in Russia war with guerrilla forces & 'Mad Max' tanks (thesun.co.uk)
· 'Very Dangerous': Putin Authorizes 'Peacekeeping' Forces for Eastern Ukraine (commondreams.org)
· Pareto distribution as an economic model. Application to offshore oil lease bidding (Technical Report) | OSTI.GOV
· Trudeau vows to freeze anti-mandate protesters' bank accounts - BBC News
· Canadian Armed Forces providing military training to Ukrainian neo-Nazis - World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org)
· Western media is literally peddling Neo-Nazi propaganda to prompt war between Russia and Ukraine – NaturalNews.com
· Kamala Harris slammed for 'word salad' response to Ukraine-Russia questions (nypost.com)
· The Gulag Archipelago in three volumes : Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
· PSYCHOLOGY OF THE UNCONSCIOUS : DR. C. G. JUNG : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
· Nazi Party - Wikipedia
· Stocks Just Had Their Worst Month Since March 2020: January’s Wild Ride In 8 Numbers (forbes.com)
· Billionaires got 54% richer during pandemic, sparking calls for "wealth tax" - CBS News
· Joe Biden, DNC raise more money than Donald Trump, RNC for 2nd straight month - ABC News (go.com)
· Democrats Rushing Through Massive Ukraine Defense Bill (theintercept.com)
· Ukraine crisis: Kiev residents preparing for Russian invasion (afr.com)
· Biden to deploy troops to Eastern Europe amid Ukraine standoff (nbcnews.com)
· MSNBC Host Desperately Defends Whoopi Goldberg: ‘This Cancel Culture Is Getting so Out of Hand’ - Chicks On The Right (chicksonright.com)
· Year One of the Biden-Harris Administration (Full Video) - YouTube
· Joe Biden's Wobbly $2,000 Stimulus Pledge Is a Replay of Obama's 'Public Option' Fail (newsweek.com)
· More Hispanic and Black voters switching to the Republican party (msn.com)
· How Popular Is Joe Biden? | FiveThirtyEight
· Kamala Harris tells Guatemala migrants: 'Do not come to US' - BBC News
· With 300,000 Deported in First 100 Days, Rights Group Warns Biden 'Well on Track to Repeat' Obama Failures (commondreams.org)
· Joe Biden Beat Donald Trump — Then Stole His Immigration Policy (jacobinmag.com)
· Biden Is Carrying On Trump's Political Legacy (foreignpolicy.com)
· U.S. Political Party Preferences Shifted Greatly During 2021 (gallup.com)
· Biden reinstates 'catch and release' policy at southern border (nypost.com)
· Joe Biden's botched Afghanistan exit is a disaster at home and abroad long in the making - CNNPolitics
· Biden Declares Success in Beating Pandemic in July 4 Speech - Bloomberg
· Biden’s Bad Deal: How “Build Back Better” Got Botched, and Why We Need a New Party | Socialist Alternative
· Biden Admin Approved Hundreds More Public Lands Drilling Permits Than Trump | Common Dreams
· CDC Updates and Shortens Recommended Isolation and Quarantine Period for General Population | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC
· How Communication around COVID Fuels a Mistrust of Science - Scientific American
· Risk for Newly Diagnosed Diabetes 30 Days After SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Persons Aged 18 Years — United States, March 1, 2020–June 28, 2021 | MMWR (cdc.gov)
· Long COVID could become Finland's largest chronic disease, warns minister | Reuters
· Clinical Severity of COVID-19 Patients Admitted to Hospitals in Gauteng, South Africa During the Omicron-Dominant Fourth Wave by Waasila Jassat, Salim Abdool Karim, Caroline Mudara, Richard Welch, Lovelyn Ozougwu, Michelle Groome, Nevashan Govender, Anne von Gottberg, Nicole Wolter, DATCOV Author Group, Lucille Blumberg, Cheryl Cohen :: SSRN
· WATCH: Pre-Election Montage Proves Democrats Created 'Vaccine Hesitancy' - 93.1FM WIBC
· Wuhan Lab Wanted to Genetically Enhance Bat Viruses to Study Human Risks, Documents Show (newsweek.com)
· Fauci Was 'Untruthful' to Congress About Wuhan Lab Research, New Documents Appear To Show (newsweek.com)
· Harris' new communications director apologizes after backlash to 2010 deportations tweet (nbcnews.com)
· A timeline of how the Kyle Rittenhouse case played out over the last year following the shootings in Kenosha (yahoo.com)
· Taibbi: The Rittenhouse Verdict Is Only Shocking If You Followed The Last Year Of Terrible Reporting – The Greanville Post
· Inside Kamala Harris' frustrating start as vice president - CNNPolitics
· Kamala Harris's approval rating falls to 28%, a historic low for any modern vice president (yahoo.com)
· Poll: GOP holds 10-point lead among registered voters - CNN Video
· $285 Billion Tax Cut for the Rich Is Now 2nd Most Expensive Piece of Build Back Better (commondreams.org)
· Beto O’Rourke says he’s running for Texas governor | The Texas Tribune
· Matthew McConaughey ahead of Abbott, Beto in Texas gov race (nypost.com)
· Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Nicaragua’s Sham Elections | The White House
· Ep 359: The Convo Couch on Nicaragua's Elections, US Covers Up Civilian Airstrike, VaxMe Elmo, More! - YouTube
Ken W. Good, Texas bail attorney and a board member of the Professional Bondsmen of Texas
· Chinese real estate giant’s potential collapse causes global economic anxiety (msn.com)
· Modern Monetary Theory explained by Stephanie Kelton - YouTube
· How Much U.S. Debt Does China Own? (investopedia.com)
· RealClearPolitics - Election Other - President Biden Job Approval
· AOC explains why voting 'present' on bill to fund Israel's Iron Dome moved her to tears - CNNPolitics
· In Israel, Being Fully Vaccinated Now Means Three Shots - WSJ
· Why It Actually Took 50 Years to Make COVID mRNA Vaccines - YouTube
· The Afghanistan Papers: Documents reveal U.S. officials knew the war had become unwinnable - Washington Post
· (249) Hillary Clinton speaks out about US links with Taliban - YouTube
· Harris says she had key role in Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal decision - POLITICO
· The U.S. Government Lied For Two Decades About Afghanistan - by Glenn Greenwald - Glenn Greenwald (substack.com)
· U.S.-Taliban Peace Deal: What to Know | Council on Foreign Relations (cfr.org)
· Meltdown Showed Extent of NSA Surveillance — and Other Tales From Hundreds of Intelligence Documents (theintercept.com)
· (249) Speeches that still matter: Gen Wesley Clark on US going to war in 7 countries in 5 yrs - YouTube
· The White House Crafted Hunter Biden's Secretive Art Sale Scheme: Report by Spencer Brown (townhall.com)
· As Cuomo prepares to step down, others begin looking forward - ABC News (go.com)
· Video reportedly shows nude Hunter Biden saying another laptop with 'crazy' sex acts was stolen from him (nypost.com)
· Most Americans want legal recreational use of marijuana in their state - CBS News
· LA City Council Approves Ordinance To Restrict Homeless Encampments – CBS Los Angeles (cbslocal.com)
· Gavin Newsom recall, Governor of California (2019-2021) - Ballotpedia
· Mississippi doctor on surge in COVID-19 cases, strain on hospitals (yahoo.com)
· (236) President Donald Trump on coronavirus vaccine development and distribution - YouTube
· Biden and Harris preemptively sow doubt on Trump vaccine announcement (msn.com)
· Anti-vaccination beliefs don't follow the usual political polarization (theconversation.com)
· Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity | KFF
· Covid-19 Vaccination Rates Are Poor Among Healthcare Workers - How Can We Do Better? (forbes.com)
· Pfizer data suggest third dose of Covid-19 vaccine 'strongly' boosts protection against Delta variant | CNN
· Delta variant: Pfizer Covid vaccine 39% effective in Israel, prevents severe illness (cnbc.com)
· Democrats increase pressure on party leadership to act on eviction moratorium as White House shifts focus to federal aid | CNN
· Progressives camp outside Capitol to protest evictions | TheHill
· Blame the Supreme Court for the lapsed eviction moratorium, not the White House - Vox
· The Democrats’ Eviction Moratorium Failure Is Unforgivable (jacobinmag.com)
· Dems Scored Real Estate Cash Before Letting Eviction Ban Expire (dailyposter.com)
· Biden administration announces new two-month eviction moratorium (yahoo.com)
· Florida sets COVID record with 11,515 people hospitalized - Orlando Sentinel
· ORIGINS-OF-COVID-19-REPORT.pdf (house.gov)
· Tara Reade fires back after Jen Psaki claims Biden allegations were 'heavily litigated' during election | Fox News
· Roberta Kaplan, a Time's Up leader, resigns after backlash over advising Cuomo - ABC News (go.com)
· Apple's Plan to "Think Different" About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life | Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)
· College Tuition Is Rising at Twice the Inflation Rate—While Students Learn At Home (forbes.com)
· What the world can learn from the Cuban education system | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
· Cuba′s COVID vaccine rivals BioNTech-Pfizer, Moderna | Americas | North and South American news impacting on Europe | DW | 27.06.2021
· Pelosi says Biden doesn't have the power to cancel student loan debt, as Schumer pushes him to eliminate $50,000 per borrower (msn.com)
· Biden Administration Extends Student Loan Pause Until January 31, 2022 | U.S. Department of Education
· CDC updates mask guidelines, recommends that some vaccinated people wear them indoors again - CBS News
· Large study finds COVID-19 is linked to a substantial deficit in intelligence (psypost.org)
· Tulsi Gabbard drops defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton | CNN
· Trump again calls for $2,000 checks as Covid aid bill remains in flux (nbcnews.com)
· Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s Statement on Recent Activities, Statements made by Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever
· County COVID-19 Data - Mississippi State Department of Health (ms.gov)
· Pfizer Shot Just 39% Effective Against Delta Infection, But Largely Prevents Severe Illness, Israel Study Suggests (forbes.com)
· Delta variant affecting young, unvaccinated and Black Mississippians (clarionledger.com)
· Tuskegee Study - Timeline - CDC - NCHHSTP
· The eviction moratorium is about to expire – and the situation is dire | Emily Benfer and Peter Hepburn | The Guardian
· White House admits to ‘flagging problematic posts’ for Facebook, says it’s necessary to fight medical ‘misinformation’ — RT USA News
· Biden, Harris approval ratings dip in new California poll - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
· In debate, Kamala Harris says she won't take COVID vaccine just on Trump's say-so (yahoo.com)
· U.S. Leaves Its Last Afghan Base, Effectively Ending Operations - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
· Biden ILLEGALLY Bombs Syria - Secular Talk Radio
· More than 1,000 Israelis test positive for COVID - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)
· COVID vaccine only 64% effective against Delta variant - Israeli research - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)
· Gun Ownership By State 2021 (worldpopulationreview.com)
· Editorial: How much will Abbott's wall cost Texans? (expressnews.com)
· Migrant children endure "despair and isolation" inside tent city in the Texas desert - CBS News
· White House: Actually, it's Republicans who are trying to defund the police (nbcnews.com)
· MSNBC’s Ratings Continue To Slide, As Viewers Vote With Their Remote | The Daily Wire
· A Court Ruled Rachel Maddow's Viewers Know She Offers Exaggeration and Opinion, Not Facts - by Glenn Greenwald - Glenn Greenwald (substack.com)
· 25 Most Racist Countries In The World: New Rankings - Insider Monkey
· Bipartisan Senate Infrastructure Plan Is a Stalking Horse for Privatization - The American Prospect
· The White House Is Reportedly Not Happy with VP Harris' Disastrous Trip to Latin America by Julio Rosas (townhall.com)
· Fauci: Delta Variant Doubling In U.S. Every Two Weeks In ‘Greatest Threat’ To Eradicating Covid (forbes.com)
· Dangerous Delta COVID-19 Variant Infecting Vaccinated Adults In Israel | HuffPost
· The Biden Plan for Securing Our Values as a Nation of Immigrants | Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website
· Biden DOJ Asks to Block California's Immigration Jail Ban (lawandcrime.com)
· Biden Administration ICE Contracts Encourage Forced Labor - The American Prospect
· How Kamala Harris Fought to Keep Nonviolent Prisoners Locked Up - The American Prospect
· Biden fills immigration court with Trump hires | TheHill
· Biden DOJ to “vigorously” defend religious schools' right to discriminate against LGBTQ students | Salon.com
· PolitiFact | Ad Watch: Fact-checking a video about Biden’s academic record
· Netanyahu out, Bennett in as Israel marks end of an era | Reuters
· Juneteenth becomes federal holiday after Biden signs bill (cnbc.com)
· Wall Street Giants Want to Be Your Landlord - Data Shows Megabanks Are Buying up All the US Real Estate – Economics Bitcoin News
· Ilhan Omar Backs Down In Latest Blowup With Democrats (msn.com)
· America Created Al-Qaeda and the ISIS Terror Group (global-politics.eu)
· Kamala Harris on Immigration (ontheissues.org)
· Harris, in Guatemala, warns potential migrants: 'Do not come' (nbcnews.com)
· Mexico sends US diplomatic note over financing of government 'adversary' (mexiconewsdaily.com)
· AMLO’s MORENA Wins the Mexican Midterms (jacobinmag.com)
· Kamala Harris, questioned on border crisis, snaps at TV interviewer: 'I'm not finished' (yahoo.com)
· Kamala Harris' team tries to distance her from fraught situation at the border - CNNPolitics
· Peru on edge as electoral board reviews result of disputed presidential election | Peru | The Guardian
· US and OAS help overthrow another government: Behind the coup against Bolivia's Evo Morales | The Grayzone
· House Democrats Call for Answers on US Involvement in Brazil | The Nation
· Report: Biden wants to run again in 2024 – HotAir
· Joe Biden to rich donors: "Nothing would fundamentally change" if he's elected | Salon.com
· Physicists Slow Speed of Light – Harvard Gazette
· Iran Nuclear Deal Elusive as Big Powers Adjourn Until Next Week - Bloomberg
· Iran Announces Presidential Candidates for 2021 Elections | Al Bawaba
· Biden reportedly lowers GOP infrastructure offer to $1 trillion in new spending (yahoo.com)
· Anti-China Trade Bill Is Big Boost for Big Tech (theintercept.com)
· Gaza truce takes hold after Israel, Hamas reach cease-fire to halt conflict (nbcnews.com)
· Biden Admin Reportedly Blocking UN Ceasefire Statement as Israel Bombards Gaza (truthout.org)
· US says Israel provided information on Gaza media tower bombing | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
· AOC, Tlaib introduce resolution to halt weapons sale to Israel (yahoo.com)
· $3,600 Stimulus Payments for Families to Start in July (yahoo.com)
· South Korea’s Green New Deal – The Diplomat
· Supreme Court will hear direct challenge to Roe v. Wade (politico.com)
· Pelosi slaps down legislation to pack Supreme Court (msn.com)
· Biden fills immigration court with Trump hires | TheHill
· Biden is slammed for joking about running over a reporter (msn.com)
· Chris Cuomo advised brother Andrew Cuomo on sexual misconduct claims (cnbc.com)
· How Hard Gas Shortages Are Hitting Each State, According to Drivers (msn.com)
· Colonial Pipeline Shut Down Distribution Over Billing (mediaite.com)
· Biden signs executive order to harden cybersecurity defenses - CBS News
· Colonial Pipeline paid ransom to hackers who infiltrated its system - CBS News
· Largest U.S. Gas Spill in 20 Years – 1.2 Million Gallons – Happened at a Cracked Pipeline in North Carolina Last Summer | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
· United Nations Resolution 242 | Definition & Facts | Britannica
· The Clinton Parameters - Wikipedia
· Pro-Israel: Top Recipients | OpenSecrets
· US Lawmakers sign letter calling for unconditional slavery to Israel eternally (eutimes.net)
· Your Guide to Masks | CDC
· RealClearPolitics - Election Other - President Biden Job Approval\
· Presidential Job Approval Ratings Following the First 100 Days | The American Presidency Project (ucsb.edu)
· Five takeaways from Biden's first big speech to Congress (nbcnews.com)
· Biden administration announces it intends to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars - CBS News
· Washington Post quits fact-check database 100 days into Biden presidency (msn.com)
· Biden Willing to Compromise on 28% Tax Rate: Commerce Secretary Raimondo - Bloomberg
· US embargo on exporting Covid vaccine raw materials and how it could impact India (msn.com)
- CDC unveils new mask guidelines for Americans who have had COVID-19 vaccine - CBS News
· Derek Chauvin guilty of murder in George Floyd's death (nbcnews.com)
· Black Lives Matter Says Communities Are Being 'Terrorized' More Under Biden Than They Were Under Trump (westernjournal.com)
· Caitlyn Jenner Announces Run For California Governor : NPR
· Biden defends his gun reform strategy - POLITICO
· Pelosi thanks George Floyd for 'sacrificing your life for justice' (yahoo.com)
· Sweden's Prison System - REhabilitation, not incarceration (weebly.com)
· Biden isn't ending the Afghanistan War, he's privatizing it: Special Forces, Pentagon contractors, intelligence operatives will remain | The Grayzone
· Turkey Finds Enormous Gas Field In The Black Sea — But Tricky Process Ahead (forbes.com)
· U.S. military consumes more hydrocarbons than most countries -- massive hidden impact on climate -- ScienceDaily
· Derek Chauvin defense witness suggests carbon monoxide may have helped kill George Floyd (yahoo.com)
· U.S. Troops Were Supposed To Leave Afghanistan on May 1. Biden Will Keep Them There Until September. – Reason.com
· BREAKING: Biden Proposes $715 Billion Pentagon Budget for 2022 (nationaldefensemagazine.org)
· CNN ratings are dramatically down since Trump left office. The network lost nearly 50% of its target audience during primetime hours. (msn.com)
· Journalists at Minnesota Protests Are Allegedly Being Harassed, Beaten, Wrongfully Arrested | Vanity Fair
· Biden keeping Trump's pick for Moscow ambassador in place - CNNPolitics
· Pelosi's husband purchased millions worth of Microsoft stock through options | Washington Examiner
· Firm linked to Pelosi’s husband received PPP virus relief loan | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera
- Build the wall, Joe? Biden administration may resume some construction on Trump’s border wall, media says — RT USA News
- Derek Chauvin Trial: George Floyd's brother gives emotional testimony (cbsnews.com)
· Biden press conference: Live updates and stream (cnbc.com)
· Joe Biden's Plan to End Gun Violence | Joe Biden for President
· NY Senate Passes Bill to Repeal Nursing Home Liability Protections | New York Law Journal
· Four Maps Showing China's Rising Dominance in Trade (visualcapitalist.com)
· U.S. Debt to China: How Much, Reasons, What Could Happen (thebalance.com)
· The U.S. Intelligence Community, Flouting Laws, is Increasingly Involving Itself in Domestic Politics - Glenn Greenwald (substack.com)
· Why Black Americans Distrust the New COVID-19 Vaccines | Time
· Why Many Black Americans Don’t Trust the COVID-19 Vaccine | Psychology Today
· Biden says Cuomo should resign if investigation confirms sexual harassment allegations - CNNPolitics
· FBI reportedly investigating Cuomo role in shielding donors from Covid liability | Andrew Cuomo | The Guardian
· Biden Falls Three Times Walking Up Steps to Air Force One (yahoo.com)
· Putin challenges Biden to debate after president calls him a 'killer' - ABC News (go.com)
· Journalists granted 'zero access' to cover border crisis: photog (nypost.com)
- Stimulus update: House passes $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, sends to Biden (cnbc.com)
- House Progressives Urged to 'Wield Their Power' to Fight Senate Sabotage of Covid-19 Relief Bill | Common Dreams News
· Texas governor lifts mask mandate and allows businesses to open at 100% capacity, despite health officials' warnings - CNN
· Biden says $2,000 checks to 'go out the door immediately' if Democrats win in Georgia (msn.com)
· Dow sheds 346 points as yields climb on Powell's inflation remarks (freep.com)
· Why is there a silicon chip shortage? 3 factors are to blame (fastcompany.com)
· • Chart: China Is the World's Manufacturing Superpower | Statista
· Neera Tanden Withdraws As Biden's OMB Nominee : NPR
· Bomb Libya and take its oil: Biden budget chief pick Neera Tanden agreed with Trump | The Grayzone
· INVESTIGATION: Cuomo Gave Immunity to Nursing Home Execs After Big Donations — Now People Are Dying - The Daily Poster
· Cuomo-gate: a Nixonian scandal is engulfing New York | Andrew Cuomo | The Guardian
· 'Joe Biden Just Dropped Bombs on Syria. Here We Go Again': US Responds to Rocket Attacks With Airstrikes | Common Dreams News
o The Real World And The Narrative World – Caitlin Johnstone
o Nancy Pelosi's big Tesla stock buy raises ethics questions - Washington Times
o Biden DOJ to continue to seek Assange extradition | TheHill
o Vaccines very effective in curbing Israel’s Covid infections, studies show (irishtimes.com)
o Lindsey Boylan: Former Aide Accuses Andrew Cuomo of Sexual Harassment - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
o Cuomo aide admits holding back COVID nursing home data amid DOJ inquiry (tennessean.com)
o Trump Acquitted in Senate Impeachment Trial of Inciting Capitol Insurrection - Bloomberg
How Criminal Hedge Funds RIGGED GameStop Market w/Dylan Ratigan - YouTube
Trading app Robinhood blocks users from buying GameStop, other high-flying stocks | Fox Business
GameStop Short Seller Melvin Gets $2.75B Funding From Citadel, Point72 (yahoo.com)
Janet Yellen made millions in Wall Street, corporate speeches - POLITICO
Biden's press office asked journalists to send questions in advance, drawing mixed reactions from reporters (yahoo.com)
Hundreds deported under President Biden, including witness to massacre | WTRF
Biden wants $1,400 stimulus checks, but signals a compromise with GOP is possible (yahoo.com)
Blinken warns Iran may be just 'weeks away' from nuclear weapon (yahoo.com)
Shawn Ryan Show #008 Retired Navy SEAL Tried for War Crimes Eddie Gallagher - YouTube
· Most of 120 arrested or identified at Capitol riot were longtime Trump supporters: AP analysis | TheHill
· How Silicon Valley, in a Show of Monopolistic Force, Destroyed Parler - Glenn Greenwald (substack.com)
· Ron Paul Blocked by Facebook for Violating Community Standards | Heavy.com
· U.S. House impeaches Trump for a second time; 10 Republicans vote yes | Reuters
· Joe Biden Unveils a $1.9 Trillion Relief Plan | Time
o Protests
§ Pro-Trump Rioters Storm U.S. Capitol In Deadly Attack On Democracy | HuffPost
§ Opinion | Neoliberalism's Dark Path to Fascism (commondreams.org)
o Stimulus
§ President Trump pushes for $2000 stimulus checks (msn.com)
§ Bernie Sanders To Delay Senate Vote In Push For $2,000 Stimulus Checks | HuffPost
§ Joe Biden’s Love of Austerity Cut the Stimulus Bill in Half (jacobinmag.com)
§ Biden: If Dems win in Georgia, '$2,000 checks will go out the door' (yahoo.com)
o GA Runoffs
§ Bernie Sanders likely to head up Budget Committee if Senate flips | Fox News
o Pelosi
§ Pelosi reelected speaker despite narrow majority - POLITICO
o Assange
§ Julian Assange: UK judge blocks extradition of Wikileaks founder to US - BBC News
§ Mexican president offers Assange asylum after U.S. extradition bid thwarted | Reuters
o Bernie Sanders Demands $1,200 Second Stimulus Check: 'Congress Can't Go Home for Christmas' (newsweek.com)
o Ayanna Pressley Says $600 Stimulus Checks An 'Insult' As Americans Struggle (msn.com)
§ Republican senator Ron Johnson blocks vote on $1,200 stimulus checks over 'deficit' fears | Daily Mail Online
o Trump aides ‘intervened’ to stop push for direct financial aid from increasing in stimulus bill: report – Raw Story
· Hunter Biden Under Federal Investigation
o Hunter Biden confirms he is under federal investigation - The Washington Post
· Hunter Biden-China Dossier
o The Shadowy Figures Behind the Hunter Biden-China Dossier (theintercept.com)
· Different COVID-19 Vaccines
o Different COVID-19 Vaccines | CDC
· Time magazine made Biden/Harris people of the year ignoring the millions of frontline workers who are risking their lives to keep this country going.
o Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Named TIME's Person of the Year | PEOPLE.com
· Politico: How the Left Learned to Love Biden
o Inside the Left’s New, ‘Mature’ Political Strategy - POLITICO
· A Long-Forgotten CIA Document From WikiLeaks Sheds Critical Light on Today's U.S. Politics and Wars
o A Long-Forgotten CIA Document From WikiLeaks Sheds Critical Light on Today's U.S. Politics and Wars - Glenn Greenwald (substack.com)
· 250 million Indian workers and farmers strike
o 250 million Indian workers and farmers strike, breaking world record – People's World
· CARES Act
o Taibbi: The COVID-19 Bailout Gave Wall Street a No-Lose Casino - Rolling Stone
· Pelosi Rejects $1.8 Trillion Proposal
o Stimulus Package: Pelosi Rejects $1.8 Trillion Proposal | Heavy.com
· Trump said trim all the fat and give me a $1,200 standalone bill, I’ll sign it
o (1) Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "If I am sent a Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200), they will go out to our great people IMMEDIATELY. I am ready to sign right now. Are you listening Nancy? @MarkMeadows @senatemajldr @kevinomccarthy @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer" / Twitter
· Pelosi Backs Stimulus Deal Half the Size of What White House Offered Before Election
o Pelosi Now Backs Stimulus Deal Half the Size of What White House Offered Before Election (newsweek.com)
Paco & Jonathan debate if the U.S. should pull out of the Middle East and the impacts constant war has in the region
· Voting systems linked to Clinton Foundation
o https://heavy.com/news/dominion-voting-systems-glitch-clinton-pelosi-michigan-georgia/
· Cecilia Muñoz, Who Defended Family Separations Under Obama, Joins Biden Transition Team
o https://www.democracynow.org/2020/11/13/headlines/cecilia_munoz_who_defended_family_separations_under_obama_joins_biden_transition_team
· Progressive Criminal Justice Ballot Initiatives Won Big in the 2020 Election
o https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/criminal-justice/news/2020/11/19/493026/progressive-criminal-justice-ballot-initiatives-won-big-2020-election/
· 'Every. Single. One.': Ocasio-Cortez Notes Every Democrat Who Backed Medicare for All Won Reelection in 2020
o https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/07/every-single-one-ocasio-cortez-notes-every-democrat-who-backed-medicare-all-won
· How Poland’s Failed Transition Fed the Nationalist Right
o https://jacobinmag.com/2019/11/poland-law-justice-party-pis-austerity-neoliberalism
· COVID-19 Numbers
o https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
· The West’s Failure on Covid is Even More Staggering Than You Think
o https://eand.co/the-wests-failure-on-covid-is-even-more-staggering-than-you-think-77332f0cc5c2
· Joe Biden Just Appointed His Climate Movement Liaison. It’s a Fossil-Fuel Industry Ally.
o https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/11/joe-biden-climate-fossil-fuel-industry-cedric-richmond
· Harris's husband leaving law firm for role in Biden administration
o https://thehill.com/homenews/525326-harriss-husband-leaving-law-firm-for-role-in-biden-administration
· Biden’s son-in-law advises campaign on pandemic while investing in Covid-19 startups
o https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/13/howard-krein-covid-startups-biden-429123
· Walter Wallace Jr. Shooting in PA
o https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/28/us/philadelphia-walter-wallace-jr-shooting/index.html
· Biden Eyes Wall Street Insider, Gina Raimondo, for Treasury Secretary
o https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/27/biden-eyes-wall-street-insider-as-potential-treasury-secretary-if-he-wins-in-november/
· WikiLeaks Emails Show Citigroup Picked Obama’s Cabinet
o https://www.rt.com/usa/362836-emails-citigroup-obama-cabinet/
· US special forces rescue abducted American in Nigeria
o https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/31/us-military-rescue-niger-nigeria
· Pelosi’s interview with Wolf Blitzer
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqPltMpWIwo
· Pelosi’s involvement with DNC hack company
o https://www.rt.com/usa/503111-pelosi-invests-crowdstrike-russiagate/
· Hunter Biden’s emails
o https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/joe-biden-goes-into-hiding-amid-the-posts-hunter-biden-expose/
· Joe Biden’s role in Ukraine
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA--dj2-CY
· Ted Cruz Slams Twitter Censorship
o https://nypost.com/2020/10/15/ted-cruz-slams-twitter-censorship-of-another-hunter-biden-story/
· Jimmy Dore Message to Trump
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM7IEi562pk
· COVID Updates
o https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
· Nomination
o https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/dianne-feinstein-lindsey-graham-hug/507-1fd5c4b7-712f-4211-b6c1-0284cf52abe0
· Kamala Harris COVID
o https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kamala-harris-suspends-travel-campaign-test-positive-covid/story?id=73631022
- VP Debate
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaaJ3CxEnCY
- Trump Says He'd Sign Stand-Alone Stimulus Check Bill Immediately
- https://www.brproud.com/washington/washington-dc/president-trump-says-hed-sign-stand-alone-stimulus-check-bill-immediately/
- Nuclear Power - what are the Risks
- https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/wbhjdd/nuclear-power-what-are-the-risks
- Top 10 Countries on Nuclear Power
- https://www.seeker.com/top-10-countries-on-nuclear-power-1766277742.html
- 12-Year-Old Kid Built a Working Nuclear Reactor
- https://news.yahoo.com/12-old-kid-built-working-150400084.html
- US Debt Year by Year
- https://www.thestreet.com/politics/national-debt-year-by-year-14876008
- Presidential Debate
- https://youtu.be/wW1lY5jFNcQ
- Live Updates to Trump's COVID Diagnosis
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/2020-10-03-trump-covid-n1241952
- Nancy Pelosi's Interview on NYT "Sway"
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/opinion/sway-kara-swisher-nancy-pelosi.html
- House passes $2.2 trillion Democratic coronavirus stimulus bill
- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/01/coronavirus-stimulus-update-house-passes-democratic-relief-bill.html
- Breonna Taylor's Motion for Release of Evidence
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nkhxCZkJb7_9wgJuYXBn3acxcC7tOebx/view
- Register to vote & check your registration status
- https://www.headcount.org/
- Research other choices for president
- Green Party
- https://www.gp.org/
- Libertarian Party
- https://www.lp.org/
- Draft Jesse Ventura
- https://peopleforjesse.com
- Officer involved in Breonna Taylor's death charged with wanton endangerment; family's lawyer blasts 'outrageous' decision
- https://news.yahoo.com/grand-jury-indicts-louisville-officers-in-death-of-breonna-taylor-172936380.html
- Breonna Taylor case: Video shows police moments after officer was shot during raid
- https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/breonna-taylor-case-video-shows-police-moments-after-officer-was-shot-during-raid-92571205988
- 7 Ways The Obama Administration Has Accelerated Police Militarization
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obama-police-militarization_n_3566478
- Trum's campaign knocks on a million doors a week. Biden knocks on zero
- https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/04/trump-joe-biden-campaign-door-knockers-391454
- Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Green Party bid for ballot access
- https://www.wisn.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-rejects-green-party-bid-for-ballot-access/34017868#
- What the Federal Reserve’s Latest Move Means for Investors
- https://www.barrons.com/articles/what-the-federal-reserves-latest-move-means-for-investors-51600294247
- President Trump Signs Historic Agreements Marking the 'Dawn of a New Middle East'
- https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/09/15/president-trump-signs-historic-agreements-marking-a-new-dawn-of-peace-n2576234
- Mnuchin and Pelosi no closer on stimulus even as they agree in principle to fund the government
- https://wtop.com/government/2020/09/mnuchin-and-pelosi-no-closer-on-stimulus-even-as-they-agree-in-principle-to-fund-the-government/
- WHISTLEBLOWER REPORTS HIGH NUMBER OF HYSTERECTOMIES AT ICE DETENTION FACILITY
- https://theintercept.com/2020/09/15/hysterectomies-ice-irwin-whistleblower/
- U.S. case against Assange
- https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/515723-the-intercepts-glenn-greenwald-discusses-us-case-against-assange
- 'What he did in 2016 was disgraceful': Pelosi calls on Biden to cancel debates with Trump over president's 'skullduggery'
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/nancy-pelosi-joe-biden-debate-donald-trump-2020-election-a9692061.html
- Key model predicts 400,000 coronavirus deaths in US by January
- https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/515090-key-model-predicts-400000-coronavirus-deaths-in-us-by-january
- 2nd video of Jacob Blake's murder
- https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/08/26/jacob-blake-shooting-second-video-family-attorney-newday-vpx.cnn
- A father and a 26-year-old skateboarder: the protesters killed in Kenosha
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/kenosha-protesters-killed-who-were-they-anthony-huber-joseph-rosenbaum
- Leagues go on Strike
- https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/08/sports-race-nba-boycott-strike-jacob-blake-shooting
The past of Kamala Harris:
- BIPARTISAN THIRST FOR MORE WAR: 75% OF CONGRESS CALLS ON TRUMP TO BOOST INTERVENTION IN SYRIA, TO ‘PRESSURE’ IRAN AND RUSSIA
- https://thegrayzone.com/2019/05/24/bipartisan-war-congress-trump-syria-iran-russia-hezbollah/
- HR 2810 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 - Kamala Harris voted YEA
- https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/23430/61033/120012/national-defense-authorization-act-for-fiscal-year-2018#.XQQgLtNKifQ
- Kamala Harris Hasn’t Denounced Her Support For A Policy That Ruined Young Immigrant Lives
- https://bit.ly/3j1fnVK
- TREASURY NOMINEE STEVE MNUCHIN’S BANK ACCUSED OF “WIDESPREAD MISCONDUCT” IN LEAKED MEMO
- https://theintercept.com/2017/01/03/treasury-nominee-steve-mnuchins-bank-accused-of-widespread-misconduct-in-leaked-memo/
- Harris Was Only 2016 Senate Democratic Candidate to Get Cash From Mnuchin
- https://www.rollcall.com/2017/02/14/harris-was-only-2016-senate-democratic-candidate-to-get-cash-from-mnuchin/
- Big-dollar donors, including Donald Trump, fueled Kamala Harris’ political rise in California
- https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article226975319.html
- KAMALA HARRIS HAS BEEN TOUGH ON BLACK PEOPLE, NOT CRIME
- https://afropunk.com/2019/01/kamala-harris-has-been-tough-on-black-people-not-crime/
- As San Francisco DA, Kamala Harris's Office Stopped Cooperating With Victims of Clergy Abuse
- https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/kamala-harris-san-francisco-catholic-church-child-abuse/
- The Two Faces of Kamala Harris
- https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/kamala-harris-trump-obama-california-attorney-general
- San Fernando Valley man's freedom hangs in appeal before Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- https://www.scpr.org/news/2013/07/31/38460/san-fernando-valley-man-s-freedom-hangs-in-appeal/
Democratic National Convention
- https://www.demconvention.com/
Jesse Ventura
- https://peopleforjesse.com/
People's Convention
- https://peoplesconvention.org/
- Defendant Shall Not Attend Protests”: In Portland, Getting Out of Jail Requires Relinquishing Constitutional Rights
- https://www.propublica.org/article/defendant-shall-not-attend-protests-in-portland-getting-out-of-jail-requires-relinquishing-constitutional-rights
- DHS, Portland strike deal to quell violent protests, remove federal officers
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/29/dhs-portland-strike-deal-quell-violet-protests-rem/
- Unsealed docs say Bill Clinton was on ‘pedophile island’ w/ ‘young girls’ & cite Epstein saying former president ‘owed him favor’
- https://www.rt.com/usa/496711-unsealed-epstein-docs-clinton-fbi/
- Video of a woman who claims to have been raped by Donald Trump in 1994
- https://twitter.com/HKrassenstein/status/1289168810520576002?s=20
- Republican lawmakers are trying to include $30 billion for military projects in the new COVID-19 emergency package
- https://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-coronavirus-bill-military-spending-2020-7?op=1
- SCOOP: Senate GOP Copied & Pasted Cuomo’s Corporate Immunity Law Word-For-Word
- https://sirota.substack.com/p/scoop-senate-gop-copied-and-pasted-25d
- 3 Months Of Hell: U.S. Economy Drops 32.9% In Worst GDP Report Ever
- https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/30/896714437/3-months-of-hell-u-s-economys-worst-quarter-ever
- Bernie Sanders delegates mount convention rebellion over 'Medicare for All'
- https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/27/bernie-supporters-medicare-single-payer-381972
In this episode, Jonathan Smith shares his experience serving and training in the U.S. Navy. He served from 2006 to 2011 in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Facing Cancer
- https://www.newsweek.com/ruth-bader-ginsburg-cancer-1518820
- Federal Officers In Unmarked Vehicles Snatching People Off the Streets in Portland
- https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/federal-officers-are-arresting-people-in-portland
- US Patriot Act
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act
COVID-19 Cases & Deaths by Age
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html
Calculated chance of dying if you get COVID-19 by doing the following:
of deaths / (# of active cases + # of deaths)
Seattle PD Funding
https://www.q13fox.com/news/seattle-city-council-members-vow-to-cut-police-funding-by-50
Bernie & Biden Unity Task Force Recommendations
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/506439-biden-and-sanders-unity-task-force-roll-out-democratic-platform
AWKWORD:
https://www.thisisawkword.com/
Ten for Justice:
https://www.tenforjustice.com/
- Who is Ghislaine Maxwell
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ghislaine-maxwell-arrest-where-was-she-jeffrey-epstein-new-hampshire-fbi-charges-a9598186.html
- Ten for Justice
- https://www.tenforjustice.com/
- Russia Bounties on American Troops
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html
- How the US Funds the Taliban
- https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-us-funds-taliban/
- House Panel Votes to Constrain Afghan Drawdown
- https://thehill.com/policy/defense/505568-house-panel-votes-to-constrain-afghan-drawdown-ask-for-assessment-on
- House Panel Approves $740.5B
- https://thehill.com/policy/defense/505570-house-panel-approves-7405b-defense-policy-bill
- America's Zombie Companies Are Multiplying and Fueling New Risks
- How the Government Measures Unemployment
- Lost Decade (Japan)
- Navy to Punish Fired Captain of USS Theodore Roosevelt
- Coronavirus surges aren't linked to Black Lives Matter protests
- John Bolton's Big Paycheck for his Book May be in Jeopardy
- US COVID Stats
- June 23rd Primaries
- The Demands of the Collective Voices at CHAZ to the Government of Seattle WA
- Black Community Braces for Next Threat: Mass Evictions
- The Protests Come for 'Paw Patrol'
- America is Giving up on Coronavirus - and the Consequences will be Devastating
- Compilation of Maniac Cops Assaulting Women and Peaceful Protesters
- Hong Kong Protest Tactics
- Twitter Fact Check
- Obama Failed Victims of Racism and Police Brutality
- Cory Booker on Biden's 1994 Crime Bill
- 42 Shocking Police Brutality Statistics
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Crime and Criminal Justice in the United States
- COVID-19 Cases in the US
- HEROES Act
- Patriot Act Extension
- DNC Communications Director Interview
- VICE on TV: Bernie Blackout
- Justice Democrats Super PAC
- Cost of Re-Opening the Country
- Bernie and "Our Revolution" Agreeing to Take Billionaire Money
- Trump vs. Biden Issues Poll
Paco & Jonathan discuss the history of the US and Iran conflicts and what the US should do.
Re-Opening the Country
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/16/coronavirus-latest-news/
US GDP to Income Ratio
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt-to-gdp
US Navy Response to COVID19
https://www.bluexred.org/us-navy-pandemic-response.html
Stimulus Payments:
https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here
Snowden: Government, privacy, and Coronavirus
https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/snowden-coronavirus-pandemic-could-lead-to-extended-government-surveillance/
Bernie Sanders vs Democratic Establishment:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/31/bernie-sanders-election-trump-democratic-establishment?fbclid=IwAR2bTNGTqeIIjZDnig9a80pqIcOJU3g2RekW0KORbLRKfz9iVkniVYBCPfI
Bloomberg's Firm Bidding to run Biden's Campaign
https://theintercept.com/2020/04/10/bloomberg-hawkfish-biden-campaign/
VICE Interview with Snowden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5OAjnveyJo
Jonathan & Paco discuss their different views on immigration.
NAS Report: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration:
https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2016/09/new-report-assesses-the-economic-and-fiscal-consequences-of-immigration
Snapshot of US Immigration:
https://www.ncsl.org/research/immigration/snapshot-of-u-s-immigration-2017.aspx
Middle of the week bonus episode to discuss the stimulus package passed by the senate on 3/24/2020.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-in-the-2-trillion-senate-coronavirus-bill-11585185450
While working from home, Jonathan and Paco discuss the many opportunities of the US educational system and what should change.
Free university courses:
https://www.edx.org/
Jonathan & Paco give an update on Coronavirus and then discuss the ever-increasing military spending and what should be done.
CDC on Coronavirus:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Italy Lockdown:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2020/03/09/italy-imposes-nationwide-restrictions-contain-coronavirus/5004545002/
Health Insurance Coverage:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/watch/pence-says-insurance-companies-will-cover-coronavirus-expenses/vp-BB10ZJhV
US Military Budget:
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/military-spending-defense-budget
Afghanistan Papers:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/documents-database/
Israel Lobbying:
https://ifamericansknew.org/us_ints/introlobby.html
Big apologies for the audio quality, we really wanted to get this episode out and didn't get to test audio too much + we are testing new equipment. The issues will be resolved for Friday's episode on "defeating Trump."
Jonathan and Paco provide their take on the Coronavirus outbreak along with some advice on what to do. Definitely don't go buy all the toilet paper.
Sources:
CDC on Coronavirus:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Italy Lockdown:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2020/03/09/italy-imposes-nationwide-restrictions-contain-coronavirus/5004545002/
Health Insurance Coverage:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/watch/pence-says-insurance-companies-will-cover-coronavirus-expenses/vp-BB10ZJhV
Treating symptoms is more profitable (OPINION):
https://healthimpactnews.com/2014/the-cancer-industry-is-too-prosperous-to-allow-a-cure/
Jonathan & Paco continue the conversation around America's healthcare system by providing more data on the topics discussed last week and discussing each other's point of view.
Are we consumers or are we patients:
https://accelerate.uofuhealth.utah.edu/connect/when-are-we-consumers-and-when-are-we-patients
Healthcare is not a right:
https://www.freedomworks.org/content/health-care-not-right-0?fbclid=IwAR1nne6dSBNU_4qFGbCzkLT7LmNkFRwf4a1Ub-OXomCTcjW50aKcW0_zDXk
Bernie's Tax:
https://bernietax.com/
How do you pay for Medicare for All:
https://berniesanders.com/issues/how-does-bernie-pay-his-major-plans/
Only Free Markets Will Save And Strengthen Healthcare:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2018/07/17/only-free-markets-will-save-and-strengthen-healthcare/?fbclid=IwAR3w3u_qJGEHn_xFmgcS_VIUPWeLgnTLd10-Zbs7XQK7AHZ36sklL7Ms1dM#187fc146f122
Jonathan & Paco sit down to discuss the broken healthcare system in America and possible solutions and their implications.
Are we consumers or are we patients:
https://accelerate.uofuhealth.utah.edu/connect/when-are-we-consumers-and-when-are-we-patients
Healthcare is not a right:
https://www.freedomworks.org/content/health-care-not-right-0?fbclid=IwAR1nne6dSBNU_4qFGbCzkLT7LmNkFRwf4a1Ub-OXomCTcjW50aKcW0_zDXk
Bernie's Tax:
https://bernietax.com/
How do you pay for Medicare for All:
https://berniesanders.com/issues/how-does-bernie-pay-his-major-plans/
Only Free Markets Will Save And Strengthen Healthcare:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2018/07/17/only-free-markets-will-save-and-strengthen-healthcare/?fbclid=IwAR3w3u_qJGEHn_xFmgcS_VIUPWeLgnTLd10-Zbs7XQK7AHZ36sklL7Ms1dM#187fc146f122