What A Day

Reparations For Tulsa

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Progressive Representatives in the House led an effort to block a $735 million arms sale to Israel in a demonstration of the shifting political attitu...

The Crisis On The Ground In Gaza

19 May 2021

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Airstrikes have exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, with numerous vital resources damaged or destroyed. We spoke with Inès Abdel Razek, advo...

SCOTUS v. Roe v. Wade

18 May 2021

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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that directly challenges Roe v. Wade, which deals with a 2018 Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15...

What To Know About The New CDC Guidance with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

17 May 2021

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Since the Centers for Disease Control announced their new relaxed guidance for mask-wearing for vaccinated people, there have been numerous questions ...

All That Glitters Is Not Golden Globes

14 May 2021

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The Center for Disease Control announced revised mask guidelines yesterday, stating that people who are fully vaccinated can safely go maskless and st...

Broken Link In The Cheney

13 May 2021

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Congresswoman Liz Cheney was ousted from the House GOP leadership, yesterday, over a failure to pretend that Donald Trump won the election he lost by ...

Reporting On The Crisis In India with Niha Masih

12 May 2021

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The coronavirus crisis in India continues to escalate, with the World Health Organization warning of a potentially more transmissible variant and the ...

Israel's Attacks On Gaza

11 May 2021

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Israel carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip, last night, leading to the deaths of at least 20 people. This was in response to rockets launched by...

Waive Of Vaccination with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

10 May 2021

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With more and more Americans becoming fully vaccinated against COVID-19, officials have signaled a willingness to revise mask wearing rules again for ...

The Union Makes U.S. Strong with Sara Nelson

06 May 2021

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Tomorrow, the National Labor Relations Board is set to hold a hearing into the failed unionization vote of workers at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer...

Who's Afraid Of Critical Race Theory

05 May 2021

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After delivering on his promise of 200 million shots in 100 days, President Biden has set a new vaccine target: that 70 percent of the adult populatio...

Vaccine But Not Herd Immunity

04 May 2021

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Four mothers who had been separated from their children at the border by the Trump administration will finally be reunited with them this week, accord...

Pharm-Accountability In The Opioid Crisis

03 May 2021

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The COVID crisis in India is getting worse by most metrics, with Saturday marking another daily record of new cases. In the U.S., Oregon is emerging a...

The Fall Of Menthol

30 Apr 2021

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The pandemic continues to spiral out of control in India, with the country recently topping 200,000 deaths by the official count. The initial flights ...

100 Days Of Biden

29 Apr 2021

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President Biden gave his first address to Congress last night, themed largely around moving America out of the most difficult stage of the pandemic an...

CDC What Happens Next

28 Apr 2021

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The CDC issued new guidance yesterday that fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks outdoors unless they’re gathering in a large crowd, an...

Make It Make Census

27 Apr 2021

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The results of the 2020 Census were released yesterday, and they showed that over the past decade, the U.S. population grew by the slowest pace since ...

J&J It Again, Sam

26 Apr 2021

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The CDC and the FDA have lifted their recommended pause on the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine, and added a warning label about the very, very rare ...

Emission Critical

23 Apr 2021

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President Biden and 40 heads of state met for the first day of a virtual climate summit, yesterday, and he pledged to cut America’s greenhouse gases...

What's Next For American Policing

22 Apr 2021

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Derek Chauvin has been found guilty, but it's painfully obvious that the issue of police brutality is bigger than the conviction of one officer for mu...

Chauvin Guilty On All Charges

21 Apr 2021

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Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd, yesterday, and now faces up to 40 years in prison. The ver...

Amazon The Defensive

20 Apr 2021

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President Biden held bipartisan meetings yesterday to find some middle ground for his massive infrastructure bill. On the left, AOC and Bernie Sanders...

Gun Violence Continued

19 Apr 2021

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It was another tragic weekend in the midst of our national epidemic of gun violence, with mass shootings taking place in Wisconsin, Texas, Nebraska, a...

One Vax Fits Most

16 Apr 2021

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Only a handful of blood-clotting cases have been reported among recipients of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, but it's predominantly women who have d...

Charges For Daunte Wright's Killer

15 Apr 2021

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A CDC committee voted yesterday to keep the pause going on the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, at least until it meets again. Temporari...

Johnson & Pausin'

14 Apr 2021

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Federal health officials recommended a pause on giving out the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, yesterday, after they reported that six women experienced ra...

Justice For Daunte Wright

13 Apr 2021

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A police officer shot and killed 20-year-old unarmed Black man Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb this Sunday, just a few miles from where former M...

The Current State Of COVID with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Most adults in America can soon sign up for a vaccine, but we're faced with a new set of COVID-related questions on vaccine passports, virus variants,...

Two Months Of Protest In Myanmar

09 Apr 2021

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It's been over two months since the military first seized control of Myanmar. The coup was met with a massive protest movement in the streets, in work...

Atlanta Is For Voters

08 Apr 2021

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The CDC is continuing to warn about new, more infectious variants of the coronavirus in the US, and is tracking potential spread in daycare centers an...

Senate Parliamentarian Funkadelic

07 Apr 2021

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Senate Democrats got the green light to pass more bills with a simple majority vote. On Monday, the Senate’s parliamentarian ruled that the Dems can...

Read My Lips: Corporate Taxes

06 Apr 2021

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The Biden administration is trying to get corporations to pay their fair share of taxes in order to fund a new jobs and infrastructure package. Yester...

Vaccine Passport To Adventure

05 Apr 2021

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The MLB is officially moving the All-Star Game out of Georgia after Republicans in the state passed a restrictive voting law. Georgia Governor Brian K...

America, Online

02 Apr 2021

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As Biden works to sell his infrastructure plan, we take a look at the money he’s proposing for high-speed internet and what it could do to address e...

Corporate Slacktivism In Georgia

01 Apr 2021

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Journalists got a tour this week of a detention facility in Texas housing migrants — the first time the media have gotten access to one since Biden ...

OK Ladies, Now Let's Get Infrastructure

31 Mar 2021

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President Biden is in Pittsburgh, today, to unveil a new infrastructure plan that would invest trillions in the country’s roads, bridges, affordable...

The State Of Voter Suppression

30 Mar 2021

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Florida is following Georgia’s lead by moving forward on a bill that makes it harder to vote. It’s part of a broader and coordinated effort to rol...

OK Folks, Plateau's Over

29 Mar 2021

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The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is set to begin today with opening statements. We explain what to expect and highlight ne...

Gender Disparities in College Sports (Takeline preview!)

28 Mar 2021

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In the new Crooked podcast Takeline, hosts Jason Concepcion and Renee Montgomery discuss the recent viral tweet by an Oregon Ducks women’s basketbal...

Biden Said Shots, Make It A Double

26 Mar 2021

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Biden held the first press conference of his presidency, yesterday, discussing the state of the nation’s vaccination effort, his views on the filibu...

Standing Up For Sex Workers

25 Mar 2021

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In light of the Georgia shooter's claim that his attack was intended to "eliminate" "temptations," activists have talked about the killings in the con...

Colorado Mourns Again

24 Mar 2021

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Boulder police have identified a suspect in Monday’s deadly shooting in Colorado, which killed 10 people. President Biden addressed the nation and c...

Divine Secrets Of The DC Statehood

23 Mar 2021

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The AstraZeneca vaccine was shown to completely prevent serious cases of COVID in a US clinical trial. We dig into the efficacy data on it, and what i...

The Sunshine State Of Emergency

22 Mar 2021

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Thousands gathered in Georgia and other cities across the country for #StopAsianHate protests over the weekend, calling for solidarity and an end to h...

Ad AstraZeneca

19 Mar 2021

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European countries including Germany, France, Italy, and Spain will resume using the AstraZeneca vaccine as early as today or next week. This comes th...

Biden At The Border

18 Mar 2021

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A White gunman attacked three spas in the Atlanta area on Tuesday killing eight people including six women of Asian descent. The shootings happened in...

Shots For Tots

17 Mar 2021

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Nearly 10,000 children seeking asylum have arrived to the United States southern border since February, and a lack of shelter space has led many of th...

Vax on Pause

16 Mar 2021

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Italy, Germany, France and several other countries in Europe are halting use of Astrazeneca’s coronavirus vaccine amid concerns over side effects in...

Cuom Alone 2: Lost In New York

15 Mar 2021

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Covid cases continue to decline, though at a much slower rate than in January. That leveling off, plus the continued threat of variants has public hea...

Respect Trans Existence Or Expect Resistance

12 Mar 2021

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President Biden said last night that he wants states to make all US adults eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by May 1st. In the coming days, he and VP...

Giving Vax And Taking Names

11 Mar 2021

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Today marks one year since the World Health Organization officially called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. The US vaccination effort offers a gli...

Fight For Your Right To Organize

10 Mar 2021

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The House passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act on Tuesday, a bill that’s been called the biggest expansion of labor rights since the New ...

Our House Is A Very Very Very Vaxxed House

09 Mar 2021

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The CDC said fully vaccinated Americans can safely gather indoors together, and laid out other guidelines for our current stage of the pandemic. The d...

Coming To The American Rescue

08 Mar 2021

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Senate Democrats passed the $1.9 trillion economic relief bill on Saturday, without any support from Republicans. The final bill pared back some eleme...

UBI Feel It Coming

05 Mar 2021

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Republican governors in West Virginia and Alabama have continued to advise wearing masks, bucking the trend of governors in Mississippi and Texas who ...

The Trial Of Derek Chauvin

04 Mar 2021

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Jury selection begins next week for the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on George Floyd’s neck and killed him la...

It's Gonna Be May

03 Mar 2021

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Biden is now saying that we'll have enough vaccine doses for every American by the end of May, instead of July. Meanwhile, states like Texas and Missi...

Read My Lips: More Billionaire Taxes

02 Mar 2021

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The coronavirus relief bill moves to the Senate this week. A group of progressive House Democrats are continuing to push for a minimum wage increase i...

GO—And I Cannot Suppress This Enough—P

01 Mar 2021

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The US vaccination campaign is accelerating, with the country hitting over 2 million doses a day last Friday and Saturday. Following a plunge in new c...

Minimum Wage, Maximum Rage

26 Feb 2021

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The House is expected to pass its COVID relief bill as soon as today, but there's still a question of what happens when the bill gets to the Senate. Y...

Vaccinate K-8

25 Feb 2021

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The FDA put out analyses yesterday showing that Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine is highly effective, setting the stage for its approval as ear...

Capitol Insecurity

24 Feb 2021

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Former Capitol security officials appeared before the Senate yesterday, citing communications failures for their inadequate response to the January 6t...

The Return Of The Tax Returns

23 Feb 2021

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The Supreme Court threw out the final Trump lawsuit challenging the results of the 2020 election, and also paved the way for Trump’s taxes to be dis...

Shock Me Like An Electric Bill

22 Feb 2021

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The US is approaching 500,000 deaths from Covid-19. But there is good news, too: New studies suggest that the vaccines might prevent transmission, and...

Making Black History

19 Feb 2021

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Black Americans still frequently have to break barriers to become elected, appointed, or hired to do a thing. We spoke to people who have become the '...

Amazon The Wrong Side Of The Law

18 Feb 2021

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Over two million Texans are still without power, and there’s a new storm on the way that’s expected to prolong the icy conditions. Oregon, Tenness...

Keep Austin Warm

17 Feb 2021

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President Biden was in Wisconsin yesterday on his first official trip since taking office making the pitch for his $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. Th...

It's The End Of Impeachment As We Know It

16 Feb 2021

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Donald Trump’s second annual impeachment trial is over, after a vote of 57 to 43 led to his acquittal. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced yesterda...

V Is For Vaccine with Dr. Anthony Fauci

12 Feb 2021

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President Biden announced yesterday that the US will have enough doses to vaccinate all Americans by the end of July. We talk to Dr. Anthony Fauci abo...

Second Mask's The Charm

11 Feb 2021

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The House Impeachment managers began to make their case against Trump yesterday, showing graphic and never-before-seen video footage that illustrated ...

If At First You Don't Succeed, Trial, Trial Again

10 Feb 2021

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The second impeachment trial began yesterday, with Senators voting 56 to 44 to uphold the trial as constitutional and move forward. House managers pre...

There Goes My Hero Pay

09 Feb 2021

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Trump’s Senate impeachment trial begins today. Trump’s team continues to argue that the trial itself is unconstitutional… that’s what they’l...

No Child Tax Credit Left Behind

08 Feb 2021

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Coronavirus cases in the US are in decline from last month, and the daily speed of vaccinations has picked up. But concerns over variants continue. A ...

MTG Get Off The Air

05 Feb 2021

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The House voted to strip Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments for spreading conspiracy theories and endorsing vio...

Which Side Are You Amazon?

04 Feb 2021

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Amazon faces its first unionization vote in the country in seven years next week in Bessemer, Alabama, and if the workers decide to unionize, it could...

Get In Loser, We're Doing Budget Reconciliation

03 Feb 2021

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Trump’s second impeachment trial starts next week in the Senate, and yesterday we got a preview of the arguments both sides will be making. We go th...

The Needle And The Doses Done

02 Feb 2021

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The daily pace of vaccinations is picking up, with some states working faster than others. We talk about states that have given the most shots per cap...

Less Talkie, More Stimmy

01 Feb 2021

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A group of Republican Senators are sending Biden a counter-proposal on Covid relief. They want to slash the bill by over a trillion dollars, and limit...

Subreddit And Forget It

29 Jan 2021

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The COVID strain first discovered in South Africa was found in the United States for the first time in the state of South Carolina. This strain is mor...

The Gig Short

28 Jan 2021

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At the Biden team's first public health briefing, officials noted that the number of COVID cases and hospitalizations in the US is on a downward trend...

All In A Hundred Days Work

27 Jan 2021

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Impeachment is moving forward in the Senate despite a Republican effort to dismiss it yesterday, but a conviction next month doesn't seem likely.Meanw...

Life With The Fast Strains

26 Jan 2021

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Pfizer and Moderna say their vaccines may be less effective against a new coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa. In California, Governo...

Anarchy In The GOP

25 Jan 2021

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The House is expected to send the article of impeachment to the Senate today, with the trial set to begin the week of February 8th. There’s a distin...

Not Throwing Away My Shot

22 Jan 2021

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Biden released a 200-page national plan yesterday to centralize the COVID response effort, along with a flurry of executive orders and directives targ...

Malarkey: Eliminated

21 Jan 2021

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Yesterday was inauguration day, which saw President Biden give his first speech as president on themes of unity, the division in our country, and a ne...

Hello, Goodbiden

20 Jan 2021

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Trump leaves office today after four years of hellish incompetence. We reflect on the challenges President Biden and Vice-President Harris will inheri...

Executive Order Up

19 Jan 2021

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Over the weekend, Biden’s team announced the president-elect’s agenda for the first ten days of his term, plus a dozen or so executive actions Bid...

Meet Joe Bill

15 Jan 2021

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Biden unveiled his proposal for a $1.9 trillion COVID rescue package yesterday, which includes $1,400 stimulus checks, an increase in federal unemploy...

Impeachment's Back, Alright!

14 Jan 2021

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The House voted to impeach Donald Trump for the second time yesterday, making him the first president to be impeached twice. Soon-to-be minority leade...

Sedition: Possible

13 Jan 2021

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The House is planning to vote on impeachment today. Democrats and some number of Republicans are expected to support it, like Wyoming Representative L...

It's The Companies You Keep

12 Jan 2021

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The business community is responding to the siege on the Capitol by suspending contributions to lawmakers who didn’t vote to certify the election re...

Raid To Recovery with Rep. Mondaire Jones

11 Jan 2021

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This week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will try to pass a resolution to get Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, and if he doesn...

Pleading The 25th

08 Jan 2021

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After Trump incited an attack on the nation’s Capitol, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi want Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove the Presiden...

Coup And A Half Man

07 Jan 2021

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Violent mobs broke into the nation’s Capitol yesterday in a failed coup attempt, which was incited and encouraged by President Trump and many other ...

Glory Be To Georgia

06 Jan 2021

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Votes are coming in from the Georgia runoff elections, with the results generally looking positive for Democrats… but we’re still waiting on the f...

Mask On, Run Off with Senator Ed Markey

05 Jan 2021

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Today's Senate runoffs in Georgia will determine control of Congress, the future of economic relief, and the country’s response to existential threa...

Can You Hear The Donald Ring?

04 Jan 2021

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In a leaked phone call from this weekend, Trump used every line he could to pressure Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger to overturn the sta...

Introducing 'Gaining Ground: The New Georgia'

22 Dec 2020

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The future of our democracy hinges on the outcome of two Senate races in Georgia, a state that shocked the nation by flipping for the first time in ne...

WAD A Year

18 Dec 2020

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Congressional leaders are putting together the final pieces of an emerging deal on COVID relief, but the negotiations could continue into the weekend....

NCAA It Forward

17 Dec 2020

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Congressional leaders think they could pass a roughly $900 billion stimulus bill by the end of the week, which might include direct payments, but won'...