What A Day

Staffing Season

16 Dec 2020

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Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg was announced as Biden’s nominee for transportation secretary yesterday, and former Michigan governor Jennife...

Stimu-Less And Less

15 Dec 2020

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The first coronavirus vaccines were administered in the US yesterday, and public education efforts also got underway with the HHS and CDC emphasizing ...

Better 538 Than Never

14 Dec 2020

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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 ...

COVID By The Numbers

11 Dec 2020

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The FDA’s advisory panel voted to approve emergency authorization of the Pfizer-BionNTech coronavirus vaccine. Once it’s authorized, which could b...

Zuck The Police

10 Dec 2020

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Facebook is facing two major antitrust lawsuits, one from the Federal Trade Commission and one from nearly every state in the country. The suits argue...

No One's Quick As Gascón

09 Dec 2020

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As vaccinations kick off in the UK, the approval process is moving forward here in the US as well. The FDA now says Pfizer’s vaccine offers protecti...

Crime And Capital Punishment

08 Dec 2020

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A bipartisan relief bill that had some momentum last week hit a snag after two senators said they won’t support the proposal. We explain. Plus, an u...

California, Here We Close

07 Dec 2020

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Biden has reportedly selected California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who led the defense of the Affordable Care Act in the Supreme Court last mon...

Runoff The Jewels

04 Dec 2020

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There’s about a month left to go until the two Senate runoffs in Georgia, with Republican Senators Loeffler and Perdue walking the line of campaign...

God Save The Vaccine

03 Dec 2020

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The UK became the first country to authorize Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine yesterday, with vaccinations expected to begin next week. In the US, the CDC...

Congress This Mess

02 Dec 2020

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Attorney General Bill Barr said what is obvious to everyone, that the Justice Department hasn’t found any election of widespread voter fraud that wo...

Bidenomics 101

01 Dec 2020

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Biden officially announced several top members of his economic team, including his picks to lead the Treasury, White House Council of Economic Adviser...

Pardon Me, Mr. President

30 Nov 2020

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New York City is opening up elementary schools next week after city officials faced heavy criticism for appearing to prioritize economic activities li...

Yes We Michigan with Rep. Rashida Tlaib

20 Nov 2020

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Michigan and Wayne County have repeatedly been targeted in Trump’s attempts to overturn the election results. In particular, he and his supporters h...

Home Is Where The School Is

19 Nov 2020

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Yesterday brought more bad news about the current state of the pandemic, even as we got more good news about ending it in the future. The entire publi...

Airborne In The USA With Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

18 Nov 2020

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The US is in an extremely dangerous period of the pandemic, with cases and hospitalizations at record highs, holidays fast approaching, and little in ...

Midnight Train To The Senate

17 Nov 2020

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Pharmaceutical company Moderna announced yesterday that its vaccine is 94.5% effective, according to early data. This comes after Pfizer's announcemen...

System Of A Lockdown

16 Nov 2020

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The federal government still hasn’t affirmed Biden's victory, blocking him from the White House access he needs to get a handle on the transition an...

Trial and Error

13 Nov 2020

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Joe Biden’s lead has only grown since major networks projected him to win the presidential election last weekend, and despite that, Trump has contin...

Lost In Transition

12 Nov 2020

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The US is still in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of confirmed cases rising by 70 percent in the past two weeks. The CDC put out ...

Exhibit None

11 Nov 2020

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Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo made a bad “joke” yesterday that led many to believe Trump will continue to ignore the election results… which is...

I've Vaccine Enough

10 Nov 2020

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Pfizer says an initial analysis of their vaccine found it was more than 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19. President-elect Joe Biden announc...

Let's Joe Crazy

09 Nov 2020

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The presidential race was called this weekend for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, leading to spontaneous celebrations across the country. Biden and Harri...

Biden Rising

06 Nov 2020

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A significant number of ballots were counted yesterday in states where races have been too close to call, leading to gains for Joe Biden in Pennsylva...

Another Brick In The Blue Wall

05 Nov 2020

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Joe Biden now has the most votes of any presidential candidate in history, and he’s won two more key states in his path to 270 electoral votes: Mich...

No Winner, No Cry

04 Nov 2020

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Yesterday was Election Day, and it ended as we expected it to: without an official call on the presidential race. There wasn’t a Biden landslide lik...

No Sleep Til Votes In

03 Nov 2020

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After four long hard years, we’ve made it to election day… now we just need to make it through the next 24, to 48, to 100-plus hours. We discuss w...

First Vote's The Charm

02 Nov 2020

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Over 93 million people have voted as of Sunday night. More than 8 million of those voters are doing so for the first time, according to the data firm ...

In This COVID Economy?

30 Oct 2020

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Another 5 million people cast ballots yesterday, bringing the vote total to over 80 million so far. We explain two recent Supreme Court decisions ove...

Ballot Cleanser

29 Oct 2020

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COVID-19 numbers are up in the US, with more than 500,000 new cases over the past week. Trouble spots include El Paso, TX, where hospitals are stretch...

I've Got Polls But I'm Not A Pollster

28 Oct 2020

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With less than a week until November 3rd, almost 70 million people have already voted in this election as of last night, which is over half the total ...

I Just Can't Barrett

27 Oct 2020

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Amy Coney Barrett was officially confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, cementing a 6-3 conservative majority on the court. Barrett has not said whethe...

Pence Like Nobody's Watching

26 Oct 2020

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At least 5 aides of Mike Pence including his Chief of Staff have tested positive for Covid-19, but Pence still isn’t going to quarantine. The countr...

A More Muted Presidential Debate

23 Oct 2020

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Last night Biden and Trump faced off in the second and final presidential debate. It was less interrupt-y and the candidates discussed everything from...

Pharma Police

22 Oct 2020

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The DOJ announced an $8.3 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma yesterday for illegally marketing their painkiller Oxycontin. The settlement doesn’t...

OK Google, What's A Monopoly

21 Oct 2020

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The Justice Department filed a major lawsuit against Google saying that the company is illegally trying to maintain its search dominance using anti-co...

Stuck In The Meddle With GRU

20 Oct 2020

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In the final two weeks before November 3rd, Trump has been criticizing his own public health experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci. Meanwhile, Biden and Harr...

Con Census

19 Oct 2020

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In the US, we’re now seeing uncontrolled spread of coronavirus as parts of the country get colder and people prepare to gather for the holidays. On ...

Everything Is Feinstein

16 Oct 2020

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A new study shows eight million people have fallen into poverty since May, when the CARES Act money started running out, but lawmakers in Washington s...

Rotten To The Court

15 Oct 2020

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Amy Coney Barrett appeared for her last day of Senate questioning yesterday and gave more evasive non-responses. Today is the final day of the hearing...

Take On Amy

14 Oct 2020

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Yesterday was day two of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings, when members of the Senate Judiciary Committee got their first public chance to ...

If U Seek Amy Coney Barrett

13 Oct 2020

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Senate hearings began yesterday to consider Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Democrats tried to keep the focus on the Affo...

Vaccine Nation With Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

12 Oct 2020

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Senate confirmation hearings begin today for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's Supreme Court nominee. The president is scheduled to return to the campa...

The Date Debaters

09 Oct 2020

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Thirteen men were charged yesterday in connection to an alleged violent plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. This is unsurprising when y...

Veeping With The Enemy

08 Oct 2020

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Last night was the first and only vice presidential debate, with Senator Kamala Harris and VP Mike Pence facing off. Their conversation covered police...

Keep Calm And Harrison

07 Oct 2020

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Trump said yesterday he won't negotiate with Democrats on another Covid relief before the election. He sent a torrent of other tweets too, all while m...

The West Wheeze

06 Oct 2020

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Trump is now back in the White House after making a Trumpian and very public return, but doctors say he’s still not "out of the woods." Press Secret...

All The President's Meds

05 Oct 2020

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Amidst rosy reports about Trump's condition, we also learned that he received multiple drug treatments over the weekend including dexamethasone, which...

The President Has Covid-19

02 Oct 2020

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In a tweet overnight, President Trump said that he and the first lady had tested positive for the coronavirus. The news comes after a White House aid,...

Take It Espy

01 Oct 2020

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Former Congressman and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy is running for Senate in Mississippi, hoping to be the first Democrat to represent the state...

Presidential Interruption

30 Sep 2020

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The first presidential debate took place in Cleveland last night. It was an extremely bumpy ride, with Trump failing to condemn white supremacy and su...

Performance Enhancing Debates

29 Sep 2020

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Tonight is the first of three debates between Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Trump. The debate will cover six major topics, which include ...

The Art Of The Steal

28 Sep 2020

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The New York Times published a bombshell report on two decades of Trump’s taxes, showing he paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and in 2...

Antitrust Me

25 Sep 2020

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While Trump is casually threatening to be an all out dictator, the economic crisis he continues not to solve continues. New unemployment data show the...

Still No Justice For Breonna Taylor

24 Sep 2020

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Yesterday, the grand jury in Jefferson County, Kentucky announced that only one of the officers who shot at Breonna Taylor would be indicted… and th...

Naked Ballots & Afraid

23 Sep 2020

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America has passed the grim milestone of 200,000 deaths in the COVID-19 crisis, which was made far worse by Trump’s abjectly poor leadership. The FD...

Senate Racing Arizona

22 Sep 2020

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Arizona Senator Martha McSally said she will support a Senate vote when Trump nominates a Supreme Court Justice, but she might not have a chance to pa...

Ruth And Justice

21 Sep 2020

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Supreme Court Justice and gender equality pioneer Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87 on Friday. The immediate response online and elsewh...

As Easy As Phase 1, 2, 3

18 Sep 2020

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Two pharma companies released information about their vaccine trials, including details on their timelines and specific metrics they’ll be using to ...

The Florida Key Demographic

17 Sep 2020

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Concerns about whether the Biden campaign is doing enough to speak to Latinx voters have grown in recent days following polling that suggests weakness...

When Police Pay

16 Sep 2020

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The city of Louisville, Kentucky has come to a $12 million settlement deal with the family of Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by police office...

Let's TikTok Business

15 Sep 2020

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Extreme weather continues in the US, with over 4.5 million acres burned across the West Coast and a Category 2 hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coas...

Fire, Wind & Fire

14 Sep 2020

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Wildfires raged on over the weekend in the West, with millions of acres burned, thousands displaced, and dozens of lives lost. Aside from fighting cli...

Surveilling The Police

11 Sep 2020

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Viral videos of police brutality against Black people have generated outrage, protest, and sustained national attention this year. We talk to Bijan St...

Coming Out Of The Woodward

10 Sep 2020

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Recorded interviews of Donald Trump by Bob Woodward show he understood the threat of coronavirus in February, while he insisted in public it would “...

One Simple Trick To Slim Down Your Relief Bill

09 Sep 2020

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The Rochester, NY police chief and other high ranking officers all resigned or took demotions yesterday, following protests over the police killing of...

Here Comes The Sunrise Movement

08 Sep 2020

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College students have returned to campuses, and so has coronavirus. Northeastern University suspended 11 students for partying, and will not refund th...

Vaxxers Without Borders

03 Sep 2020

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Joe Biden will visit Kenosha, Wisconsin later today, where he’ll meet with the family of Jacob Blake. We check in on the continued protests happenin...

Mr. Eviction Freeze

02 Sep 2020

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The CDC and the Health Department are moving to ban evictions through December for people who can’t pay because of the pandemic. New York City cave...

Class Of Covid-19

01 Sep 2020

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Joe Biden spoke in Pennsylvania yesterday, where he condemned violence of any kind at recent protests. Trump spoke at the White House yesterday, where...

Critical Mass

31 Aug 2020

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One man is now dead after a weekend of violence in Portland, Oregon, in which pro-Trump demonstrators drove through the city’s downtown taunting Bla...

The South Yawn

28 Aug 2020

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Trump closed out the RNC last night, with a meandering 70-minute long speech that saw him paint a rosy picture of his administration’s handling of C...

Game Off

27 Aug 2020

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Police arrested 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse yesterday for killing two protestors and injuring a third at demonstrations in Kenosha, Washington agains...

Bleakfast At Tiffany's

26 Aug 2020

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Last night’s Republican National Convention brought more speeches from Trump’s employees and family members, including First Lady Melania Trump, T...

Guilfoyle Salesman

25 Aug 2020

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Protestors gathered for a second night in Kenosha, Wisconsin following the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, who is reportedly still in inte...

Do You Believe In Plasmagic

24 Aug 2020

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The Republican National Convention begins tonight, predominantly featuring speakers who are Trump’s employees or blood relatives. This weekend, Trum...

The Dude Abidens

21 Aug 2020

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Last night was the final night of the DNC, featuring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, former 2020 presidential candidates, and most notably, Joe Biden’s accepta...

Return Of Barack

20 Aug 2020

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Last night was the third night of the Democratic National Convention, featuring marquee speeches from VP pick Senator Kamala Harris and former Preside...

License To Jill

19 Aug 2020

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Last night was the second night of the DNC, featuring beautiful shots of delegates across our gorgeous country, as well as speeches from AOC, activis...

First Lady's Night

18 Aug 2020

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This year’s socially-distanced DNC began last night, with speeches from former First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator Bernie Sanders, and more. Joe Bide...

DeJoy Division

17 Aug 2020

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The DNC was set to begin today in Wisconsin, but instead, it’s beginning in Zooms across America. We talked to Wisconsin Democrats Senator Tammy Bal...

No Post On Trump Days

14 Aug 2020

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This was the first week since March that the number of new unemployment claims in the US fell below one million. Tens of millions remain jobless and ...

Teacher Buffering

13 Aug 2020

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The last time we spoke with Monise Seward, a 6th grade special education teacher in Georgia, it was April and schools had just begun to tackle remote ...

Kamala As You Are

12 Aug 2020

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Senator Kamala Harris was announced as Biden’s VP pick yesterday, which will make her the first black woman and first Asian American to be a on majo...

Justice Democrats League

11 Aug 2020

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Five states hold primaries today, including Minnesota, where Rep. Ilhan Omar is running to keep her seat in Congress. The elections come a week after ...

New Executive Order

10 Aug 2020

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Trump signed a bunch of executive orders and actions over the weekend that he presented as a fix to our economic problems. But the reality is much les...

N-R-Ain't

07 Aug 2020

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New York’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association. AG Letitia James alleges that the NRA has ...

Convention Goes Electric

06 Aug 2020

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Joe Biden is no longer traveling to Milwaukee for the DNC, and neither are other primetime speakers like President Barack Obama. A sized-down RNC will...

It's Been A Minute, Minneapolis

05 Aug 2020

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The Minneapolis City Council voted to disband the Minneapolis Police Department over a month ago, but achieving that goal requires getting a ballot in...

Work From Homeroom

04 Aug 2020

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The school year is officially beginning in some states and there have already been disruptions due to students and staff testing positive for Covid-19...

USPS We Can

03 Aug 2020

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Disruptions and delays to the postal service have prompted concern since so many people are planning to vote by mail this year. We break down what’s...

Can You Veep A Secret

31 Jul 2020

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The Biden campaign says they will announce his VP pick any day now. According to reports, over a dozen women are being vetted — some more seriously ...

I Don't Get No Relief

30 Jul 2020

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Rent is due next week, but we still don’t have a new relief bill to extend federal unemployment assistance and eviction protections. Negotiations ha...

In Tech We Antitrust

29 Jul 2020

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The CEO’s of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet will testify before Congress today in hearings that will examine whether their companies hurt con...

Moderna Medicine

28 Jul 2020

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Pharmaceutical company Moderna entered phase three trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, and plans to test the efficacy of their drug on 30,000 healthy part...

Jobless This Mess

27 Jul 2020

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Florida has now passed New York in total known coronavirus cases, making it the second worst-hit state behind California which is nearly twice its siz...

Landlord Szn

24 Jul 2020

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The federal eviction moratorium from the CARES Act expires today, leaving up to 12 million people vulnerable to eviction if they can’t pay rent. Tru...

Don't Burst My NBA Bubble

23 Jul 2020

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NBA games start next week with just 22 qualifying teams finishing off the season that the pandemic put on hold back in March. We interview Tania Gangu...

Makes No Census

22 Jul 2020

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Trump signed a memo yesterday that aims to omit undocumented immigrants from the census count. It seems like a way for Trump to side-step a Supreme Co...

Season's Briefings

21 Jul 2020

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Trump says he’s bringing back coronavirus briefings starting today. The largest teachers union in Florida is suing Governor Ron DeSantis for using a...