Thank you for tuning in to another episode. What a week!
If there was still any doubt Donald Trump is a traitor, there was another example this week when the New York Times published a story about his being briefed on a Russian military intelligence unit offering Taliban-linked militants bounties for killing foreign soldiers in Afghanistan, including Americans, and doing nothing about it.
Amid the movement the BLM protests are fomenting, statues to confederate generals and colonizers are coming down all over the world.
And this is not making members of the so-called "boogaloo" militias too happy, which is particularly concerning since many of them have infiltrated the U.S. military itching for civil war.
In (dire) climate news, the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet. In fact, the small Siberian town, Verkhoyansk, north of the Arctic Circle, recently reported 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit. What is it normally this time of year? A whopping 68.
In better news, the House of Representatives passed a bill to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state. The question is, will Mitch McConnell even let it get to the Senate floor? Since it would mean giving full representation to a city that votes mostly for Democrats, don't count on it.
Speaking of Republicans. Aren't they always talking about "fraud" and waste with social safety nets? They're always screaming about people blowing their SNAP benefits and financial assistance on frivolity. But what about the wealthy blowing and their tax breaks? They don't spend their government handouts irresponsibly? Thanks to Republican budget cuts and pressure, the IRS has scaled back auditing wealthy tax cheats and ramped-up auditing the poor. Nothing like keeping it fair.
And of course, as the US leads the world in confirmed COVID-19 cases, the Trump administration is interested in testing less. Funding for 13 testing sites, including those in states with spiking cases, will end this month despite experts' warnings against it.
I conclude the show with a timeline Mother Jones magazine published chronicling the coronavirus saga from when Trump was first informed to last month. Prepare to be pissed off.
Stay well, listeners! Thanks for listening.
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