A Slice of News

In this episode I discuss the recent murder of an innocents man in Main by ICE agents and about how they've created a cloud of fear where immigrants risk being murdered in the streets for no crime at all, or sometimes simply being in the wrong place and looking "illegal", whether armed ICE agents have become the modern day gunslinger who feels justified in striking down anyone in the street in the name of "law and order"...

In this episode I discuss the ongoing absence of long serving Senator Mitch McConnell following a possible serious health even back in June and the possibility he may not have survived it, leading members of his party to try to cover up the reality of his condition by claiming they've spoken to him in an effort to keep his seat from possibly being filled by special election before the midterms...

In this episode I discuss a recent survey that showed nearly half the respondents could not say what the July 4th festivities actually commemorated and only 60% actually knew what country the colonies declared independence from, a troubling statistic and one that really calls into question our education system but also how one can feel patriotic about one's nation while remaining so ignorant about it's own history...

In this episode I discuss the recent ruling by the US Supreme Court that struck down the President's Executive Order to end birthright citizenship as unconstitutional and affirming that the 14th Amendment guarantees US citizenship to any child born in the United States, whether the President and his fellow conservatives like it or not...

In this episode I discuss the recent statement by the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service that he will direct the USPS to not deliver mail in ballots in states that refuse to comply with the President's demand that they give him a list of their absentee voters, a blatant attempt to affect the outcome of elections by an organization that by it's nature is supposed to be politically neutral...

In this episode I discuss the recent announcement by prominent conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that he is now "done" with the Republican Party and will no longer support it, what his motivations for publicly leaving the Party may be and what the future may hold for him

In this episode I discuss the currently green algae filled water of the reflecting pool that are that color despite a recent $14 million renovation by the President at was supposed to leave it looking "American Flag blue" instead of looking like a large bowl of lime Jello-O like it does now, why they are green in the first place and how blaming previous Administrations for it simply isn't valid...

In this episode I discuss the latest threats and attempts by the current administration to get the SAVE America Act passed, despite the fact it is blatant voter suppression aimed at trying to keep Republicans in power and the fact they have to resort to alternative means to get it through since they simply do not have the vote to do it the "right" way...

In this episode I discuss the elimination of reality TV personality Spencer Pratt from the race to become Los Angeles' next mayor, the insinuations from the right that there was something "suspicious" about an inexperienced Republican candidate losing in a majority Democrat major city, and how that election denialism mindset will be something that may need watching going into the mid-term elections and beyond...

In this episode I discuss the removal of the Trump name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, both physically from the front of the building and off of the branding for the center, how it should never have been there in the first place, and how it coming off at long last is possibly a good sign for the future