The federal prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Bill Barr to review unmasking requests by Obama Administration officials has completed his work and found no substantive wrongdoing. U.S. Attorney John Bash provided no criminal charges, no public report, and also left the department just last week. Matt Zapotosky, reporter at the Washington Post, joins us for what we know about the unmasking probe.

Next, the gig economy is on the ballot this year, at least in California, and it is shaping up to be the most expensive ballot proposition ever. Prop 22 will decide whether gig economy companies can classify workers as employees or independent contractors. The spending on this is huge with gig economy companies shelling out $184 million to help pass it and just $10 million for the opposition. Kia Kokalitcheva, tech and business reporter at Axios, joins us for more.

Finally, there was a time early in the pandemic where employers thought they would be relying on rapid response tests to get employees back to work safely. But as we have seen with recent events, testing alone won’t stop the spread of COVID-19. These tests were not designed to be used this way and is only one part of a full response plan. Aarian Marshall, staff writer at Wired, joins us for how and when tests should be used for returning to work.

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