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-Dems won’t use the threat of an October government shutdown to extract concessions from Republicans, even though Republicans are preparing to use such tactics in December

-Pentagon gives absurd justification for bolstering nuclear arsenal

-Report gives “minimum estimate” of 115 head injuries caused by police “less lethal” weaponry during the Uprising for Black Lives

-EPA sued by state governments over methane rule rollback with record temperatures fanning wildfires in the Western US

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Chip Chat is back! Journalist Chip Gibbons joins to talk about events in DC, where Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser is pushing "law and order" in a way that would make even Trump blush.

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-President goes full Facebook Boomer in rant about antifa airplane

-The biggest corporate lobby in the country endorsed 23 House Dems

-Two right-wing parties: Maxine Waters says Republicans want to defund the police

-Death Merchant Mnuchin urges Democratic governors to reopen state economies

-US holdings in Cayman Islands increase by $250 billion last year

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-US reaching new levels of bleakness with the President valorizing reactionary militia chuds in Portland and Kenosha

-Federal eviction moratorium extended until the end of the year, though state moritorums are resuming with dozens of millions at risk

-Finally, one for energy companies: Trump admin proposes “streamlining” oil and gas leases on US Forest Service lands

-House Dems ready subpoenas for Louis DeJoy, among others

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Journalist Chip Gibbons joins for another edition of Chip Chat. Whistleblower Edward Snowden is in the news again. Exactly what would it take to get him back home?

Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris as his VP. On Chip Chat, we explore the McCarthyite smears that may have ruined the chances of another potential VP pick: Rep. Karen Bass.

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-The Senate is stalled on pandemic assistance, while the House isn’t even in session.

-Top government watchdog clashes with Trump appointed pandemic inspector general over jurisdiction

-A study found that more than 900 healthcare workers have died from covid-19, with dozens of deaths linked to PPE shortages

-Companies start to take back oil from the SPR storage space offered by the Trump administration

-Report: DHS privately acknowledged environmental damage by border wall construction, did nothing.

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-With Congress deadlocked, Trump tries to extend emergency programs through executive order. Even if upheld, they might have little impact.

-Six federal inmates have already died from covid-19 this month, ten days into August

-Kodak Switcheroo on hold: $765 million government loan held up over allegations of stock market funny business

-Trump appointees accused by whistleblower of consolidating power within DHS

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On today's show we interview Shana East who was appointed by Bernie Sanders to serve on the 2020 DNC Rules Committee. While most of the attention has been focused on the bad news coming out of the DNC Platform Committee, Shana breaks down the funny business perpetrated by Democrats on the Rules Committee. Follow Shana on Twitter @TheShanaEast

-Washington obsesses over a video sharing app as millions of people lose crucial pandemic unemployment benefits

-Chuck Schumer takes credit for hating Tik-Tok before Trump (again, millions just lost their unemployment during a pandemic)

-Georgia prison’s neglect of ill inmates sparks weekend uprising

-Mass incarceration is a public health hazard: Covid-19 hotspots throughout the United States are clustered around prisons

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