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-Top court affirms that gay and trans rights are, in fact, civil rights; Gorsuch and Roberts join libs

-SCOTUS also removes impediment to Atlantic Coast Pipeline, saying to hell with the Appalachian Trial; RBG and Breyer join cons.

-Justices also ignore uprising against police violence, decline to revisit qualified immunity doctrine

-In non-SCOTUS news: FDA withdraws its approval for using hydroxychloroquine as treatment for covid-19

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A new edition of Chip Chat. We break down the latest in the nationwide uprising to demand an end to policing.

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-Trump posts conspiracy theory accusing brutalized 75 year old Buffalo activist of faking it, careful with those replies

-Ties between police and property sharpen: Seattle joins Minneapolis in establishing autonomous zone after cops abandon precinct

-Agency weighs extension on eviction moratoriums with state governments allowing people to be tossed out of their homes during a pandemic

-Which P stands for phony? Only six charged for PPP scams thus far

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-Congressional Democrats release “Justice in Policing Act,” which makes little to no attempt to defund the police

-“Our efforts at incremental reform have failed. Period,” Minneapolis City Council President says, announcing veto-proof majority to disband police department

-Coronavirus meat plant infections above 20,000 - report

-Trump issues executive order attempting to gut environmental protections because of unemployment

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Journalist Chip Gibbons joins for another edition of Chip Chat. We discuss the brutal suppression of protests around the country.

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-Trump admin orders police violence for President to post a video on Twitter

-White House gets assist from Democratic Party, 7pm curfew declared by awful neoliberal DC mayor Muriel Bowser

-Coronavirus prison release program has barely helped anyone who isn’t friends with the President

-Treasury official overseeing bailout has $60 million plus invested in junk bond industry getting bailout windfall: ProPublica

-IRS fails to bother trying to collect $20 billion from rich people who simply did not want to pay their taxes

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-FBI “joint terrorism task force” has been unleashed

-Barr, Trump whine about antifascists as cops shoot, kill and maim protestors and target journalists. Can we call it “fascism” yet?

-Covid-19 request takes darker turn amid George Floyd uprisings: Pentagon asks Congress to remove limit on recalling retired soldiers for emergencies

-Brazil entering The Cool Zone? US sends bogus drug amid catastrophic virus response, Bolsonaro’s isolation

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-Democrats are lining up behind Joe Kennedy III, showing how dysfunctional the party is--from the leaders to the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Eoin Higgins joins us to discuss the Massachusetts Senate Primary, featuring Kennedy's cynical challenge of Green New Deal co-sponsor Ed Markey.

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-New data shows decline in enthusiasm for PPP bailouts with unemployment soaring

-Chip Chat prophecy foretold: House to vote on amendment curtailing warrantless searches of browser data

-Exclusive: Exxon Mobil, Sunoco parent were the biggest users of crude oil storage space offered in April by the Trump administration

-SpaceX to give final okay for launch on return to US space flight

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-Senate Dems fail to pass bill stopping warrantless searches on your browser history, but the House could actually come through. Plus, what we can infer about the FBI activities from the Wyden-Daines proposal.

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