44 - Here's to 2019

It's a new year, and Jaye ushers in 2019 with thoughts on the government shutdown, advice for the Democratic Party regarding the 2020 presidential election, and a read on Vice President Mike Pence. What makes Pence worse than Trump, and why would a Pence presidency be worse for the United States than Trump remaining in office? Twitter: @potstirrercast IG: @potstirrerpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potstirrerpodcast/ Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com Flying Machine: http://flyingmachine.network Flying Machine Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/flyingmachine Citations: Bruni, Frank. 2018. “Mike Pence, Holy Terror.” The New York Times. July 28. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/mike-pence-holy-terror.html Cain, Aine. 2018. “Inside the Trump-Endorse Marriage of Mike Pence, Who Calls His Wife ‘Mother’ and Refuses to Dine With Other Women.” Business Insider. February 22. https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-pence-marriage-wife-karen-2017-10 Cross, Lauren. 2017. “Pence Rejects East Chicago’s Request for Emergency Declaration.” The Times of Northwest Indiana. January 18. https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/pence-rejects-east-chicago-s-request-for-emergency-declaration/article_f11de049-2f52-5551-8d44-03f094f3742e.html Cross, Lauren. 2018. “HUD: East Chicago Disregarded HUD Policies, Failed to Evaluate, Remove Contamination for Housing Projects in Superfund Site.” The Times of Northwest Indiana. January 22. http://interactive.wbez.org/curiouscity/east-chicago/ D’Antonio, Michael, and Peter Eisner. 2018. The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence. New York: St. Martin’s Press. Ewing, Walter, Martinez, Daniel E., and Ruben G. Rumbaut. 2015. “The Criminalization of Immigration in the United States.” American Immigration Council. July 13. https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/criminalization-immigration-united-states Green, Lloyd. 2018. “Mike Pence: Power, Religion and America’s ‘Shadow President.’” The Guardian. August 28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g90YK0tSW38 Kaltwasser, Jared. 2018. “Early Intervention Could Have Prevented Indiana’s HIV Outbreak.” MD Magazine. September 27. https://www.mdmag.com/medical-news/intervention-could-have-prevented-indianas-hiv-outbreak “Lead Poisoning.” Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health/lead-poisoning “Lead Poisoning and Health.” World Health Organization. August 23, 2018. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lead-poisoning-and-health Mahler, Jonathan, and Dirk Johnson. 2016. “Mike Pence’s Journey: Catholic Democrat to Evangelical Republican.” The New York Times. July 20. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/mike-pence-holy-terror.html Mayer, Jane. 2017. “The Danger of President Pence.” The New Yorker. October 23. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/23/the-danger-of-president-pence Morlin, Bill. 2018. “Study Shows Two-Thirds of US Terrorism Tied to Right-Wing Extremists.” Southern Poverty Law Center. September 12. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/12/study-shows-two-thirds-us-terrorism-tied-right-wing-extremists Nowrasteh, Alex. 2015. “Immigration and Crime – What the Research Says.” Cato Institute. July 14. https://www.cato.org/blog/immigration-crime-what-research-says Salas-Wright, Christopher P., Vaughn, Michael G., Schwartz, Seth J., and David Cordova. 2016. “An ‘Immigrant Paradox’ for Adolescent Externalizing Behavior? Evidence from a National Sample.” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. January, 51:1, pp. 27-37. Stack, Liam. 2016. “Mike Pence and ‘Conversion Therapy’: A History.” The New York Times. November 30. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/mike-pence-holy-terror.html Stark, Kevin. 2018. “How Pollution Seeped Into the Lives of East Chicago Residents.” WBEZ 91.5 Chicago. June 17. http://interactive.wbez.org/curiouscity/east-chicago/ Thrasher, Steven W. 2018. “Mike Pence is Still to Blame for an HIV Outbreak in Indiana – but for New Reasons.” The Nation. October 4. https://www.thenation.com/article/mike-pence-is-still-to-blame-for-an-hiv-outbreak-in-indiana-but-for-new-reasons/ Twohey, Megan. 2016. “Mike Pence’s Response to HIV Outbreak: Prayer, Then a Change of Heart.” The New York Times. August 7. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/mike-pence-holy-terror.html Walsh, Joan. 2017. “Why Mike Pence is Worse than Donald Trump.” The Nation. August 22. https://www.thenation.com/article/why-mike-pence-is-worse-than-donald-trump/ Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/ Auld Lang Syne (Instrumental Jam) composed by E's Jammy Jams Under the Radar composed by Silent Partner A Darker Heart composed by Audionautix Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Palmetto Moon composed by The 126ers