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- Will It Work?? Biden Faces Impeachment Inquiry From House Republicans | The Left Wing 21.5
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he is launching an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, yielding to mounting pressure from former President Donald Trump and his allies in what’s shaping up as an election-year clash between Congress and the White House.
In a statement Tuesday, McCarthy said the House investigations into the Biden family this year have uncovered a “culture of corruption” that demands deeper review.“These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption,” McCarthy said.McCarthy said he will direct the chairmen of the House Judiciary, Oversight and Ways and Means committees to lead the impeachment inquiry. The panels have been working together for months on various probes related to the Biden family and have yet to directly connect the president to any of it.The White House called the effort “extreme politics at its worst.”Related article: https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-congress-oversight-republicans-impeachment-57c5b1b40d19ede4ecf7fde08c027ceeOur Guests For This Week:Little Miss Marxist: https://www.instagram.com/littlemissmarxist/Kes: https://www.tiktok.com/@kes.io*** The video of the episode is attached for all Spotify users ***
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15 min - We need to talk about child prisons... | The Left Wing 20.2
Today, a federal judge has ordered Louisiana officials to stop housing children in the former death row of Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, and to remove them from the location by Sept. 15.
The ruling, which Chief Judge Shelly Dick delivered from the bench, comes after a seven-day hearing in August, in which lawyers for the children and their families put on evidence that the children are routinely held in solitary confinement, deprived of their right to an education, treatment and other rehabilitative services, and have been held in inhumane conditions.Judge Dick found the conditions of confinement at Angola constitute cruel and unusual punishment, and the punitive atmosphere and systemic programming failures violate the 14th Amendment and violate federal law protecting children with disabilities.Related article: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/judge-orders-louisiana-to-remove-children-from-angola-prison-by-september-15Our Guests For This Week:805 Uncensored: https://www.instagram.com/805uncensoredpod/Heather Schmidt: https://www.instagram.com/heather.schmidt.writer/*** The video of the episode is attached for all Spotify users ***Follow - The Left Wing:
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21 min - Will Donald Trump Defeat Joe Biden In 2024? We DEBATE | The Left Wing 19.6
Donald Trump is polling even with President Joe Biden in a likely 2024 rematch, sparking mixed feelings among Democrats 14 months from Election Day. Some are alarmed by the neck-and-neck race, while Biden campaign officials and other allies downplay the recent polls as meaningless this early in the cycle.
But there’s one thing Democratic strategists agree on: An insurrection scheme and a torrent of criminal charges won’t be enough to stop the former president and runaway Republican primary front-runner from returning to the White House.“Despite awaiting trial on 91 felony counts, Trump is a coin flip away from the presidency,” Dan Pfeiffer, a former adviser to President Barack Obama, wrote. “Because of the Electoral College and our highly polarized politics, we should assume that every presidential election will depend on a number of voters smaller than the attendees at a Taylor Swift concert.”Related article: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-trump-tied-polls-rcna103893Independent Thought is joining with Counterpoint Politics, Cocktails and Capitalism & Power Is Taken Not given, to create a brand new show - The Left Wing
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24 min - DO YOU AGREE? ➡️ 75% Of Americans Want Congress & Presidency To Have An Age Limit | The Left Wing
Over three-fourths of Americans think there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey.
Why it matters: The poll comes as attention toward the age of politicians has been in the spotlight after several incidents, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) freezing in front of reporters and ongoing concerns about President Biden's age.By the numbers: 77% of those surveyed said there should be "maximum age limits for elected officials," meaning "after they reach a certain age, they are not permitted to hold office any longer."Related article: https://www.axios.com/2023/09/10/politicians-age-limits-joe-biden-mitch-mcconnellOur Guests For This Week:805 Uncensored: https://www.instagram.com/805uncensoredpod/Heather Schmidt: https://www.instagram.com/heather.schmidt.writer/Independent Thought is joining with Counterpoint Politics, Cocktails and Capitalism & Power Is Taken Not given, to create a brand new show - The Left Wing
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17 min - Is Housing A Human Right? Only 16% Can Afford To Buy A House In California | The Left Wing 17.5
Buying a home in California slipped further out of reach as interest rates climbed and scarce inventory bolstered prices.
Only 16% of households could qualify to purchase a median-priced single-family home in the second quarter, the California Association of Realtors reported Friday. That’s down from 19% in the first quarter and 17% a year earlier.The state faces an affordability crisis that threatens to hamper growth in the economy and population. People and companies have left California, or chosen not to move there, because housing is so much more expensive than in most of the US.Related article: https://fortune.com/2023/08/11/california-home-prices-real-estate-affordability/Our Guests For This Week:CJ (vanguardigan): https://www.tiktok.com/@vanguardiganIndependent Thought is joining with Counterpoint Politics, Cocktails and Capitalism & Power Is Taken Not given, to create a brand new show - The Left Wing
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20 min - Sending U.S. Troops Into Mexico?! Ron DeSantis Calls For Military Action | The Left Wing 17.2
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday reiterated his pledge to send US Special Forces into Mexico to confront drug cartels if he is elected president, saying, “We are going to act.”
Speaking to reporters at Saturday’s first stop of the “Never Back Down” bus tour through Iowa, the Republican presidential hopeful said, “It’s humiliating to see the cartels have that type of control. They are effectively invading our country and killing our people.”The Florida governor first addressed the issue Wednesday night at the GOP presidential debate. When asked whether he would support sending Special Forces into Mexico, DeSantis answered clearly: “Yes, and I will do it on day one.”Related article: https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/26/politics/desantis-special-forces-mexico/index.htmlOur Guests For This Week:CJ (vanguardigan): https://www.tiktok.com/@vanguardiganIndependent Thought is joining with Counterpoint Politics, Cocktails and Capitalism & Power Is Taken Not given, to create a brand new show - The Left Wing
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16 min - Should You Vote 3rd Party In The 2024 General Election? We DEBATE | The Left Wing 14.4
Top Democrats, including those close to Joe Biden, are moving to dull the possibility that not one but two third-party challengers could siphon away critical votes in the upcoming election.
Inside the party, there is bubbling concern of a repeat from what happened seven years ago, when Green Party candidate Jill Stein drew more votes in three critical battleground states than the amount by which Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in those places.Cornel West, a prominent academic and civil rights leader with ties to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), has already launched a bid on the Green Party ticket. As Biden looks to fend off that threat on his left, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has flirted with a presidential run with the group No Labels that Democrats fear could deprive Biden of moderate votes.Related article: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/03/third-party-candidates-trump-biden-00109541Our Guest For This Week:Appodlachia: https://www.instagram.com/appodlachia/Independent Thought is joining with Counterpoint Politics, Cocktails and Capitalism & Power Is Taken Not given, to create a brand new show - The Left Wing
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26 min - Houston Police Fine Volunteers 47 TIMES! City CRIMINALIZES Feeding The Homeless | The Left Wing 14.1
The City of Houston plans to re-file cases involving dismissed citations against volunteers who have provided food for the homeless population near the downtown library.
On Thursday, eight of the cases were dismissed because Houston PD did not show up to court.Randall Kallinen, an attorney who previously helped Food Not Bombs, said the city has an ordinance that prohibits the feeding of more than five people outside unless permission is given by the property owners."This was very unpopular when it was being debated in front of city council," Kallinen said. "However, the law did pass. And that stopped a whole bunch of people, religious groups and so forth, from going downtown and feeding the homeless for example."Related article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/04/texas-volunteers-fined-feeding-homeless-heatOur Guest For This Week:Appodlachia: https://www.instagram.com/appodlachia/Independent Thought is joining with Counterpoint Politics, Cocktails and Capitalism & Power Is Taken Not given, to create a brand new show - The Left Wing
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17 min - What Happens To NIL MONEY? Congress Wants To Regulate COLLEGE FOOTBALL 🏈 | The Left Wing 13.4
Sens. Joe Manchin and Tommy Tuberville introduced a college sports bill Tuesday that would require athletes to disclose how much they money make from name, image and likeness deals, regulate collectives and put restrictions on when players can transfer.
The bipartisan action is the second to come out of the Senate in the last week. Democrats Cory Booker (N.J.) and Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), along with Republican Jerry Moran (Kan.) put forth a draft bill of potential legislation to standardize NIL rules and provide long-term health care for college athletes.Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Tuberville (R-Ala.) have been gathering feedback from college sports stakeholders for months.Related article: https://apnews.com/article/nil-ncaa-manchin-tuberville-0f76f1065e8a6cf075a2590ab06acab0Our Guest For This Week:The Voidcast: https://www.instagram.com/thevoidcastpodcast/Independent Thought is joining with Counterpoint Politics, Cocktails and Capitalism & Power Is Taken Not given, to create a brand new show - The Left Wing
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---Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indethought/support16 min - How Is This LEGAL? Senators Propose BANNING Stock Trades For Congress | The Left Wing 13.3
Members of the U.S. Congress, the president, vice president and senior executive branch officials and their relatives will be banned from trading stocks under bipartisan legislation introduced on Tuesday.
Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said in a brief hallway interview that she and Republican Senator Josh Hawley formally offered the "Ban Stock Trading for Government Officials Act" after unveiling details of the measure earlier this month.It would build on the decade-old Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) law that aims to combat insider trading by members of Congress and their employees.The new bill would not make any exceptions for officials' trading in blind trusts and would impose penalties of varying degrees on members of Congress and executive branch officials.Related article: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/senators-propose-banning-stock-trades-us-congress-president-2023-07-25/Our Guest For This Week:The Voidcast: https://www.instagram.com/thevoidcastpodcast/Independent Thought is joining with Counterpoint Politics, Cocktails and Capitalism & Power Is Taken Not given, to create a brand new show - The Left Wing
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Independent Thought is a podcast hosted by Desmond Price. The podcast covers current political events, life events, & everything in between. If you’re looking for a way to drown out the monotony,…
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