Pat welcomes Sarah Posner, a reporting Fellow with Type Investigations.

Her  investigative reporting and analysis on the religious right in Republican politics has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New Republic, Vice, HuffPost, Reveal, The Nation, Mother Jones, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The American Prospect, Talking Points Memo, and many other publications. She is a widely cited expert and frequent commentator on religion and politics.

https://www.sarahposner.com/

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Nikki Medoro features two new adorable pups ready for their new forever home in her new weekly feature, KGO's Rescue D-O-G !

Meet Sammy and Naga, who are currently at the San Francisco SPCA, waiting to find their owner. 

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A new Johns Hopkins University study finds that schools with more surveillance and security measures have lower math test scores and lower college attendance.  The Morning Show with Nikki Medoro discusses some of the reasons that might explain this negative correlation, including the more oppressive measures making students feel like suspects instead of supported learners.

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Governor Gavin Newsom is set to sign a bill that will make it easier to hunt more wild boars, an invasive species, in California as they are causing thousands of dollars of damage to residents' properties, and the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro talks with the reality of hunting wild game in your communities.

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The American political system relies on private donations from corporations and individuals, and the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro discusses if it's possible for government officials to do their jobs impartially when they rely on private donations. Also, tax revenue from downtown San Jose businesses is down almost 40% even though the rest of the city is fine post-pandemic...what is keeping people away from downtown San Jose?

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Listen to Thursday's complete podcast of The Mark Thompson Show.

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ABC Washington Correspondent Justin Finch joins the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro to talk about the House of Representatives passing a bipartisan bill to prevent presidents from trying to overturn election results. Also, actor Matthew McConaughey spoke to SF's Dreamforce crowd yesterday and suggested he might run for President someday...are celebrities without political experience effective bureaucrats?

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