New Tuesday, new episode! This week in Asian American politics:

- The Supreme Court is deciding whether to get rid of affirmative action or not and it's the one of the few times where almost all Asian people have an opinion on something related to politics

- LA Chinatown slumlord Don Toy seeks to profit from abusing Asian elders by selling Cathay Manor, one of the last low-income apartment units in Chinatown.

- Boba Guys record employee audio without consent and use it to fire them

- Elon Musk buys Twitter. Everyone, it's time to go to Tumblr. 

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This week in Asian American politics:

- The UK gets its first South Asian multimillionaire conservative Prime Minister! Woohoo?

- American Samoans' birthright citizenship case doesn't even get considered by the Supreme Court. What happened to taxation without representation?

- A worker dies on the job at Paris Baguette and in classic capitalist fashion, workers are asked to work the next day, leading to a boycott of the popular South Korean bakery chain.

- Orange County gets a new district that brings together several Asian communities in a once-in-a-decade opportunity, with two Asian American candidates. Unfortunately, all that happens is one of them calls the other Communist, and the other keeps talking about how he served in the Army.

- The Supreme Court might get rid of affirmative action real soon, and if so, buckle up Asian America!

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This week in Asian America politics!

- Lots of nail salon workers in America are Asian, and this week we talk about how their reproductive health is heavily harmed by the chemicals they work with for 8+ hours a day. In NYC, there are new regulations requiring better ventilation starting this year, but for many workers it's too late.

- Shein is the Thanos of worker violations. In a new piece by the Cut, journalists cover the intense conditions of Shein workers. Will this be enough to stop Gen Z's love for fast fashion?

- BTS' 2-year hiatus. Members of the K-pop boyband have to do South Korea's mandatory military service because.. geopolitics. 

- Hollywood pioneer Anna May Wong is on the quarter. Is this the U.S. government's way of trying to placate East Asians in America after the last few years of anti-Asian violence?

- In NY, the Attorney General Leticia James is calling on a ban on online homicide videos after the shooting in Buffalo, NY earlier in the year. Will this stop all those aspiring shooters on 4chan?

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This week in Asian American politics:

- Trump is subpoena'd by the Jan 6th. committee. Elaine Chao finally believes in democracy once rioters take over the capital. Will Trump finally go to prison, or is his plot armor too strong?

- U.S. bans all new Huawei devices, proving they can tell Asian (devices) apart.

- Seattle cancels plans to expand a 270-bed shelter in Sodo, just south of the Chinatown International District. Will they use this money to build some affordable permanent housing now for Kings County residents?

- There's a nation-wide Adderall shortage and the company that makes the most Adderall for America is deep in shady shit.

- NYC delivery workers finally get the bare minimum: a resting and charging hub they can stay at in between orders.

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This week in Asian American Politics!

- Constance Wu is back online and shares stories of how not all skinfolk are kinfolk, even in the entertainment industry. 

- Coastal cities in Southeast Asia are sinking faster from rising sea levels compared to other metropolitan cities due to differences in soil composition. Are we gonna get climate change reparations for smaller countries suffering the most from larger countries'

- Democrats in El Paso are sending more migrants to New York City than Republicans. Greg Abbott is punching the air rn.

- Families are suing YouTube for actively promoting content that radicalizes people. These are families who have lost someone due to white supremacy, ISIS, etc. who argue Youtube should be held accountable because its algorithms were actively recommending more radical videos from QAnon, ISIS, etc. Tech companies are not the "passive" third parties they claim to be,

- Amazon's JFK8 warehouse caught on fire, and Amazon suspended 50 workers who didn't want to get black lung by going back to work immediately after.

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New episode out now! And maybe one of our best? This week in Asian American politics:

- You know what they say, third time's a charm for ending Southeast Asian deportation! There's a new bill introduced by Congress Members in California to end deportations for Southeast Asian refugees who fled to America before 2008… which includes many people who came to America because America destroyed their country.

- NY Mag interviews Christina Yuna Lee's Landlord and let's just say we weren't expecting the fight that happened? We share our opinions on Asian Americans and how they view the police and whether they think jails make people better or worse. 

- NY Mag did some great profiles on Asian immigrant nannies who had to deal with Asian hate at home from their abusive Asian host families in addition to Asian hate happening outside in the city. A masterpiece in illustrating how not all skinfolk are kinfolk.

- Seattle's city government proposes a new "mega-shelter" and a light-rail project all in Chinatown, threatening displacement of exiting residents and businesses. If there's one thing to take away from this, it's to stay involved with local politics because city governments will do the most minimal outreach and then acted surprised when you're angry. 

- New programs to teach Cantonese are popping up all over the US and UK as most programs that exist focus on Mandarin! Maybe it's time to feature a sequel to Shang Chi where he learns the Legend of the Nine Tones. (We also didn't know Cantonese has nine tones).

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This week in Asian American politics:

- Like a 40 year old dad who tells everyone he played varsity football, Ohio Senate candidates nostalgically cling to the idea of Ohio being a manufacturing state. Despite Ohio having a large nursing industry that makes up most of its economy, these candidates are stoking anti-China flames to bring back manufacturing and get elected, even if this spells Ohio's economic collapse.

- Many protests start in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini by Iran's "morality police", and as expected, every cringy US politician comes out of the woodwork. 

- Adnan Syed, who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Hae Min Lee, was finally released from prison as prosecutors find new evidence, investigate other suspects, and no longer have enough confidence in their original conviction. Adnan was the subject of the first season of Serial (the podcast), and his case drew national attention to how self-serving attorneys, shady cops, and clunky 1999 technology is a recipe for disaster for accused POC.

- Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrives in the US to rekindle things with Biden and is welcomed by large crowds of protesting Filipinos who want him to pay for the war crimes his father did and the money his father stole.

- NYC plans to install 2 subway cameras in every subway car because reacting and documenting crime is all NYC is good for.

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This Week in Asian American Politics

- Cambodian refugee Sophea Phea, who was deported by ICE 11 years ago, finally returns to the U.S. and is reunited with family.

- "Aesthetic" Asian activists jump on the #StopAsianHate bandwagon for a year and are now trying to solve racism with NFTs. People will think twice about committing hate crimes knowing I have a picture of an ape.

- Columbia University was exposed by its own Math professor of manipulating its data to get higher on US News' college ranking. So much for Ivy Leagues being strict about cheating.

- Almost 100 members of Congress have been doing stock trades with high conflicts of interest i.e. they're on a committee judging a company that they also own a lot of stock in.

- Patagonia billionaire founder gives away his company. Is this our first ethical billionaire?? (No)

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This week in Asian American politics:

- California lawmakers say #ContinueAsianHate and vote to keep the prison-to-ICE deportation pipeline, something that affects many Southeast Asians (see Phoeun You).

- SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins takes California back to the 1990s by being "tough on crime." Her team is reviewing past cases to see if hate crime labels can be applied to them retroactively. Will this actually do anything to solve the root issues leading to crime in SF?

- Two noncontroversial Anti-Asian Hate bills pass in CA, just not the ones actually actively harming Asian peoples' lives (see ICE deportation issue above)

- Kathy Hochul makes masks optional on all public transit in NYC. The only places masks are required now are hospitals and nursing homes. We hate it here!!

- Queen Elizabeth said Cheerio and every colonized person in the world said Finally.

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This week in Asian American Politics:

- Many low-income Asian women live in conservative states where abortion is now illegal, with one of the main states being Texas. Contrary to what Texas says, it's time to mess with Texas so they stop messing with basic rights.

- South Asian Studies programs are being created at more universities. The twist? They're mainly offered at Ivy League$ and there are plenty of white professors teaching it who probably say "chai tea"

- NYC Announces Gun-Free Zones, and we get to see another example of taxpayer money being wasted on big signs that no one reads.

- Starbucks has a new CEO! He's South Asian and very likely a union buster. I can already see the Nextshark article that ignores the second point.

- Oli London finally apologies for trying to be Jimin but also still identifies as Korean?

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