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On this episode, we break down the latest primary elections and what that means for those in November. We also discuss the recent FBI search into Trump's documents in Mar-a-Lago and so much more! If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review!  Useful links from the episode:

• Brittany Griner sentenced to nine years for drug charges in Russia
• The Senate passes help for veterans exposed to toxins, after a reversal drew fury
• Senate passes Democrats' sweeping climate, health and tax bill, delivering win for Biden
• FBI raids Mar a Lago
• FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home for classified nuclear weapons documents – report
• trump warrant unsealed
• Gaetz and MTG Are Suddenly in Support of the ‘Defund’ Movement
• Trump world gripped with anger, fear and a host of conspiracies about the FBI search
• Rand Paul suggest FBI planted evidence during search
• The Washington Post reported Thursday that the documents the FBI was searching for were related to nuclear weapons
• Voters in Kansas decide to keep abortion legal in the state, rejecting an amendment
• Ilhan Omar wins close primary race
• Election Denier Kim Crockett Wins Minnesota GOP Secretary Of State Primary

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On this episode, we watch the Wisconsin GOP Gubernatorial Primary Debate so you don't have to. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review!  Useful links from the episode:

• Schumer and Manchin announce deal on budget reconciliation bill
• CHIPS Act
• Six House staffers arrested during sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s office to protest climate change inaction
• PACT Act a casualty of “friendly fire”
• After court ruling, activists push prayer into schools
• Update on Brittney Griner
• 2022 GOP Gubernatorial Primary Debate

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On this episode, we break down the challenges of the United States' current healthcare system and make the argument for why we need universal healthcare. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:

• Republican Josh Hawley fled January 6 rioters – and Twitter ran with it
• Some who think 2020's election was stolen are going door-to-door to audit the results
• These are the 47 House Republicans who voted for a bill protecting marriage equality
• Bill might actually pass through the filibuster in the Senate
• Marco Rubio called it "stupid waste of time" in front of openly gay Senator Tammy Baldwin
• Ted Cruz echoed Clarence Thomas in saying the Supreme Court was wrong in Obergefell decision
• Golden State Warriors star Andrew Wiggins says he regrets getting vaccine so he could play
• Health Care Costs per Person by Country for 2022 Top 10
• 9.2% of Americans do not have health insurance, compared to 0.2% average for the rest of the modern industrialized world 
• Health expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in selected countries in 2020
• Consultations with doctors
• Harvard Magazine article in May-June of 2020 by David Cutler
• Universal Health Care Could Have Saved More Than 330,000 U.S. Lives during COVID
• https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2200536119
• Small-Business Owners’ Views on Health Coverage and Costs
• A 2020 review found that insured patients paid nearly double the rate of Medicare patients across all hospital services
• No other sector of the U.S. economy

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On this episode, we dive deep into the story of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who is currently wrongfully detained in Russia, and what the U.S. government can do about it. We also talk about the latest January 6th Committee hearing, the Biden Administration's awful response to the Dobbs decision, and more! If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:

• Jan. 6 committee shows White House aide described Trump west wing as ‘unhinged’
• Trump’s leadership PAC Save America paid $150,000 in $10k monthly installments to Parscale Strategy LLC, a digital consulting firm from 3/21 to 5/22
• Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General says Secret Service deleted text messages from January 5th and 6th after copies were requested
• Two long weeks: Inside Biden’s struggle to respond to abortion ruling
• White House issues guidance requiring hospitals that receive medicare and medicaid funding to perform medically necessary abortions
• Texas is now suing based on that guidance
• Joe Manchin continues to put his agenda ahead of the country
• Griner's lawyers tell Russian court she was prescribed medical cannabis
• Russians initially floated the name Viktor Bout
• Phoenix Mercury coach says Brittney Griner's detainment would be resolved 'if it was LeBron'

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This week, we take a look at the other recent decisions by the Supreme Court which may have been overshadowed by the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:

• Rachael Wachstein FB Post
• Boris Johnson resigns as UK Prime Minister
• Why Boris Johnson is resigning and how we got to this point
• Conservatives upset that Mandela Barnes criticized founding of US
• Republicans have effectively taken over Wisconsin government
• Court rules that police cannot be sued for violating civil rights when not issuing Miranda rights
• Supreme Court strikes down New York gun law, expanding concealed carry rights
• Court strikes down Maine’s ban on using public funds at religious schools
• Supreme Court says public school officials can pray openly
• OA592: NYT’s ‘The Daily’ Botches SCOTUS Case Coverage
• Native Americans no longer have legal control on their own lands per Supreme Court ruling
• EPA ability to regulate power plant greenhouse gas emissions removed by the same six assholes
• The Supreme Court may be setting the table for GOP state legislatures to overturn election results

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On this week, we break down the heinous decision by the Supreme Court and what that means for people in Wisconsin. We also discuss the latest January 6th hearing. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:

• Mark Meadows’ associate threatened ex-White House aide before her testimony
• Ron Johnson is of course lying about his involvement in the fake elector scheme to overturn the presidential election
• Roe is dead. Now what?

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This week, we continue our discussion on the 13th Amendment and how mass incarceration affects people of color today. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:

• 13th - Movie
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• Ronald Reagan’s Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon
• Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad
• Wisconsin's Mass Incarceration of African American Males: Workforce Challenges for 2013
• US prison workers produce $11bn worth of goods and services a year for pittance

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This week, we commemorate Juneteenth by looking into the history of the 13th Amendment and modern-day slavery in the United States. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:

• Members of White nationalist militia group arrested before rioting at a Pride event
• Senate announces deal on bipartisan gun control bill
• Fox News airs surprisingly positive and well done segment on trans boy and his family
• Kandiss Taylor, the “Jesus, Guns and Babies” candidate for Georgia governor refuses to concede after receiving just 3% of the vote and coming in third in the GOP primary, calling the election rigged and pleading for those who voted for her to send her signed affidavits attesting to their vote.
• GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote
• GOP appointed head of Wisconsin election investigation throws misogynistic tantrum in court
• 13th Amendment to the US constitution
• Sugar Land 95
• Chattahoochee Brick Company
• By the end of the 1870s 95% of the prison population of Southern states were Black

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On this episode, we discuss culture wars, polarization, and the debate surrounding them in academic circles. We also talk about the opening hearing for the January 6th Committee, TP USA telling women to have babies, and more! If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:

• First public hearing is held on the January 6th Capitol Riot
• House Jan. 6 committee holds first of several public hearings on Capitol riot | Day 1
• Republicans Try to Undercut Jan. 6 Committee With Inaccurate Claims
• Trump slams Jan. 6 hearing on his social media platform
• House passes yet another gun reform bill that will not be taken up in the Senate due to Republican opposition
• Mass shooting yesterday, leaving 3 dead and 2 injured in Maryland
• House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy gave an impassioned speech pleading for legislation to be passed to protect exactly 9 people
  • The day after he instructed house Republicans to vote no on 8 gun-safety bills, citing opposition from the NRA and Gun Owners of America 
• “The Cultural War” at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston
• NBC News analysis of data from the American Civil Liberties Union and LGBTQ advocacy group Freedom for All Americans done in March
• Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America
• Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein
• SEVEN OUT OF 10 PEOPLE DON’T KNOW WHAT CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS, US POLL FINDS
• UMASS AMHERST POLL EXAMINES AMERICANS’ VIEWS OF RACE ISSUES INCLUDING CRITICAL RACE THEORY, SYSTEMIC RACISM AND REPARATIONS
• Partisanship, Religion, and Issue Polarization in the United States: A Reassessment
• Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity

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On this episode, we tackle the question about whether billionaires should be legally allowed to exist. We also discuss the recent mass shooting in Tulsa, the recent transgender bathroom ban, the Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial primary, and Trump creating his own streaming service. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:

• Tulsa Mass Shooting
• Oklahoma bans trans kids from using the right bathroom at school
• Wisconsin Republicans refuse to endorse any of the party's 4 candidates for governor
• Donald Trump endorses Tim Michels for Wisconsin governor, inserting himself into competitive GOP primary
• Trump's media company is planning a streaming service featuring 'non-woke' content such as 'shows that embrace the Second Amendment'
• Elon Musk plans to cut 10 percent of Tesla staff because of his 'super bad feeling' about the economy
• Elon Musk tells Tesla workers to return to the office full time or resign
• According to Department of Education data, free college tuition would cost about $79 billion a year
• According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, it would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the United States.
• In 2016, Joel Berg, the CEO of Hunger Free America estimated the cost of ending hunger in America to be $25 billion
• According to an LA Times report in 2015, Musk’s companies Tesla, Solarcity and SpaceX have received over $4.9 billion in government subsidies
• The U.S. Federal government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world.
• The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
• Why stocks soared while America struggled
• Their political influence is just as outsized a