It's National Pretzel Day! Scott Whitley of Wicked Bites talks to us about the best pretzels in the area, where you can get them and what dipping sauces are available.
Up pops the issue again with Charlottesville, Virginia where POTUS Trump once said there were good people on both sides when it came to the protests down there over a year ago and Joe Biden used that in his 2020 announcement video. POTUS Trump has since addressed it again saying he originally answered the question perfectly and now stated that whether you like it or not Robert E. Lee was a great general. He wasn't talking about his moral character, he was strictly talking about him as a general and now the media has run wild. We discuss.
Newton Judge Shelley Joseph is charged with obstruction of justice for allowing an undocumented immigrant who appeared in her court to exit out the back door of the court house to avoid being detained by ICE agents. We discuss!
We bring our special legal expert on, Attorney Brad Bailey to discuss the case going on in Newton with Judge Shelley Joseph and how she is being charged with obstruction of justice for allowing an immigrant to avoid ICE agents by walking out the back door of the court house. He gives his legal advice and breaks down the possibilities.
Today we learn that Waffles & Lightning might be pulling a fast one on their parents...Ayanna Pressley blasts some for invoking fear from a dark day in Boston to distraction from the real issue of unjustly incarcerated "black and brown folks" not being able to vote. Joe Biden finally announces his 2020 run and VB surprisingly applauds him for the way he did it. We play a game with Lightning & then see how many of you would actually change jobs or leave the area due to your frustrations with traffic in the Greater Boston area. We cover it all!
Is the millennial in your life mooching off of you? According to a new article, millennials now want their parents to pay their phone bill till they are 20 years old, not 18 being the cut off. We discover Waffles, who is 25 years old, still has his mom paying for his phone bill. Lightning has her dad paying for the maintenance on her car. What is going on!?
Oh man, we did not see this one coming...(insert sarcasm). Joe Biden officially announces his 2020 run for the White House. VB grades his announcement video and surprisingly grades it on the higher side.
Congresswoman, Ayanna Pressley blasts some on Twitter for as she claims, invoking the fear of a dark day in Boston to "derail the conversation" about incarcerated having the right to vote. She goes on to make it about black and brown incarcerated only...is that the only people incarcerated and there is still the legitimate question into whether you are going to allow felon voting for the masses based off of the small majority of potentially unjustly incarcerated...We discuss!
Boston traffic seems to just keep getting worse and worse. A new survey says that 70% of those asked, say they are frustrated and angry with their commute and half of those say they are considering leaving their job or moving away from the region all together. Can you relate? Would you change your routine?
Geoff Diehl guest co-hosts with VB & discusses: Hillary Clinton's thoughts on how the Mueller Report proves Trump obstructed justice but the justice department cannot indict a sitting president, Kamala Harris' backpedaling on felons having the right to vote, POTUS Trump's thoughts on how the Democrats are trying to issue him subpoenas, & on this Administrative Professionals Day Geoff presents to us his top 10 Best administrative assistants from TV & movies. Hear it all here on "VB in the Middle"!