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Lee Saunders: People don't want us to understand our history or the importance of our history. To get to where you want to go, you have to understand where you've come from.
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Lee Saunders: The history of civil rights is so important. The "I Am" story goes back to 1968 when sanitation workers weren't treated well despite providing a necessary service to the people of Memphis. (con't)
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Lee Saunders: (con't) The city blocked sanitation workers' efforts to organize. Things came to a breaking point when two sanitation workers were crushed in the back of the truck when the crusher malfunctioned & crashed down on them, killing them. (con't)
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The Railway Safety Act of 2023 is a good start but isn't enough. It would increase the fine the federal gov't can put on railroads from $225,000 to 1% of annual operating income, which could be tens of millions of dollars.
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Detection devices when there's hazmat on the train checks for things like heat every ten miles. The train that derailed in East Palestine? The detection devices were checked either every 20 miles...or not at all. (con't)
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(con't) Even when these detection device sensors go off & all the machinery is warning of danger, there's someone off-track in a booth saying, "Aw, don't worry about it."
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Randi Weingarten: The President of the US of America spelled out an economic strategy that would help virtually everyone, & he talked to people who'd lost their jobs to outsourcing.
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Randi Weingarten: Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she's anti-woke. She wants to defund public education; she doesn't want public schools to be the center of the community.
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Randi Weingarten: Our polling shows 80% of people want to strengthen our public schools. That is not in line with the very wealthy who want to defund, undermine, & destabilize public education.
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Scott Paul: We've seen 800,000 new manufacturing jobs in 2 years. All of these factories are just getting on line & will be filling up over the next couple of years.
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Scott Paul: I think some of these infrastructure items are bulletproof. Also, Pres. Biden did get the GOP to agree not to cut Medicare & Social Security, which is a big feat.
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81% of teachers say they've given out toothbrushes & toothpaste to students.
Teachers seem to be the ones at the bottom of the hill catching all the sh*t that rolls downhill. (con't)
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Teachers seem to be the ones at the bottom of the hill catching all the sh*t that rolls downhill. (con't)
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(con't) For years teachers have told me they keep food in their desks for kids who are hungry. This comes out of their pockets, & Repubs accuse them of being groomers.
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One teacher told me she buys one bag of groceries for herself & one bag for her students so she can send a few cans of food home with them on the weekend. This isn't usurping parents, it's helping parents who are struggling.
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Bob Ney: I don't think Marjorie Taylor Greene or Gosar will go to a martyr status. Of all the people who could be removed from a committee, there'd be more outrage over Schiff than Omar.
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Bob Ney: I didn't think it was a good idea when the Dems didn't, it wasn't a good idea when the Repubs did it, & now they've both done it. MTG said some outrageous, obnoxious things, & Omar said some things I don't really care for. It's precedence-setting on both sides.
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Bob Ney: I read the articles about the giant balloon over the US; I am in favor of shooting it down, especially if it goes over an uninhabited piece of land.
Rick: My first thought was to shoot it down but it could become a ramp-up moment if they shoot down one of ours.
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Rick: My first thought was to shoot it down but it could become a ramp-up moment if they shoot down one of ours.
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Emily Andrews: The Family Medical Leave Act is an incredibly important piece of legislation. It's not just the pay, FMLA is flawed--the size of the employer, how long you've worked there, how much you make all affects your ability to take unpaid leave.
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Emily Andrews: There are a number of bills to increase the number of people who can qualify for FMLA. The biggest obstacle to FMLA? People can't afford to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave.
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Matías Vernengo: The Fed may say they want a soft landing & not cause a recession, but it looks bad on the Fed if they appear to be weak on inflation. I think Repubs want chaos.
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Matías Vernengo: If the Fed didn't already cause a recession, housing prices may throw us in a recession. If we dodge that bullet, then I think Repubs will want to throw us in a recession & it would be political.
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Rick: I think some members of Congress are like the kids you tell not to touch the hot stove--they have to touch it to see what happens. They may have to learn the hard way what happens if they don't raise the debt ceiling.
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We're basically hamstringing the medical profession with the laws being passed regarding abortions. Doctors are having to play defense. We have the highest infant mortality rate & the highest maternal mortality rate,& now we're tying doctors' hands in caring for women.
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If abortions are allowed only in the cases of incest or rape, we're forcing women to be liars, to make false accusations, & then to be criminals, simply so they can have control over their bodies.
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In TN, they're proposing an exception for rape. A woman who's raped has to report it, either to the police or to a rape crisis center, which then must report it to the police. (con't)
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Rick: Nikki Haley announced that on Feb 15 she'll announce she's running for Pres. The pie fight begins.
Doug Jones: I think a lot of Repub Pres. wannabes see Trump as a wounded animal. I think "pie fight" is being a little too gracious, Rick!
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Doug Jones: I think a lot of Repub Pres. wannabes see Trump as a wounded animal. I think "pie fight" is being a little too gracious, Rick!
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Doug Jones: Nikki Haley started out wanting to do her best for the people of SC but then became too entrenched in the Trump organization. She's trying to outdo DeSantis.
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Doug Jones: This primary will be about division, about whipping up a base. Every candidate will talk about unifying the country but when you strip away those sound bites, you'll see culture wars coming out of nearly every GOP candidate.
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Sarah Burris: Pregnant women counting as high occupancy makes sense in states that say a fetus is human. You have to take it across the board--it's not just the carpool lane. (con't)
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Sarah Burris: (con't) Everyone is 9 mos older if their life begins at conception. Nine months closer to the ages to drive, drink alcohol, vote, retire.
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Sarah Burris: Repubs think Dems want to force people to use electric stoves instead of gas ranges. I know people who cook & bake who prefer cooking with gas.
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Will Bunch: My friend joked that Biden's Stovetroopers are coming for your gas stoves. The idea that the gov't can weigh in on anything that affects public health... First they came for our guns, now they're coming for our grills.
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Will Bunch: Lots of politicians lie abt their education, but Santos went further by saying he was a star volleyball player in college. His mother died 2x, once on 9/11 and again in 2016. He's a compulsive liar. The fact he's been in Congress a week is just appalling.
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Rick: Who ran against George Santos? Why didn't they discover these lies? It was nice the NYT came out with the article but it would have been more helpful BEFORE the election!
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Jason Davis: A strike is always the last course of action we want to take. We're on day 165 of the Ingredion strike. I'm so proud of Local 100G in Cedar Rapids, IA; we have NO ONE who has crossed the picket line, despite it being hard on members & families
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Jason Davis: We've had toy drives & food drives; we still have a small number of donations coming in to help striking workers put food on the table. The strike was especially hard over the holidays.
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Rick: This is a wildly profitable corporation: The CEO pocketed over $10 million, or 449 times what the workers on the picket line are making. It's not that the company doesn't have the money, they just don't want to share it with the workers.
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Scott Paul: The focus of the new select committee on China, chaired by Rep. Mike Gallagher, is important. I hope this committee is taken seriously & makes recommendations to other committees.
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Scott Paul: Up until now, we haven't seen a lot of action congressionally on China. To Biden's credit, instead of reverting to traditional Dem. policies on China, he doubled down on some of the things Trump did.
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Scott Paul: Things will never return to what they were 25 yrs ago; there's been too much change, but it is possible to reset the relationship to disentangle ourselves from China, such as with sensitive supply chain issues.
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Caller Andrew, Detroit: I truly believe we need to tax the very wealthy in this country but be careful of taxing corporations--won't they just push the increased taxes onto consumers?
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Caller Andrew, Detroit: 40 years ago the inflation rate was 17% & we did that to ourselves. Today's inflation is about 8% & it's global.
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Caller Andrew, Detroit: What about windfall profit taxes on these companies?
Rick: I'm all for it. Larger corporations pay more. A higher tax rate does change the incentives; at least that's my take on it.
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Rick: I'm all for it. Larger corporations pay more. A higher tax rate does change the incentives; at least that's my take on it.
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Scott Paul: When foreign investment comes into the US, it's subject to approval by CFIUS, The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
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Scott Paul: The administration is looking to see if big investments US companies are making overseas are safe or if they are a risk to national security.
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Rick: We're moving towards a system with 5G where cars will be talking to each other. I worry about China having anything to do with that technology.(Con't)
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Mike Lux: We've actually got a president who cares about manufacturing & wants to see us creating more jobs. We've barely scratched the surface but we're already seeing results.
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Mike Lux: We need to start making things again like they do in Germany--very high wage economy. You can have a high wage economy that still makes things.
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Rick: One thing we've learned during the pandemic: in times of need, you produce what you need domestically. We didn't have that capability because our production was done overseas. Manufacturing is a national security issue, esp. w/ high-tech items.
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Sari Beth Rosenberg: I had not heard of George Dawson. I'm excited to learn about him but I'm not happy about WHY I'm hearing about him. Now I want to read his book & I'm sure all the kids at his school want to read it now, too.
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Sari Beth Rosenberg: I would love to know which part of George Dawson's book were objectionable. When I first saw this story today, I thought someone was punking me. I bet his book is already sold out on Amazon.
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Rick: There were a bunch of books I had to read in school that are now being banned. Basically my education is being banned.
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Rick: I would have liked to have seen Trump put out on the street in his robe or skivvies during the raid.
Scott Dworkin: No, that's not what happened. It was more along the lines of a warrant signed by a federal judge that was then presented (con't)
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Scott Dworkin: No, that's not what happened. It was more along the lines of a warrant signed by a federal judge that was then presented (con't)
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Scott Dworkin: (con't) to the Secret Service, & then the FBI got what they came for. There was no drama. Trump wasn't even on the property. They did not go through attorneys b/c they were afraid they'd tamper with evidence.
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Scott Dworkin: They had information that there were classified documents at Mar-a-Lago that it was inappropriate for Trump to have. My thought is he was going to sell them; he wouldn't care if it put lives at risk.
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Sally Hardin: I think we were feeling pretty despondent before the Inflation Reduction Act was passed, & now we can finally do something to address climate change.
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Sally Hardin: The really exciting thing about this legislation is all the investments, creating jobs here at home, & help of nearly $2000 for families who choose to get EVs & switch to cleaner & more secure sources of energy like solar & wind.
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Sally Hardin: EVs are still expensive because there aren't a whole lot of them avail. yet in the U.S. There are extra incentives for EVs built in the US by US workers, which is a win-win-win situation.
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Renato Mariotti: There's no way to overstate how big a deal it was for the FBI to raid a former President's house.
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Renato Mariotti: If I wanted to raid a house, I'd have to show proof that a crime was committed & that evidence about that crime was in that house. We'd have to put together an affidavit & a judge would have to agree that evidence was at that house.
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Renato Mariotti: Senior DOJ leadership & probably the AG himself would have had to approve the FBI raid. It's tough to get a judge to sign this thing, & I don't think anyone would accuse the AG of being a wild & crazy guy, & he agreed to sign this.
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Rick: I would argue Doug Mastriano, running for Gov of PA, is the worst of anyone running for any office
Jennifer Cohn: I think he has some close competition with DeSantis & the person running in Arizona, but he's up there.
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Jennifer Cohn: I think he has some close competition with DeSantis & the person running in Arizona, but he's up there.
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Jennifer Cohn: I'm not convinced Mastriano's version of Christian nationalism allows for any tolerance of Judaism.
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Jennifer Cohn: On abortion access, he wants to ban it even if the mother is going to die without an abortion. Women with ectopic pregnancies can lose liters of blood while docs don't do abortions for fear of going to jail, even though the fetus isn't viable.
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Max Burns: Steve Bannon just cannot stop committing federal crimes. He's been part of every push against democracy since Trump became Pres.
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Rick: Steve Bannon was found guilty of contempt of congress after only 3 hrs of deliberations by federal jury; he could get 6 mos to 3 yrs in jail.
Max Burns: There's no GOP Pres to pardon him now, either.
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Max Burns: There's no GOP Pres to pardon him now, either.
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Max Burns: Schedule F is a nightmare; GOP wants to make 50,000 federal employees immediately eligible to be fired if Trump is reelected & finds them disloyal. Purging the Civil Service is their goal. Openly planning this shows incredible confidence.
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Bob Ney: Some of these candidates won't go up against the grain that Trump has created.
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Bob Ney: This is not federalization of the election--I'm not saying to do that, but there are ways that the states can be held accountable to make it easier for people to vote instead of harder for people to vote. (con't)
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Bob Ney: (con't) If you don't have standards for making it easier for people to vote, it becomes fraudulent.
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