“Kyle Rittenhouse, Right-Wing Hero.”
The White House notches some wins while Democrats debate the party’s challenges, Professor Melissa Murray joins to talk about the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case and how the Ahmaud Arbery case may differ, and Kamala Harris’s 85 minute-presidency spawns enough takes to fill two terms.
For a closed-captioned version of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsaveamerica. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.
For a closed-captioned version of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsaveamerica. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.
- Duration
- 57m
- Broadcast on
- 23 Nov 2021
- Audio Format
- other
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The Supreme Court has had a busy summer loosening gun restrictions in states, overturning Roe vs. Wade, and severely threatening our Miranda rights. I'm Leah Litman, and each week on Strix scrutiny, I'm joined by my co-hosts and fellow law professors, Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw, to break down the latest headlines and the biggest legal questions facing our country. It's more important than ever to understand the repercussions of these Supreme Court decisions and what we can do to fight back in the upcoming midterm elections. Listen to new episodes of Strix scrutiny every Monday wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to POD SAVE America, I'm John Favera. I'm John Lovett. Tommy Vitor. On today's POD, the White House notches some wins while Democrats debate the party's challenges. Professor Melissa Murray joins to talk about the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, and Kamala Harris' 85-minute presidency spawned enough takes to fill two terms. But first, some fun news. On Tuesday, December 7th, Kirkhead will be looking back on 2021 with a special live stream event. We're calling, "What a Year." It will include your favorite Kirkhead hosts, special guests, and more, to help you process all the joys, follies, and complete and total meltdowns of this past year. We'll also be raising money for our no-offiers fund to help register voters in all the most important swing states ahead of the midterms. So join us live for the What A Year live stream on Tuesday, December 7th at 5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern to RSVP head to crookhead.com/WhatAYear. All right, let's get to the news. As we head into Thanksgiving, there are new reasons for Democrats to be optimistic and reasons for Democrats to keep being ourselves. Last week began with President Biden signing a bipartisan jobs and infrastructure bill and ended with House Democrats passing the rest of his economic plan, which would use higher taxes on the rich and big corporations to fight climate change and lower the cost of healthcare, childcare, and education. The administration has also now authorized booster shots for everyone and has purchased 10 million doses of the new COVID antiviral pill for when that gets authorized. And there are headlines everywhere that global supply chain issues are starting to improve. On the other hand, prices are still high, COVID cases are rising again, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema get a final say on Build Back Better, and there's a new round of Democratic infighting over the party's current political predicament. But let's start with the case for optimism. Tommy, how are you feeling about all the good news from last week? How am I feeling about all the good news? I would say medium to not good. Medium to not? Is that okay? Is that enough? Are we allowed to be honest? Of course. That's a pod safe America. We never tell a lot. Do you want me to start over and be? No, spin. Performatively, happy. This is all this, or cutting through the BS here. Pelosi and Biden deserve a ton of credit for getting the economic bill passed in the house. If it becomes law, it will invest in clean energy and universal pre-K and cheaper prescription drugs. There's a lot of massive important things in there. I'm just worried about when this bill gets into the Senate and the performatively moderate hands of Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin. As you mentioned, God knows what pound of flesh they will want. The COVID news is good. I'm glad everyone can get boosted. I'm glad that there are now pills you can take if you don't want to get a booster. I still worry that the problem is people won't get vaccinated, and I'm not entirely sure what we do about that. So, supply chain good, John, right? I saw a headline that said, easing of supply chain choke points was part of a Wall Street Journal headline. That's a good thing, I guess. I don't know. Remember when the supply chain was just funny, because that fucking barge was in the Suez Canal? Yeah, 90 more. Remember those good old days? Yeah, forgot about the barge. Going down to the LA port and Holland boxes himself. I don't know. I think the best news of all of that is the boosters in the COVID pill. Here's the thing. All right. Joe Biden was fucking right in September. Dr. Anthony Fauci was fucking right in September. Yeah. I went on this rant Thursday night. I know. I know. I know. And I knew
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The White House notches some wins while Democrats debate the party’s challenges, Professor Melissa Murray joins to talk about the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case and how the Ahmaud Arbery case may differ, and Kamala Harris’s 85 minute-presidency spawns enough takes to fill two terms.
For a closed-captioned version of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsaveamerica. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.
For a closed-captioned version of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsaveamerica. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.