#1388 The Cathartic, Angry Description of Our COVID Response That You Need to Hear
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 19 December 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Air Date 12/18/2020
Today we take a look at the abysmal response to the pandemic in the US, the unavoidable racial overtones inherent in that failed response, the lasting trauma the pandemic has inflicted and why nothing short of systemic change will suffice.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: AOC Calls Out McConnell's B***S**T Stimulus Excuse - The Damage Report - Air Date 12-11-20
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls out Mitch McConnell's BS excuse for holding the stimulus package from the American people. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report.
Tonight: America's leadership vacuum and the unrest it's breeding across the states. Then, Donald Trump strongarms Republicans to join his last, desperate push to overturn his election loss.
In the nine months that the coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the U.S., the most vulnerable Americans have struggled to keep up with monthly expenses. Eight million Americans have fallen into poverty since May and today there are 10 million fewer employed
Ch. 4: Electoral College Votes, Trump STILL Won't Stop - The David Pakman Show - Air Date 12-14-20
The United States continues to be the shame of the world when it comes to rich countries completely failing to deal with the coronavirus pandemic under the guidance of the Donald Trump administration
Ch. 5: Check Your Blindspot - Air Date 12-18-20
Seth takes a closer look at President Trump live-tweeting Fox News and trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election while the coronavirus pandemic hits a new grim milestone.
Prisons across the U.S. are facing their greatest swell in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. Nearly a quarter-million incarcerated people in the U.S. have been infected with COVID-19, according to the Marshall Project.
The Humanist Report (THR) is a progressive political podcast that discusses and analyzes current news events and pressing political issues. Our analyses are guided by humanism and political progressivism.
Ch. 9: Tell It To Me Straight, Doc - The United States of Anxiety - Air Date 12-14-20
When Dr. Brittani M. James “rage Tweeted” that she totally gets why her patients are skeptical of the medical system, her thread went viral. She joins Kai to offer insights on the apprehension that many Black Americans are feeling.
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Sam and Dr. Farmer discuss the history of epidemics in the global south and how the coronavirus pandemic response in America has shown the west's failures to invest in public health and the medical resources necessary to combat a pandemic diseases.
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Ch. 11: Followup on the structures of right and left-wing populist movements - Lynda from Illinois
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 12: Final comments on the difference between politics and economics
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award winning best of left podcast in which we shall learn |
| 0:07.4 | about the abysmal response to the pandemic in the US, the unavoidable racial overtones inherent |
| 0:13.7 | in that failed response, the lasting trauma the pandemic has inflicted and why nothing |
| 0:19.4 | short of systemic change will suffice. |
| 0:22.8 | Before we get started, another quick reminder, just want to catch anyone up who missed out |
| 0:28.6 | on the news, we're sort of in a break glass in case of emergency financial situation. |
| 0:34.4 | Things are getting better, but we very recently lost a huge chunk of money our Amazon affiliate |
| 0:40.7 | funding disappeared and it's like losing 400 members all at once. |
| 0:47.0 | A financial blow we were not prepared to take remarkably after just a few weeks of explaining |
| 0:55.0 | the situation and losing those 400 members, you know, the equivalent of, as I said, we've |
| 1:00.0 | regained the equivalent of about 300 members. |
| 1:04.7 | In other words, about 75% of the way back to that sustainability point that we had been |
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| 1:37.1 | to grow the audience. |
| 1:38.8 | Links to all of that, of course, are in the show notes. |
| 1:41.4 | And now, onto the show, clips today are from the Damage Report, all in with Chris Hayes, |
| 1:48.0 | Politics with Amy Walter, the David Pakman show, an episode of Check Your Blind Spot, |
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