#1398 The Road to Justice Runs Through Accountability
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 13 February 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 2/13/2021
Today we take a look at the fallout from the January 6th insurrection, the case for impeachment and/or punishment for every single person involved and discussions for why this process is so important to the stability of the country.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: AOC shares harrowing personal story from January 6th attack - The BradCast - Air Date 2-2-21
AOC relates her experience in the capitol and explains why the enablers of the insurrection total lack of remorse is a problem.
We air excerpts from speeches by Democratic Congressmembers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. "Some are already demanding that we move on or, worse, attempting to minimize, discredit or belittle the accounts of survivors"
With former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial set to begin in the Senate this week, we feature the speech Democratic Congressmember Cori Bush of Missouri made Thursday on the floor of the House of Representatives to demand accountability for the
Ch. 4: Dem House Managers submit pre-Impeachment Trial briefs - The BradCast - Air Date 2-2-21
House Democrats submit their pre-trial filings, detailing a graphic, detailed, painstakingly-documented argument for Trump's conviction for inciting the insurrection. Trump's lawyers filed a largely limp legal brief in response, filled with false claims.
Elie Honig, CNN legal analyst and host of the CAFE daily impeachment podcast Third Degree, talks about the ongoing Senate impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump.
Eight hundred people stormed the Capitol building on January 6, but fewer than 200 have been charged with crimes. Why so few? Elie Mystal, The Nation's Justice correspondent, says every one of the 800 committed crimes that day and should be prosecuted.
Ch. 7: Life After Fascism: A Brief History - The United States of Anxiety - Air Date 1-21-21
Timothy Snyder, professor of history at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, offers historical context for the attack on our democracy.
Healing, On its face these concepts sound fine enough: after all, who doesn't like peace? Unity sounds great! But in the majority of political contexts, these warm and fuzzy buzzwords rush past the work of justice and reparations.
Seth takes a closer look at former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial being a chance to hold Trump accountable for his crimes and to shine a national spotlight on the decay of the GOP and our democratic institutions.
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Ch. 10: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene - Past Present - Air Date 2-9-21
In this episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the controversial tenure of freshman Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Ch. 11: Incitement - What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law - Air Date 1-30-21
With the trial looming, we look at whether Trump has a good argument against the charge he incited a riot on Capitol Hill, and whether or not it's constitutional to impeach someone after they leave office.
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 12: Final comments on a new game I just invented
Game Headlines:
Biden to Begin Allowing Asylum Seekers Waiting in Mexico to Enter U.S.
Biden to Rescind Medicaid Work Requirements
Biden administration launches review aimed at closing Guantanamo prison
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- Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
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| 0:00.0 | During today's episode, I'm going to be telling you about a new podcast. |
| 0:06.4 | I think you should check out. |
| 0:07.5 | It's called Uneffing the Republic, but they don't say, |
| 0:11.4 | Effing and boy, could we use some of that right now? |
| 0:15.0 | So hear me out mid show when I tell you more about it. |
| 0:18.0 | And now welcome to this episode of the award winning best of left podcast in which we shall |
| 0:23.4 | learn about the fallout from the January 6th insurrection, the case for impeachment |
| 0:29.4 | and or punishment for every single person involved and discussions for why this process is so |
| 0:36.6 | important to the stability of the country. |
| 0:40.5 | Clips today are from the Bradcast, Democracy Now, a speech from Representative Cory Bush, |
| 0:46.8 | the Brian Lairer Show, Start Making Sense, the United States of Anxiety, Citations |
| 0:53.2 | needed late night with Seth Meyers, Past Present and what Trump can teach us about Con Law. |
| 1:00.2 | 5, 6 people have lost their lives, many more have been traumatized and yet, after all |
| 1:16.8 | of that, after they perpetuated that lie, amplified that lie, a knowing that that violence needed |
| 1:24.7 | that lie, after they told that lie, after they saw people lose their life on the steps |
| 1:30.9 | of the Capitol, afterwards, not even and I'm sorry. |
| 1:38.7 | Not even a, I didn't know that me doing this would result or contribute to this violence |
| 1:49.6 | and if I had known, I wouldn't do it and I'm sorry. |
| 1:53.9 | You know, if in the last three, four weeks we heard that, my response would be a little |
| 2:00.7 | different right now. |
| 2:02.8 | But no, the response in the last three, four weeks is we did the right thing, I would do it |
| 2:09.8 | again, I don't regret it at all. |
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