(2013/04/26) Part 2: Solutions, mostly bad ones (Immigration)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 26 April 2013
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Edition #711
Part 2: Solutions, mostly bad ones
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: North Carolina to Mark Immigrants as "Illegal" on Their Driver's License - Majority Report - Air Date: 02-27-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: 1901 - Phoenix
Ch. 4: Act 2: Jeb Bush Flip Flops: No Path to Citizenship - The Young Turks - Air Date: 03-05-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Bend - Ben Sollee
Ch. 6: Act 3: Immigrant Destroys Flags, Conservatives Call for Deportation - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 04-07-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Everything you have - Theo Bard
Ch. 8: Act 4: Hispanic Americans Farther Out of Reach than GOP Thinks - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 1-29-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Americano - Lady GaGa
Ch. 10: Act 5: Immigrants Can Have Citizenship...for $50000?! - The Young Turks - Air Date: 03-10-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Welcome to America - Denae Gardner
Ch. 12: Act 6: Marco Rubio Seeks Rush Limbaugh's Permission to Push Immigration Reform - Majority Report - Air Date: 04-24-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Icky Thump - The White Stripes
Ch. 14: Act 7: Marco Rubio: My Immigration Proposal Sucks - The Young Turks - Air Date: 04-16-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: The Bathtub (feat. The Lost Bayou Ramblers) - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
Ch. 16: Act 8: Laura Ingraham Uses Boston Bombing To Stoke Fears About Immigration Reform - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 04-17-13
Ch. 18: Act 9: Radical Islamics Trained To Act Like Hispanics - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 4-19-13
Ch. 19: Song 9: Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
Ch. 20: Act 10: GOP Attacks Their Own (With Conspiracies!) To Stop Immigration Bill - The Young Turks - Air Date: 04-21-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 21: Luntz came up with "illegal immigrants" in the first place - Mara from Pittsburgh
Ch. 22: Immigration policies are as the corporations want them - Jake from Iowa
Ch. 23: History lesson on immigration - Justin from Indiana
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Ch. 24: Final comments on Lee Camp's Kickstarter campaign for the Moment of Clarity Show
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
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| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Cups Today from the Majority Report, |
| 0:13.1 | The Young Turks, The David Pakman Show, The Rachel Maddo Show, The Media Matters Minute, |
| 0:16.9 | The Jimmy D'Or Show in North Carolina. |
| 0:33.0 | And this is just another example of how the Republican Party is trapped in their own cesspool |
| 0:46.2 | of hate. |
| 0:47.2 | Now, the downside of this, of course, is it means that this juncture is much less pressure |
| 0:55.0 | on the Democratic Party to provide some real counters on an economic level to the Republican |
| 1:03.3 | Party. |
| 1:04.3 | Yet, ultimately, one day, I imagine the Republicans are going to have to shed this, but Governor |
| 1:12.5 | Pat McCrory, New North Carolina Governor, has signed off on special licenses to be issued |
| 1:27.4 | to participants of the Obama administration's deferred action for childhood arrivals program. |
| 1:36.2 | This is essentially the executive order dream act. |
| 1:40.8 | And for children of immigrants who came to this country before they turned 16, who are |
| 1:49.6 | now no older than the age of 30, they are either high school graduates or they are high |
| 1:55.6 | school graduates, and either attend college or served in the military, they have received |
| 2:03.5 | or they have the opportunity to receive a two-year work permit. |
| 2:08.2 | They are allowed to stay in this country. |
| 2:14.8 | It blocks their deportation, so they have legal status. |
| 2:19.6 | However, these licenses will be pink in color and will have a bright strip across the |
| 2:31.4 | top that says no lawful status, written in red capital letters across the front. |
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