A Reality Check on Coronavirus, Congress, and Elon Musk's Taxes

The Reason Roundtable

Politics, News

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🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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It's a Reason Roundtable remix this Monday! With Matt Welch out, Peter Suderman fills in and leads Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Reason Associate Editor Billy Binion through the latest coronavirus panic, congressional drama, billionaires, pop culture, and more. You don't want to miss this.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Reason Roundtable. I'm Peter Suterman, filling in for Matt Welch,
0:07.6	who has been shipped off from mandatory remedial metaphor training. Joining me today are my usual
0:12.4	colleagues, Catherine Manuward and Nicolessby, as well as special guest and first time roundtabler
0:17.6	reasons very own, Billy Binion. Everybody say hi. Howdy. Thanks for having me. Hey, Peter.
0:24.8	Hello, everyone. Happy Monday. On today's show we have Christmas with COVID,
0:29.2	the last days of Build Back Better and Elon Musk versus Elizabeth Warren. But before we get to
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1:49.1	by Crom. It's Omnicron. Matt's gone so I can name the segments. The holidays are here. Can you,
1:54.7	though? Yes, and I just did the holidays are here and so is the latest COVID surge. Just about
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