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Pantsuit Politics

Coronavirus and Power

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Topics Discussed: Opening Meditation (2:22) Jonesboro Tornado (5:05) CARES Act (5:59) Coronavirus Reveals Our Humanity (14:11) Compliments: Gov. Tim Walz (22:44) Federalism, Power, and Covid-19 (27:57) The Hillary Documentary (58:57) Thank you for being a part of our community! We couldn't do what we do without you. To become a tangible supporter of the show, please visit our Patreon page, purchase a copy of our book, I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening), or share the word about our work in your own circles. Download Hot Mic and use code BETH153 or SARAH818 to join us for live news events and see our past coverage. Sponsors:  HelloFresh Hydrant Episode Resources: Apple Covid-19 Website 'I have a broken heart': Trump policy has immigrants backing away from healthcare amid crisis (The Guardian)  Immigrants Are Now on Hunger Strike in 3 ICE Detention Centers Over Coronavirus Fears (Vice) The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed. (The New York Times) A Coronavirus Quarantine in America Could Be a Giant Legal Mess (The Atlantic) The Constitution and the Coronavirus (We the People podcast) Governors are starting to tighten their borders. The implications are staggering. (Vox) Trump approves Michigan disaster declaration after war of words with governor (Politico) 'GM was wasting time': Trump invokes DPA to force GM to make ventilators (Politico) Officials Debate Whether Gun Stores Are 'Essential' During Coronavirus Outbreak (NPR) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Here's a good rule on a crisis.

0:02.3

If there's not bipartisan agreement, then it needs to wait.

0:05.0

That's right.

0:06.0

Amen.

0:07.0

You know, if you're not, if your democratic colleagues aren't concerned or your Republican

0:10.6

colleagues aren't concerned, we might need to push pause for a little bit, because we

0:14.1

got bigger things to pay attention to.

0:19.7

This is Sarah and Beth, your listening to Pant suit politics.

0:23.3

The home of grace filled political conversations.

0:41.5

Hello everyone.

0:42.5

Thank you for joining us for another episode of Pant suit politics.

0:45.5

We are, of course, going to be talking more about COVID-19 today.

0:49.2

In particular, we've gotten a bunch of questions about how is

0:53.2

it that governments are able to respond in this crisis?

0:56.8

What are the rules?

0:57.8

Who has what powers between the state government, the federal government, local governments?

1:02.0

So, we're going to attempt to give you some insight into that in our main segment and

1:06.1

cover kind of the headlines in our first segment and as always, we'll end with what's on

1:09.6

our minds outside of politics.

1:11.0

We thought we would start today with this beautiful insight from Laura.

1:15.5

She says that she's been thinking a lot about advice from fellow doctors on dealing with

1:22.2

a crisis and one in particular shared a quote from a blog piece that she's been looking

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