Drought Of Control
What A Day
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🗓️ 11 June 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
On Saturday, four Republican-led states will pull out of the federal government’s pandemic-related unemployment benefits program early. Congress hasn't moved on the wage issue at all, either, with Senate GOP members this week blocking the Paycheck Fairness Act.
An extreme drought is affecting the West, with the entirety of Oregon, California, Utah, and Nevada under drought conditions, along with parts of other states. Unfortunately, things are expected to heat up and dry out from here, with certain places in the Southwest facing temperatures as high as 120 degrees next week.
Plus, we’re joined by comedian and actor Maz Jobrani for headlines: National Geographic says there's a new ocean, Starbucks sees shortages of ingredients, and Kim Jong-Un's body transformation.
Show Notes:
CNET: "Is your state ending unemployment benefits this weekend? Update on $300 bonus checks" – https://cnet.co/2SoasXe
Washington Post: "These businesses found a way around the worker shortage: Raising wages to $15 an hour or more" – https://wapo.st/3gnaIxT
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday June 11th, I'm Achila Hughes. |
| 0:09.0 | And I'm getting a rest like this is what the day the podcast that's also a hotly anticipated |
| 0:13.5 | single by Lord. |
| 0:14.8 | Yeah, she didn't release anything for four years and when she did it was a news podcast. |
| 0:19.6 | Yeah, heads up. |
| 0:21.3 | Should've told you earlier, we are Lord. |
| 0:23.5 | Yeah, I hope you missed us. |
| 0:35.2 | Onstage show an overview of the historic mega drought in America's West and Southwest |
| 0:39.1 | and how it speaks to climate catastrophe. |
| 0:41.4 | Plus we'll have headlines. |
| 0:43.3 | But first the latest and it's a doozy. |
| 0:45.9 | So tomorrow four states will be pulling out of the federal government's pandemic-related |
| 0:49.8 | unemployment benefits program early. |
| 0:52.2 | That program gave recipients $300 a week on top of what was available in each state. |
| 0:56.7 | Those states are Alaska, Iowa, Mississippi and Missouri. |
| 1:00.1 | And they join a bunch of other Republican-led states in taking away that important income |
| 1:03.6 | in a time when a lot of jobs are still not available and high paying jobs are even less |
| 1:07.6 | available. |
| 1:08.6 | The American Rescue Plan that passed in March was supposed to be available to those |
| 1:12.4 | who needed it until at least Labor Day of this year. |
| 1:14.9 | But because of the unemployment benefits ending early, upwards of four million jobless |
| 1:18.6 | Americans are going to be left holding the bag this summer. |
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