Guns, Germs, and Guns with Melina Abdullah & Sofiya Alexandra

The Bitchuation Room

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🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

It’s “game on” for mass shootings which means thoughts and prayers for gun control. And is the country finally catching on to the idea that police "reform" is not nearly enough? As guest Dr. Melina Abdullah explains, police must be re-imagined. We talk about local defund the police victories in Los Angeles, and how politicians and the powers that be are trying to walk even those gains back. Plus, Trump Republicans want to form a new, even more racist, caucus and George W. Bush comes out of hiding to show us his art. Enjoy! 5:00 Conservative Twitter Bios Are the Worst13:11 Scariest New Republican Caucus25:44 Gun Control Laws Are Too Weak. Madonna Will Help.34:42 Defund the Police Starting With the LAPD45:00 Imagining a Radically Different Police Force.58:40 George W. Bush Has Thoughts on Immigration1:09:48 What’s good? Featuring: Sofiya Alexandra, comedian Dr. Melina Abdullah, professor & activist Francesca Fiorentini, host Join the Franita and become a Patron today: Patreon(dot)com(slash)bitchuationroom Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	There's no song that says, F the firefighters, right?
0:05.2	No wonder it.
0:06.0	It's about actually fucking a firefighter,
0:08.9	and it's inspirational. Oh, we're not. Really coming down to the wire with my preparations for this evening's episode of the
0:32.2	bituation room.
0:33.3	Welcome, welcome everyone, welcome all the folks listening
0:37.4	from the future.
0:38.9	Hello, what is the pyramid thing that the Biden administration is going to tell us about?
0:46.5	You know, the unidentified flying?
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1:05.5	We have such a great show for you today.
1:09.5	Oh my God, Sophia Alexander is here, wonderful comic, podcaster, and I hope soon to be friend of the show.
1:18.3	Dr. Molina Abdullah is here, one of the leading activists with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles that has claimed
1:24.8	a lot of victories in the last year and has been really at the forefront of this entire movement
1:30.1	and idea of defunding the police.
1:33.0	What does that mean?
1:35.0	Why does it scare your grandpa?
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