Hello and welcome to this late political gap fest for February 4th, 2021, the Jewish Space Laser Edition.

I am David Plotz of Citicast.

I am joined Jewish Space Laser by the sound.

You are not a Jew. You cannot make the Jewish Space Laser sounds. I don't know. I feel like we should welcome him. If he's going to make good sound effects, he can do that. John only has one sound effect. It is that sound effect, which uses for everything. I like it, though. It's having its moment. The Jewish Space Laser has a little more basso in a John's more. Well, you know, you know, why there's... You can't hear the Gentile Space Laser. It's very stealthy. It has a drink in its hand, though. You can hear the click of the ice cubes banging against the side of the tumbler. But it doesn't interrupt anyone, unlike me. That's Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine, Yale University of Law School. John Dickerson of CBS at 60 Minutes. Today, did Stephen Breyer resign yet? Plotswatch, day 15. We will not talk about that. First, we will talk about how big a relief bill. Congress may approve a COVID relief bill. How many bridges will have to be built in West Virginia

to carry vaccines into West Virginia named after Joe Mansion in order to get it passed?

Then the racial disparity in vaccine distribution is shocking.

We will talk to Dr. Uche Blackstock about how to narrow it.

Then will Republicans punish Q&ON sympathizing Pelosi assassination condoning Jewish space laser

conspiracist mongering Marjorie Taylor Green? They will not, but will the entire house

punisher. What does the MTG controversy signal? Plus, of course, we will have cocktail chatter.

Joe Biden and the Democrats are pushing a $1.9 trillion

COVID relief bill. It would send $1,400 checks to most Americans. It would extend unemployment

aid through September. It would provide big funding for more vaccinations and better

vaccination rollout. It would have huge aid to schools to help with

reopening, among other things. It would also, I think the version I saw would raise the

minimum wage, the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Republicans say $600 billion should be

enough. In fact, just that's the Republicans who are willing to compromise. They say $600 billion

should be enough. So, John, why is. They say $600 billion should be enough.

So, John, why is President Biden pushing such a big bill now, and is it even big enough?

Well, I don't know. I don't know if it's big enough. It depends how you measure.

You know, I mean, in some sense, like, we're at a, you know, once in a yon pandemic here, and it feels like you should be throwing money at it, given the devastation in its wake.

However, the Congressional Budget Office said that the American economy will be back to pre-pandemic

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