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What A Day
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🗓️ 20 July 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Civil rights activists Rep. John Lewis and Minister CT Vivian passed away on Friday. Democrats in Congress are urging lawmakers to honor Lewis by passing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2020, which would restore voter protections struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013.
Federal agents in camouflage are patrolling streets in Portland, Oregon,using tear gas and other violent means to control protestors. The agents reportedly came as a result of Trump’s order to have federal agencies protect federal property, statues, and monuments.
And in headlines: a study found that older children spread Covid-19 at the same rate adults do, more info about the massive July 16 Twitter hack, and Minnesota police use drones to catch sunbathers.
To read more about the Strike for Black Lives: j20strikeforblacklives.org
To follow events out of Portland: oregonlive.com and opb.org
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, July 20th. I'm Achilles Hughes. |
| 0:08.1 | And I'm getting a rest of the second. This is what a day where we are now living off a diet of 100% NBA bubble content. |
| 0:14.0 | Yeah, who knew a trip to Disney World would be a punishment, but they are really hating it there. |
| 0:20.0 | It's a summer camp from Hell for them, and I'm living off of it. |
| 0:30.0 | On today's show, Oregon's Attorney General Seuss over arrests of protesters in Portland, then some headlines. |
| 0:39.0 | But first, the latest. |
| 0:41.0 | Let's take a test. Let's take a test right now. |
| 0:44.0 | Let's go down. Joe and I will take a test. Let him take the same test that I took. |
| 0:48.0 | That's a demo. I took the test, too, when I heard that you passed it. |
| 0:51.0 | Yeah, how did you do it? Well, it's not the hardest task. |
| 0:54.0 | No, but the last picture and it's the last shot. |
| 0:56.0 | That's an element. No, not diet. Okay. So that was Donald Trump. |
| 1:00.0 | He was bragging about his cognitive abilities and, you know, knowing what's an elephant and what's not an elephant to Chris Wallace on Fox News yesterday. |
| 1:08.0 | The interview also included Trump lying about the coronavirus mortality rate in the US, so far for the course, continuing to support people who fly the Confederate flag. |
| 1:17.0 | And also suggesting that he might not accept the results of the election in November. So totally normal. |
| 1:22.0 | Yeah, all in a day's work. |
| 1:24.0 | But in very important and sad news, civil and voting rights activists, representative John Lewis and minister CTV, and passed away on Friday, |
| 1:31.0 | tributes and remembrances poured in from every corner of the world over the weekend. |
| 1:35.0 | Vivian was a minister that Martin Luther King, Jr. called the greatest preacher to ever live. |
| 1:40.0 | And both were leaders in the sit-ins, marches, protests, and direct actions that forced America to look in the mirror and actually legislate a few of the values that we claim to have. |
| 1:49.0 | During his term, President Barack Obama honored both CTV and John Lewis with the presidential medal of freedom. |
| 1:54.0 | These men were lucky to survive long enough to hear thank you from generations that actually benefited from their sacrifice, which is a beautiful thing. |
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