“Slush Fund Baby.”
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🗓️ 23 March 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Trump refuses to force the production of life-saving medical equipment, Democrats fight to eliminate a corporate slush fund from Mitch McConnell’s stimulus bill, and the coronavirus pandemic upends the 2020 campaign. Then, health care workers share stories about how they’re grappling with this crisis.
Crooked has started a Coronavirus Relief Fund for organizations supporting food banks, health care workers, restaurant workers, seniors, kids who depend on school lunches, and others in need. Donate: crooked.com/coronavirus
We played clips from listeners around the country in today’s episode about how they’ve been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. if you’d like to share your story, send a voice note or video to 323 405-9944.
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:20.1 | Welcome to Potsayv America. I'm John Favreau. |
| 0:22.3 | I'm John Lovett. I'm Tommy Vittor. |
| 0:24.1 | On today's pod, we'll talk about Donald Trump's refusal to use his authority to force the |
| 0:28.5 | production of life-saving medical equipment, the Democrats fight to get a worker-friendly |
| 0:32.8 | economic relief bill through Congress, and how the coronavirus is affecting the 2020 campaign. |
| 0:38.8 | But first, you should all know that unfortunately the three of us are not together this morning. |
| 0:44.2 | We'll be recording all crooked pods from our respective homes until it's safe to head back into |
| 0:48.1 | the studio. So please bear with us, but know that we will all keep churning out our regularly |
| 0:53.0 | scheduled pods, because what the hell else do we have to do, right guys? Nothing. My laptop is |
| 0:59.9 | balanced on a copy of Hillary Clinton's hard choices. Wow, it's like a lot of metaphors there, but you know, |
| 1:06.7 | we'll just... Love it. How was the show this week? I hear your quarantine bunny showed up. |
| 1:13.4 | Yeah, we did another episode of Love to Relieve It back in the closet. I was joined by Ronan Farrow, |
| 1:19.2 | the New Yorker, and my couch. We also took calls from couples struggling in quarantine, and then I |
| 1:28.8 | talked to Adam Schiff about the latest on the congressional response. It was a welcome respite. |
| 1:36.0 | That's good. I'm glad. Two other members of the Cricket family who will continue to turn out |
| 1:40.8 | daily episodes are Akila Hughes and Gideon Resnick of What a Dayfame. They help you keep up on all |
| 1:47.1 | the days news in just 20 minutes. So if you haven't yet, please subscribe wherever you listen to |
| 1:52.2 | podcasts. And finally, thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who's helped us raise over $465,000 |
| 1:59.0 | for Cricket's Coronavirus Fund, where your donation is split between groups helping food banks, |
| 2:03.6 | healthcare workers, restaurant workers, seniors, kids who depend on school lunches and others during |
| 2:08.7 | this crisis. Please donate at Cricket.com slash coronavirus. And also throughout this episode, |
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