“The Era of Big Government is Back.”
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🗓️ 8 March 2021
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Senate Democrats pass Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the fight for the $15 minimum wage continues, and Joe Manchin opens the door to reforming the filibuster. Then Virginia State Delegate Danica Roem talks to Jon Lovett about the fights over trans rights happening in statehouses across the country.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pots of America, I'm John Faber. |
| 0:22.1 | I'm John Loveett. |
| 0:23.1 | I'm Tommy Vittor. |
| 0:24.1 | On today's pod, Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan is on its way to becoming law. |
| 0:27.5 | We'll talk about all the economic and political implications as well as what else Democrats |
| 0:31.4 | might be able to achieve now that Joe Manchin has indicated that he's potentially open |
| 0:37.9 | to reforming the filibuster. |
| 0:42.9 | The intensity with which I now look not just at the coverage of Joe Manchin, but about |
| 0:47.6 | the individual sentences where the dependent clauses are, you can't trust the headlines, |
| 0:53.6 | not these days. |
| 0:54.6 | Not with this media. |
| 0:55.6 | A lot of parsing, yeah. |
| 0:57.4 | Later in the show, Loveett will talk to Virginia State delegate Danica Roam about the |
| 1:01.0 | fights over trans rights happening in state houses across the country. |
| 1:04.5 | But first, love it. |
| 1:06.2 | Tell us about how the show went this weekend. |
| 1:08.5 | Harry Condebolo, as recline, I pretended to be the host of Jeopardy for a bit. |
| 1:14.1 | I almost got canceled over a joke, but I made it out and I would say check it out. |
| 1:20.9 | You are great. |
| 1:21.9 | You're a great host. |
| 1:22.9 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:23.9 | I think I know the joke that you almost got canceled. |
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