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What A Day
What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
For more than two months, Nebraska State Senator Machaela Cavanaugh has filibustered nearly every single bill that has passed through the state legislature. It’s an effort to keep her Republican colleagues from following other red states to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth. Sen. Cavanaugh joins us to talk about how she’s managed to hold the floor – and keep fighting.
And in headlines: authorities in Texas are searching for a man accused of fatally shooting five of his neighbors, fighting continues in Sudan despite an extended cease-fire, and the federal government is reportedly scaling back drug screening rules to entice more young workers.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday May 1st on Trayville, Anderson. |
| 0:09.0 | And I'm Priyanka Arabindi and this is what a day where we are thrilled to be the very |
| 0:13.2 | first report that Jason Derulo has fallen down the stairs of the Met Gala. |
| 0:18.4 | That man will never know peace. |
| 0:20.5 | At the end of the event that has stairs. |
| 0:24.1 | So sorry. |
| 0:25.1 | So sorry to this man. |
| 0:27.1 | On today's show, federal regulators will weigh the fate of another regional bank. |
| 0:35.8 | Plus, the government is reportedly scaling back on its own drug screening rules to entice |
| 0:40.3 | more young workers. |
| 0:42.1 | Yes, because you know, the young workers like to puff puff past honey. |
| 0:45.7 | All right. |
| 0:46.7 | Exactly. |
| 0:47.7 | But first, the legislative fuckery in Republican led state legislatures continues. |
| 0:52.6 | The last few weeks, especially we've brought y'all a number of stories about how conservatives |
| 0:57.0 | are working over time to not only legislate and spread hate, but to try and silence those |
| 1:02.2 | opposing them. |
| 1:03.5 | So late last week, Montana became the latest state to ban or restrict gender affirming |
| 1:08.4 | healthcare for trans young people. |
| 1:10.8 | This is the legislation that representatives Zoe Zepher, the state's first trans lawmaker, |
| 1:15.8 | was censored for saying its supporters would have blood on their hands if they passed it |
| 1:21.0 | and they did it anyway. |
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