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Ben and Travis discuss Red Flag laws, the Jeffrey Epstein case and Alex Acosta's resignation. If you need life insurance but you just don’t want to deal with all the legwork, head to http://Policygenius.com Loopster, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creative-commons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--

Ben and Travis discuss Trump's "Salute to America", a potential 2020 census citizenship question, and Kamala Harris's plan to close the racial homeownership gap. To get $100 off the Eero base unit and 2 beacons package and 1 year of Eero Plus, visit http://eero.com/tophat and at checkout enter code tophat. For $80 off your first month of HelloFresh, go to http://HelloFresh.com/tophat80 a...

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Ben and Travis discuss Trump's finances, the controversial Georgia abortion law and interview Ken Bone on social media negativity bleeding into politics, his experience with becoming a meme and who he's eyeing for 2020. Get $5 off their first order of $15 or more when you download the DoorDash app and enter promo code: Top. Start your 4-week trial at http://stamps.com with promo code: TOPHAT Acid...

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Ben and Travis discuss felon voting rights, a pharmaceutical distributor indicted on federal charges related to the opioid crisis and Biden announcing his bid for president. Robinhood is giving listeners a free stock at http://tophat.robinhood.com Protect your online activity TODAY and find out how you can get 3 months free at http://expressvpn.com/tophat Samba Isobel, Carefree, Kevin MacLeod (inc...

Ben and Travis summarize the Mueller report, discuss Trump's veto of a Yemen resolution and the profits state-by-state from marijuana legalization. Get $80 off your first month at http://hellofresh.com/tophat80 and enter promo code: tophat80 Get any premium Indochino suit for $379 at http://indochino.com/tophat Local Forecast-Elevator, Sunshine, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creat...

Ben and Travis are joined by Brooke Rogers to discuss Julian Assange's arrest, the "Taxpayer First Act" and an ACLU tarot card case. Download the DoorDash app and use promo code: TOP for $5 off your first order. Surf Shimmy, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Ben and Travis read your comments on the electoral college and discuss the red flag gun bill. Then Ben is joined by Meaghan Ybos to discuss how law enforcement mishandles sexual assault cases and the misnomer of rape kit "backlogs" Learn more about P.E.R.L. - https://www.enforcerapelaws.org/ Start your 4-week trial at http://stamps.com with promo code: TOPHAT Get your first refill pack f...

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Ben and Travis discuss the college admission cheating scandal, Paul Manofort's newest indictment and do a deep dive into the private prison system.

Ben and Travis discuss Ilhan Omar's controversial comments on Israel, Donald Trump's missing high school records and an update to Alex Acosta's Epstein plea deal scandal. Get your first refill pack free at http://getquip.com/tophat Hep Cats, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--

Ben and Travis discuss Michael Cohen's testimony and the North Korean summit and they are then are joined by entrepreneur and 2020 candidate Andrew Yang to discuss health care, universal basic income and a mindset of scarcity in the American people. Start your 4-week trial at http://stamps.com with promo code: TOPHAT Robinhood is giving listeners a free stock at http://tophat.robinhood.com Whiskey...

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Ben and Travis discuss Trump's declaration of a national emergency, child sexual abuse legislation and Amazon withdrawing from planned NYC headquarters.

Ben is joined by Jehmu Greene to discuss the State of the Union address, twin scandals unfolding in Virginia and the continuation of the women's wave. Get your first refill pack free at http://getquip.com/tophat If you're interested in resources for women running for political office, check out voterunlead.org. Awesome Call, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attri...

Ben and Travis discuss "Progressive Prosecutor" Kamala Harris, Roger Stone's indictment and then they are joined by comedian Mohanad Elshieky to discuss his experience of being pulled off a bus and asked to present his papers by immigration officials. Robinhood is giving listeners a free stock at http://tophat.robinhood.com Mining by Moonlight, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed un...

Ben is joined by filmmaker Astra Taylor ("What is Democracy") and they discuss corporations fueling automation, digital media as the people's platform, and binary choices in American politics.  Start your 4-week trial at http://stamps.com + promo code: TOPHAT https://www.gofundme.com/f/birdluger Casa Bossa Nova, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribut...