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Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigns after being accused of sexual harassment. Will his successor just be another neoliberal? A California man is accused of murdering his two children after believing his wife passed her "serpent DNA" to the kids. Q-Anon and Illuminati conspiracy theorists are dangerous to this country. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA...

Katy and Jack are off this week, so Darren discussed these topics: United becomes the first airline to mandate COVID vaccines for all of their employees. CNN fired three employees for coming into the office unvaccinated. Employers continue to blame lazy people for staffing shortages instead of blaming themselves for paying poverty wages. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich said it's time to use th...

Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: Former U.S. Senator for Michigan Carl Levin (D) passed away on Thursday. We look back at Levin's life and career. Frito-Lay workers in Topeka, Kansas return to work after a three-week strike. Why does it feel like management won? The Grand Rapids, Michigan Police Department gets dragged for its "Clergy On Patrol" program. Now the GRPD wants drones for "...

Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called the COVID-19 delta variant the "pandemic of the unvaccinated." A new fungus that's impervious to medications has spread in Dallas and Washington, D.C. Jeff Bezos went into space and thanked Amazon employees for making it possible (by paying starvation wages). A joint article from The Intercept & Detr...

Jack is off this week, so Darren and Katy discuss these topics: Minnesota opened an office to investigate murdered and missing Indigenous people. Democrats in the Texas legislature fled the state to deny a quorum for a special legislative session to restrict voting rights. Katy's online discussion about circumcision turns into an on air discussion about religion. The Cuban government cracked down...

Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel plans to prosecute people raising money on false voter fraud claims in response to a request from one of the state's top Republicans. Barry County, Michigan Sheriff Dar Leaf allegedly tried to recruit other sheriffs to seize voting machines to investigate false claims of election fraud in 2020. Rudy Giuliani had his...

Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: Former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for murdering George Floyd. Bill Cosby is released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that he should not have been prosecuted. "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" actress Janet Hubert dragged Bill Cosby's former co-star Phylicia Rashad for posting comments sympath...

Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that schools couldn’t punish students for expressing their free speech off school grounds (with exceptions for bullying and violent threats). A condominium building collapsed in Surfside, Florida, killing four people with over 100 more missing. Michigan Republicans concluded that there was no widespread election fraud in...

Jack Prince is off this week, so Darren and Katy discuss these topics: A federal judge threw out a lawsuit against Houston Methodist Hospital, allowing the hospital to fire employees who don't get the COVID-19 vaccine. A new coalition government takes charge in Israel, but expect few changes (especially if you're a Palestinian). 24 members of the British Parliament signed a letter calling on Presi...

Katy and Jack are off this week, so Darren discussed these topics: An Ohio law professor claims that tennis authorities violated laws by forcing Naomi Osaka out of the French Open. A Houston hospital has suspended nearly 200 employees for not getting mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations. Darren explained how a 1905 U.S. Supreme Court decision allows the hospital to mandate vaccines. A Pew Research Cent...

Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: We talk about the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Jack described the pushback he got while trying to teach high school students about the Tulsa Race Massacre and other massacres. Over 200 bodies of Native Indigenous children were found in a mass grave on the grounds of a former "Reeducation" school. Tennis star Naomi Osaka is a hero for di...

Katy and Jack are both off this week, so Darren discusses these topics: New York prosecutors have convened a grand jury to look into Donald Trump and his organization. Could this be the beginning of the end? A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows 53% of Republicans believe that Trump is the "real" president. Darren says that 53% of Republicans are insane. ESPN reports that in 2008 Trump offered money to t...

Jack Prince is off this week, so Darren and Katy discuss these topics: We go into more details on the Chicago Police Department purchasing drones with asset seizure proceeds. Police will always choose violent technology over non-lethal technology. The Sheriff of Calhoun County, Michigan is complaining that his department doesn't have the funding to staff a resource officer at an intake facility fo...

Katy Steele and Jack Prince are both off today, so Darren flew solo as he discussed these topics: A judge threw out the bankruptcy filing of the National Rifle Association, opening the door for the New York State Attorney General to potentially shut down the group. A ransomware attack on a large pipeline disrupted gas delivery on the east coast of the U.S. A Marine colonel is accused of assaulting...

Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: Why does society continue to worship the rich and powerful? Christianity has slowly labeled poverty a sin. The working class needs to come together. Can individuals stop their selfishness long enough for this to happen? Workers at a Dollar General store in Maine and a Wendy's in North Carolina have quit their jobs over poor pay and working conditions. W...

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Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: The United States Supreme Court heard a free speech case involving a 14-year-old girl who was suspended from her school's cheerleading squad after she posted a profanity-laced tirade against the school on Snapchat. Police chief training in Novi, Michigan was cancelled after a public outcry over a speaker who trains cops "to kill without feeling guilty."...

Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. Prior to that verdict, Columbus, Ohio cops shot and killed a 16-year-old girl who called them to break up a fight. Cops told bystanders that "blue lives matter." Grand Rapids, Michigan cops are captured on video punching a Black man they pulled over for littering after a passenger threw out a rib...

Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: Another cop "accidentally" kills a Black person in Minnesota. A Fresno, California cop was fired for his ties to the Proud Boys. Maryland recently passed law enforcement reforms, but how these reforms are instituted is up for debate. Some parents of Hudsonville, Michigan Public School students want mask mandates removed. They also presented petitions ca...

Jack Prince is on vacation this week, so Darren and Katy discuss these topics: Darren has a very heartfelt conversation about how he has decided to permanently walk away from a conservative family member. An update on conservative talk radio host Dave Ramsey as Inc. Magazine removed his business from their list of companies to work for. Also, Dave has listed his $15 Million mansion for sale. Darre...

Jack Prince is on vacation, so Darren and Katy discuss these topics: The Derek Chauvin trial started this week. Could we see the start of another race war this summer? Sharon Osbourne was fired from the CBS daytime show "The Talk" and it was not "cancel culture." The corporate parent of several fast food chains bragged about killing the $15 minimum wage bill from President Biden's COVID Relief Pla...

Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: We have the latest update on Marlena Pavlos-Hackney, the Holland, Michigan restaurant owner arrested for contempt of course after serving food without a valid food service license. Conservative complaints about Pavlos-Hackney not receiving "due process" are bogus. A Georgia lawmaker was arrested for knocking on the door of the Governor's office while he...

Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: A Holland, Michigan restaurant owner was arrested for flagrantly violating the state's Covid restrictions and for operating a restaurant while the food service license was suspended. Wolverine Worldwide has plans for one of their chemical dumping sites. Erin Brockovich says toxic chemicals may lead to the end of humanity sooner than we think. Israeli sc...

Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics: President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion relief package. NBC's Savannah Guthrie showed her privilege in an interview with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen by comparing the relief package to taking a whole bottle of aspirin for a headache. We discussed allegations of racism in the British royal family, leading to a discussion about worshipping wealth an...

Katy Steele is off today, so Darren and Jack discuss these topics: Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann is roundly criticized for suggesting that Texas shouldn’t receive the Covid vaccine when mask mandates are removed. A Holland, Michigan restaurant owner faces jail for failing to follow health department orders regarding Covid mask mandates. MAGA bride Audra Johnson announced on social media that s...