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McCarthy is Irrelevant

Justin discusses how pointless the Kevin McCarthy Speaker of the House vote fiasco is and was, a little bit on the coup attempt in Brazil and the ongoing fight over the courts in New York state.
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Labor is the Way Forward

Today organizers with the Amazon Labor Union and Starbucks Workers United met with Joe Biden. And Amazon Labor Union leader Chris Smalls testified to the Senate, sparring with the likes of Lindsey Graham and making the case that workers make it all (corporate America) happen.
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The Dems could save Roe v. Wade, if they wanted to

The Dems are up in arms about the SCOTUS leak that confirms they intend to overturn Roe v. Wade. But the theatrical outrage is coming from the party that failed to protect abortion rights for decades. Instead, the Dems continue to use it as a shameless get out the vote tool, doing nothing to enshrine abortion rights into law.
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The Supreme Court Won’t Stop with Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court is just getting started. A draft opinion from February in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization leaked detailing the conservative court’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. The Court was very explicit, “we hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
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Abolish Black Friday

Black Friday is one of the biggest shopping events of the year. We’ve all heard the stories of people stampeded, shot, and just generally the lack of humanity the shopping spree centered pseudo-holiday inspires. We should just abolish it guys.
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This Means Open Season on Protestors

Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges. Despite killing two people and injuring a third, the jury found he acted in self-defense. It’s hard to overstate just how bad this precedent is in the face of a conservative movement increasingly willing to embrace its most violent fringe that has become the mainstream of the party.
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Restarting Student Loan Payments is Political Suicide

In case you were wondering, restarting student loan payments is political suicide. In just a few months Joe Biden will be faced with a political decision that is incredibly consequential for millions of people in this country. That question? If his administration will restart federal student loan payments. Like so many tactics from the Dems, it makes us to ask if they even want to win.

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