The Young Turks

Several GOP lawmakers joined anti-vaccine activists in protesting mask mandates for healthcare workers. An internal memo revealed that Fox News forces their employees to share their vaccination status and wear masks in certain spaces. Data from a new poll says that 1 in 5 Americans are avoiding loved ones because they aren't vaccinated. Lawmakers scrap qualified immunity deal in police reform talks. Insurance companies are saying they will charge more for COVID-19 treatment in the coming months." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ilhan Omar calls out Fox News's "hateful rhetoric" over Afghan refugees. MAGA goes full nativist on refugees fleeing Afghanistan. Huge stockpiles of U.S.-made weapons and aircraft are now in Taliban hands. How to actually get a Trump voter vaccinated. The Biden Administration pushes plans for a third booster vaccine, but experts say we should focus on the unvaccinated and places struggling to access the vaccine first. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas' Republican Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID. Lauren Boebert faces major backlash after tweeting "Taliban are the only people Building Back Better." Tucker Carlson blames "radical gender politics" for contributing to the botched withdrawal of Afghanistan. Immigrant advocates denounced the Biden administration for deporting Haitian refugees. Republicans finally support unemployment benefits, but only for the unvaccinated. A county in Georgia shuts down all its schools amid a major Covid outbreak among students. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest on Afghanistan: chaos at Kabul airport as Afghans try to flee the Taliban. A tropical depression threatens further devastation in earthquake-hit Haiti. One person was stabbed as anti-vaxxers and counter-demonstrators clash in front of L.A. City Hall. The Dallas school district plans to enforce its mask mandates for the school year despite the Texas Supreme Court siding with Governor Abbott. The GOP finally backs unemployment benefits, but only for the unvaccinated.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

House Democratic moderates threaten Pelosi’s strategy and demand an immediate vote on the infrastructure bill. Britney Spears’ father Jamie Spears agrees to step down as her conservator. Census data shows that the US white population dropped the most, while multiracial and minority populations grew. Tucker Carlson mocks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for fear of being raped during the Capitol Riot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rand Paul revealed Wednesday that his wife bought stock in Gilead Sciences – which makes an antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19 – back on Feb. 26, 2020, before the threat of coronavirus was fully understood. Mississippi asks the Biden Administration to send military hospital ships. Laura Ingraham forgets the meaning of irony. Dan Crenshaw gets heckled by a monster he helped create. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Without a single Republican vote, the Senate approves the $3.5 trillion budget blueprint. However, Joe Manchin voices his “serious concerns” about the $3.5 trillion budget after the Senate’s approval. Democrats introduce a bill to force the largest corporations to pay their fair share. Every single Democratic senator voted on a symbolic measure that would punish localities that defund the police. The Texas House Speaker signs warrants to arrest the 52 wayward Democrats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Governor Andrew Cuomo resigns. Roberta Kaplan, who aided Cuomo, resigns from the Time’s Up organization. After months of negotiation, the Senate voted 69-30 to pass the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan. Florida’s governor says school leaders’ salary may be withheld if they require masks.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Major climate changes are inevitable and irreversible according to the International Panel on Climate Change’s new warning. The mammoth Dixie Fire grows to California’s second-biggest ever. Democrats release sprawling budget plans as the Senate moves to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. A “slap in the face”: lobbyists fume at Biden’s eviction moratorium reversal. Governor Cuomo’s groping accuser speaks out for the first time. Rand Paul releases a video manifesto for all the people that want to die, depicting a bunch of fantasy vaccine and mask rules that don’t exist as something to oppose and fight. Marjorie Taylor Greene talks about “corporate communism,” and proceeds to describe capitalism. Trump’s spokesperson attacked Fox News after his election fraud lies were edited out of an interview on YouTube. Anti-vaxxers are freaking out over a website created to snitch to the government on your friends and family that aren’t vaccinated – but there’s a catch. A gender test was demanded for an Olympic sprinter because she “ran too fast.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TikTok shows an ex-Fireman melting down over a non-English speaker. Tucker Carlson, Hungary, and the right’s embrace of authoritarianism. An airline forces a woman to cover up a Biden sign for “offending” people. Out-of-control wildfire destroys the town of Greenville, California as dry, gusty conditions encourage rapid spread. “I was right”: Geraldo Rivera slams “full of s***” Dan Bongino over surging Florida COVID numbers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices