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Episodes

Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Andres Vinelli, VP, Economic Policy, CAP @vinelli @capeconomy @amprog @capaction
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Andres Vinelli: It's very risky for Senators to vote against the relief package but they'll still vote along party lines.

Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Jeff Hauser: We didn't get the chance to fully appreciate the victory in GA because it was just hours later the attack on the Capitol took place, but Georgia was a major victory.

Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Matthew Chapman, Reporter, Raw Story @RawStory @fawfulfan
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Matthew Chapman: I found it fascinating that the budget that passed incl provisions for raising the minimum wage. It would be a new sort of precedent, a new sort of tactic that hasn't been tried yet.

Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Bob Ney: We need science-based judgements on what to do, & we need to come to terms that test scores just aren't going to be what we want them to be this year.

Saturday Feb 06, 2021
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Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Saturday Feb 06, 2021

Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Scott Dworkin, co-founder Democratic Coalition @funder @TheDemCoalition
Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Scott Dworkin: MTG should be arrested for inviting people to help in the insurrection. She was trying to incite violence.

Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Taylor Nichols, MD, Emergency Medicine physician @tnicholsmd
Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Taylor Nichols, MD: I do worry about PTSD and lasting effects of stress after the pandemic.

Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Brett Pransky, The Professor @BrettPransky
Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Brett Pransky: Good policy is welcome any time, but we're not going to sacrifice good policy for the buzzword of the day, like "unity."

Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Bob Ney: MTG should have handled things differently with her constituents.

Friday Feb 05, 2021
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Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021

Friday Feb 05, 2021
Tyler Buchanan, Ohio Capital Journal reporter @Tylerjoelb
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Tyler Buchanan: We have another bill from the Ohio legislature, SB-22, that would allow the legislature to strike down health orders by committee if they don't like them.

Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Adam S. Cohen: That's how we end up with Trump & Trump wannabes & Jewish lasers from space.

Friday Feb 05, 2021
Sarah Burris, Reporter, Raw Story @SarahBurris @RawStory
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Sarah Burris: Joe Biden wants nothing to do with the House & MTG. He's got a pandemic to deal with. He's working on passing the COVID relief bill & the Domestic Production Act.

Friday Feb 05, 2021
David Pepper, former Chairman, Ohio Democratic Party @DavidPepper @OHDems
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
David Pepper: If we don't come in w/ a big enough relief package, people won't be able to take necessary precautions like staying home from work if workplace isn't safe.

Thursday Feb 04, 2021
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Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021

Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Joshua Holland: One thing that's been extremely encouraging is that there are a lot of Obama alumni in the Biden administration.

Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Joshua Holland, Contributor to The Nation Magazine @JoshuaHol @thenation
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Joshua Holland: MTG is a walking, talking advertisement for better public education.

Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Jake Jacobs, co-admin of NY BATS @Nyarteacher @BadassTeachersA
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Jake Jacobs: Charter schools make up only 6% of the schools in the country. How can you have a formula that only addresses 6% and ignores 94% of the schools??

Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Bob Ney: The cloture vote is ridiculous. It should have been done away with YEARS ago. I love how the Republicans call it the "nuclear option." Get rid of cloture once & for all.

Wednesday Feb 03, 2021