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The Trump administration is further limiting legal immigration, this time freezing visas for certain foreign workers. A private in the US army allegedly gave classified information to an anti-Semitic/pro-Nazi/pro-Satan group of white supremacists. Shaquille O’Neal has dished out the backstory to Aaron Carter’s song “That’s How I Beat Shaq.” Casey tries to stump Hayes with a ‘00s teen movie quotes quiz. And Yahoo Sports columnist Jay Busbee fills us in on how NASCAR is trying to grapple with the racism of its past after nooses have turned up at two of their venues this week.
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The president’s rally in Tulsa was a bust, and there’s a lot of blame to go around! At the rally, President Trump told a “joke” about telling his administration to slow down coronavirus testing. Will Smith reveals how his daughter, Willow, taught him all about feelings. And BuzzFeed News legal reporter Zoe Tillman helps us make sense of the power play Attorney General William Barr tried — and kinda failed? — to pull off this weekend.
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It’s Juneteenth, which means it’s been 155 years since Black folks in Texas were first clued in to their freedom. So we’re doing things a bit differently with a special episode today! We’ve got Linqua Franqa, aka Mariah Parker, with us to drop some bars, talk about being a rapper AND politician in the South, and discuss her podcast, “Waiting on Reparations.” And the creators, writers and stars of “Sherman’s Showcase” — Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle — are with us to spread some knowledge, play a game, and talk about their new special “Sherman’s Showcase Black History Month Special — In June!”
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The Supreme Court says the Trump administration effed up when it rescinded DACA. “That 70’s Show” star Danny Masterson has been charged with rape in LA. Britain’s Foreign Secretary thinks Black Lives Matters protestors are kneeling...because of Game of Thrones?? And we catch up with Tan France and Bobby Berk from Netflix’s “Queer Eye” to talk about their new season, how they’ve been spending lockdown, and how they’re thinking about this year’s very different Pride Month.
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The former cop who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks in an Atlanta Wendy’s parking lot has been charged with felony murder. The makers of Aunt Jemima’s pancake mix and syrup are ditching their minstrel show mascot. Casey never played Pokemon Snap but Hayes is really excited for the new Switch version. And we talk with Gerald Bostock, whose case before the Supreme Court guaranteed, under federal law, that LGBTQ employees can not be fired because of their sexuality or gender identity.
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A militia member shot a protestor who was trying to get a racist statue taken down. Nuclear Summer: India and China are beefing, and North Korea is literally blowing up symbolic buildings. You have an extra two months to get your movie Oscar-ready, filmmakers. And we talk to the Washington Post’s Radley Balko about how we got cops patrolling the streets in armored cars and shit.
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Atlanta’s police chief resigned after an officer shot and killed a black man in a Wendy’s parking lot. Nickelodeon may or may not have declared SpongeBob Squarepants an LGBTQ icon?! The Youths are on TikTok absolutely roasting millennials and...you know what, fair. And we talk to writer and editor Tom Gara about the looming economic crash that’s waiting for us in a matter of weeks.
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Louisville has banned no-knock warrants like the one used when police killed Breonna Taylor. Look out, Paw Patrol, the internet is comin’ to getcha! (It is not.) The Bachelor finally decided that having a Black lead is a good idea!! And we talk with BuzzFeed News Politics reporter Ryan Brooks about the calls on the streets to defund the police versus people pushing for full-on abolition.
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The US hit two million cases of COVID-19. There’s a new push to stop glorifying the Confederacy and President Trump seems pretty against it! Anna Wintour has apologized to her staff for not making Vogue more diverse. A new PSA from celebrities about not ignoring racism is way more cringe than they probably hoped. And a wild Zoom call led to the resignation of CrossFit’s CEO. We talked to two gym owners — including one Minneapolis owner who confronted him on the call — about the fallout.
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George Floyd’s brother testified in Congress, asking for police to be held accountable for their actions. States around the country, including Texas, are seeing spikes in COVID-19 hospitalizations. “COPS” is finally going off the air after being on as long as our hosts have been alive. And we’re joined by Insider opinion editor and video producer Manny Fidel, whose viral video lays out why white savior movies shouldn’t be the vibe right now.
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