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FiredUp Ep 157 - Debt Ceiling, Treasury, and the Fair Tax Act Bill Jan 23, 2023

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This week on FiredUp:

• We delve into the Debt Ceiling answers.

The US reached its Debt Ceiling last Thursday. If the limit is not raised by June of this year, we will default on our payment for the first time in our history, potentially sending the US and the world into a recession or depression.

• How will the Treasury Dept respond?

We examine some of the responses our Treasury Dept. can take to eliminate the dangers of breaching the Debt Ceiling.

• We examine the Fair Tax Act Bill in the House a new effort to eliminate the IRS.

Republicans have been itching to eliminate the IRS or at least eliminate the current tax structure. Wer look at a new bill that proposes to do both and more.

• We go back to Florida to look at DeSantis banning AP African American trail courses.

We are back looking at the shenanigans going on with the DeSantis crew as they ban the teaching of a pilot AP study program on African American history.

FiredUp - Ep 156 118th Congress is in Office! Jan 16, 2023

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This week on the FiredUp Podcast:

Now that the 118 th Congress is officially working, we will look at what they are and will be
working on.
How will the new House Rules shape the legislative dialog.
What about the Democrats? Spoiler – It is going to be rough)
We look at another George Santos controversy.
The Kansas Republicans are pushing an agenda of hate.

FiredUp Ep 155 - Speaker of the House Election Jan 09, 2023

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This week on FiredUp

The circus came to Washington DC as the Republicans made a total spectacle of the Speaker of the House election.

- We look at XBB.1.5 the new Covid variant spreading across America and the World.

- Kevin McCarthy elected Speaker after a 4-day 15 vote marathon

- Republicans announce early agenda including additional new abortion laws and widespread budget cuts.

- McCarthy proposes gutting the Congressional Ethics Office.

FiredUp Ep 154 - Looking Forward to 2023 Jan 03, 2023

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On this week’s episode, we will:

- Take a look back at a few of the key stories that drove the political conversations of 2022

- Look forward to what we can expect in 2023 politically. Will gridlock rule?

- Some news coming about the FiredUp podcast in 2023!

FiredUp Ep 153 - Happy Holidays from FiredUp Dec 21, 2022

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Happy Holidays from FiredUp!

· This week we recap some stories from my absence due to the Flu:

· President Biden signs the Marriage Protection Act into law.

· The Jan 6 Committee Report is Released

· The Donald comes out with some hokey NFT trading cards and they sell out at $99 each giving Trump $1.2M

· Sen Sinema switches to Independent Part

· Minneapolis purchases gas station where George Floyd was killed and will convert it into a “Peace Center”

FiredUp Ep 152 - GA Runoff and more! Dec 06, 2022

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This week on FiredUp:

- The Covid numbers are flat for another week, the Biden Administration will phase out its MPox emergency by the end of January. A good report on the health front.

- The DNC has proposed reorganizing the Presidential Primary calendar for 2024 and beyond, dropping Iowa as the first primary in favor of South Carolina, citing “a better reflection of the National Demographics”

- All eyes are/were on the Georgia runoff. What will the outcome mean for Democrats, Republicans and the Senate for the next two years?

- And it wouldn’t be US politics without a Trump bombshell. He is calling for the US Constitution to be “terminated” completely. What would that mean for the country should it somehow come to pass?

FiredUp Ep 151 - Happy Holidays Nov 28, 2022

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Happy Holidays from FiredUp!

It seems that the games are on for the holidays…

- We look at redistricting once again and the outcomes of the 2022 midterms as well as where it had the most effect on Republican and Democrat races.

- As the political games continue, the FL Legislature is considering amending a law they put in place in 2008 to block a Democrat to run fir a national level office. Now they want to reverse that law to allow Republican Gov. DeSantis to do that very thing.

- Georgia Supreme Court stays a lower court order that would have blocked Saturday voting in the Senate runoff.

FiredUp Ep 150 - House vs Senate, COVID Deaths by Party and More! Nov 22, 2022

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FiredUp Ep 149 - Lessons Learned from Midterms Nov 15, 2022

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This week on FiredUp

America has survived the 2022 Midterm Elections. What are the lessons learned:

· The Democrats will retain control of the Senate.

· The House is not yet decided (as of this broadcast).

· Abortion was in fact a key voting issue.

· Dems risky strategy of backing extreme Republicans they believed they could defeat worked.

· 4 of 5 states voted to remove indentured servitude (prison labor slavery) from their constitutions.

· Sen Josh Hawley says the current GOP needs to be torn down and a new party built.

FiredUp Ep 148 - MidTerms Are Here Nov 07, 2022

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. Midterm Elections are tomorrow, Nov 8th, the long campaign season is done. It’s time for those of us who haven’t voted yet to get to the polls and vote in person! 41.9 million votes were cast early and by mail so far.

· We will look at three stories that show how the far right will use the power if they gain control of House and/or Senate:

· Scotus will be considering a Nursing Home case that would eliminate the filing of lawsuits for mistreatment of residents.

· We fact check a Michigan ballot initiative that reportedly would remove the Photo ID requirement for voting, but does it?

· We look at a Louisiana effort to exclude mixed race citizens to reduce the numbers of voters that aren’t Black or Black/White mixed race.

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