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There is no shortage of information. If you want to know “WHAT” is happening choose any news source, at random, and likely they will cover the same stories as any other outlet. But will they have context? Can they explain “WHY?” something is happening? Open conversation is scary. Open conversation can create odd narratives, but it also helps us all better understand our world.
The process is a show born from years of experience as both a student of politics and a trial attorney – a combined study in motivation, law, politics, policy, and society that helps focus analysis on the “why behind the what” of daily life. The process is for those who want to understand.

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Friday Flyover | Heartland News and Views From Across Flyover Country Sep 22, 2023

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Kansas
1. https://kansasreflector.com/2023/09/19/kansas-judge-rejects-prosecutors-attempt-to-seal-affidavit-by-insulting-newspaper/
  1. Douglas County prosecutor Joshua Seiden said Lawrence Journal-World should be denied access to public record because it is ‘devoid of journalist integrity’
  2. Joshua Seiden, Douglas County deputy district attorney, had tried to persuade the judge to seal an affidavit because he said the newspaper lacks integrity and is interested in clickbait.
  3. latest attempt by government officials in Kansas to punish a news organization for publishing stories they don’t like - recall the raid in Marion that left an elderly woman dead
  4. Under state law, affidavits are public records unless the state can prove that the public interest would be served by keeping them sealed.
  5. His completely unfounded legal argument: While the Lawrence Journal-World may claim that it requests this information because it is in the public interest, the sad reality is that the Lawrence Journal-World is a fledgling publication devoid of journalist integrity and constantly on the prowl for potential clickbait
Texas Schools Censor Teacher
1. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/texas-teacher-anne-frank-fired-18375331.php
  1. A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after assigning an unapproved illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth grade reading class. Per a report from KFDM, a spokesperson for Hamshire-Fannett ISD, located south of Beaumont, released a statement confirming the teacher was sent home on Wednesday after reading a passage from Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation in which Frank wrote about male and female genitalia. An investigation into the incident has since ensued.
  2. While district officials claim the adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary was not approved, it was included on a reading list sent to parents at the start of the school year, KFDM reports
Missouri falling behind energy shifts
1. https://missouriindependent.com/2023/09/20/seizing-the-clean-energy-opportunity-missouris-time-to-shine/
  1. Utility companies across America are working to shift away from coal to more renewable sources
  2. For years, electric companies across the nation cited cost concerns in their resistance to clean energy. But that should be the case no longer, thanks to new federal opportunities.
  3. Take the Kansas City-based Evergy, which has taken action to decrease its reliance on coal and increase its renewables-based energy generation. In 2018, Evergy closed some of its coal plants and increased its wind production while working with businesses to attract new development through renewable access. At one time, Evergy planned to reach net zero emissions by 2045.
  4. Federal funding can be used to boost coops
  5. Also a job creator
  6. Win-win-Win situation here
Indiana Takes The Lead On Non-Compete Legislation
1. https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/09/20/indiana-likely-to-wait-on-further-noncompete-legislation-pending-lawsuit-industry-impacts/
  1. Indiana lawmakers went on the offensive when they limited physician-employer noncompete agreements for the second time in three years — but with a lawsuit pending and an industry adjusting, they’re sitting back to observe before doing more.
  2. And still-unfolding national efforts could supersede it all.
  3. “I’m hopeful, maybe, but I think it’s more of a sit and wait,” said Sen. Justin Busch, the Fort Wayne Republican who authored this year’s legislation.
  4. Noncompete agreements bar employees who leave their jobs from working in similar positions within a certain timeframe, and often, a geographical range. In Indiana, physicians working under such agreements must purchase their freedom for a “reasonable” price.
Looming Federal Shutdown Puts Millions In State of Uncertainty
1. https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/09/20/a-disaster-nears-millions-of-federal-workers-paychecks-would-be-on-hold-in-a-shutdown/
  1. 3.5 million federal workers or other pearson reliant on federal system for regular income will be in a bind
  2. All of this coming as the House gears up for their first impeachment hearings coming up on Thursday, which could be happening almost simultaneously with a shut down
Child Rape and Abuse Charges In Tennessee Against Another Drag Queen… oh sorry, misread that, against another white male pastor
1. https://www.thedailybeast.com/traveling-texas-preacher-benjamin-garlick-and-wife-charged-in-child-rape-case
  1. Traveling pastor and wife got crowd sourced funds to pay for a van
  2. Now he’s charged with rape and abuse and she is charged with facilitating the same
  3. But hey, at least a man in a dress didn’t read a book to kids, amiright?
Feds Bringing Back Free COVID testing
1. https://www.covid.gov/tests
  1. The COVIDtests.gov program has distributed over 755 million tests directly to more than two-thirds of American households, 310 million of which went to households in underserved communities. The U.S. government will continue to make COVID-19 tests available to uninsured individuals and underserved communities through existing outreach programs. Please contact a HRSA health center, Test to Treat site, or ICATT location near you to learn how to access low- or no-cost COVID-19 tests provided by the federal government.
Friday Feel Good - Springfield MO charity helping millions of kids
1. https://sgfcitizen.org/schools/k12-education/care-to-learn-celebrates-a-3-million-milestone-of-meeting-needs/

The charitable foundation focused on helping students and their families for educational success recently celebrated meeting its 3 millionth need.

Krystal Simon, CEO of the organization, said Care to Learn reached that mark relatively quickly, compared to the last milestones — it took 10 years to surpass a million.

“It took us 14 years to hit 2 million needs,” Simon said. “About a year later, we hit 3 million.”

The reason for the increased number of needs deals with the growth of the organization. In its 15th year, Care to Learn now has chapters and partners in 42 school districts around Missouri, from Kansas City to Cape Girardeau, reaching about 130,000 public school students.

Care To Learn link: https://caretolearn.org/who-we-are/

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Collective Bargain (Ep.2) with host Glenn Kage, Jr: Meet The Member - Damon Moore, UAW member Sep 19, 2023

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Labor Front was created to educate both union members and the general public on the important role organized labor plays in our nations economy. It is also a platform for progressive, labor friendly candidates to discuss their platforms and show that there is a difference between political parties.

Labor Front author, UAW Members, and well known Union activist, Glenn Kage, Jr. talks with UAW member, Damon Moore.

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Special Guest: Don Looney (MO Activist & Union Member) on UAW Strike, Lauren Boebert Gets Kicked For Getting Kicks; Missouri's Failure On Protecting Children; GOP's Impeachment Uh Oh; Google Goes On Trial Sep 18, 2023

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T/F
1. Boebert can salvage herself enough to win in Colorado
  1. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/13/lauren-boebert-maga-colorado-election-00113943
  2. This comes at the same time Boebert is kicked out of a theater for vaping, being loud while and dancing… oh and cranking her date’s hog while he gets a handful of c-cup she gets kicked out and flips the bird and plays the “do you know who I am” card
    1. She also lied, and then whoops - there was video
  3. Colorado Newsline story from a couple weeks back with poll showing Frisch with a 2 point lead: https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/adam-frisch-leads-rep-lauren-boebert-by-2-points-in-democrats-campaign-funded-poll/
  4. Axios calls it a deadlock - probably a good description given how 2022 ended in recount with very narrow margin for Boebert
    1. https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2023/08/22/lauren-boebert-adam-frisch-2024-poll-colorado
Yeah No…
1. Human rights limited in Red States https://missouriindependent.com/2023/09/15/missouri-lags-behind-most-states-for-childrens-rights-advocacy-group-finds/
  1. From article: Human Rights Watch, measured every state’s laws against the standards of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international treaty that the U.S. has not ratified.
  2. The organization examined every state’s laws on child marriage, corporal punishment, child labor and juvenile justice.
  3. No state received an A or B grade. Missouri and 15 other states received an F grade - Mississippi was dead last, New Jersey was first
Really a larger human rights issue in states like MO
1. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/13/dobbs-pregnancy-maternal-health-00115561
2. Note for Rachel: “New data reveals an unexpected consequence of these developments” UNEXPECTED BY WHOM, POLITICO?
3. DeSantis using same kind of anti-public health BS https://www.semafor.com/article/09/15/2023/desantis-camp-bets-on-covid-lgbt-backlash-to-return-to-2024-relevance
4. Anti-LGBTQ ad DeSantis is running Iowa https://youtu.be/N58q7-hUWj4?feature=shared
Yeah, Yeah!
1. Nashville progressives take the day with Freddie O’Connell’s election as mayor
2. From TN Lookout: https://tennesseelookout.com/2023/09/14/freddie-oconnell-wins-nashville-mayoral-election-in-landslide-victory/
3. Nice follow up from our discussion about Gloria Johnson’s chance in the TN senate race
4. From article: O’Connell grabbed 64% of the vote, while his opponent, former Republican strategist Alice Rolli, snagged 36%. A total of 114,103 people voted in the runoff.
Buy or Sell…
1. The GOP’s continued push on impeaching Biden is a plus for Dems
  1. Ken Buck (notably of House Freedom and sedition caucus) on CNN says McCarthy KNEW he didn’t have the votes to open inquiry, says at least 20 GOP members in house would vote NO
  2. So much of it is tied to Ukraine too, almost feels as much about discrediting support for Ukraine as it is attack on Biden?
    1. Ukraine senator support story: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article279264219.html?ac_cid=DM847839&ac_bid=-320453519
McCarthy seems to know it’s super dumb, may be its a trade off to keep form a shutdown on funding which would probably be really, really super dumb
1. Good NPR article on risks for GOP here https://www.npr.org/2023/09/16/1199818085/republicans-impeachment-polling-biden-mccarthy
The Big One
1. Googling Google… no really, it’s worth a google. Or a bing. Or an ask jeeves
  1. Google is going on trial
    1. SEMAFOR article: https://www.semafor.com/article/09/12/2023/google-antitrust-trial-opens-us
      1. A massive antitrust trial opens against Google and its parent company Alphabet Tuesday. The trial, brought by the U.S. Justice Department, alleges that the tech giant used its power to squash any competition, illegally making itself the default search engine on many apps and services.
VOX article: https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/9/11/23864514/google-search-antitrust-trial
Bork-ing of corporate oversight in the 1980s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Antitrust_Paradox

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The Sunday Shows -UAW Is On Strike, and Glenn Kage, Jr. , host of "Collective Bargain" and member of UAW 225O, Helps Us All Understand The Reasons Why Sep 17, 2023

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Friday Flyover - Sep 15, 2023 - Politics and 2024 Elections News - Democrats look to hold Bob Casey and Sherrod Brown's Senate seats | Mitt Romney retires | Lauren Boebert tries to change her image Sep 15, 2023

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Democrats look to hold Senate seats in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Montana and West Virginia | POLITICO says Lauren Boebert is cultivating a more palatable profile back home after almost losing - others say Boebert is the same old toxic, paranoid MAGA acolyte | Mitt Romney leaves the U.S. Senate after one term, creating an open Republican primary in one of the nation's most conservative states

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Real House Wives Of Presidential Politics | Tim Scott Makes A Headline; The 14th Amendment, Trump, and You; Biden Camp Calm While Headlines Swirl; Adam and Sean's Top 5 Sep 13, 2023

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Tim Scott seems to have just realized he’s in the Republican party
1. https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-scott-responds-gay-rumors-unmarried-black-2024-campaign-2023-9
  1. Sen. Tim Scott, a 2024 GOP presidential candidate, is defending his unmarried status.
  2. It's garnered more attention over the course of the campaign, with some insinuating he's gay.
  3. Scott insists he has a girlfriend and says the attention on his relationship status is a stand-in for other attacks.
  4. Sad that Sen. Scott cannot simply be who his is, or is not.
The Trump 14th Amendment Insurrection clause push is on
1. Let’s talk 14th Amendment
  1. Often referred to as the “substantive due process” clause and where you can find the “priviledges and immunities” language, along with equal protection
    1. BTW why this isn’t being mentioned as a way to challenge abortion laws, I’m not sure, but that’s another show
  2. Language of 14th: 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868) | National Archives
  3. Very Smart Legal Scholar Article
    1. Quote from article: The Congress that proposed the Fourteenth Amendment rightly regarded the situation as outrageous—not only morally, but practically. If former Confederates held the levers of federal and state government power, effective “reconstruction” of the political order and any hope of extending the full and equal protection of the laws to the newly freed former slaves would be at an end.
  4. Section 3 is the insurrection clause: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
  5. Potential problem: section 5 places enforcement with Congress to make laws that enforce the provisions of the 14th, but wording of Sec 3 seems to automatically attach, or be “self executing” in legal terms
2. Laurence Tribe: If Trump doesn’t qualify for insurrection clause, nobody would
  1. Minnesota challenge (just the latest similar in Colorado) Trump faces another 14th Amendment candidacy challenge, this time in Minnesota | CNN Politics
  2. 14th Amendment challenges against Trump's candidacy mount as campaign pushes back - ABC News
From law suit: “Donald J. Trump, through his words and actions, after swearing an oath as an officer of the United States to support the Constitution, then engaged in insurrection as defined by Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment,” the new lawsuit says. “He is disqualified from holding the presidency or any other office under the United States.”
Trump’s Final Solution Plan unveiled
1. Conservatives aim to restructure U.S. government and replace it with Trump’s vision | PBS NewsHour
  1. From article: With a nearly 1,000-page “Project 2025” handbook and an “army” of Americans, the idea is to have the civic infrastructure in place on Day One to commandeer, reshape and do away with what Republicans deride as the “deep state” bureaucracy, in part by firing as many as 50,000 federal workers.
  2. Plan to “flood the zone” with Conservatives
  3. Basically a plan to completely turn over the government with only those who have passed the Fuhrer’s loyalty test
GOP Primary now with more COVID
1. COVID panic hits the Republican primaries | Semafor
2. GOP on social media posting like it’s 2021 and they are fighting masks again
Hitting the panic button on Biden? Not so fast say
1. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/12/joe-biden-age-polls-democrats-2024-election
2. Washington Times - which has become increasingly right wing, not just right leaning, article about Biden being cut off and ushered off stage in Vietnam
  1. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/11/joe-biden-cut-mid-sentence-vietnam-press-conferenc/
3. Impeachment inquiry opened in the House, will include Gym Jordan and Missouri’s own Jason Smith
The Fett Man seems unphased by this news (Video & sound)
1. https://twitter.com/noliewithbtc/status/1701639496498843932?s=46&t=mukZUfs5M_R3E9tAHIu-GA
The non-Biden contenders list
1. The Memo: Five Democratic alternatives if President Biden exits the 2024 race
  1. Article lists: Harris, Newsom, Mayor Pete, Whitmer, and AOC as their 5
Each presents their list of 5 Dem POTUS hopefuls
1. Sean
  1. Big Boy from Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker - $170 MM in last campaign
  2. CO Gov. Jared Polis - $13 MM
  3. KS Gov Laura Kelly - $8 MM
  4. U.S. Sen from MN Amy Klobuchar - $8 MM in 2018, $4 MM cash on hand now
  5. NC Gov Roy Cooper - $41 MM in 2020 win by 4.5 points
2. Adam
  1. Gretchen Whitmer - MI Gov
  2. Raphael Warnock - GA Sen.
  3. Josh Shapiro - PA Gov
  4. JB Pritzker - IL Gov
  5. Jared Polis - CO Gov

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Talkin' Politics | Remembering 9/11; Trump’s Impacts On State party GOP; "Red State" policies run off professionals; Democracy Docket Does Work; Look at the TN Senate Race; The Recession Obsession Reimagined Sep 11, 2023

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TALKIN’ POLITICS

REMEMBERING 9/11 - 22 YEARS LATER

Where were you/what do you remember most?
Complicated legacy

T/F - 2024 Is Dems To Take?
1. Trickle Down Trump
  1. Michigan’s GOP in shambles https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/us/politics/trump-michigan-republican-party.html
  2. https://www.npr.org/2023/08/07/1192255293/state-gop-woes-colorado-michigan
Missouri GOP gov primary a clear highlight of the trifurcation
1. Kehoe - norm
2. Eigle - MAGA
3. Ashcroft - religious right
Yeah No…
1. GOP Policies run off professional services
  1. Louisiana https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/01/us/jake-kleinmahon-doctor-leaves-louisiana-reaj?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_post-news
  2. NY Times article on topic: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/politics/abortion-obstetricians-maternity-care.html#:~:text=Across%20the%20country%2C%20in%20red,are%20avoiding%20states%20like%20Idaho.
Yeah, Yeah!
1. Mark Elias and Democracy Docket, just in general
  1. Article that sparked this: https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/a-stain-not-easily-removed/
Buy or Sell…Gloria Johnson chances v. Marsha Blackburn in Tennessee Senate Race
1. Recall the Tennessee 3, Gloria in that group
2. Shooting in Nashville and summer session that ended with GOP adjourning to January
3. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/08/tennessee-gun-laws-school-shooting-nashville-republican?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
The Big One
1. The Recession Reimagined
2. Even amid major construction booms, basement unemployment numbers, inflation eased back to basic levels, and increased wages, legacy media needs you to know we might still be in or near or nearing or around a recession
  1. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/rather-than-a-recession-we-could-be-in-a-richcession-instead.html?638288372645796845&utm_source=linkedin
  2. https://apnews.com/article/recession-economy-inflation-jobs-unemployment-2ad91e65f4c0c79ebd2518e351934605

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Friday Flyover | Abortion Across State Lines; Gloria Johnson Is Running For Senate In TN; MO Dems 2024 Primary Issues; Marion Co. Kansas Accountability?; Reminder On Dirt Road Democrat Show Sep 08, 2023

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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/07/1198016238/abortion-numbers-state-map-guttmacher-dobbs

https://missouriindependent.com/2023/09/07/mail-in-ballots-ranked-choice-voting-part-of-missouri-democrat-plan-for-presidential-primary/

https://kansasreflector.com/2023/09/07/transparency-demands-that-marion-county-attorney-explain-his-role-in-chilling-newspaper-raid/

https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-07-03/a-conservative-pastor-is-trying-to-unseat-a-gay-library-board-member-in-st-joseph

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Talkin' Politics | Bumper Sticker Bingo; A Proud Boy Gets Prison Israel’s Ongoing Protests For Democracy; Alabama GOP Gets Caught Suppressing Votes; Real Housewives of Presidential Politics Sep 06, 2023

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Bumper Sticker Bingo

Listener David on twitter, he’s sent us some good stuff before and this is a new all time great, maybe best listener contribution to date, possibly…
- He saw a Vivek bumper sticker in the wild in ol’ Missouri and so he thought we maybe had a scavenger hunt, i’m gonna call it bumper sticker bingo
  - Must have a picture - be safe
  - Whoever submits the most unique stickers wins
  - What do they win?

Enrique Tario, such a proud boy indeed, Sentenced

Good thread by Scott Macfsrlane, with quotes from judge and lawyers

https://x.com/macfarlanenews/status/1699117373469659345?s=46&t=mukZUfs5M_R3E9tAHIu-GA

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/politics/enrique-tarrio/index.html

sentencing guidelines (terrorist enhanced) in Tarrio's case, per Judge Kelly: 324 months to 405 months, 27-33 years
Dude has been in pics with about every pro-sedition GOP face you can imagine
Part of defense argument is Tario has always been pro law enforcement - which is like saying Hitler was always pro-beer hall.
Tario: Prosecutor says, "in the middle of his own trial... Tarrio gave an interview... in which he said the Proud Boys did nothing wrong"
22 years

Israel - Rachel you dropped an article from POST, and I just thought it was worth touching on, it’s based in Israel but it’s about democracy, can you fill that in a bit?

https://post.news/@/noam/2UsoWsKyCHLDa3cKNv1LMX1efX2?wpsrc=Creators&wpcid=noam&wpsn=2UsoWsKyCHLDa3cKNv1LMX1efX2

The latest: https://news.sky.com/story/benjamin-netanyahu-says-he-wants-all-eritrean-migrants-involved-in-israel-clashes-deported-12953989

About a month ago: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israelis-are-protesting-for-democracy-but-palestinians-say-occupation-ignored

Alabama Map Illegal - VRA holding by a thread

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1193749552/alabama-congressional-map

Story Sean dropped in: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jun/08/alabama-discrimination-black-voters-map-supreme-court

Real Housewives of Presidential Politics

Trump’s Strange Phone Call… or was it? Can they hear me… am i talking…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-network-shoots-down-chatter-that-trump-call-was-ai
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-fake-hoax-real-america-voice-b2403355.html

Trump out of money?https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/31/trump-lawyers-save-america-indictments/70648789007/

Won-won is scared of questions

https://news.yahoo.com/ron-desantis-afraid-questions-15-083126041.html

Feels like it belongs here: Rudy Is In A Tight Spot https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/01/rudy-giuliani-donor-trump-legal-fees
Donna Brazile dire warning?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/4/donna-brazile-former-dnc-chair-warns-biden-dems-tr/
Biden student debt relief
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/02/biden-student-debt-loan-save-plan
RFK, Jr. explains the basic system of government bonds during CNBC interview where he’s explaining how he will deal with increasing first time home buyers by issuing government bonds at 3% but that he won’t be adding to any of the national debt with this program, in which the Government gives out money at a discounted interest rate. Because he’s not a serious person.
Biden labor day speech in Philly - laid some wood toward trump
- https://www.axios.com/2023/09/04/biden-trump-criticism-labor-day-infrastructure
- Text of BIden’s speechhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/09/04/remarks-by-president-biden-celebrating-labor-day-and-honoring-americas-workers-and-unions/
  - Adam’s favorite part - this is why he gets to be President
    - Governor Shapiro and Senator Fetterman, they couldn’t be here today because we’re splitting the state. They’re taking Pittsburgh, and I’m taking Philly. (Applause.)
  - Along — along with a few friends. By the way, Mayor Kenney is here, I think. Mr. Mayor, you — you show up here? You were able to come? There he is under the American flag. (Applause.)
Hunter Biden not the gift that keeps on giving?
- https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/05/hunter-biden-gop-primary-00113820