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The Delta, E43 - 1. Secure Student Rights. 2. Recover from COVID. Mar 01, 2023

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COVID still reminds us what we could lose with defunding education: the rights of our students.

Kristina (Educational ASL Interpreter) and Nicholas (former science teacher turned education outreach ) discuss their most recent infection with the lingering pandemic. The largest concern for educators of all kinds is never personal recovery, but instead concern about the education of our students.
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Talk About The Money: Moving Past Culture Debates To Break Through Feb 28, 2023

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Adam Sommer talks about breaking through in a political conversation by avoiding the culture war wedges and focusing on the one thing that impacts all of us: Money.
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Talkin' Politics | Feb. 27, 2023 Feb 27, 2023

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Start With Some Good News From Wisconsin:

Democrat Janet Protasiewicz nearly won the seat outright in the first-round, with 44.6 percent of the vote. She is now the favorite to win the runoff. The leading Republican, Daniel Kelly, made the runoff with only 24.2 percent. All told, in the multi-candidate primary election, Democrats won about 54 percent of the votes.
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True or False

Overreaching By Extreme State Legislatures Will Backfire
1. Coming out of Missouri
  - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-house-panel-approves-plan-to-place-st-louis-police-under-state-control/article_04bc084a-a539-5e9a-bd70-023355aede1a.ht

Yeah…No, Yeah

Chicago Mayoral Candidate Paul Vallas Playing The “I got hacked” Card
1. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/paul-vallas-controversy-twitter-likes/
Times celebs claim “hacked” Link To the "i got hacked" BS

Buy or Sell

Colorado’s Republican Party Is In Worse Shape Than MO Dem Party.
1. Colorado GOP state chair race now down to three hard core MAGA folks
  - https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/state-board-of-ed-member-stephen-varela-quits-colorado-gops-state-chair-race/article_d944f2fc-b23c-11ed-ad83-5378912580b1.html
Michael Butler steps down from MO Dems after a contested reelect to chair

The Big One

Sen. Joe Manchin Struggles To Raise Money and Make Up Mind
1. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/manchin-changed-mind-multiple-times-about-running-fundraising-stalls
2. I just imagine him doing donor calls from his yacht and while standing on a boat that cost more than all of our houses combined saying it’s just so hard to raise money
3. Manchin on Fox News running as hard as he can from the Democratic party - just a nice reminder that the “only in it for the money and power” crew is bipartisan

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National GOP Cracks In The Foundation Are Growing

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/24/judge-rejected-scott-perrys-bid-to-shield-2-000-emails-from-jan-6-investigators-unsealed-filings-show-00084442

Rep Perry trying to use the “speech and debate” privilege - it didnt’ work

Pence not going to C-Pac, DeSantis also not going https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mike-pence-declines-invitation-cpac-events-leader-fire/story?id=97451851

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The Flyover View, February 24, 2023 | Heartland Politics, News, and Views Feb 24, 2023

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Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland

HEADLINES:

New bill in the Kentucky Legislature says school board candidates must pick a political party
- Courier Journal - https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2023/02/21/kentucky-school-board-elections-partisan-state-bill-legislation-meeting/69911145007/
Missouri Republican pushes to legalize psychoactive drugs to treat depression, PTSD
- The Missouri Independent - https://missouriindependent.com/2023/01/30/missouri-republican-pushes-to-legalize-magic-mushrooms-to-treat-depression-ptsd/

LIGHTNING ROUND:

Arkansas
- LEARNS Leaves much to be desired
Indiana
- Legislating trans youth out of existence.
  - The Times of Northwest Indiana - https://www.nwitimes.com/business/healthcare/indiana-lawmakers-approve-policies-targeting-transgender-children/article_fa6e1c79-edb0-5c83-ae99-9aab56fd88f9.html
- Republican Lawmakers clutch their puritanical pearls.
  - WLFI NEWS 18 - https://www.wlfi.com/news/indiana-lawmakers-back-defunding-kinsey-sex-institute/article_766bd79a-b39a-11ed-9dc9-a33bbde5e739.html
Wisconsin
- Judge Protasiewicz has pioneers a new style of judicial campaigning, and wins.
  - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/us/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-race.html
- A new report on educators in Wisconsin.
  - Post Crescent - https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/education/2023/02/20/wisconsin-is-losing-many-early-career-teachers/69903018007/
Iowa
- Senate bill could re-instate the death penalty in Iowa.
  - KCRG - https://www.kcrg.com/2023/02/23/proposed-plan-that-would-return-death-penalty-iowa-moves-forward/
- Iowa House Democrats unveil legislation to legalize marijuana.
  - Des Moines Register - https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/23/iowa-house-speaker-gop-may-introduce-bill-to-ban-gender-care-for-kids/69936706007/
  - Marijuana Moment - https://www.marijuanamoment.net/iowa-democratic-house-leaders-file-bill-to-legalize-marijuana/

Missouri

The Missouri Senate votes to add 8.7% to public paychecks.
- Missouri Independent - https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-state-employee-pay-raise-heads-to-governors-desk/
Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner.
- The Missouri Independent - https://missouriindependent.com/2023/02/23/missouri-ag-moves-forward-with-effort-to-remove-st-louis-prosecutor-from-office/

Lastly,

Michigan Republicans tap Kristina Karamo to lead them
- The Daily Beast - https://www.thedailybeast.com/kristina-karamo-qanon-spewing-election-denier-to-lead-michigan-gop

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Dirt Road Democrat | Ryan Busse, author of "Gun Fight" a former executive in the firearms industry turned common sense gun law advocate Feb 23, 2023

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Host, Jess Piper, is joined by Ryan Busse author of the book "Gun Fight" for a discussion from someone with the perspective of working inside the firearms industry and the knowing indifference to harm from the proliferation of guns after the expiration of the assault weapons ban.

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Let's Have A Chat | Amy Easterling, Harry Harris, and Douglas Ziegemeier. A Grounded Trio of Candidates for the Francis Howell School Board Feb 22, 2023

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Ray Reed & The Gen Z Political Movement Feb 21, 2023

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Guest: Ray Reed https://twitter.com/RayReedMO

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Talkin' Politics | Feb. 20, 2023 - Health Care Consumerism; On Wisconsin's Supreme Court; Missouri and Kansas GOP Need Abortion To Be More Illegal; Power To The Workers?; Health Care Deep Dive Analysis Feb 20, 2023

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True or False
1. Wisconsin Supreme Court election is the most important national story that almost no national outlets are covering?
  1. Wisconsin voters have the chance to reset partisan gerrymandered maps if they
  2. The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/13/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-gerrymandered-democracy
Yeah…No, Yeah
1. Kansas and Missouri Republicans Want to Make Abortion “Illegal-er”
  1. Idiots who don’t learn from mistakes are doomed to repeat them in the next goddamn election cycle. To quoth Sean, “Dummies.”
  2. https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article272471905.html
  3. What else is there to say? Outside of this is what desperation looks like.
  4. I say again: Dummies.
Buy or Sell
1. The economic shifts that finally saw some lift to low-paid workers will last without action from Congress to increase min. wage
  1. From Semafor:
  2. https://www.semafor.com/article/02/16/2023/the-rich-are-getting-poorer
The Big One
1. Healthcare. That’s it. Just Healthcare.
  1. Hot button issue for 2024 because it sits right next to abortion?
  2. The stage is set for Dems to lead on it after Biden has done quite a bit to reduce the cost of ACA premiums, insulin costs.
  3. https://www.semafor.com/article/02/17/2023/2024-republicans-are-done-with-the-affordable-care-act-it-might-not-be-done-with-them
  4. A reminder: A WHOLE LOT of independents voted for Trump because they believed him when he said that he’d get everyone healthcare. (Granted, that was naive, but it’s also what the guy said.)

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The Flyover View, February 17, 2023 | Heartland Politics, News, and Views Feb 17, 2023

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Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland

HEADLINES

Election deniers face a nationwide wave of pushback
- MSN - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/election-deniers-face-a-nationwide-wave-of-pushbacks/ar-AA17widQ
Voices against Republican push to make it harder to amend the Missouri constitution gain conservative support
- StL Today - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-bid-to-make-it-harder-to-amend-missouri-constitution-draws-conservative-opposition/article_0a88a4ee-3bf9-5fd4-a0f2-a186f774149a.html

LIGHTNING ROUND

Alabama
- Build a better catfish
  - Outdoor Life - https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/alligator-catfish-hybrid-alabama/?fbclid=IwAR3aRzF2ieI5BLrwpolXdPEQ1tYVXMPdQfVfxqLubGtRDxr-IKTHzvlucGE&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
Kentucky
- Trigger ban on abortion to remain in effect.
  - Lexington Herald Leader - https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article272525366.html
Iowa
- Asset limit for SNAP
  - Iowa Capital Dispatch - https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/02/15/bill-could-make-iowans-with-cars-savings-ineligible-for-snap-medicaid/
Kansas
- Legislators seek to erase trans peoples legally.
  - PBS - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/kansas-push-to-define-sex-decried-as-erasing-transgender-people
GOP disdain for small government
- Kansas Reflector - https://kansasreflector.com/2023/02/15/kansas-cities-push-back-against-house-bill-nullifying-local-anti-discrimination-ordinances/
Missouri
- Rockwood fires back against racist parent.
  - KMOX - https://www.audacy.com/kmox/articles/news/school-responds-to-complaint-about-book-on-black-astronaut
- Black leaders rally.
  - AP - https://apnews.com/article/politics-mississippi-st-louis-missouri-813d91d638a6822fdfbeb613ea523f53
- Missouri's Don't Say Gay Law
  - ABC - https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-missouri-bill-takes-dont-gay-law/story?id=96977642
Oklahoma
- Parental Rights still at stake post Marriage Equality
  - The 19th - https://19thnews.org/2023/02/oklahoma-judge-parental-rights-lgbtq-same-sex-marriage/
South Carolina
- Nikki Haley shows love for neo-confederates.
  - Meidas Touch - https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1625639934999797760

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Dirt Road Democrat | Run Randi Run! Randi McCallian joins Jess Piper to talk about running for Congress in the MO-8th and the realities of working on democratic infrastructure in rural areas Feb 16, 2023

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Jess Piper is joined by kindred spirit and fellow dirt road democrat, Randi McCallian, for a discussion about running for office in hard red areas and the challenges of building infrastructure in areas where the Democratic Party has atrophied.

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