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Will electric vehicle mandates RUIN the middle class? Joel Kokin: Lithium batteries COSTLY & dangerous

Author of “The Coming of Neo-Feudalism, A Warning to the Global Middle Class,” and presidential fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University, Joel Kotkin, argues that California’s electric car mandates are nothing more than a war on the working class.

FILE – California Gov. Gavin Newsom displays a bill he signed that shields abortion providers and volunteers in California from civil judgements from out-of-state courts during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., June 24, 2022. Newsom is headed to Washington this week, providing him with a national stage to continue his outspoken defense of abortion rights and gun control while lambasting Republican-led states that he sees as a threat to personal freedom and public safety. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)


Covid vaccine mandates become thing of the past? JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs drop jab requirement

Businesses across the United States are backing away from covid vaccine mandates. Batya Ungar-Sargon and Robby Soave discuss why these businesses are not publicly talking about their decision to drop vaccine requirements.


$2.2B military aid earmarked for Europe to REPEL Russian INVASION, weapons & equipment: Report

In a new government spending bill, President Biden is requesting a $13.7 billion provision to help Ukraine. Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave Discuss.


Biden PRAISES $550B infrastructure plan: Bridges, roads, public transit IMPROVEMENTS in next 5 years

President Joe Biden continues to tout the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the American Rescue Plan economy while Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen once again said America is not in a recession, even as inflation across some sectors continues to grow. Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave respond.


15-week abortion ban introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham, allows exceptions for rape & incest

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced federal legislation that would ban abortion after 15 weeks nationwide with exceptions only in the case of rape, incest, or if the pregnancy is endangering the life of the mother. Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss.


Briahna Joy Gray: Did Biden SABOTAGE student debt forgiveness to please corporate LOAN SHARKS?

Briahna Joy Gray makes the case that student loan debt forgiveness in the federal system is in the interest of Wall Street and the banks, and nobody is fighting wholeheartedly for the people.


AOC is more interested in being A CELEBRITY than helping the working class: Sabby Sabs

Host of the Sabby Sabs podcast, Sabrina Salvati, gives her opinion on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) performance in Congress, and makes the argument that she has fallen in line with corporate Democrats, and that this could hurt her in the future.


WATCH: Rand Paul & Dr. Fauci REMATCH debate over natural immunity

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and White House medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci engaged in a heated debate on Wednesday at the monkeypox virus Senate hearing.


How Reagan’s NEOLIBERALISM destroyed the middle class: Thom Hartmann

Host of the Thom Hartmann Program, Thom Hartmann, weighs in on his new book, “The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness.”



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