Sunday, June 16 – After starting with
Steve Bullock’s huffy reaction to being left out of the Democratic debates, we moved
on to Rep. Duncan Hunter blaming his wife for the misuse of a quarter of a
million dollars in funds. I loved the
point that “she’s cooperating with the prosecution” is as chilling for a
politician to hear as “we have you on tape” or “you’re polling below Mayor de
Blasio.” Ha! The main story was on impeachment. John looked at what it specifically is,
examined reasons why some Democrats are reluctant to start proceedings, and
discussed why he still feels they have a duty to do it. I really liked that, the assertion that, even
if it doesn’t “get rid of Trump” (and with a 2/3 Senate majority required, it
likely wouldn’t,) it’s still important to demonstrate that a president doesn’t
have carte blanche to 1) try to have the person investigating them fired or 2)
eagerly accept opposition intel from a foreign government.
Sunday, June 16 – Interesting story
today, on Internet inequality. Hasan looked at the lack of quality broadband
access in rural areas and underserved communities, which involved a lot of
moving parts. There was Charter and Comcast divvying up the country between
them to ensure that both companies have a virtual monopoly wherever they
operate. There was everyone from students to doctors having to use McDonald’s
parking lots for WiFi because they can’t access the Internet at home, and the
unescapable fact of how essential the Internet is to most aspects of life.
There was the big cable companies lobbying state governments to block
individual cities from bypassing the intractable corporations and setting up
their own Internet (I wasn’t familiar with municipal broadband, but it sounds
great.) Great ending, with Hasan announcing that the episode would even be
available through Netflix’s DVD service for people who can’t access streaming.
Monday, June 17 – Great joke that
“O.J. Simpson is now following you” (on Twitter) is one of the scariest things
you could hear. We also covered
blackouts in South America and a reporter hilariously asking Pete Buttigieg to
use his “gaydar” to ID closeted gay presidents from the past (what even…) Excellent story on racism in the Phoenix police force. Great points all around,
especially the juxtaposition of the cops screaming about busting caps while
bystanders called for someone to defuse the situation, and just the notion of
cops going in guns cocked over a 4-year-old taking a Barbie from a store was
horrifying. Next was Trump’s recent interview with George Stephanopoulos. I loved the line that, given what we’ve seen
him do to flags in public, who knows what Trump is doing with the ones in the
Oval? Guest Christine Lagarde discussed
directing the International Monetary Fund and the financial benefits of
investing in women.
Tuesday, June 18 – First up was
Facebook creating their own cryptocurrency (but they totally promise not to
share users’ private data,) followed by video of a man sleeping in his
self-driving Tesla and a policy to fine the parents of bullies (I liked
Trevor’s plan to make the bullies pay the kids they’re bullying.) I also loved the bit on dogs’ eyes evolving
to be more human-like – naturally, it was full of adorable pictures. Next was a good story on a teen (a Parkland
survivor) whose Harvard admission was rescinded after extremely-racist texts
and social media posts surfaced. I loved
the joke that even rappers would think that was too many N-words. Jaboukie reported on the commercialization of Pride and the debate over whether corporations should get to coopt it; the EQT
fracking “drilldo” he made was hilarious.
The guest, DNC chair Tom Perez, talked about the upcoming Democratic
debates and why the overstuffed primary isn’t a circus.
Wednesday, June 19 – Opening blurbs on
the protests in Hong Kong, a huge cocaine bust on a ship (featuring Trevor’s
“call” for a wall in the ocean to stop illegal drugs and mermaids – “They say
life is better down where it’s wetter, so why do they keep coming in?”), and
Trump announcing of his reelection campaign (remind me why he’s still talking about Hillary
Clinton?) We looked at the attack on
U.S. ships near Iran – loved the bit about how they identified “Iranian
fingerprints” on a ship, and Trevor’s Netflix analogy for U.S. wars in the
Middle East was pitch perfect (“Oh my god, you guys, we still haven’t finished Syria!
What was going on in that one again?”)
Roy had a great CP Time looking at famous escaped slaves, like Henry Box
Brown, who mailed himself to the North.
The guest was actor Arturo Castro, talking about his new sketch show
depicting the full range of Latinx humanity outside of stereotypes.
Thursday, June 20 – More on Iran (with Trump
reassuringly not wanting to go to war
to avenge a drone,) followed by Roy Moore’s planned comeback, Avengers:
Endgame returning to theaters, and humans developing an extra bone
at the back of their head due to looking down at their phones. Really good story on Joe Biden shouting out a
few segrationists in the senate from early in his career, to show he works well
with those he disagrees with. I loved
Trevor’s jokes on Biden’s defensive response to criticism from Black opponents
in the 2020 race, especially the point that the whole thing started with Biden’s
claim about how he’s civil to people despite differences they have. We also looked at the protests in Sudan, including
some history behind them. Skiier Lindsey Vonn was the guest; I liked her description of the sensation of skiing, after
Trevor very gleefully admitted it was way too white an activity for him to have
ever done it.
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