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Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: The Biden administration strikes its first significant deal with Republican members of Congress, and it’s for an infrastructure package. But progressive Democrats say the deal doesn’t offer enough to win their support. Meanwhile , the search for answers begins after a terrifying and sudden residential building collapse in Surfside, Florida. The death toll is uncertain but as many as ninety nine people are ...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: The wheels of justice keep turning for those charged in the January 6th assault on the US Capitol. An Indiana woman has become the first to be sentenced, and a member of the Oath Keepers pleads guilty while agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors. Meanwhile , following the grim discovery of hundreds of buried Indigenous children at residential schools in Canada, the United States government will investigate...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: A leaked U.S. military document describes socialists as terrorists and lists them alongside neo-Nazis and the far right, according to a report by the Intercept. Meanwhile, Motherboard reports that the Teamsters union is about to announce a coordinated nationwide effort to organize Amazon workers. And lastly, the U.S. appears to have seized Iranian news sites under suspicious circumstances THESE ARE THE STO...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: The Supreme Court yesterday struck down another challenge to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. But it also said American companies can benefit from child slavery in Africa, so, you know, hold your applause for the honorable Justices. Meanwhile , audio recordings reveal that Bolivia’s right-wing coup leaders were organizing yet another plot against the pro-democracy politician who won last y...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: A new report says eight million Americans are at imminent risk of getting thrown out of their homes. President Joe Biden could spare them with the stroke of a pen, but he hasn’t yet made a move to do so. Meanwhile , research shows the country’s richest families have done spectacularly well during the pandemic. That’s in part because they still aren’t paying their fair share of taxes. And lastly , months af...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Nuclear weapons are high up on the agenda as the presidents of the United States and Russia meet today. Former top military commanders and diplomats from both countries have been urging the leaders to cooperate to reduce the size of nuclear arsenals. Meanwhile , emails just released by House Democrats investigating the January 6th Capitol insurrection show how Donald Trump tried to get the Justice Departme...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that he wouldn’t even consider letting Biden seat a new Supreme Court Justice if the GOP takes back the Senate in 2022. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration said that it supports a new resolution to end the 2002 Authorization of Use of Military force. And lastly, Texas may be headed for another major power crisis as the state’s fragile power grid expects...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Israel’s far-right, heavily corrupt prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is finally out. He’s been replaced by another far-right tech entrepreneur. Meanwhile, the normally tight-lipped Apple said it turned over data about Trump’s former White House Counsel Don McGahn. And lastly, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez went on CNN and dared to point out the biggest flaw in her party’s plans to enact any sort of agenda....
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Child labor is on the rise, and the pandemic is making it worse. A new report by the United Nations puts numbers on a problem that is pervasive, yet hidden to many Americans. Meanwhile , California’s Democratic leadership gears up for a major courtroom fight over gun control. And Gavin Newsom has nothing at all nice to say about the federal judge who struck down the state’s assault weapons ban. And lastly ...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: You can’t stop a worldwide pandemic without an international effort, and the US is about to go big in that regard. The country will be donating not millions, but hundreds of millions of vaccine doses to countries that desperately need them. Meanwhile , Idaho’s lieutenant governor, who is seeking higher office, is caught on video palling around with a militia leader. It’s just another day for the Republican...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: A groundbreaking report from ProPublica shines a light on how the worlds’ richest people are avoiding paying taxes. Meanwhile, leftist teacher Pedro Castillo has a narrow lead in Peru’s presidential election, while his right-wing opponent is making wild claims of fraud. And lastly, the United Mine Workers strike is in its third month, and workers on the picket line have weathered physical attacks while the...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Pipeline protesters seized a key construction site and carried out numerous acts of civil disobedience on Monday in an attempt to slow down the construction of the Line 3 pipeline route across Minnesota. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris gets back in touch with her roots as a cop, delivering a staunch warning in Guatemala to any people there who would dare to try to make a better life for themselves in the United S...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Senator Joe Manchin announced on Sunday that he would vote against the For the People Act, the Democrats’ landmark voting rights legislation, because it was too partisan. Meanwhile, Israeli police detain two Palestinian journalists who had been documenting the ongoing aggressive takeover of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. And lastly, vaccination rates in the U.S. are declining again, forcing a massive outr...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: There’s a new scandal nipping at the heels of Donald Trump’s favorite Postal Service bureaucrat, Louis DeJoy. And – bad news for him – it involves the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Meanwhile , a United Nations report from Libya reveals that, possibly for the first time, a drone powered by artificial intelligence selected, pursued and attacked human targets – all on its own. That’ll be enough about the w...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Democrats including President Joe Biden are losing patience with Senator Joe Manchin. He’s waffling on supporting a nationwide voting rights package that could be crucial to the party’s electoral future. Meanwhile , cleanup and containment efforts are underway off the coast of Sri Lanka, where a sinking container ship threatens environmental disaster. The beaches are suffocated with tiny plastic pellets, a...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Last time it was an oil pipeline, this time it’s meat processors. Another cyberattack has thrown global commerce into chaos. Meanwhile , Donald Trump is getting ready to make his return to the rally circuit, on behalf of loyal Republican candidates in several states. We knew this day would come, but for decency’s sake, we wish it could’ve waited a while longer. And lastly , President Joe Biden is on the di...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Texas Democrats staged a late-night walkout in the state’s capitol to briefly block the local GOP’s sweeping voter suppression bill, but the fight is far from over. Meanwhile, the New York Times obtained documents showing how Joe Biden is attempting to overhaul the country’s immigration system. And lastly, Colombia’s government ramps up its attacks on protesters and deploys thousands of troops to combat a ...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: The Biden administration will today unveil its biggest and sure to be most controversial proposal yet – for a $6 trillion federal budget. And from child care to electric vehicles, there’s a lot in there for Republicans to cry over. Meanwhile , the United Nations is launching an unprecedented, open-ended inquiry into the root causes of the latest violence in Gaza. War crimes may be found on both sides, but ...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: One of the sketchiest libertarian venture capitalists in America planned to launch an app to summon a private police force by smartphone. Today we are pleased to report that, thanks to negative publicity, the rent-a-cop app is being scrapped. Meanwhile , President Joe Biden has given US intelligence agencies ninety days to figure out where the coronavirus came from. And he says they’ll be entertaining a th...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: The Intercept reports that the Senate is preparing a $10 billion bailout fund for Jeff Bezos’s vanity spaceflight company Blue Origin. Meanwhile, the State Department approves a $735 million arms deal to Israel, while sending only a paltry 5 million to Palestinian reconstruction efforts. And lastly, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema try to leverage their conservative clout to beg Republicans to support a comm...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: A new coronavirus variant that has been ravaging India is now spreading throughout the UK and other European countries, and could pose problems in communities that haven’t yet received a vaccine. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court turns down a request by a Mississippi inmate on death row who asked to be executed by a firing squad. And lastly, George Floyd died one year ago today, and while activists have won som...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: The far-right dictator of Belarus used a fighter jet and a fake bomb threat to force down a civilian airliner flying over his country, allowing him to arrest a journalist and dissident who was on board. Meanwhile, Israel’s violence against Gaza is still having ripple effects after a ceasefire, as health officials report hospitals overwhelmed with wounded civilians are now also facing a surge in coronavirus...
Welcome to Majority.FM 's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Republican state legislators across the country are passing laws to micromanage the history that gets taught in schools and make it seem like racism doesn’t exist. For some reason the party of bigoted white men is touchy about this particular subject. Meanwhile , forecasters are predicting another year of intense storms and wildfires. So it’s rather concerning that FEMA’s workforce is reportedly stretched ...
