Episode Five: Petrol Dollar on Fire

School Shootings, Trump, and the Patriot Act 2.0

In this episode we discuss the tragedy of the Nashville school shooting, the indictment of Donald Trump, and the RESTRICT Act which is being proposed under the guise of banning TikTok. https://www.newsbreak.com/nashville-tn/2972470434761-police-strongly-believe-nashville-school-shooter-had-other-targets-including-local-mall https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-city-da-bragg-downgrades-over-half-felonies-misdemeanors.amp https://www.dailywire.com/news/any-first-year-student-could-win-this-case-dershowitz-says-move-trumps-trial-to-staten-island-upstate-new-york https://twitter.com/speakerpelosi/status/1641594971462541315?s=46&t=3aDb9FD0wrhhwStHjqlfmw https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/cosponsors https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/text

Episode Five: Petrol Dollar on Fire

In this episode we talk about the recent bank failures, and the future of the dollar as the reserve currency of the world. Sources: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/03/10/a-tale-of-2-banks-why-silvergate-and-silicon-valley-bank-collapsed/?outputType=amp https://www.npr.org/2023/03/14/1163295661/will-the-fdics-move-to-cover-uninsured-deposits-set-a-risky-precedent https://fb.watch/jjAvtxT_JM/?mibextid=kdkkhi https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/trump-era-rollback-bank-rules-after-silicon-valley/story?id=97852603 https://apple.news/A5x-ungavT-apJ_1WycXRnA https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/03/14/svb-execs-sold-84-million-of-the-banks-stock-over-the-past-2-years.html https://www.svb.com/globalassets/library/uploadedfiles/svb_environmental_social_governance_report_2022.pdf https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/investing/stocks-week-ahead/index.html https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/03/saudi-considering-chinas-yuan-oil-purchases

Episode Four: Common Ground

In this episode I quickly walk through Brandon Johnsons plan for Chicago to find common ground between the left and right side of the political spectrum. Sources: https://twitter.com/timcast/status/1630937641481797632?s=46&t=3aDb9FD0wrhhwStHjqlfmw https://www.brandonforchicago.com/on-the-issues http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/mapping-minimum-age-requirements-concerning-rights-child-eu/access-sex-reassignment-surgery https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/

Episode Three: East Palestine

As an environmental disaster happens in small town America, one side of the political sphere seems to be doing as little as possible to help. Sources: https://www.axios.com/2023/02/13/what-we-know-about-ohio-train-derailment https://www.npr.org/2023/02/08/1155570564/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-putin-war-invasion-update-b2030194.html https://nypost.com/2023/02/23/pete-buttigieg-visits-east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-site/ https://nypost.com/2023/02/22/trump-buys-mcdonalds-for-ohio-residents-first-responders/ https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/02/21/showtime-air-raid-sirens-heard-during-bidens-visit-to-ukraine-first-in-5-days-cnn-field-reporter-says-1334531/ http://my.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/zgxw/202302/t20230224_11030881.htm https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-president-biden-visits-war-time-kyiv-ahead-invasion-anniversary-2023-02-20/

Episode Two: State of the Union: WWIII

In this episode we discuss some of the factors pushing the US closer to WWIII. Sources: https://ua.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/#:~:text=Bilateral%20Economic%20Relations&text=The%20United%20States%20and%20Ukraine%20have%20a%20bilateral%20investment%20treaty. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-80ae774f3b7cbb3e1b88d1b728961079 https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine-here-are-six-charts https://www.reuters.com/world/us-announces-over-375-bln-new-military-assistance-ukraine-other-countries-2023-01-06/ https://www.newsweek.com/us-giving-ukraine-smart-bombs-double-strike-range-against-russia-1778875?amp=1 https://sgp.fas.org/crs/natsec/RL32544.pdf https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-xi-ordered-military-ready-taiwan-invasion-2027-cia-director-burns-says.amp https://twitter.com/lukewearechange/status/1623185975978479618?s=46&t=KDR4dXjmL2uyKGvUgSBIpg https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/12/20/united-states-israel-allies-formal-defense-treaty-trump-netanyahu/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/blast-heard-military-plant-irans-central-city-isfahan-state-media-2023-01-28/ https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/king-county-medical-examiners-office-is-struggling-store-bodies-amid-rise-fentanyl-overdoses/NJ3DZR2IZFGXBENGZDXEXCHFPM/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/07/remarks-of-president-joe-biden-state-of-the-union-address-as-prepared-for-delivery/