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Trump’s Two Plagues– Covid and Barrett, Episode 1187

The Mop Up For October 27, 2020

TOPICS: Time to unpack the court;  The Comedy Store;Reasons to be cheerful; The DCCC is a disgrace and The Plague

GUESTS AND TIME CODES

00:00. Opening 2:25 The News 10:53 Melania Trump, AKA Martha Previte, stops by 24:14 Emmy and Peabody Award Winning Jim Earl 36:05 Mark Breslin, founder and president of Yuk Yuk’s the largest comedy chain in North America 1:06:09 Howie Klein, founder and treasurer of the Blue America Pac, and author of Down With Tyranny 1:41:48 Comic Ed Larson, whose new movie is “How America Killed My Mother” 2:05:59 Dr. Harriet Fraad, host of “When Capitalism Hits Home” and “It’s Not Just In Your Head” 2:04:59 I’m On My Way written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel 2:42:04 Professor Adnan Husain, chairman of the religion department at Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario, Canada, and Professor Margaret Pappano 3:19:07 Dan Frankenberger’s Community Billboard 3:30:04 Monster Hash, written performed by Lance Jeffries, Benji Futrell, Kathleen Ashe and Magnus 3:35:27 Comic Laura House and Annabelle Gurwitch, author of “You’re Leaving When?” 4:19:24 Covid Update with Henry Hakamaki 5:03:25 We talk cats, dogs and diabetes with Kathleen Ashe, veterinary technician

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Marc Maron & Randy Bryce

Marc Maron and Randy Bryce

Howie Klein, Professor Corey Brettschneider and Comic and Pediatrician Dr. Jay Sutay.

FULL interviews with individual guests: Marc Maron, Randy Bryce, Dr. Jay Sutay, Howie Klein and Professor Corey Brettschneider.

Marc Maron stars in the new critically acclaimed Netflix series “Glow.” Randy “Iron Stache” Bryce is running for Wisconsin’s first congressional district intent on defeating Speaker Paul Ryan. Howie Klein on Randy Bryce and the fight for Medicare For All. Professor Corey Brettschneider explains how Donald Trump Junior violated campaign finance law by taking that meeting last year with those Russians.

Produced by Alicia Cordova

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The Mattis Waiver


What is the Mattis Waiver? In order for General James Mattis to be confirmed for Secretary of Defense both houses of congress must pass a law reducing the number of years an officer must be away from the military in order to run the pentagon. Mattathias Schwartz from The Intercept joins us from Capitol Hill to tell us why civilian rule of the military is enshrined into our constitution.

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