Programming Note: Today’s live stream is broken up into two parts so we could talk watch the January 6 hearings and then talk about it. This is part one, before the hearings. We take a break to watch the hearings and then come back for part two.

PART 1

Introduction

00:01:14 Joe Biden has Covid

00:02:24 Steve Bannon pleads not guilty and refuses to testify

00:04:08 Chipolte closes restaurant after it votes to go union

00:06:12 Boris Johnson says farewell

00:07:54 Airport tarmac melts from heat

00:11:01 Merrick Garland asked about Trump

00:11:58 Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearings on banning assault weapons

00:13:13 Senator Tammy Duckworth says leading cause of death among children is gun violence

00:14:19 Mayor of Highland Park testifies about gun violence

00:16:57 Pelosi forces GOP to vote on abortion, contraception and same sex marriage

00:25:09 Paul Pelosi’s latest five million dollar inside trade

00:27:54 No money in America to fight Covid but plenty for weapons

00:37:05 Federal Reserve jump starts recession to benefit those with piles of cash waiting to buy real estate without a mortgage

00:40:14 There are no laws reigning in how much interest credit card companies can charge you

00:41:05 What the bible says about lending money

00:44:07 How Visa doubled David’s credit card balance with fees and interest in just a few months

00:49:53 Credit card companies can charge whatever they want

00:58:23 For rich people government is the solution not the problem

01:00:50 The fifty year war waged against American democracy

01:05:52 The most dangerous politicians in America are the ones who focus only on class

01:14:30 How Trump conned his insurrectionists

01:30:12 “I’m On My Way” written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel

01:33:21 “Swine Bomb Boogie” written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel

01:37:06 Professor Ben Burgis on Biden’s failure to legalize marijuana. Plus how the Left needs to learn from Bernie on how to communicate

01:42:42 Ben Burgis remembers Michael Brooks on the second anniversary of his passing

01:45:09 Biden is in sooooo much trouble if Dems lose House

01:56:48 Democrats already have the woke vote, now they have to focus on class issues

02:07:41 Dr. Philip Herschenfeld is a Freudian psychoanalyst. Ethan Herschenfeld is a comedian and actor, and his new comedy special “Thug, Thug Jew” is streaming on YouTube.

02:10:37 Ethan’s latest project with Mandy Patinkin

02:14:40 Who”s more important? Doctors or nurses?

02:21:57 Learning to listen

02:36:27 Emil Guillermo is host of the PETA Podcast, and a columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund.

02:37:49 January 6 hearings preview

02:48:36 Anniversary of Nero fiddling while Rome burns

PART 2 – January 6th Hearings Recap

This is part two of episode 1354. We took a break to watch the January 6th hearings and returned to YouTube with a recap. Weighing in on the hearings The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, who ran Americans United for Separation of Church and State for nearly a quarter of a century; Alan Minsky, executive director of Progressive Democrats of America; Professor Mary Anne Cummings; Professor Ann Li and Professor Jonathan Bick.