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The Senate passes the Infrastructure Bill and moves forward with the Budget Plan. There’s a new Jeopardy host! Rand Paul was naughty with stocks, the situation worsens in Afghanistan and of course, how could I not cover COVID – Delta Variant style – again. Just another jam-packed week of The Nu Deal Podcast!
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Show Notes
Regunberg
TNR How to Tell Your Child About the End of the World
Jeopardy Sources
NYT: ‘Jeopardy!’ Announces Mike Richards and Mayim Bialik as New Hosts
Census Sources
WaPO Census data shows shows decrease in White population
Voting Bill Sources
CNN: Senate Republicans block effort by Democrats to advance voting and election bill
Infrastructure Bill Sources
NYT Senate Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
NYT How the Infrastructure Bill Passed the Senate
Budget Bill Sources
CNN Senate Democrats approve $3.5 trillion budget resolution in key step toward passing major economic package
NYT: Senate Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan, Advancing Sweeping Safety Net Expansion
Rent
NJ.com – ‘It’s extortion.’ Many N.J. landlords face drastic decisions as unpaid rent balloons.
WaPo Democratic divisions emerge after Senate adopts $3.5 trillion budget
COVID Sources
The Hill More than a million Americans have already cheated to get unauthorized vaccine boosters
CBS News New vaccinations have nearly doubled from last month, according to CDC data
CNN Two Texas judges issue temporary restraining orders against governor’s mask mandate order
CNBC Florida hospitals overrun as state fights one of worst Covid outbreaks in US
USA Today COVID update: CDC urges vaccine for pregnant people
Boston Globe: They’re killing us. Can we vote them out?
Afghanistan Sources
Wiki Osama bin Laden
Guardian ‘A Day for Respect’: military veterans mark US troops’ exit from Afghanistan
Taliban captures 10th major city as US troops pull out of Afghanistan
Cuomo Sources
Cuomo Resigns: See New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Announcement
Paul Sources
Rand Paul: Rand Paul discloses 16 months late that his wife bought stock in company behind Covid treatment
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[…] This week in my podcast, I challenged those critical of the drawdown to provide some alternative plan. We have invested 2 Trillion dollars in the war, 2,300 American lives, and billions more in resources to the Afgan government. We have attempted to train their military for nearly 20 years. If 20 years of training yields a force that can’t stand up for 90 days, how much time – and how many lives, are we expected to pour into this situation? […]