Friday, July 22nd, 2022

Today's headlines: The biggest takeaways from last night’s January 6th hearing, which focused on how Trump did not only *fail* tell the mob to go home after 4pm - he *chose* not to. Then, the department of homeland security is conducting a criminal probe into the deleted texts by the secret service, and President Biden tested positive for covid yesterday. Health officials in New York reported its first case of polio in almost a decade yesterday, the DHS under the Trump administration had used mobile location data on a much larger scale than was previously known, and it was revealed that the Trump administration spent years trying to add a citizenship question to the census. Finally, the House of Representatives voted on a bill that would protect access to birth control. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NY Times: Jan. 6 Live Updates: 187 Minutes of Violence and Trump’s ‘Complete Dereliction’ of His Duty NBC: DHS watchdog has launched criminal probe into destruction of Jan. 6 Secret Service text messages, sources say CNN: Biden tests positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms Washington Post: Unvaccinated man in Rockland County, N.Y., diagnosed with polio Politico: Homeland Security records show 'shocking' use of phone data, ACLU says NPR: Documents detail the secret strategy behind Trump's census citizenship question push CBS: House passes bill to protect access to birth control in latest answer to Supreme Court Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices