Democratic National Brat (Language Warning)
We investigated the 2024 DNC in Chicago, and asked hard questions to politicians, delegates, senators, protestors, and your fav progressive stars.
Featuring interviews with Rep. Jerry Nadler, AG Letitia James, Chris Cuomo, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Pete Buttigieg, Michael Cohen, JJ Abrams, Kellyanne Conway, Sen. Ed Markey, Harry Sisson, Vermin Supreme, Crackhead Barney, Nick Shirley, Cornel West, and Hasan Piker.
- These people at the DNC had no idea this dude is making fun of them. — Champagne Joshi
WHO IS TIM WALZ?
ROUND ONE – MORE HERE
BACKGROUND
RADICAL POSITIONS:
- Walz signs executive order reaffirming right to gender-affirming care in Minnesota
- 5 Things to Know About Bernie-Backed VP Front-Runner Tim Walz
- Minnesota governor signs broad abortion rights bill into law
- Minnesota Session Laws – 2023, Regular Session
- Minnesota Abortion Data
- Abortions Later in Pregnancy in a Post-Dobbs Era
GEORGE FLOYD:
- Political antagonists united by George Floyd’s death to forge deal on police reform
- Walz refutes police union claim he ordered Third Precinct abandoned in riots
- Twin Cities businesses damaged by unrest await state aid
COVID:
- How well are Minnesotans following the stay at home order?
- When did Gov. Tim Walz know about the Feeding Our Future fraud?
- Gov. Walz responds to audit critical of administration’s handling of Feeding Our Future fraud
- Assessing the Initial Impact of COVID-19 on Minnesota Employment and Business Establishments
IMMIGRATION
- Thousands registered to vote since launch of Minnesota’s automatic voter registration system
- Minnesota’s new automatic voter registration system is up and running. How does it work?
- Minnesota governor signs ‘driver’s licenses for all’ bill
- Unauthorized immigrants eligible for Minnesota driver’s licenses now
- “It’s time for Congress to work together on a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers”
CHINA:
INTEREST GROUP RANKINGS:
STATE TAX BURDEN:
- State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2024
- State Corporate Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2024
- State and Local Sales Tax Rates, Midyear 2024
- Minnesota Tax Rates, Collections, and Burdens
- Gov. Tim Walz Raised Taxes as Most Governors Cut Them
- 45 Cents a Gallon? 20? 18? Midwest Governors Float Major Gas Tax Hikes
- Minnesota state budget is a disaster waiting to happen, thanks to Gov. Walz and the DFL-controlled legislature
- What Tim Walz Is Known for in Minnesota
MISC SCANDALS
- Paid letter: The Truth About Tim Walz
- Walz Still Planning to Run for Congress Despite Possible Call to Duty in Iraq
- The ‘Swift Boating’ of Tim Walz has begun. What is the truth?
- Republicans start attacking Walz by going after his military record
- CNN’s Jake Tapper knocks Walz’s IVF claims: ‘That’s not accurate’
- 5 Feeding Our Future defendants found guilty, 2 acquitted in sprawling fraud case
- Many millions lost. Is the Walz administration taking fraud and waste seriously enough?
LAST NIGHT OF CONVENTION
ROUND TWO – MORE @LOUDER w/CROWDER
LIVE FACT CHECK
- President Trump Announces Lower Out of Pocket Insulin Costs for Medicare’s Seniors
- Biden freeze hits two Trump drug price rules
- More Americans can now get insulin for $35
- “The Border is Open”: Border Patrol Wife, Child Trafficking Expert, Fentanyl Mom Testify on Human Cost of Border Crisis
- Forgive Kamala Harris for downplaying the formative years she spent in Montreal. She has an election to win
- ‘Systemic racism is a stain on our nation’: Biden and Harris react to Derek Chauvin verdict – video
- Heritage Expert: Americans Have Lost $4,200 in Annual Income Under The Biden Administration
- Minnesota bail fund promoted by Kamala Harris freed convict now charged with murder
- Math and reading scores for American 13-year-olds plunge to lowest levels in decades
- President Biden On 30% Increase In Grocery Prices: People “Have The Money To Spend”
- Iran prisoner swap for $6 billion in spotlight after Hamas attacks Israel
- Meet the Eight American Hostages Still Held By Hamas
- Republicans blast Biden for releasing $6 billion in frozen Iran funds ahead of Hamas attack on Israel
- US sanctions inflicted $1 trillion damage on Iran’s economy: FM
- How relentless food inflation is becoming Biden’s major hot potato
- Biden Pretends Rising Food Prices Are Not a Problem
- US sanctions inflicted $1 trillion damage on Iran’s economy: FM
KAMALA THE BORDER CZAR
- Harris border confusion haunts her new campaign
- Nationwide Encounters
- CBP Enforcement Statistics
- Politico
POLICIES SHE HAS CLARIFIED
- Kamala Harris backs Biden’s tax proposals — including a tax on unrealized capital gains
- Super-rich abandoning Norway at record rate as wealth tax rises slightly
- Norway’s Wealth Tax Is Backfiring. Are Americans Paying Attention?
- Billionaires Fleeing Norway Face Stricter Taxes in New Plan
- Harris’s Proposed Ban On Price Gouging Stirs Debate
- Kamala Harris to propose ban on ‘price gouging’ for food, groceries
- How the Soviets “Fixed” Inflation, but Ruined the Economy
- The Role of Inflation in Soviet History: Prices, Living Standards, and Political Change
- ‘Starter home’ tax breaks, aid for first-time buyers: What to know about Harris’ affordable housing proposals
- VP Kamala Harris Cast Tie-Breaking Vote to Let IRS Track Workers’ Tips so They Can Be Taxed
POLICIES KAMALA IS HIDING FROM
- Why the Kamala Harris of Four Years Ago Could Haunt Her in 2024
- Despite Trump’s Accusations, Democrats Have Largely Avoided Medicare for All
- Harris campaign claims she no longer supports fracking ban she touted in 2019: report
- Harris ‘open’ to adding seats to Supreme Court
- Leading Democrats opposed to Prop. 19
- Column: Can Kamala Harris get Joe Biden to push for legalizing pot?
- Harris eyes reform as candidate, was cautious as prosecutor
- Kamala Harris Wanted to End Cash Bail, Reduce Penalties for Criminals
KAMALA AND WILLIE BROWN
- Willie Brown’s op-ed about Kamala Harris, explained
- In her first race, Kamala Harris learned how to become a political brawler
- Willie Brown: Sure, I dated Kamala Harris. So what?
JOBS
- Statement from President Joe Biden on the March Jobs Report
- Fact Check: Under Biden Administration, US Economy Supposedly Added 15M Jobs. We Looked at the Evidence
- Biden Administration Job Growth Numbers Are Subsidized By Record Numbers Of Government Jobs — 25% of New Jobs Are In Government
- All Employees, Government
- Heritage Expert: Americans Have Lost $4,200 in Annual Income Under The Biden Administration
- Civilian Labor Force Level – Foreign Born
INFLATION
- Inflation Forces Over Half of Americans to Consider Second Jobs
- CBO Report on Inflation Covers Up the Harmful Effect of Bidenomics on the Economy
- Americans Feel The Heat As Bidenflation Climbs Toward 20%
- CPI for all urban consumers
- Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for U.S. City Average
- Nonfarm payroll growth revised down by 818,000, Labor Department says
- 2023 Employment Situation
- 2022 Employment Situation
- Fed recap: Chair Powell explains why the central bank isn’t ready yet to cut rates
IMMIGRATION
- How Much of Trump’s Border Wall Was Built?
- Why asylum seekers on either side of the southern border still face an uncertain future
- Biden Has Taken Nearly 300 Executive Actions on Immigration in His First Year, Outpacing Trump
- CBP Enforcement Statistics
- Southwest Land Border Encounters
- Criminal Noncitizen Statistics
- CBP Enforcement Statistics
- Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2018–January 2022
- The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers | 2023 Cost Study
CRIME
- Why It’s Confusing to Know Whether Crime’s Really Up or Down
- Criminal Victimization, 2022
- NYPD statistics show murders, shootings down in 2023; optimistic about 2024
- IOLENT CRIME SURVEY – NATIONAL TOTALS Midyear Comparison 1 January 1 to June 30, 2024, and 2023
- VIOLENT CRIME SURVEY – NATIONAL TOTALS Midyear Comparison 1 January 1 to June 30, 2020 and 2019
- NYPD ANNOUNCES CITYWIDE CRIME STATISTICS FOR MARCH, FIRST QUARTER 2024
- NYPD ANNOUNCES CITYWIDE CRIME STATISTICS FOR JUNE, SECOND QUARTER 2024