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Democrats suddenly hate masks. Zoran
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Mandani won the New York City Democratic
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mayoral primary. And Republicans can't
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agree on the big beautiful bill. I
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assume Trump's thinking
they don't know
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what the they're doing.
Then more on
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this week's America Uncovered headlines.
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[Music]
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Welcome to America Uncovered. I'm Chris
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Chapel. You know, between all the wars,
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economic anxiety, and civil unrest, I
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figured it'd be nice to start with
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something low-key and light-hearted.
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Abortion. This week marked the 3-year
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anniversary of the end of Roie Wade.
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Since then, over 100 abortion clinics
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have closed down across the US, and 65
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of those clinic closures happened in
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states where there haven't been new
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limits placed on abortion.
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and even more could soon close as the
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Supreme Court ruled that states can cut
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off Medicaid funding to Planned
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Parenthood. Despite this, the number of
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abortions actually kept rising in 2024
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thanks to teaalth prescriptions. So,
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just like with Amazon, online ordering
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is killing brickandmortar stores.
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They're shutting down both mom and pop
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shops and clinics for people who don't
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want to become moms and pops. Speaking
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of things that are slowly dying off, a
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recent Associated Press NORC Center for
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Public Affairs research poll shows that
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support for green energy tax credits and
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offshore wind is falling among Democrats
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and independents. So, does this mean the
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left no longer cares about the
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environment? Not necessarily. It could
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be that support for new, less tested,
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and more expensive types of energy are
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harder to support when everything else
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is so expensive. people might be more in
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favor of switching from gas to electric
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stoves to cook their eggs if they could
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afford eggs. That being said, the price
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of eggs has dropped significantly since
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Trump took office 5 months ago. Some on
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the right will say it's because of
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Trump's genius negotiating and economic
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skills. Some on the left will say it's
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because the record number of chicken
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deaths from a bird flu outbreak is
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subsiding. But of course, here at
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American Covered, we know the truth.
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It's because President Trump pulled the
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price of eggs lever located behind the
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desk in the Oval Office that every
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president has access to. Hopefully,
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he'll keep that price of gas lever in
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place while this whole Iran situation
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situates. Speaking of things the left
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and the right can't agree on, again,
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masks. I guess everyone is feeling
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nostalgic over the golden era that was
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2020.
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Many protesters have complained about
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ICE agents wearing masks amid
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immigration crackdowns. Border SAR Tom
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Hman says this is for the safety of ICE
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officers.
Why are they wearing masks?
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Cuz they're trying to protect themselves
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and their families. They got a dangerous
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job to do and they're being doxed every
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day across this country.
So, they're
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essentially wearing masks for the same
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reason Spider-Man wears a mask. I guess
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that explains why some think they're
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heroes while others think they're a
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menace. Though the people saying that
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about ICE agents tend to look a little
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more like this. Of course, anti-ICE
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protesters are also wearing masks,
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upsetting many, including President
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Trump, who thinks they shouldn't be
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allowed to wear masks. To explain what I
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assume these protesters are thinking
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when they dawn a mask, once again,
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here's Borders Tom Hman.
Why are they
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wearing masks? Cuz they're trying to
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protect themselves and their families.
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They got a dangerous job to do and
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they're being doxed every day across
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this country. Either that or it's to
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prevent the inhalation of burning Whimo
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fumes. Of course, there are real
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concerns about law enforcement officers
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not properly identifying themselves and
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how bad actors could use this to
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impersonate them. Multiple ICE
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impersonation arrests have been made
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during these nationwide immigration
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crackdowns, including a Florida woman
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who is accused of impersonating an ICE
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agent to kidnap her ex-boyfriend's wife.
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Remember, never underestimate Florida
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woman. She's just as crazy and even more
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resourceful than Florida man. Yay,
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feminism.
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Of course, there are real concerns about
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protesters concealing their identities
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and how bad actors could use this to
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impersonate them too while doing things
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like say setting Whimos on fire. I feel
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like there's an obvious compromise here.
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ICE agents and protesters both agree to
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stop wearing masks. Of course, that
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would never work because that promise
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would be broken quicker than the Iran
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Israel ceasefire. And wouldn't he even
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give us the greatest presidential quotes
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since there is nothing to fear but fear
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itself or ask not what your country can
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do for you, ask what you can do for your
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country.
They don't know what the
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they're doing.
He has the best words.
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Though to be fair, I think Trump should
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say that in every setting because it
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always fits. And after the break, Zoran
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Mamani wins the New York City Democratic
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mayoral primary, setting everyone up for
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yet another very interesting November,
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at least in New York.
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Welcome back. Zora Mdani has declared
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victory in the New York City Democratic
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mayoral primary has disgraced former New
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York Governor Andrew Cuomo conceded.
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This was a come from behind victory for
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Mamani who was trailing Cuomo in the
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polls until just this week which is
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surprising that it wasn't Cuomo who
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snuck up from behind someone without
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them expecting or wanting it. Mdani won
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by over 7 percentage points, killing
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Cuomo's hopes of becoming mayor faster
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than his policies killed grandmas and
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nursing homes while he was governor.
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Still no consequences for that. By the
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way, this isn't just an embarrassing
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loss for Cuomo, but for establishment
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Democrats generally. Mdani is a
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Democratic socialist and ran on policies
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such as free bus fair, rent freezes,
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reducing police in high crime areas, and
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replacing them with social workers and
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city-owned grocery stores. Yeah, I'm not
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sure how I feel about the people who
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handle the DMV handling my crab cakes.
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Andrew Cuomo had the largest super PAC
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for a New York mayoral campaign, ranking
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in $25 million in donations, mostly from
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business interests and billionaires like
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former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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And he even received an endorsement from
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Bill Clinton. Remember Bill Clinton?
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Everyone still loves him, right? This is
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like trying to appeal to the youth with
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Metamucil lattes. Some are pointing out
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that this shows just how out of touch
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and oblivious to their own hypocrisy
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Democrats are criticizing Trump for
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allegedly being a sex pest while running
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a sex pest of their own. But hey, that
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was like a couple of years ago and he's
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totally changed. Even though he never
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apologized or admitted fault and said he
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just seemed creepy because he was
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Italian. You know, I can't help but
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notice Mario never received any
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allegations. You didn't see him getting
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cancelled during the It's a Me Too
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movement.
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Some say this election could show a
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public shift in Democrats favoring more
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progressive candidates. But it could
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also just show that all the moderate
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Democrats didn't show up for the
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primary, perhaps because the current New
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York mayor, Eric Adams, is running for
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reelection as an independent. He
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officially announced it after the
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primary, but it's been in the news for
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months. Some think the results of the
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primary are going to cause chaos in
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Democratic primaries and hurt the
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party's chances of retaking the House in
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the midterms next year. Not to mention
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the fact that Republicans are using
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Democratic Socialist Mandani's victory
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as ammunition to label Democrats as
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extremists. So, should he become mayor?
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Will Mam Dani lead New York to a new
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golden age or into a socialist dystopia?
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Only time will tell. But if his policies
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are an abject failure, then Republicans
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will have the perfect campaign slogan
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when running against similar candidates.
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They don't know what the they're doing.
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Told you it always fits. In a 6-3
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decision, shocker, the US Supreme Court
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lifted a judicial order limiting
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deportations of illegal immigrants to
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countries not their own. The previous
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judicial order stated the Trump
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administration must provide those that
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were about to be deported to quote
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unquote third countries a meaningful
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opportunity to explain to US officials
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the harm they could face in the areas
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they were being sent to. The
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conservative justices feel the lower
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court overstepped its authority. The
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liberal justices feel these deportations
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are a violation of the constitution. And
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I feel the fact we so obviously know
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which justices are conservative and
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liberal is not great. Scotas' ruling was
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an emergency order, meaning it was
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decided without hearing oral arguments.
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So this practice stands for now, but
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could be brought back and re-evaluated
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by the court in the future. But I'm
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feeling like I have another one of my
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great ideas.
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For every 100 illegal immigrants the US
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deports to a third country, send one of
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them to Aruba. You do this, you'd have
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some American citizens pretending to be
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illegal immigrants for that opportunity.
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This way, it's a little more humane and
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we can get rid of all of our degenerate
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gamblers. Speaking of things that are
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seemingly a big gamble, the big
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beautiful bill.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thun told
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Axios he's planning a make orb breakak
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weekend vote on the BBB with voting
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beginning on Friday. If passed, it'll be
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sent to the House for its final
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approval. Trump wants it on his desk to
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be signed before July 4th. Partly
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because that's when Congress goes on a
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recess and also probably because nobody
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likes signing anything when you still
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got the meat sweats from all those
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Independence Day hot dogs. Nothing says
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screw you Britain like processed
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nitratefilled
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beef.
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Soon says senators will stay in DC until
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the bill is passed as they figure out
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ways to slim it down locked in while
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figuring out how to slim something down.
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It sounds less like congressional
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compromise and more like fat camp. So
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Thun wants to get the vote on the bill
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done. However, it's uncertain if this
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will happen, as the bill has seen
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internal push back from the GOP since
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seemingly its inception, and Senate
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parliamentarian Elizabeth McDonald
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rejected key Medicaid cuts in the bill,
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which could force Thoon to scrap his
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plan to bring it up to a vote this
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weekend altogether. On top of all that,
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polls show it's unpopular, and the
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Congressional Budget Office predicts the
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bill, while offering economic gains,
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could add $2.8 trillion to the deficit.
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If this adds more to our deficit and is
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a negative on the economy, hopefully it
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won't lead to more businesses closing
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down, like all those mom and pop
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abortion clinics for people who don't
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want to be moms and pops. And before you
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go, be sure to check out this other
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episode of America Uncovered recommended
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by the algorithm. If you're tired of all
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this gender discourse, the algorithm's
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ones and zeros are as non-binary as it
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gets. And as always, support America
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premium website, americanaunovered.tv.
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Once again, I'm Chris Chapel. Thank you
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for watching America Uncovered.