New York police officers arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters who’d occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on Tuesday night while pro-Israeli counterprotestors attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA.
Meanwhile, an overwhelming majority of House lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favor of passing the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, a bill that critics say could create an overboard definition of what counts as anti-semitic speech on college campuses and other educational institutions. Todd Zwillich, a longtime Washington reporter and friend of the show, explains how the bill is part of a cynical ploy on the part of Republicans to divide Democrats.
And in headlines: Arizona lawmakers voted to reverse the state's Civil War-era abortion ban, the Federal Reserve moved to keep interest rates flat, and the U.S. could have more than 100 million doses of bird flu vaccines available for people within four months if the disease jumps to humans.
Show Notes:
Clarence The Big Red Flag
Common Threads
SCOTUS Strikes Down POTUS
Live, Laugh, Local News
The Tea In Tennessee
Missing In Affirmative Action
Betting On Bidenomics
ISL Takes The L
Wagner The Dog
Russian To Conclusions
Titan's Final Salute
Big Alito Lies
The Paris Olympics Are Burning
Like A Day Without Sunshine
Indian Child Welfare Act Upheld
Hut, Hut, No Hike
Not Guilty, Not Buying It
When It Arraigns, It Pours
Another Day, Another Indictment
Trump, Indicted (Again)
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