MASH members Marcelia Nicholson and Peter Rickman are hosting for JoCasta this week. Guests include James Mazon, Clarice Collins, Clinton Rodgers, and James Lucas. Discussion centers around Union issues.
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10-13-18 The JoCasta Show
Peter Rickman and Marcelia Nicholson of MASH fill in for JoCasta today. Guests include Supreme Moore Omokunde, Eddie Cullen, and Rebecca Lynch.
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'The legislation would ban chokeholds, end racial and religious profiling, establish a national database to track police misconduct and prohibit certain no-knock warrants. It also contains several provisions that would make it easier to hold officers accountable for misconduct in civil and criminal court. One proposal long sought by civil rights advocates would change “qualified immunity,” the legal doctrine that shields officers from lawsuits, by lowering the bar for plaintiffs to sue officers for alleged civil rights violations.'![]()
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House passes expansive police reform bill named in honor of George Floyd
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The legislation, which faces obstacles in the Senate, would ban chokeholds, end racial and religious profiling and prohibit certain no-knock warrants.
'Chao has denied wrongdoing. In the report released Wednesday, she did not specifically respond to allegations, instead providing a September 2020 memo that argued promoting her family was an appropriate part of her official duties at the department.![]()
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“Asian audiences welcome and respond positively to actions by the secretary that include her father in activities when appropriate,” that memo said.'![]()
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IG faults Elaine Chao at Transportation over ethics concerns
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The Transportation Department’s watchdog asked the Justice Department to criminally investigate Elaine Chao late last year over concerns that she misused her office when she was transportation...
It's Wiscannabis Wednesday! Tonight we're talking to Jenn Michelle Pedini Development Director for NORML and Executive Director of Virginia NORML about the HUGE development in VA! We'll also have a DOPE conversation with DJ Qwess Coast - Cannabis Advocate, and Los Angeles Social Equity Retail store owner.
'A Morning Consult-Politico poll showed that 76 percent of voters and 60 percent of Republicans support the $1.9 trillion relief package yet Senate Republicans are putting up stiff resistance to the legislation, characterizing it as wasteful spending.'![]()
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