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Apr 18, 2022

Texas gov. Greg Abbott has wreaked havoc on the American supply chain by doubling down on inspections at the Mexican border. He has since stopped his blockade after major backlash from his own state and costing the American economy greatly. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report.
Read more here:
Texas forced to reverse Mexican truck inspection plan as drivers block bridges - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/16/greg-abbott-texas-mexico-truck-inspection-policy
"Texas governor Greg Abbott has made an about-face on his policy of tighter inspections of trucks entering Texas from Mexico, a week after he implemented the policy which led to Mexican truckers blockading border bridges in protest and holding up food supplies to the US as a result.
He reversed course on Friday night after a week of intensifying backlash and fears of deepening economic losses."
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The Damage Report: April 18, 2022

Hosts: John IadarolaFrancesca Fiorentini

In a viral TikTok, created by Walter Masterson, anti-vaxxers hilariously try to use CDC data to argue against CDC data related to Covid-19 measures. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Comedian Confronts Man Claiming Oregano Oil Can 'Cure' COVID at Anti-Mask Rally - https://www.newsweek.com/comedian-confronts-man-claiming-oregano-oil-can-cure-covid-19-anti-mask-rally-1577921 "In a viral TikTok posted Monday, comedian and actor Walter Masterson used the platform to highlight his recent experience at an anti-mask rally. The video, titled "Arguing w/ Anti-Maskers," opens with Masterson, who posted using the handle @thewaltermasterson, holding a microphone for an unmasked individual who rants about how he believes people can "treat" a case of COVID-19. "You can take oregano oil," he tells Masterson. "You can dilute ten drops of oregano oil and drink that over the course of the morning, and do that ten days in a row and your COVID symptoms will be gone."" Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

Health Care Reform

3 minutes

Alex Jones faces major financial problems and his big shows Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Health have filed for bankruptcy in the wake of his Sandy Hook lawsuits. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Alex Jones' InfoWars has filed for bankruptcy amid a deluge of lawsuits against him by the families of Sandy Hook victims -https://www.insider.com/infowars-alex-jones-bankruptcy-filed-texas-sandy-hook-victims-2022-4 "Three business entities owned by far-right broadcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones have filed for bankruptcy amid a string of lawsuits against him by the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims. Infowars, Prison Planet TV, and IW Health filed for protection under Chapter 11 in the Texas Southern District Court on Sunday, according to court filings seen by Insider. The filings show that each entity has liabilities ranging from $1 million to $10 million and assets worth between $0 and $50,000." Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

5 minutes

The right wing harasses Ilhan Omar over her tweet response to the viral Christians singing on plane TikTok video. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Ilhan Omar’s Tweet Mocking Christians Singing on Plane Draws Criticism — And Some Defenders - https://www.mediaite.com/online/ilhan-omars-tweet-mocking-christians-singing-on-plane-draws-criticism-and-some-defenders/ "Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was both slammed and defended for a tweet mocking a prayer session on a plane. A video showing a group of Christians singing songs on an airplane went viral over the weekend, racking up 32 million views. The video included the caption “Worshipping Jesus 30,000 Feet In The Air!” It is unclear when the video was taken, but it was posted on Saturday by an account called “Fifty Shades of Whey.” Omar, who is Muslim, shared the video on Saturday with the comment: “I think my family and I should have a prayer session next time I am on a plane. How do you think it will end?”" Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

7 minutes

An intercepted call between a Russian couple captures a woman granting permission for her husband to rape Ukrainian women while he is fighting in the war. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Ukraine intercepted a phone call of a Russian soldier's wife granting him permission to rape Ukrainian women: 'Just wear protection' - https://www.businessinsider.com/wife-gives-russian-soldier-husband-license-to-rape-ukrainian-women-call-2022-4 "Ukrainian security services intercepted a phone call between a Russian soldier and his wife in which she can be heard granting him permission to rape Ukrainian women, according to an investigation by RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. The Security Service of Ukraine said it intercepted the call between the couple, who are reported to be in their 20s, earlier this month in the Kherson region of Ukraine, RFE/RL reported." Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

6 minutes

Tucker Carlson's trailer for his new Fox News documentary, The End of Men, has some stripped down men doing things Tucker Carlson considers manly. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: The trailer for Tucker Carlson's upcoming Fox News documentary on testosterone levels sparks reaction over its depictions of shirtless men and homoerotic undertones - https://www.insider.com/tucker-carlson-promo-video-sparks-reaction-homoerotic-undertones-testosterone-fox-2022-4' "A new trailer from Fox News host Tucker Carlson on "The End of Men" is turning heads. The promo for the new Tucker Carlson Originals documentary presents a bevy of shirtless, toned men wrestling, chopping wood, and shooting jugs of canola oil with a machine gun. The documentary covers the "total collapse" of testosterone levels in men, which has been noted in medical studies but has been attributed to an aging population and other comorbidities." Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

10 minutes

Here are the top 10 scandals we would like to take down Elon Musk. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: How Many Simultaneous Scandals Can Elon Musk Survive? - https://slate.com/technology/2022/02/elon-musk-scandals-fremont-neuralink-tesla-recall.html "On Feb. 9, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a lawsuit against Tesla over alleged racial discrimination at its Fremont factory after receiving hundreds of complaints and conducting a 32-month investigation. The suit describes abominable treatment of Black workers at the factory, including an alleged practice of segregating them into areas that other employees referred to as “the plantation” and “the slave ship.” Regulators also say that Black workers were subject to slurs and racist graffiti at the plant that the company was slow to erase, and that they were given the most difficult jobs and denied equal promotion and pay opportunities." Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

20 minutes

Trump supporters have been lied to and even abandoned by Trump and they know it. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Trump Supporters Explain Why They Believe the Big Lie - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/04/trump-voters-big-lie-stolen-election/629572/ "Some 35 percent of Americans—including 68 percent of Republicans—believe the Big Lie, pushed relentlessly by former President Donald Trump and amplified by conservative media, that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. They think that Trump was the true victor and that he should still be in the White House today. I regularly host focus groups to better understand how voters are thinking about key political topics. Recently, I decided to find out why Trump 2020 voters hold so strongly to the Big Lie. For many of Trump’s voters, the belief that the election was stolen is not a fully formed thought. It’s more of an attitude, or a tribal pose. They know something nefarious occurred but can’t easily explain how or why. What’s more, they’re mystified and sometimes angry that other people don’t feel the same." Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

3 minutes

Texas gov. Greg Abbott has wreaked havoc on the American supply chain by doubling down on inspections at the Mexican border. He has since stopped his blockade after major backlash from his own state and costing the American economy greatly. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Texas forced to reverse Mexican truck inspection plan as drivers block bridges - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/16/greg-abbott-texas-mexico-truck-inspection-policy "Texas governor Greg Abbott has made an about-face on his policy of tighter inspections of trucks entering Texas from Mexico, a week after he implemented the policy which led to Mexican truckers blockading border bridges in protest and holding up food supplies to the US as a result. He reversed course on Friday night after a week of intensifying backlash and fears of deepening economic losses." Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

Immigration Reform

6 minutes

Women in Ukraine are being sexually assaulted daily and reports show that some Russian soldiers are using rape and sexual abuse as a war tactic to mentally torture Ukrainian families. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: 'Part Of Russia's Arsenal': Allegations Of Rape By Russian Forces In Ukraine Are Increasing - https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-rape-ukraine-allegations-war-crimes/31800013.html "When soldiers from Russia threatened to rape a young girl in Ukraine, her mother tried to persuade them to take her instead, psychologist Vasylisa Levchenko said, recounting the story of an alleged rape victim. "One of them agreed," she said. The woman's account was just one of dozens that have been documented by officials, aid workers, and human rights monitors as Russian troops have retreated from areas around the capital, Kyiv, and other parts of the country they invaded on February 24." Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

5 minutes

A Minnesota teacher shaves the afro of a black child at school without the parent's consent. The furious mother posted a TikTok, which has since gone viral, of the child's shaving aftermath. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Black child’s teacher accused of cutting his afro off - https://www.dailydot.com/irl/black-childs-teacher-accused-of-cutting-his-afro-off/ "A Minnesota-based parent claimed that a teacher cut their child’s hair off. Prior to the alleged incident, the child had an afro; now, the child has a closely cropped haircut. Tadow (@tadowbaby) posted a video of the aftermath of the incident, showing the child’s short hair. The video currently has almost a million views." Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

4 minutes

Florida gov. Ron Desantis has the Florida education department reject 54 math textbooks for alleged references to critical race theory within the word problems. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Florida rejects 54 math textbooks over ‘prohibited topics’ including critical race theory - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/17/florida-rejects-math-textbooks-critical-race-theory "Florida’s education department has rejected 54 mathematics textbooks from next year’s school curriculum, citing alleged references to critical race theory among a range of reasoning for some of the rejections, officials announced. The department said in a news release on Friday that some of the books had been rejected for failure to comply with the state’s content standards, Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (Best), but that 21% of the books were disallowed “because they incorporate prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including CRT”. Department officials disapproved an additional 11 books “because they do not properly align to Best Standards and incorporate prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including CRT”." Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

Gender Equality

6 minutes

A teacher in Harris County, Texas, gets in trouble after he accidentally projected a porn video from his laptop for the whole class to see as they were taking a quiz. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Texas Teacher Accidentally Shows Porn to Entire Class During Quiz, Cops Say - https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-teacher-accidentally-shows-porn-to-entire-class-during-quiz-cops-say?via=twitter_page "A high school teacher in Harris County, Texas, was fired this week after he accidentally shared a porn video he’d been watching on his laptop with his entire classroom, according to police and reports. Cops have also charged the Klein Collins High School teacher, Kevin Welchel, with displaying harmful material to a minor. Welchel was allegedly watching the racy video on his school-issued laptop while his students were taking a quiz—and then he inadvertently shared it with the entire room when his computer somehow connected with the classroom’s smart board projector." Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

3 minutes

New page: Texas gov. Greg Abbott has wreaked havoc on the American supply chain by doubling down on inspections at the Mexican border. He has since stopped his blockade after major backlash from his own state and costing the American economy greatly. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Texas forced to reverse Mexican truck inspection plan as drivers block bridges - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/16/greg-abbott-texas-mexico-truck-inspection-policy "Texas governor Greg Abbott has made an about-face on his policy of tighter inspections of trucks entering Texas from Mexico, a week after he implemented the policy which led to Mexican truckers blockading border bridges in protest and holding up food supplies to the US as a result. He reversed course on Friday night after a week of intensifying backlash and fears of deepening economic losses." Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks - TYT.com