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AM QUICKIE: August 29th, 2019 w/ Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Thousands of protesters jam the streets of London accusing the Prime Minister Boris Johnson of mounting a coup against Parliament. Meanwhile, Trump tells the EPA to rollback restrictions on deadly methane pollution. And lastly, Kirsten Gillibrand drops out of the 2020 presidential race. And our QUICKER QUICKIES HEADLINES: The Trump administration said Wednesday that the children of some U.S. military members and government employees working overseas will no longer automatically be considered United States citizens. Most voters disapprove of President Trump’s remarks calling American Jews who vote for Democrats disloyal, according to a new poll released by Politico on Wednesday. Detroit Free Press reports that FBI and Internal Revenue Service agents have raided the homes of UAW President Gary Jones as part of a nationwide sweep of sites tied to the autoworker union. The multiagency raids come as federal officials ramped up their corruption investigation of the autoworkers union — which is in the midst of contract negotiations with Detroit automakers.

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