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May 2, 2022

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has a brilliant clap back to President Biden's hesitation on total student debt cancellation. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report.
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'I Don't Believe in a Cutoff': AOC Says Biden Shouldn't Means-Test Student Debt Relief - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/02/i-dont-believe-cutoff-aoc-says-biden-shouldnt-means-test-student-debt-relief
"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned over the weekend that means tests and other limits on student debt cancellation that Biden administration officials are reportedly considering risk denying relief to a significant number of vulnerable people, a potential moral and political disaster.
"I don't believe in a cutoff, especially for so many of the frontline workers who are drowning in debt and would likely be excluded from relief," Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told the Washington Post in response to the newspaper's story detailing internal White House discussions of income caps to restrict who is eligible for any federal student debt cancellation."
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The Damage Report: May 2, 2022

Hosts: John IadarolaFrancesca Fiorentini

A Karen in Sephora freaks out and throws products then slaps the security guard which led to a brawl in the store. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: What exactly is a 'Karen' and where did the meme come from? - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53588201 "To give some examples, "Karen" is associated with the kind of person who demands to "speak to the manager" in order to belittle service industry workers, is anti-vaccination, and carries out racist micro-aggressions, such as asking to touch black people's hair. But a predominant feature of the "Karen" stereotype is that they weaponise their relative privilege against people of colour - for example, when making police complaints against black people for minor or even - in numerous cases - fictitious infringements." 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

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Former secretary of defense for Donald Trump, Mark Esper, reveals Trump's calls for violence against Black Lives Matter protests in his new memoir. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: New book says Trump wanted troops to open fire on BLM protesters: ‘Can’t you just shoot them?’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-shoot-blm-protesters-mark-esper-b2069920.html "As Black Lives Matter protesters swarmed outside the White House in 2020, then-president Donald Trump reportedly proposed a solution: “Just shoot them.” That’s according to Mr Trump’s secretary of defense at the time, Mark Esper, in his upcoming memoir, A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times, which comes out on 10 May. In the spring of 2020, as protests over the brutal police murder of George Floyd convulsed the country, Mr Esper says the former president grew increasingly furious at the demonstrators flooding the streets of the capital.“Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?” Mr Trump allegedly asked, according to an excerpt obtained by Axios." 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

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Donald Trump tries to hype up the Ohio candidate he endorsed and has appeared with multiple times, J.D. Vance, but instead mixes him up with his competitor, Josh Mandel. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Trump Praises Imaginary Ohio Senate Candidate ‘J.D. Mandel’ - https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-crows-over-endorsement-of-jd-mandel-confusing-ohio-senate-candidates-jd-vance-josh-mandel?ref=home "No one appears to be more surprised by Donald Trump’s endorsement of J.D. Vance for the Ohio Senate than the former president himself, who on Sunday appeared not to know the former Never-Trumper’s name. Speaking at a “Save America” rally in Nebraska in support of Charles Herbster, a Republican gubernatorial candidate accused of sexually assaulting eight women, Trump crowed to a crowd: “You know, we’ve endorsed Dr. Oz. We’ve endorsed—J.P., right? J.D. Mandel, and he’s doing great. They’re all doing good.” Trump appeared to be confusing the names of Ohio Republican primary candidates Josh Mandel, whom he hasn’t endorsed, and J.D. Vance, whom he (reluctantly) has. Mandel, a former Ohio State treasurer running on a pro-Trump platform, was long presumed the front-runner in a crowded primary field until the former president issued his endorsement of Vance last month. “In the Great State of Ohio, the candidate most qualified and ready to win in November is J.D. Vance,” Trump’s April 15 statement said. “We cannot play games. It is all about winning!” With the primary coming up on May 3, Trump may want to brush up with a rousing round of “Guess Who: Ohio Senate Edition.”" 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

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Donald Trump endorsed candidate, Charles Herbster, speaks at the Save America rally to promote himself for governor of Nebraska and has others defend him after eight women have accused him of sexual misconduct. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Second woman publicly accuses Trump-backed candidate of sexual misconduct - https://thehill.com/news/campaign/3472790-second-woman-publicly-accuses-trump-backed-candidate-of-sexual-misconduct/ "A second woman is publicly accusing Trump-endorsed Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster (R) of sexual misconduct after a Republican state senator alleged earlier this month that she had been touched inappropriately by Herbster. Elizabeth Todsen, in a statement provided through her attorney, alleged that she had been sexually groped by Herbster in 2019 and said her experience had been “thoroughly described” in previous reporting by the Nebraska Examiner. “For years I have struggled with an experience I had with Charles W. Herbster. At a political event in 2019, Herbster sexually groped me while greeting my table. This was the same night that Herbster aggressively grabbed Senator Julie Slama,” Todsen said." 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

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Trevor Noah hosts the White House Correspondents' Dinner and takes shots at a handful of politicians, including President Biden, Matt Gaetz and Kyrsten Sinema. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Trevor Noah roasts pretty much everyone at White House Correspondents’ Dinner - https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-05-01/white-house-correspondents-dinner-trevor-noah-jokes?utm_source=pocket_mylist "“Daily Show” host Trevor Noah pulled no punches while headlining the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night in Washington, D.C. For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, politicians and members of the press gathered in person to dine and get roasted by a comedian together at the Washington Hilton hotel. “It is my great honor to be speaking tonight at the nation’s most distinguished superspreader event,” Noah joked at the top of his set, which aired Saturday on CNN and C-SPAN." 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

Newsmax hosts can't always control their guests and sometimes that means the interview gets cut early, especially if they are talking with Mike Lindell. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Newsmax segment on Elon Musk hosting 'SNL' goes off the rails when former Obama speechwriter focuses on network's election lies and legal woes - https://www.businessinsider.com/newsmax-elon-musk-snl-segment-video-former-obama-speechwriter-dominion-2021-5 "Despite airing lengthy legal disclaimers to mitigate the legal fallout from promoting easily debunked lies about the 2020 election being stolen, right-wing cable network Newsmax continues to be dogged by the "big lie." In a Monday-morning segment about the billionaire Elon Musk hosting "Saturday Night Live," the guest brought on to discuss the subject had other plans in mind. "I did not watch 'Saturday Night Live.' I watched the clips. The show is on too late. Quite frankly, I don't think it's that funny anymore," Newsmax's Rob Finnerty said at the beginning of the segment. Finnerty also complimented former President Donald Trump on the ratings he received when he hosted the show back in 2015." 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

Even though Sen. Joe Manchin has already stated he has 'no idea' about West Virginia law, he did agree to star in an ad for West Virginia Republican, David McKinley. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Democratic senator Joe Manchin cuts ad for West Virginia Republican - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/01/joe-manchin-democrat-ad-west-virginia-republican-david-mckinley-alex-mooney-trump-build-back-better "Joe Manchin has recorded an ad for a Republican in a West Virginia US House election, in which the Democratic senator trumpets his opposition to Joe Biden’s Build Back Better domestic spending plan. “David McKinley has always opposed reckless spending because it doesn’t make sense for West Virginia,” Manchin said. Build Back Better was the centrepiece of Biden’s agenda, a $1.75tn package meant to boost health and social care and combat the climate crisis." 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

Money in Politics

9 minutes

President Biden gets in on the fun at the White House Correspondents' Dinner when he lands one on hypocritical Fox News hosts, earning a hilarious reaction from Peter Doocy. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Biden roasts Trump, GOP, himself at correspondents’ dinner - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/01/biden-roasts-trump-gop-himself-at-correspondents-dinner.html "The White House press corps’ annual gala returned Saturday night along with the roasting of Washington, the journalists who cover it and the man at the helm: President Joe Biden. The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, sidelined by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, featured Biden as the first president in six years to accept an invitation. Donald Trump shunned the event while in office. “Just imagine if my predecessor came to this dinner this year,” Biden told an audience of 2,600, among them journalists, government officials and celebrities. “Now that would really have been a real coup.”" 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

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has a brilliant clap back to President Biden's hesitation on total student debt cancellation. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: 'I Don't Believe in a Cutoff': AOC Says Biden Shouldn't Means-Test Student Debt Relief - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/02/i-dont-believe-cutoff-aoc-says-biden-shouldnt-means-test-student-debt-relief "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned over the weekend that means tests and other limits on student debt cancellation that Biden administration officials are reportedly considering risk denying relief to a significant number of vulnerable people, a potential moral and political disaster. "I don't believe in a cutoff, especially for so many of the frontline workers who are drowning in debt and would likely be excluded from relief," Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told the Washington Post in response to the newspaper's story detailing internal White House discussions of income caps to restrict who is eligible for any federal student debt cancellation." 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

College for All

9 minutes

New page: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has a brilliant clap back to President Biden's hesitation on total student debt cancellation. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: 'I Don't Believe in a Cutoff': AOC Says Biden Shouldn't Means-Test Student Debt Relief - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/02/i-dont-believe-cutoff-aoc-says-biden-shouldnt-means-test-student-debt-relief "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned over the weekend that means tests and other limits on student debt cancellation that Biden administration officials are reportedly considering risk denying relief to a significant number of vulnerable people, a potential moral and political disaster. "I don't believe in a cutoff, especially for so many of the frontline workers who are drowning in debt and would likely be excluded from relief," Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told the Washington Post in response to the newspaper's story detailing internal White House discussions of income caps to restrict who is eligible for any federal student debt cancellation." 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