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May 13, 2022

Donald Trump's collusion with Tyson Foods and other meat packing companies, which caused mass covid-19 deaths, stayed open over a myth that there was a meat shortage when there was none. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report.
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House Panel Exposes How 'Shameful' Meatpackers Put Profits Over Worker Health During Pandemic - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/house-panel-exposes-how-shameful-meatpackers-put-profits-over-worker-health-during
"A congressional report published Thursday revealed that meat processing companies worked with and lobbied the Trump administration to continue operating during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the danger to workers in the high-risk industry.
"The devastating impacts of the Covid crisis on workers in these industries should push lawmakers and the Biden administration to crack down on the meatpacking giants."
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis report—entitled Now to Get Rid of Those Pesky Health Departments!—shows how major meatpackers including Tyson Foods, JBS USA, and Smithfield Foods engaged political appointees in the Trump administration in "an aggressive campaign to ensure their facilities remained at maximum capacity."
As a result of the meat processing industry's successful efforts, employees—many of them low-income Latino and other immigrants—were forced to work in dangerously close quarters in plants with a high risk of coronavirus transmission."
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The Damage Report: May 13, 2022

Donald Trump's collusion with Tyson Foods and other meat packing companies, which caused mass covid-19 deaths, stayed open over a myth that there was a meat shortage when there was none. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: House Panel Exposes How 'Shameful' Meatpackers Put Profits Over Worker Health During Pandemic - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/house-panel-exposes-how-shameful-meatpackers-put-profits-over-worker-health-during "A congressional report published Thursday revealed that meat processing companies worked with and lobbied the Trump administration to continue operating during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the danger to workers in the high-risk industry. "The devastating impacts of the Covid crisis on workers in these industries should push lawmakers and the Biden administration to crack down on the meatpacking giants." The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis report—entitled Now to Get Rid of Those Pesky Health Departments!—shows how major meatpackers including Tyson Foods, JBS USA, and Smithfield Foods engaged political appointees in the Trump administration in "an aggressive campaign to ensure their facilities remained at maximum capacity." As a result of the meat processing industry's successful efforts, employees—many of them low-income Latino and other immigrants—were forced to work in dangerously close quarters in plants with a high risk of coronavirus transmission." ** 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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Trump-endorsed candidate, Dr. Oz, faces strong competition from the dangerously demented candidate, Kathy Barnette, in the Pennsylvania Republican senate race. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Kathy Barnette has called for banning Islam in America and said LGBTQ people 'lead with their sexual preference' - https://www.businessinsider.com/pennsylvania-gop-senate-kathy-barnette-islamophobia-and-homophobia-2022-5 "Kathy Barnette, a largely-unknown Pennsylvania Senate candidate, has been surging in support among Republican voters in recent polls with just days to go until next Tuesday's primary election. But a review of the conservative commentator's public statements, including on social media, reveals a candidate with a history of Islamophobic and homophobic positions that may imperil Republicans' general election chances in the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey." ** 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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A racist Karen flips out at a Santa Barbara restaurant and then gets caught on camera verbally abusing a black man in fishing gear. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: How the 'Karen Meme' Confronts the Violent History of White Womanhood - https://time.com/5857023/karen-meme-history-meaning/ "When you look up the hashtag #Karen on Instagram, a search that yields over 773,000 posts, the featured image on the page is a screenshot of a white woman staring intensely into the camera, pursing her lips into a smile as she touches a finger to her chin, a movement that’s at once condescending and cloying. The woman’s name is Lisa Alexander, but on the Internet, she’s most recognized as the “San Francisco Karen,” after a clip went viral of her last week, in which she demands to know if James Juanillo, who was stenciling “Black Lives Matter” in chalk on the front of his own home, was defacing private property. The video showed Juanillo, who identified himself in a social media caption as a person of color, telling Alexander and her partner that they should call the police if they felt he was breaking the law. He later told ABC7 News that the couple called the police, who he says recognized him as the resident instantly. While Juanillo was fortunate to have been recognized and unharmed, calls like this could result in injury or worse, death." ** 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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Matt Damon gets attacked by the internet for his promotional crypto ad which went viral before the crash of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Twitter Pillories Matt Damon and His Viral Crypto Ad Amid Bitcoin Crash: He ‘Got Paid in Dollars and Laughed All the Way to the Bank’ - https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/twitter-pillories-matt-damon-and-his-viral-crypto-ad-amid-bitcoin-crash-he-got-paid-in-dollars-and-laughed-all-the-way-to-the-bank/ "Bitcoin plunged to its lowest level in 16 months on Thursday … and Twitter has pinned all the blame on Matt Damon’s viral crypto ad. In the ad, Damon gives a one-minute monologue comparing crypto investors to mountain climbers, space travelers, and other adventurers before exclaiming, “Fortune favors the brave.” Despite the promise, bitcoin dropped as low as $25,401.29 on Thursday morning. “Ether, the second-biggest digital currency, tanked to as low as $1,704.05 per coin,” reported CNBC’s Ryan Browne. “It’s the first time the token has fallen beneath the $2,000 mark since June 2021. Ether was last down 6.5% at a price of $1,988.45.”" ** 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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White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, responds to questions on the baby formula shortage crisis, which is predominately hitting vulnerable communities, as the Biden administration tries to put the fire out. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Texas Gov. Abbott's Solution to Formula Shortage? Let Migrant Babies Starve - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/texas-gov-abbotts-solution-formula-shortage-let-migrant-babies-starve "Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was widely condemned Thursday for his joint statement with the National Border Patrol Council complaining about the Biden administration feeding migrant children in U.S. custody amid a national shortage of infant formula. "I can't come up with the words to describe how despicable and inhumane this is." "Gov. Abbott and NBPC are literally demanding that the government lock babies in cages and then starve them of the sustenance they need to survive," tweeted Carl Takei, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU. "I just... I can't come up with the words to describe how despicable and inhumane this is." "I'm especially blown away by the explicit contrast this statement sets up between 'our children' (who are vulnerable, precious, and deserve survival) vs. the not-our-children who deserve to starve in our baby jails," he continued." ** 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 and Sean Hannity collude on the press takedown of unexpected competition from Kathy Barnette against the Trump-endorsed Dr. Oz in the Pennsylvania Republican senate race. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Trump warns panicking GOP against nominating Kathy Barnette in PA - https://www.axios.com/2022/05/12/trump-kathy-barnette-gop "President Trump on Thursday warned Republicans in Pennsylvania against nominating candidate Kathy Barnette for an open Senate seat, despite her apparent following among his base of supporters. Driving the news: "Kathy Barnette will never be able to win the General Election against the Radical Left Democrats," Trump said in a statement Thursday. "She has many things in her past which have not been properly explained or vetted, but if she is able to do so, she will have a wonderful future in the Republican Party — and I will be behind her all the way."" ** 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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A bus transporting predominately black student lacrosse players from Delaware State University gets stopped and searched while traveling through Georgia. The Georgia cops conduct an unlawful search with drug-sniffing dogs. John Iadarola and Aida Rodriguez break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Cops Searched a Bus Carrying Black College Athletes With a Drug-Sniffing Dog - https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7nxab/delaware-lacrosse-team-bus-georgia-police "Sheriff's deputies used a drug-sniffing dog to search a bus full of Black college lacrosse players after a minor traffic stop in Georgia—seemingly in hope of trying to get the players to admit to drug possession. The incident, caught on video via police body cameras, came after the bus was stopped on Interstate 95 for a minor traffic violation last month. The bus was transporting the women from a game in Jacksonville, Florida, back to Delaware State University. Bodycam footage of the incident shows a Liberty county cop in his patrol car holding the license of the bus driver, saying over the radio that he suspects someone on the bus may have something illegal." ** 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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North Korea admits a dangerous new disease is ravaging the nation, which presumably is a Covid-19 outbreak that the public is unvaccinated against following Kim Jong-un's rejection of vaccines early this year. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: North Korea ‘Sending Out SOS’ as It Admits Unnamed Disease Has Spread to 350,000 People - https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kbgza/north-korea-covid-19-outbreak "North Korea’s recently revealed COVID-19 outbreak may have already infected hundreds of thousands of people over the past month, according to the country’s state media. An article, published Friday by the country’s international broadcasting service the Voice of Korea, revealed that an “obscure febrile disease has been explosively spread and expanded on a nationwide scale since late April, producing more than 350,000 persons in a fever in a short time.” The report did not explicitly state that the widespread infections were from COVID, but experts say it was a tacit admission that the virus has spread across the isolated country of 25.8 million people, which until this week had denied that it had any confirmed case of the disease and rejected vaccine offers." ** 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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A man in South Carolina dies suddenly while concealing the body of his girlfriend after murdering her. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: South Carolina Man Dies Of Heart Attack While Concealing Body Of Girlfriend He Murdered - https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/joseph-mckinnon-dies-burying-patricia-dent-murder "A South Carolina man reportedly died while attempting to conceal the body of the girlfriend he'd just murdered. Officers from the Edgefield County Sheriff's Department in South Carolina responded to a 911 call at about 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning about an "unresponsive man" laying in the yard of his Trenton home — about 25 miles north of Augusta, Georgia — as reported by Augusta ABC affiliate WJBF. The person who called 911 did attempt to perform chest compressions, according to Augusta CBS/NBC affiliates WRDW/WAGT. There, officers found Joseph McKinnon, 60, dead in his yard." ** 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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New page: Donald Trump's collusion with Tyson Foods and other meat packing companies, which caused mass covid-19 deaths, stayed open over a myth that there was a meat shortage when there was none. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: House Panel Exposes How 'Shameful' Meatpackers Put Profits Over Worker Health During Pandemic - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/house-panel-exposes-how-shameful-meatpackers-put-profits-over-worker-health-during "A congressional report published Thursday revealed that meat processing companies worked with and lobbied the Trump administration to continue operating during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the danger to workers in the high-risk industry. "The devastating impacts of the Covid crisis on workers in these industries should push lawmakers and the Biden administration to crack down on the meatpacking giants." The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis report—entitled Now to Get Rid of Those Pesky Health Departments!—shows how major meatpackers including Tyson Foods, JBS USA, and Smithfield Foods engaged political appointees in the Trump administration in "an aggressive campaign to ensure their facilities remained at maximum capacity." As a result of the meat processing industry's successful efforts, employees—many of them low-income Latino and other immigrants—were forced to work in dangerously close quarters in plants with a high risk of coronavirus transmission." ** 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