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May 5, 2022

The nation is buzzing in the wake of the Supreme Court's leaked draft to overturn Roe v. Wade. Many are asking about adding an amendment to the constitution to protect abortion, but what is the chance that can happen? John Iadarola and Dave Levinthal break it down on The Damage Report.
Read more here:
Why a constitutional amendment enshrining abortion rights is next to impossible - https://www.businessinsider.com/roe-v-wade-abortion-rights-constitution-2022-5
"The Supreme Court is poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that rules the US Constitution protected a woman's right to an abortion without significant government restrictions.
So could the American body politic effectively override the Supreme Court by amending the Constitution?
Almost impossible."
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The Damage Report: May 5, 2022

A new ad, put out by Meidas Touch, exposes the moments where Supreme Court Justices Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh lied to the Senate about the precedent of upholding Roe v. Wade. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Manchin reviewing records of meetings with Brett Kavanaugh 'to find out what he said' about Roe: report - https://www.alternet.org/2022/05/brett-kavanaugh/?utm_source=pocket_mylist "U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, the only Democrat to vote to place Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, says his office is reviewing the records it has of his pre-confirmation interview with the West Virginia lawmaker after a leaked draft opinion shows the court will strike down Roe. v. Wade. In 2018 Kavanaugh was confirmed in a 50-48 vote, after then-Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invoked the nuclear option and made Supreme Court nominations subject to just a simple majority vote. Legal experts, journalists and activists are investigating if the conservatives who, according to a Politico report voted in a Supreme Court closed door meeting to overturn the 49 year old decision that found abortion is a constitutional right, lied during their confirmation hearings." ** 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
ClipWomen's / Reproductive Rights
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Cinco De Mayo is typically celebrated in the U.S. as a cringe drinking holiday but originally it was celebrated in Mexico for a very different reason. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: How Cinco de Mayo Got Its Start Because of California's Mexican Americans - https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/how-cinco-de-mayo-got-its-start-because-of-californias-mexican-americans?utm_source=pocket_mylist "In the spring of 1970, Dr. David Hayes-Bautista didn't know much about Cinco de Mayo other than the day commemorated the Mexican Battle of Puebla against the French. To him and his fellow UC Berkeley classmates he had gathered with to celebrate, Cinco de Mayo symbolized a David vs. Goliath myth about a small army overtaking its mighty invader. He assumed the holiday originated in Mexico, but it wasn't until decades later after combing through Spanish language newspapers that Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture (CESLAC) director, discovered the true origins of one of the United States' biggest party holidays." ** 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
ClipForeign Policy
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Donald Trump has caused chaos in the United States in many ways but one of the most deadly ways is through his dangerous comments on the severity of the pandemic. Since then the U.S. has recently reached 1 million deaths due to Covid-19. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covids-toll-us-reaches-1-million-deaths-unfathomable-number-rcna22105 "The U.S. on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus. The number — equivalent to the population of San Jose, California, the 10th largest city in the U.S. — was reached at stunning speed: 27 months after the country confirmed its first case of the virus. " ** 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
ClipHealth Care Reform
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Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, announces on a radio show that he plans to resurrect a Supreme Court case that would prevent immigrant children to attend public schools. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Abbott says Texas could 'resurrect' SCOTUS case requiring states to educate all kids - https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/05/04/gov-greg-abbott-supreme-court-case-requiring-education-undocumented-children/9652463002/?utm_source=SND&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=statesman "Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that Texas would consider challenging a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision requiring states to offer free public education to all children, including those of undocumented immigrants. "Texas already long ago sued the federal government about having to incur the costs of the education program, in a case called Plyler versus Doe," Abbott said, speaking during an appearance on the Joe Pags show, a conservative radio talk show. "And the Supreme Court ruled against us on the issue. ... I think we will resurrect that case and challenge this issue again, because the expenses are extraordinary and the times are different than when Plyler versus Doe was issued many decades ago."" ** 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
ClipImmigration Reform
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Donald Trump may get his wish for women everywhere to get 'some form of punishment' after seeking an abortion as states prepare for the Supreme Court's strike down of Roe v. Wade. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Louisiana wants to make abortion a crime of murder. Supporters even say it's unconstitutional. - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/05/louisiana-abortion-bill-would-make-crime-murder/9656102002/ "A Louisiana legislative committee on Wednesday advanced a bill to make abortion a crime of homicide in which the mother or those assisting her in terminating the pregnancy can be charged. But while the measure cleared the House Appropriations Committee on a 7-2 vote, at least one of the representatives voting in favor acknowledged the bill is unconstitutional. State Rep. Danny McCormick said his House Bill 813 should move forward even though the U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, which guarantees abortion rights as soon as June, according to an opinion leaked from the high court this week." ** 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
ClipWomen's / Reproductive Rights
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Texas House Candidate, Jessica Cisneros, calls for Democratic leaders to take back their support of her opponent, Rep. Henry Cuellar, for his anti-choice stance toward women's reproductive rights. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Rep. Cuellar attacked on his anti-abortion stance by opponent Jessica Cisneros in Texas Democratic runoff - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/rep-cuellar-attacked-anti-abortion-stance-opponent-cisneros-texas-demo-rcna27251 " Texas Democratic House candidate Jessica Cisneros is demanding her party's congressional leaders drop their support of her primary opponent, Rep. Henry Cuellar, over his opposition to abortion. Her attack on Cuellar comes as a blockbuster leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that signaled that Roe v. Wade would be overturned is galvanizing Democrats to defend abortion rights and could shake up the midterm elections this year. "As the Supreme Court prepares to overturn Roe v. Wade, I am calling on Democratic Party leadership to withdraw their support of Henry Cuellar who is the last anti-choice Democrat in the House," Cisneros said in a statement Wednesday morning." ** 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
ClipJohn Iadarola
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During a White House Press Conference, Jen Psaki destroys a reporter over his ridiculous question regarding President Biden's relationship with the MAGA community. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Reporters Grill Psaki About Biden’s ‘MAGA Crowd’ Comments: Should He ‘Have Done More’ To ‘Try And Reach Out To Those People’ - https://www.mediaite.com/news/reporters-grill-psaki-about-bidens-maga-crowd-comments-should-he-have-done-more-to-try-and-reach-out-to-those-people/ "White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was grilled over President Joe Biden’s torching of the “MAGA Crowd,” including by one reporter who asked if Biden should have done more to “reach out” to former President Donald Trump’s supporters. During a brief Q&A Wednesday morning, Biden tore into Republicans as he responded to a question about the draft Supreme Court decision that would strike down Roe v. Wade, telling reporters that “this MAGA crowd is really the most extreme political organization that’s existed in American history.”" ** 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
ClipJoe Biden
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The nation is buzzing in the wake of the Supreme Court's leaked draft to overturn Roe v. Wade. Many are asking about adding an amendment to the constitution to protect abortion, but what is the chance that can happen? John Iadarola and Dave Levinthal break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Why a constitutional amendment enshrining abortion rights is next to impossible - https://www.businessinsider.com/roe-v-wade-abortion-rights-constitution-2022-5 "The Supreme Court is poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that rules the US Constitution protected a woman's right to an abortion without significant government restrictions. So could the American body politic effectively override the Supreme Court by amending the Constitution? Almost impossible." ** 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
ClipWomen's / Reproductive Rights
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John Oliver freaks over data selling which ties to the discovery that the SafeGraph data company was selling Planned Parenthood client information to anyone who had $160 as discovered by VICE. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Phone location data from people who visited abortion clinics, including Planned Parenthood, was legally on sale for $160, report says - https://www.businessinsider.com/planned-parenthood-abortion-clinic-data-broker-sale-report-says-2022-5 "Companies that package and sell on people's phone data can legally sell on location data from abortion clinics, Vice reported. Vice bought a dataset from a data brokering company called Safegraph. Data brokers are companies that collect people's personal data, assign it to specific profiles, then sell it on. Vice bought a dataset from Safegraph for $160, which included a week's worth of phone location data for 600 Planned Parenthoods in the US. Not every Planned Parenthood provides abortion services but Vice reported that it verified some of the locations included in the dataset do." ** 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
ClipWomen's / Reproductive Rights
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Donald Trump, while president, shared a lot of disgusting jokes and put blame irrationally on groups of people which led to massive distrust and a sharp incline in racism surrounding Covid-19. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Poll: Distrust of Asian Americans is rising - https://www.axios.com/2022/05/04/asian-americans-covid-hate-survey "Americans continue to wrongly blame people of Asian descent for the coronavirus, and a greater percentage are harboring distrust of their loyalties, according to a new report out this morning. Why it matters: Asian Americans, who make up 7% of the U.S. population, feel increasingly isolated and discriminated against amid sustained anti-Asian violence and increasing anti-China political rhetoric. State of play: 21% of U.S. adults now say Asian Americans are at least partly responsible for COVID — up from 11% in 2021." ** 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
ClipJohn Iadarola
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New page: The nation is buzzing in the wake of the Supreme Court's leaked draft to overturn Roe v. Wade. Many are asking about adding an amendment to the constitution to protect abortion, but what is the chance that can happen? John Iadarola and Dave Levinthal break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Why a constitutional amendment enshrining abortion rights is next to impossible - https://www.businessinsider.com/roe-v-wade-abortion-rights-constitution-2022-5 "The Supreme Court is poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that rules the US Constitution protected a woman's right to an abortion without significant government restrictions. So could the American body politic effectively override the Supreme Court by amending the Constitution? Almost impossible." ** 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