December 31, 2019

The Damage Report: December 31, 2019

Hosts: John Iadarola Guests: Brett ErlichJonathan Larsen

Police officers in Alabama share a disgusting Christmas greeting. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.al.com/news/2019/12/mobile-police-officers-appear-to-ridicule-homeless-people-in-viral-facebook-post.html "Two Mobile Police Officers have caused outrage online after an image of them appearing to ridicule homeless people went viral over the holiday period. The post shows the two officers holding up a so-called “quilt” of cardboard signs apparently confiscated from homeless people in the city. The accompanying text says: “Wanna wish everybody in the 4th precinct a Merry Christmas, especially our captain. Hope you enjoy our homeless quilt. Sincerely Panhandler patrol.” The two officers, Preston McGraw and Alexandre Olivier, are recent graduates of the Mobile Police Academy. McGraw graduated in February of 2018 and Olivier in January of 2019. Two other people are also tagged in the image but it’s not clear who they are. The photo appears to have been taken inside a Mobile Police Department office." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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2020 Census projects shift in states' congressional power. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.axios.com/census-data-congressional-seats-red-states-3929c226-ae93-4269-a36a-dc4872e5bcb7.html "California is projected to lose a congressional seat for the first time next year, while states President Trump won such as Texas and Florida will likely gain seats, according to an analysis of new Census data by the Brookings Institution's William Frey. Why it matters: It only takes a handful of seats to shift a party's power in Congress for a decade. The new data underscores the need for an accurate 2020 Census count, especially with changing demographics in states with booming populations such as Florida, Texas and Arizona. By the numbers: If the rate of population change from July 2018 to July 2019 holds into the next year... * Blue states including New York, Illinois, Rhode Island and California are projected to each lose a seat. * Red states such as Texas, Arizona, Montana, Florida and North Carolina are projected to gain. What to watch: Demographics are shifting in states like Florida, Texas and Arizona, which have seen an influx of Latinos who tend to skew more Democratic and are more likely to be undercounted by the census, Frey said. Texas has slowly been turning blue, and Florida has been tightly contested for years. * Three key swing states that voted for Trump in 2016 — Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania — are each projected to lose a congressional seat. * Redistricting will play a crucial role in determining how much a political party benefits from congressional reapportionment. It will have a significant impact on elections in the next decade. The big picture: The changes come as total population growth in the U.S. reaches its lowest point since 1918 at just 0.48%.” #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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A secret organization called ‘The Family’ pulls congressional strings, hosting the National Prayer Breakfast. John Iadarola and Jonathan Larsen break it down on The Damage Report. 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/UHYZXMUhGKUEsMAYcuQes "A Christian charity with ties to the National Prayer Breakfast reported unspecified expenses associated with having Russian guests attend the event in 2017 and possibly other years, federal tax documents show. The guests may have included people picked by convicted Russian agent Maria Butina as part of a plan to create back-channel connections with U.S. policy-makers, many of whom attend the breakfast. One leader of the charity appears to match details the FBI has given about an unnamed breakfast organizer who aided Butina. In her plea agreement, Butina admitted to acting as an agent of the Russian government without registering with the Justice Department. The FBI says that Butina and her handler — widely reported to be Alexander Torshin, a Russian official said to be close to President Vladimir Putin — attended the breakfast to influence U.S politics. The tax records reviewed by TYT represent the first indication they may have received direct financial support in their efforts. “[I]n furtherance of the conspiracy,” Butina’s plea deal says, “Butina helped [Torshin] organize a Russian delegation to the 2017 National Prayer Breakfast… [Torshin] directed Butina to include certain people.” Butina wrote in 2015 that the best way to influence U.S. policy toward Russia was not through official channels. “As an alternative,” her plea deal says, “Butina suggested that Russia could use unofficial channels of communication to the same end.” The National Prayer Breakfast, an annual ritual for Washington’s elite, was targeted by the two Russians to build those channels, according to the FBI. For decades the event has drawn every president from each party, as well as top members of Congress. In 2003, then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) called the breakfast’s patriarch, Doug Coe, “a genuinely loving spiritual mentor and guide to anyone, regardless of party or faith.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Greta Thunberg meets her hero, Sir David Attenborough. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-50904881/when-greta-thunberg-met-sir-david-attenborough "Greta Thunberg and Sir David Attenborough have met for the first time (via Skype as they did not want to add to their carbon footprints) to discuss the climate crisis and share their thoughts on how to make an environmental impact. Greta, who spoke to Sir David from Stockholm, is guest editing the BBC's Today programme on Monday 30 December. A podcast will be available here and via the BBC Sounds app." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Here are Netflix’s Top 10 shows & movies of 2019. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.polygon.com/2019/12/30/21042995/netflix-top-10-movies-shows-2019-viewers "In 2020, the streaming paradigm as audiences know it will splinter like never before. On top of Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, the newly launched Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus, WarnerMedia will launch HBO Max, NBC Universal will debut Peacock, and newcomers like Quibi will burst on to mobile devices with dreams of luring people away from traditional media. There will be original shows, original movies, and original interactives on nearly every platform. Network, cable, and theatrical distribution will still exist, flooding each platform with even more content. If self-reported, end-of-2019 numbers are any indication, the people behind Netflix aren’t worried about the swell of competition. Those who subscribe to Netflix seem to spend plenty of time watching Netflix content — original and licensed. Based on data provided to Polygon by Netflix, here are the 10 most popular shows and movies that premiered on the platform in 2019: 1. Murder Mystery (full review) 2. Stranger Things 3 (full review) 3. 6 Underground (full review) 4. The Incredibles 2 5. The Irishman (full review) 6. The Witcher (full review) 7. Triple Frontier (full review) 8. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (full review) 9. The Umbrella Academy (full review) 10. The Highwayman" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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2020 Census unearths a fundamental flaw in census questioning. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.npr.org/2019/12/30/792420857/census-bureau-finds-latinos-asians-sensitive-to-now-blocked-citizenship-question "The citizenship question the Trump administration wanted to add to the 2020 census would have likely been especially sensitive in areas with higher shares of Latinx residents and noncitizens. That's among the Census Bureau's final conclusions from its recent experiment testing public reaction to the question. If courts had not blocked the question from appearing on census forms, it would have also likely lowered self-response rates in parts of the U.S. where Asian residents make up between 5% and 20% of the population, according to the Census Bureau's final report on the national experiment conducted earlier this year. The findings released on Monday flesh out preliminary analysis the bureau put out in October when officials announced the question likely would not have had a significant effect on overall self-response rates. Digging deeper into specific groups, however, the bureau did find statistically significant differences between certain households asked to fill out a test census form with a citizenship question and those presented with forms without one. "These differences were small," wrote Victoria Velkoff, the bureau's associate director for demographic programs, in a blog post about the bureau's early findings." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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January 28, 2020

The Damage Report: January 28, 2020

Hosts: John Iadarola Guests: Emma VigelandDr. Marty Makary

Take control of your internet experience this holiday season with at NordVPN.com/TYT. Get a 3 year plan for 70% off plus 1 extra month for free! Trump’s lawyer goes against Trump’s own claim! He says it was not a perfect phone call. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/impeachment-trial-trump-day-6-defense-2020-01-27-live-updating/ "Washington — President Trump's legal team presented the case for his defense in his Senate impeachment trial for a second day as new revelations about the president's attempts to get Ukraine to investigate his rivals increased pressure on the Senate to allow new witnesses. On Sunday, The New York Times reported former national security adviser John Bolton wrote in a manuscript of his upcoming book that Mr. Trump explicitly refused to release nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine in 2019 unless the country pursued investigations into his political rivals, including the Bidens. The Times reported Bolton had submitted the manuscript to the White House for a standard prepublication review for classified information. Mr. Trump's attorneys spent much of the day sidestepping Bolton's claims until Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz began speaking around 8 p.m. Dershowitz confronted Bolton's allegations head on, arguing that even if they are true, the president's actions still don't rise to the level of an impeachable offense." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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January 27, 2020

The Damage Report: January 27, 2020

Hosts: John Iadarola Guests: Jason CarterNina TurnerRick Strom

The world mourns after the loss of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. John Iadarola and Rick Strom break it down on The Damage Report. 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-26/aircraft-slams-into-hillside-explodes-in-flames-near-calabasas "Kobe Bryant, 41, the legendary basketball star who spent 20 years with the Lakers, was killed Sunday morning when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed amid foggy conditions and burst into flames in the hills above Calabasas. His daughter Gianna, 13, was also on board, NBA authorities confirmed. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said nine people were on the copter — a pilot and eight passengers. He would not confirm who had died until all the next of kin have been notified, he said. The L.A. County coroner’s office said Sunday night that the recovery effort is expected to take several days because of the condition of the crash site and its remote location. Officials have shut down roads leading to the site because of a throng of visitors trying to get there. The helicopter, a Sikorsky S-76B built in 1991, departed John Wayne Airport at 9:06 a.m. Sunday, according to publicly available flight records. The chopper passed over Boyle Heights, near Dodger Stadium, and circled over Glendale during the flight. The crash occurred shortly before 10 a.m. near Las Virgenes Road and Willow Glen Street in Calabasas. Authorities received a 911 call at 9:47 a.m., and firefighters arrived to find that the crash had ignited a quarter-acre brush fire in steep terrain, said L.A. County Fire Chief Daryl Osby. Responders included 56 fire personnel — firefighters, a helicopter with paramedics, hand crews — and sheriff’s deputies. “Our firefighters hiked into the accident site with their medical equipment and hose lines to extinguish the stubborn fire as it included the brush fire … and the helicopter,” Osby said during a news conference Sunday afternoon. “The fire also included magnesium, which is very hard for firefighters to extinguish because magnesium reacts with oxygen and water.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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The 2020 Grammy Awards were shrouded in tragedy as many paid tribute to Kobe Bryant. John Iadarola and Jason Carter break it down on The Damage Report. 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/480023-alicia-keys-references-trump-impeachment-cardi-b-in-politically-charged "Singer Alicia Keys referenced President Trump's impeachment and called for rapper Cardi B to enter politics at Sunday night's Grammy Awards. The "Fallin'" singer and Grammy host belted out a song at the 62nd annual music ceremony on Sunday in Los Angeles, saying, "Tonight we must unite in spite of all the news that we're seeing.” After name-checking singers Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande, among others, Keys then touched on politics, singing: "Commander in chief impeached/Ya'll get out/Let's bring Cardi B." "Cardi, can you please show these people what to do?" Keys asked. Cardi B, an outspoken Trump critic, has flirted with a political bid before. The "Bodak Yellow" rapper, who was born Belcalis Almánzar, tweeted earlier this month: "I do feel like if I go back to school and focus up I can be part of Congress.I deadass have sooo much ideas that make sense.I just need a couple of years of school and I can shake the table." In her Grammys tune on Sunday, Keys sang to loud applause from the audience: "It's just too many lies/Too much hate, too much spin/It's when good people do nothing, that the bad guys win.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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