
About this episode
Hello friends,
Welcome back to my Saturday coffee klatch with my colleague Heather Lofthouse (Executive Director of Inequality Media Civic Action — and my former student), where we talk about the highs and lows of the week over morning coffee. Pull up a chair.
Today we cover:
— The (potentially last) January 6 committee hearing, and where do things go from here?
— The new bad inflation number, and why the Fed’s rate hikes don’t seem to be working (and what Democrats should be saying about inflation).
— Alex Jones has to pay almost $1 billion to the families of the victims of Sandy Hook, and what’s the likely effect?
— Should we be talking about this time as “post-pandemic?” (Thank god for boosters.)
Plus this week’s poll.
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