Hour 3: Ultimate Issues Hour
Steve Leder, Rabbi of The Wilshire Temple in Los Angeles. His new book is The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

Stories:

California Lifts Some Covid Restrictions
Outdoor dining might happen by the end of the week. Probably too little too late. And who’s to say Newsom and/or Garcetti won’t change their minds in two weeks or a month?
www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-25/how-california-covid-stay-at-home-order-ending-affects-la

Hour 3: Michael Walsh, novelist, screenwriter and political commentator. His new book is Last Stands: Why Men Fight When All Is Lost.

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NYT: Vaccines Won’t Help Much
According to a new study by those ever dependable, fun-loving epidemiologists.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/24/us/covid-vaccine-rollout.html

Hour 3: Open Lines

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$2 Trillion for Covid, $2 Trillion for Infrastructure
Trump spent like a drunken sailor. Biden is going to make him look like a teetotaler. Many people are going to get very, very rich off of this tsunami of government cash. But when has the government done anything this massive and not made a complete mess of it?
www.wsj.com/articles/buttigieg-pledges-to-support-bidens-2-trillion-infrastructure-plan-11611259580

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Biden Speech Transcript
Mostly innocuous. Stuffed with platitudes. But as you already pointed out, also full of veiled insults and threats aimed at half the country.
www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/joe-biden-inauguration-speech-transcript-full-text-460813

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RCP Picks Up Your Column
Well done.
www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/19/_why_the_left_has_to_suppress_free_speech_145062.html

Hour 3: Open Lines

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At Least One Left Wing Trump-Hater Was Part of the Capitol Riot
Agitating the mob. How many more?
www.dailywire.com/news/left-wing-known-agitator-charged-for-alleged-role-in-capitol-breach

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Stories:

President Impeached a Second Time
Maybe they can impeach him again. There’s still 6 days left in his term.
www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-face-impeachment-vote-over-capitol-riot-11610543781

Hour 3: Ultimate Issues Hour

Stories:

Dems Set to Impeach on Wednesday
Will there even be a debate?
www.wsj.com/articles/house-democrats-to-begin-efforts-seeking-to-remove-trump-from-office-11610375178