On today’s show:
0:08 – David Dayen (@ddayen), Executive Editor of The American Prospect joins us to discuss the Inflation Reduction Bill recently approved by the U.S. Senate.
0:33 – Thunderstorms induced by the McKinney Fire brought flash flooding that suffused the Klamath River with a sludge of fire debris and smothered innumerable fish. Craig Tucker (@scraigtucker), Natural Resources Policy Advisor for the Karuk Tribe describes the scene. The fire is 55% contained says CalFire PIO Daniel Solis.
1:08 – Tim Redmond (@timredmondsf), long-time San Francisco investigative reporter and founder of the non-profit news site, 48 Hills discusses how interim San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins could handle drug cases.
1:33 – Last week, OUSD security officers forcibly removed several Oakland community members protesting the closure of Parker Elementary School. We discuss this latest escalation with two people who witnessed the incident—Rebecca Ruiz, a Fruitvale resident and a member of the Anti-Police Terror Project who suffered a head injury and OUSD parent, Joel Velasquez.