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Biden’s failing Build Back Better-than-nothing bill; More COVID questions answered; Minneapolis to vote on police defunding in city charter amendment; More on the passage of the CRISES Act; Plus IATSE strike averted

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On today’s show:

0:08 – Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich) joins us to discuss the matching half to Biden’s infrastructure proposal, dubbed the Build Back Better bill and the many concessions made by Senate Democrats in order to get the bill passed.

0:34 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us again to discuss the latest COVID science and answer listener questions.

1:08 – Minister JaNaé Bates (@favoredjae), Communications Director with Yes 4 Minneapolis joins us to discuss a Minneapolis city charter amendment
which would replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a Department of Public Safety.

1:20 – California State Senator Sydney Kamlager (@sydneykamlager) represents District 30, in Los Angeles and she joins us to discuss the passage of the CRISES Act.

1:34 – Malakhi Simmons (@malakinetics) is a filmmaker, photographer, and member of IATSE Local 728 member based in Los Angeles, and he joins us again to discuss the tentative agreement that IATSE workers will be voting on in the coming weeks. Alex Press (@alexnpress) staff writer for Jacobin magazine and host of Primer, a podcast about Amazon also joins us to detail what workers have told her about the pending agreement.