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Todd Herman Show Notes: 3.8.2021

Mar 8, 2021, 8:05 AM | Updated: 9:13 am

LISTEN TO HOUR 1:

SEATTLE SPIRIT:

READ: “Weekend vote expected in state Senate on controversial capital gains tax proposal”

HIIGHLIGHT: Victoria Taft on Rush, Antifa, homelessness, and more.

READ: The Web of Elite Extremists Behind Censorship of Mercola

READ: Jordan Schachtel on Twitter – “There was never a threat to the Capitol.”

 

LISTEN TO HOUR 2:

READ: Feelings First! CNN INTERN ‘Fact Checks’ Rand Paul on ‘Gender Confirmation Surgery’

HIGHLIGHT: Just a Few More Things

THING 1 Colbert Fawns Over Fonda’s Foul Activism in Re-Released Anti-War Tour Documentary . . . 

THING 2 SHOCK: Hateful MSNBC Floats Withholding Emergency Services to Texas

THING 3 Joy Reid, Fake Republicans Peddle Lies About Fox News, GOP Obsessing Over Cancel Culture

THING 4 Psaki Dodges If Biden Will Acknowledge that There Is a Crisis at the Border

THING 5 Circle back pretends Joe Biden isn’t it a basement practicing reading the State of The Union speech with his reminder helping him in an ear piece.

 

LISTEN TO HOUR 3:

READ: The reckoning with Dr. Seuss’ racist imagery has been years in the making

READ: ‘People’s lives have been ruined. How a false accusation of racism plunged an elite US college into turmoil.  . .

WATCH: City student passes 3 classes in four years, ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA

READ: Ferguson Organizers Demand $20 Million From Black Lives Matter

READ: A Memphis-area high school principal is suing his school district after he was placed on administrative leave for speaking with his students about the importance of free speech.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, discusses environmental issues with Wade Crowfoot, head of the...

Associated Press

Newsom vetoes measure that would have penalized the use of smart glasses to secretly record people

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have penalized Californians for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor’s offices and other spaces people generally consider private. The legislation also would have required companies making smart glasses or other wearable devices, starting in 2028, […]

6 minutes ago

seattle man dies in custody...

Luke Duecy

$30 million claim filed against Seattle over fatal police shooting of man in alleged mental health crisis

Attorneys for the family of a Seattle man fatally shot by police have filed a $30 million claim against the city, alleging officers used excessive force.

28 minutes ago

washington casinos close...

MyNorthwest Staff

8 Washington casinos set to close, putting 850 people out of work

Maverick Washington LLC is closing eight casinos across Washington, putting 850 people out of work on Nov. 30.

47 minutes ago

floatplane...

MyNorthwest Staff

Floatplane makes emergency landing on lake near Marysville

A floatplane made an emergency landing on a lake near Marysville Wednesday afternoon.

1 hour ago

FILE - The Texas State Capitol building is seen in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Phot...

Associated Press

Man arrested on suspicion of planning an attack on the Texas Capitol, authorities say

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 40-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to attack the Texas State Capitol, authorities said. The Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement that it received “credible information about an individual planning a violent attack” for Thursday in Austin. The tip came in Tuesday evening, […]

1 hour ago

downtown Seattle job losses...

Frank Lenzi

Downtown Seattle accounts for roughly 70% of city’s job losses

Seattle lost more than 18,000 jobs from 2024 to 2025, with downtown accounting for roughly 70% of those losses.

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Todd Herman Show Notes: 3.8.2021