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Todd Herman Show Notes: 3.16.2021

Mar 16, 2021, 7:20 AM | Updated: 9:06 am

LISTEN TO HOUR 1:

SEATTLE SPIRIT

READ: Mark Hemmingway on Twitter: Washington Post admits they used made-up quotes of President Trump

WATCH: Homicides rising, ongoing crime persists in South Seattle, new metrics show

READ: The Seattle Times on Twitter: Pravda on Puget Sound reports on a woman murdered in London

READ: “I’ve been promoted to she”

WATCH: Transgender Activists Advocating Violence Against Women

READ: Opinion: The Biggest COVID-19 Vaccine Skeptics? Frontline Health Care Workers

WATCH: KING-5 – “Inslee cites struggling youth mental health in back-to-classroom order.

HIGHLIGHT: Understanding the Cultural Revolution

READ: Judge releases alleged Oath Keeper and questions strength of conspiracy case

 

LISTEN TO HOUR 2:

SEATTLE SPIRIT

READ: KING-5 – “Plateauing COVID-19 cases ‘concerning’ to Washington health officials as cases remain high …”

READ: KOMO – “Mayor Durkan extends COVID relief, eviction moratorium in Seattle.”

READ: Alex Berenson on Twitter: “I have now heard from two different people in the last 72 hours that New York and some neighboring states have NO child/adolescent inpatient psych beds available. None. At any price. Congratulations panic porners and teachers unions. You win.”

WATCH: Gavin Newsom threatens California will never return to normal post-Covid.

WATCH: Glenn Greenwald: As the Insurrection Narrative Crumbles, Democrats Cling to it More Desperately Than Ever

READ: Todd Starnes on Twitter: “Imagine the apocalyptic rage of the State Run Media if a Republican lawmaker had dispatched troops to Rep. Maxine Waters’ office.”

WATCH: Top Republican: Border Patrol Caught People on Terrorist Watch List at U.S.-Mexico Border

WATCH:  Rep. Ilhan Omar: ‘I Introduced the Rent and Mortgage Cancelation Act’

READ: Washington State Legislature – Bill Information: SB 5313 – 2021-22

WATCH: Virginia teacher critically rips , shreds School Board into pieces over racist “Critical Race Theory” at meeting.

HIGHLIGHT: Just A Few More Things

THING 1 Pelosi: ‘Mr. President, Everybody Is Complimenting Us

THING 2 Sanjay Gupta, commenting on S. Africa Covid case plummeting almost to zero despite almost no vaccinations

THING 3 MSNBC panel on Biden: Were he president last year, Covid deaths “would be nowhere near what we’re talking about today

THING 4 The Ad Council is out with a new PSA featuring Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton, and Carter urging Americans to get vaccinated.

THING 5 MSNBC’s Tiffany D. Cross proposes renaming the FBI’s headquarters “The Stacey Abrams Building

 

LISTEN TO HOUR 3:

WATCH: Global News: Trump pressured Georgia officials

WATCH: CNBC: Trump urged Georgia officials to overturn election results

READ: Washington Post admits they used made-up quotes of President Trump when they pretended he pressured Georgia’s elections officials to “find fraud.”

 

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Todd Herman Show Notes: 3.16.2021