With chaos in the home front and an incoming years-long court fight over Trump and his businesses, let’s buckle in.

This episode features the song “Aside” by Normcore, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Links to this weeks stories :

00:10 Saturday Night Apartheid

• SNL’s Micheal Che’s joke landed him in hot water, outcries from multiple Jewish organizations which lambasted his insinuation
• On the 17th, there was an instance of vaccines being halted at the border, only to be released some time later after outcry and conflict 
• This joke reignited the arguments for and against BDS, continuing to also spark pro-Palestinian and Pro-Isrrael sentiment on social media 

06:08 Trump’s Court Case 

• Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s attempt to shield tax records in New York case 
• Cyrus Vance says “the work continues” as he’s given the right away to investigate trump as he’s forced to comply with the subpoena 
• Trump claims it is “the greatest political witch hunt in the history of our country” 
• With multiple cases regarding both political and economic issues for Trump, it does not look good for him

10:48 Neera Tanden 

• With a vote against her confirmation by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) her prospects seem bleak 
• Republicans refuse to support her, with inflammatory tweets aimed at republicans and left wing democrats sinking her perspective role as leader of the White House budget office
• An option for replacement is Gene Sperling, a two-time director of the National Economic Council. He suffers from a lack of diversity, making it difficult for Biden to keep his promise of a diverse cabinet
• Another, Ann O’Leary, who just came off a stint serving as California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s chief of staff