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#1523 Pocketbook Pain and Corporate Profits
#1523 Pocketbook Pain and Corporate Profits
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65 minutes
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Nov 1, 2022
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Air Date 11/1/2022 Today, we take a look at the corporate price-gouging and massive profits happening under the cover of widespread inflation, all in the run-up to the midterm elections in which the GOP is running cover for corporations and blaming Democrats for price hikes. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! OUR AFFILIATE LINKS: ExpressVPN.com/BestOfTheLeft GET INTERNET PRIVACY WITH EXPRESS VPN! BestOfTheLeft.com/Libro SUPPORT INDIE BOOKSHOPS, GET YOUR AUDIOBOOK FROM LIBRO! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Why corporations are reaping record profits with inflation on the rise - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 4-12-22 Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores whether concentrated market power is contributing to inflation. Ch. 2: Why Gas Prices Are So High Right Now | Ft. Jessica Burbank - More Perfect Union - Air Date 10-30-22 What explains the oil industry's historically massive profits? A price gouging scheme that oil companies freely acknowledge. Ch. 3: Variety in the price of life: inflation and the midterms - The Intelligence from The Economist - Air Date 10-19-22 How inflation—at its highest since the early Reagan era—is affecting people’s lives and their voting intentions. Ch. 4: Katie Porter EXPOSES Corporate Greed Causing Inflation - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 10-21-22 Rep Katie Porter brings attention to statistics revealing the huge role corporate greed has on inflation. Ch. 5: Katie Porter TORCHES Corporate Oil Profits In Brilliant Lesson - The Damage Report - Air Date 10-21-22 Corporate price gouging concerning big oil companies and inflation, Jessica Burbank breaks it down on The Damage Report. Ch. 6: AOC And Raskin On Stakes Of Midterms: We Are 'Facing An Environment Of Fascism' - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 10-28-22 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Rep. Jamie Raskin join Chris Hayes to discuss what’s at stake ahead of the midterm elections. Ch. 7: Ralph Nader Throws Support to Democrats Ahead of Midterms But Warns the Party's Message is Failing - Democracy Now! - Air Date 10-25-22 Democrats hoping to keep control of Congress and make gains in state governments are facing significant political headwinds Ch. 8: Liberal Redneck - Inflation and the GOP - Trae Crowder - Air Date 10-27-22 Republicans harp on and on about inflation, but what are they actually going to DO about it? Not much, prolly. I holler bout it herein. MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S) Ch. 9: Republicans embrace last-ditch dangerous tactic ahead of midterms - No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen - Air Date 10-30-22 Mike Levin joins to discuss what the Inflation Reduction Act actually does for climate VOICEMAILS Ch. 10: UK could well go fascist - Anonymous FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 11: Final comments on the quickness with which anger can turn to fascism TAKE ACTION! MIDTERMS MINUTE 2022: Persuade someone to vote: - Jay's final comments from episode #1365 (Transcript) on using your vote as a theory of change tool. - "Ask the Experts: How to Inspire People to Vote for Their Values" (ACLU) - "This is How to Convince Your Friends to Vote" (Lemonade.com) Short on time? Donate once to... - Secretary of State Races: MoveOn.org's "America for All" midterm election campaign - Senate Races: SwingLeft Hold the Senate Fund, or SwingLeft Immediate Impact Fund (Senate & House) - House races: SwingLeft Hold the House Fund, or SwingLeft Immediate Impact Fund (House & Senate) - Governors: SwingLeft Governor Fund - State Legislative Races: SwingLeft Legislative Fund MIDTERMS MINUTE Segments: #1 , #2 , #3, #4 Researched and written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman SHOW IMAGE: Description: Photo of a long shopping receipt that lays across a background of various groceries. Credit: “Shopping spending till slip” by Stevepb, Pixabay
Released:
Nov 1, 2022
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