Published: May 15, 2020, 9:51 p.m.
In this thank you bonus episode, some CARES Act updates, including a debunking of a rumor that the CARES Act was written before the crisis, a list of the greedy Senators who used their behind-closed-doors Congressional COVID-19 briefing’s to hit the jackpot on the stock market, and the reason why Boeing hasn’t yet claimed their $17 billion CARES Act gift. Jen then thanks all the producers who make this podcast possible
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Articles/Documents
- Article: EXCLUSIVE: In court filing, FBI accidentally reveals name of Saudi official suspected of directing support for 9/11 hijackers By Michael Isikoff, Yahoo News, May 12, 2020
- Article: Sen. Kelly Loeffler Has Sold Nearly All Her Stock. Here’s What She Still Owns. By Ed Lin, Barron's, May 8, 2020
- Article: Partly false claim: CARES Act bill introduced in January 2019, hinting at coronavirus conspiracy Reuters, May 7, 2020
- Article: From a Miami condo to the Venezuelan coast, how a plan to 'capture' Maduro went rogue By Anthony Faiola, Karen DeYoung and Ana Vanessa Herrero, The Washington Post, May 6, 2020
- Article: Behind the rogue and botched attack to kidnap Venezuela's Maduro By Hollie McKay, Fox News, May 5, 2020
- Article: Pentagon, Treasury Have $17 Billion Stimulus Money to Lend, But There’s Little Interest By Doug Cameron, The Wall Street Journal, May 3, 2020
- Article: Stock Trades After Coronavirus Briefing Complicate Loeffler's Reelection Bid By Claudia Grisales, npr, April 13, 2020
- Article: Georgia senator bought stock in personal protective equipment maker amid coronavirus crisis: report By Justine Coleman, The Hill, April 7, 2020
- Article: Burr Invites Ethics Probe of Stock Sales After Virus Updates By David Kocieniewski, Bloomberg, March 20, 2020
- Article: Burr, Senate Colleagues Sold Stock After Coronavirus Briefings By James V. Grimaldi and Andrea Fuller, The Wall Street Journal, March 20, 2020
- Article: Senator Richard Burr Sold a Fortune in Stocks as G.O.P. Played Down Coronavirus Threat By Eric Lipton and Nicholas Fandos, The New York Times, March 19, 2020
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Music Presented in This Episode
Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)