Nick Reed PODCAST: 12.23.21 - 2 Dems Were Carjacked This Week In Separate Cities

Published: Dec. 23, 2021, 1:07 p.m.

Hour 1 -  Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including: Springfield Public Schools says its district-wide mask mandate will no longer be in effect when students return from break. Illinois’ Democratic state Senate majority leader was the victim of carjacking Tuesday night in a Chicago suburb. Sen. Kimberly Lightford had played a pivotal role in passing a bill ending cash bail, among other things. Instead of focusing on crime, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced earlier this week that Chicago will require proof of coronavirus vaccination at restaurants, bars, gyms and other indoor venues. Earlier this year, Illinois prosecutors rejected charging five suspects in a deadly gang-related shootout that unfolded in Chicago, despite police reportedly seeking to charge all five suspects with murder and aggravated battery. A Pennsylvania Democrat who backed police 'reform' was carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia yesterday afternoon. FIVE suspects were taken into custody. The Biden administration is taking new actions in an attempt to facilitate humanitarian aid to people in Afghanistan, with the Department of Treasury allowing some financial transactions with the Taliban.