I Hate Politics Podcast

07/12/2024

On the one hand, democracy is fragile and we must protect it and on the other we don’t care if someone with anti-democratic past remains in power. Isn’t this one of the great paradoxes!!! Maybe democracy is ingenious because it allows both attitudes. Mindblown to be honest.

A vote to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol failed after a ruling party boycott meant ballots cast failed to pass the minimum threshold in the National Assembly.

06/12/2024

track by 7 Door Sedan

06/12/2024

Tik-Tok is set for a US ban unless it divests of Chinese ownership by Jan 19. DC Court of Appeals turns down an appeal to stop the ban.

The D.C. Court of Appeals made the expedited decision ahead of the TikTok ban’s looming Jan. 19 deadline, in a high-profile case pitting national security concerns against free speech.

06/12/2024

New episode. Maryland State Education Association Maryland State Department of Education Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA)
Music by 7 Door Sedan linktr.ee/ihppod Sunil Dasgupta

05/12/2024

News from the West Coast: 57 human cases of bird flu cases were reported in the US in 2024, West Cost through Texas and Missouri.

04/12/2024

DC Attorney General sues Amazon.com for charging Ward 7 and 8 prime membership but excluding them from the benefits.

03/12/2024

News from afar: South Korea declares martial law citing domestic political opponents, not North Korea. There is a strong scholarship in comparative politics that says wealth is a defense against autocracy. (Germany 1930s, South America in 1960s notwithstanding)

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in an unannounced late night address broadcast live on YTN television, claiming he would eradicate "shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces".

03/12/2024

New episode. Archdiocese of Baltimore SNAP Maryland Attorney General Governor Wes Moore Frederick County Government, MD Brad W. Young Fitzwater for Frederick Montgomery County Police Department Montgomery County MD Council Fairfax County Public Schools Gannavarapu Fairfax County Times Music by Sting Pain Index linktr.ee/ihppod Sunil Dasgupta

02/12/2024

BS. Who is buying all the recycled plastic at a price that will make this operation viable? Who is the investor in this plant? Also, promises into the future unsupported by track record of the past is a sleight of hand. Care to explain American Chemistry?

29/11/2024

New episode. 🏳️‍🌈 MoCo Pride Center Montgomery County Public Schools John F. Kennedy High School Music by @7 Door Sedan linktr.ee/ihppod Sunil Dasgupta

28/11/2024

News from Australia:

Australia passed a law on Thursday to ban social media for children aged under 16 after days of heated debate, setting a standard for other countries to follow in a global push to curb the power of Big Tech.

27/11/2024

DC Superior Courts orders Empower to end operations. Empower was a ride-sharing app that sought to compete against Uber and Lyft, promising better deals for drivers but failed to go through basic paperwork and has been is trouble for months.

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIVIL DIVISION DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA : Case Number: 2024 CAB 4751 v. : Judge: Shana Frost Matini YAZAM INC. d/b/a EMPOWER : ORDER Before the Court is the Plaintiff District of Columbia’s (“District”) Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (“Mot.”) fi...

26/11/2024

Maryland’s plan to make your own procurement officers

26/11/2024

26/11/2024

Seems like Washington Post will continue to endorse in local races just not in presidential ones. Per Adam Pagnucco
Washington Post Opinions I Hate Politics Podcast interview with former Post Metro Editor Bob McCartney: Will WaPo Now Stop Endorsing in Local Races?

Owner Jeff Bezos unexpectedly stopped the editorial board of the newspaper from endorsing Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race. What happened and what...