The Damage Report with John Iadarola

Season 3, Episode 119

Episode Title: June 18, 2020

Air Date: 2020-06-18

Overview:

SCOTUS rules to protect the DACA program and its current recipients, blocking Trump’s efforts to discontinue the policy and deport Dreamers. Protests around the country have pushed through concrete legislative action in the fight against racial injustice. In a lengthy phone interview with Hannity last night, Trump defended “mistreated” police officers, claimed he personally popularized Juneteenth and vilified BLM protesters. Meatpacking companies lobbied to stay open as Covid-19 devastated their workforces, claiming they were doing so to avoid food shortages --when they were in fact selling record amounts of meat to China. John Bolton’s upcoming book exposes secrets about the Trump Administration, each revelation being more disturbing than the next. CA-12 candidate Shahid Buttar on what it would be like to have a BLM activist in Congress and how Nancy Pelosi isn’t doing enough to protect BIPOC in her district or around the country.