The super-sized happy hour episode
Look: It’s Friday, we’re having beers and talking about the news. Much like Kai’s prospective RV trip, this episode covers a lot of ground. We’ll talk about the latest early voting numbers, Bay Area property taxes and get a crash course in why direct democracy is — and this is the poli sci term — “stupid.” All that and much more on this super-sized episode. Have a great weekend everybody!
Here’s a list of everything we talked about today:
- Live early voting data from the United States Election Project
- “Trump Issues Order Giving Him More Leeway to Hire and Fire Federal Workers” from The New York Times
- This map of Proposition 13 subsidies in the Bay Area
- More on Proposition 13 and everything else on California’s ballot this election
- Our episode about money in politics from earlier this week, in case you missed it.
- A tweet from McDonald’s corporate account
- “Road trippers can rejoice as RVshare raises over $100 million to grow its RV rental business” from Tech Crunch
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the livestream! Subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don’t miss the next one.
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Update (Oct. 26, 2020): This episode misidentifies Sheila Krumholz, executive director at the Center for Responsive Politics.
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