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Malcontentment Happy Hour: March 1, 2021

Our live webcast from the former Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from March 1, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.

  • White Nationalist hatred on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
  • Update on the Seattle Police shooting of a suicidal man
  • Malcontented Minutes
    • Prince Harry and Meghan Markle expecting their second child
    • Amazon sued for racial discrimination against Black and Latinx employees
    • Deb Haaland confirmation turns contentious
    • Woman arrested when Cheetos dust gives away her crime
    • Largest Protestant adoption agency in nation now open to LGBTQ parents
    • Texas AG sues utility companies over sky-high electric bills
    • Florida man makes wedding proposal using stolen wedding ring
    • Teen collects 30,000 pairs of shoes to donate to the unhomed
    • New York Governor Cuomo sexual harassment scandal
    • Mormon church reaffirms support for LGBTQ equality and religious freedom legislation
  • $15 minimum wage dies in the Senate, and the reasons are complicated
  • COVID-19 Fast Five Update
    • COVID cases are increasing just as the United States is letting its guard down
    • Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine receives emergency approval by the FDA
    • Seattle to open mass vaccination site at Lumen Field (formerly Century Link Field)
    • Black community lagging behind in vaccination in all but 5 states
    • A year later, Washington state is approaching 5,000 COVID deaths
  • Women History Month

Indigenous peoples race time and COVID to save their languages

From Malcontentment Happy Hour, December 28, 2020

Tribal nations fight fear and distrust to immunize native language speakers and elders from COVID

Hundreds of indigenous dialects are at risk of disappearing forever as the number of native speakers dwindles. COVID has placed a special urgency to protect native speakers and tribal elders to keep traditions, and language, alive.

Malcontentment Happy Hour: December 28, 2020

Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from December 28, 2020, featured guest host, Jennifer Smith.

  • Federal stimulus package follies and how it impacts Washington state unemployment
  • Red truck racist incident at protest march in Seattle
  • Saving indigenous language speakers from COVID-19
  • Nashville body cam video from December 25, 2020, and Andrew Q Warner
  • Behind the Pole – December 27, 2020 protest march

Malcontentment Happy Hour: December 24, 2020

Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from December 24, 2020, featured guest host, Jennifer Smith.

  • The police shooting of Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio
  • Donald Trump puts 5M into poverty by refusing to sign the COVID Relief package and Omnibus bills
  • December is the deadliest month for COVID, and the IHME increases its projections
  • The incredible journey of Deb Haaland