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Delays in stimulus package create unemployment chaos

From Malcontentment Happy Hour, December 28, 2020

President Donald Trump signs the COVID Relief bill and Omnibus spending bill, but the delay has created chaos

After almost a week of delays, and allowing the December 26, 2020 unemployment deadline to pass, President Donald Trump signed the COVID Relief and Omnibus Spending bill on Sunday evening. The delay in signing pushed over 12 million Americans over an unemployment cliff and has caused chaos for employment security.

In Washington state, Governor Jay Inslee and Employment Security is providing a one-time payment of $550 for PUA recipients as a bridge to coming federal assistance.

Malcontentment Happy Hour: December 14, 2020

Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

malcontentment happy hour – December 14, 2020
  • Governor Inslee proposes several equity measures for the upcoming state budget
  • Up to 40 million Americans face homelessness in 2021 and a $2.5 trillion transfer in wealth will happen if Congress doesn’t act
  • COVID vaccine arrives in Washington, but don’t take those masks off just yet
  • Right-wing violence from racists, domestic terrorists, and militant Trump supporters continues to escalate
  • Olympia Washington protest on Saturday, December 12, 2020 results in one shot – Forest Machala arrested for the shooting
  • Red House update from December 13, 2020, with approved video from behind the barricades
  • Part two of our interview with Nikayla Rice
  • Malcontent News has been approved as a Google News source

Editor comment: The video of the Olympia, Washington protest has the wrong date on it of December 10, 2020. The correct date is December 12, 2020. We apologize for the error.

Chris Rojas, our partners at Converge Media, and Concrete Reporting contributed to this program