The show from December 17, 2020, featured guest host, Jennifer Smith.
With a successful GoFundMe completed, the city admitting they were wrong, and tensions in decline, activists removed the outer barricades around Red House on Mississippi on Sunday. Malcontent News cameras were given a rare behind the barricades look, with permission.
Stop the Steal and anti-mask protesters clashed with counterprotesters in Olympia, Washington. When it was over there were three arrests and one person shot.
Forest Machala is facing first-degree assault charges, the equivalent of attempted murder in Washington state, for his actions on December 12, 2020.
Video shows violence and has racial slurs. Viewer discretion is advised.
From Washington D.C., to Louisville, to Seattle, to Sacramento, to Portland, political violence rocked the United States.
The first batch of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine arrives in Washington state, and distribution will start on December 15. Although this is good news for the future, we won’t be taking our masks off any time soon, and without widescale acceptance, herd immunity will be delayed.
In response to the looming economic collapse, Congress passed the CARES Act, which included a one-time stimulus check of $1200 for some Americans, the Payroll Protection Program (PPP), and a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures. Despite trillions in aid, gaping holes remained that Main Street and American families have fallen through. Banks did not get guardrails on how to manage forbearances. Congress didn’t waive rent, only deferred it, and didn’t provide any financial support for small landlords. Twelve-million American households find themselves more than $5000 behind on rent, and six-million households face foreclosure.
Congressional leaders and the White House have agreed in principle that another stimulus package is needed, but hyper-partisan politics has destroyed any forward progress. In 20 days, the CARES Act and all of its protections evaporate. If Congress takes no action, the transfer of $2.5 trillion in wealth to large scale investors, private equity, and large corporations will begin.
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
The city of Seattle was found to be in contempt of court for multiple uses of force violations by a federal judge. The violations represent four distinct incidents, two on September 7, one on September 22, and one on September 23. The city of Seattle has until December 11 to respond and the federal court will issue a remedy on or by December 18.
As the reality of the 2020 election results start to solidify, violence from far-right extremists is increasing across the country including a police officer run over by anti-masker in New York and a shooting in Olympia, Washington.
