Lightning Round! (August 2019)

it's time for another lightning round episode! Join us for a fast paced conversation about a variety of topics that have been in the news recently that we find interesting (and we think you will too), including:  

- Is Trump un-American and un-patriotic for selling arms to Saudi Arabia?

- Is Rep. Steve King's recent comment about comparing cultures, the Founding Fathers and American exceptionalism racist?

- Did taking down the American flag and replacing it with a Mexico flag at a Colorado ICE detention facility help or hurt the cause of immigration activists?

- Are pharmaceutical manufacturers complicit in the opioid crisis?

- Did Macy's make the right decision when they stopped selling a set of dinnerware because some criticized the product as promoting body-shaming?

Plus, a quick chat on a topic we've discussed before:  the recent shooting in Gilroy, CA and gun control.  We'll discuss this in more detail in an upcoming episode.

Although we don't typically share our resources for Lightning Round episodes, here are a few things that we thought might be helpful for listeners as we specifically reference them in the episode (links may only work on www.redmombluemom.com):

- Obama's Saudi arms deal: https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/critics-slam-obama-administration-hiding-massive-saudi-arms/story?id=12192558

- Opioid manufacturers flood market with pills (**behind paywall**): https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/76-billion-opioid-pills-newly-released-federal-data-unmasks-the-epidemic/2019/07/16/5f29fd62-a73e-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html?fbclid=IwAR1ayOgSIBHksORxlW95OGLVj1gTdOjusAnVVLCx425yTgb6bZXVUmAGysc&utm_term=.1a375ae291e5