Leslie begins today's show with her 'Ripped from the Headlines' news segment.
Here are the stories that she covered:
1. NBC NEWS: "Florida Senate advances bill that includes limits on voting by mail, drop boxes"
2. AXIOS: "CDC: Fully vaccinated people don't need to wear masks outside"
3. AXIOS: "Pfizer CEO: Oral drug to prevent COVID-19 could be ready next year"
4. AXIOS: "Biden to sign $15 minimum wage executive order for federal contractors"
5. CNBC: "Biden’s 100-day stock market performance is the hottest going back to the 1950s"
6. FORBES: "Amy Coney Barrett Rebuffs Demands To Recuse From Dark Money Case Involving Group That Supported Her Confirmation"
During the second half of the show, Leslie is joined by Erica Payne, President and Founder of the Agenda Project and the Patriotic Millionaires, a group of hundreds of high-net-worth Americans committed to making all Americans better off by building a more prosperous, stable, and inclusive nation, and ensuring that millionaires, billionaires, and corporations pay their fair share of taxes. Erica is also co-author of the new book, "Tax the Rich! How Lies, Loopholes, and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer."
Leslie and Erica analyze President Biden's plan to hike corporate taxes over the next 15 years to raise about $2 trillion for his sweeping jobs and infrastructure proposal. They also discuss Erica's new book, "Tax the Rich! How Lies, Loopholes, and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer."
The website for the Patriotic Millionaires is PatrioticMillionaires.org, their Twitter handle is @PatrioticMills their Instagram handle is @PatrioticMillionaires.
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Gun Violence Awareness Month
Infrastructure and American Workers
Future Proofing the Presidency
Combating Gun Violence, Trump's Reappearance, Manchin Roadblocks
Pride month + LGBTQ Youth Mental Health
Peloton's Made In USA Investment, Steel Overcapacity, Ford Lightning
Trump Legal Problems, Challenge To Roe V Wade, Police Reform
New York Criminal Investigation Into The Trump Organization
What Do Recent College Affordability Proposals Mean For Young People?
New SCOTUS Threat to Roe v. Wade
Police Reform, Violence In Gaza, Colonial Pipeline Hack
Police Reform In Congress
Progressives' Response to Biden's First 100 Days; Liz Cheney and the GOP's Future
Can the U.S. Meet President Biden's Latest Vaccination Goal?
Connection Between Abortion and Economic Justice
America's Changing Attitude On Government Helping People
Getting Into 'Good Trouble' for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
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