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Devon and Sarah discuss listener feedback, merch, how everyone on the fucking planet hates the GOP health care proposal, and a few notable dickwads from the past few days. They also award the Maxine Waters Award in Badassery to two very deserving women and one shark.
Big news guys! WE HAVE MERCH! If you want to show your Hellbent pride with some awesome swag, head on over to the shop. Tweet us if you have any ideas for what we should put on our next round of goodies!
Key Articles
- There’s Now a Statue of a Fearless Little Girl Staring Down Wall Street’s Charging Bull by Claire Zillman
- The “Day Without a Woman” strike is going to be mostly a day without privileged women by Maureen Shaw
- Striking on International Women’s Day Is Not a Privilege by Magally A. Miranda Alcazar and Kate D. Griffiths
- H.R.1275 – World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017 Ed. note from D: THEY ACTUALLY TITLED IT THAT, I TOLD YOU.
- Jason Chaffetz: Can’t Afford Trumpcare? Don’t Buy an iPhone by Tina Nguyen
- Laziness isn’t why people are poor. And iPhones aren’t why they lack health care. by Stephen Pimpare
- After Halting Start, Trump Plunges Into Effort to Repeal Health Law by Maggie Haberman and Robert Pear
- GOP leaders turn up the pressure on reluctant Republicans to support Obamacare replacement by Lisa Mascaro and Noam N. Levey
- Lawmakers take up Obamacare revision without an independent scorekeeper by Karen Tumulty and Max Ehrenfreund
- A side-by-side comparison of Obamacare and the GOP’s replacement plan by Naom N. Levey and Kyle Kim
- No Wonder the Republicans Hid the Health Bill by The Editorial Board
- Without these 3 GOP senators, Trumpcare won’t pass the Senate by Zack Ford
- The fatal flaw in Trumpcare that could doom it in the Senate by Ian Milihiser
- Carson: ‘There were other immigrants who came in the bottom of slave ships, who worked even longer, even harder, for less’ by Dan Merica
- EPA chief unconvinced on CO2 link to global warming by Doina Chiacu and Valerie Volcovici
- WikiLeaks will give tech firms access to CIA hacking tools: Assange by John Bacon
- C.I.A. Scrambles to Contain Damage From WikiLeaks Documents by Matthew Rosenberg, Scott Shane, and Adam Goldman
- WikiLeaks Will Help Tech Companies Fix Security Flaws, Assange Says by Scott Shane, David E. Sanger and Vindu Goel
- This Utah Physician Hopes To Give Jason Chaffetz Some ‘Strong Medicine’ In 2018 by Chris D’Angelo
Gratitude & Sanity Check Links
- On Galápagos, Revealing the Blue-Footed Booby’s True Colors by Natalie Angier
- Capital Weather Gang: This desert in the Southwest is experiencing a wildflower ‘superbloom’ by Angela Fritz
- 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music is Going by multiple authors
- The Establishment Means The World To Me, And It Needs Your Help by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Future Is Female—And Still Unrelentingly Misogynist by Sarah Lerner – in case you missed it, this is her first paid piece for Dame Magazine Ed note from D: it is amazing and you should definitely read it! 🙂
Look for where your privilege intersects with somebody's oppression. That is the piece of the system that you have the power to help destroy
— Ijeoma Oluo (@IjeomaOluo) February 8, 2017
Twitter Index
Listener Feedback
https://twitter.com/janelysanchez/status/839241783871594497
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— Hellbent Podcast (@hellbentpod) March 7, 2017
Will donate $5 to PP or ACLU (your choice) 'in honor of' anyone that makes @hellbentpod fan art.
— Britain Forsyth (@britainforsyth) March 7, 2017
Good call! We talked about the DE state Senate election recently, but we'll try to work in a more regular rotation.
— Hellbent Podcast (@hellbentpod) March 7, 2017
Thank you for that note — we will definitely make note of that correction.
— Hellbent Podcast (@hellbentpod) March 7, 2017
Hmm, can you expand upon that? What points do you feel we are misrepresenting?
— Hellbent Podcast (@hellbentpod) March 7, 2017
Twitter References
#DayWithoutAWoman starts right now. Lady Liberty says fuck you and goodnight. https://t.co/2JJLKLYxdv
— Devon Handy (@DevonHandy) March 8, 2017
#TrumpCare is such a raw deal for the middle class & seniors that it deserves its own special, 67-county tweetstorm. So here we go.
— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) March 8, 2017
Despite political messaging from others at HHS, I align with the experts from @aafp @AmerAcadPeds @AmerMedicalAssn in opposition to #AHCA
— Andrey Ostrovsky, MD (@AndreyOstrovsky) March 9, 2017
3. What matters in long run is better, more affordable health care for Americans, NOT House leaders' arbitrary legislative calendar.
— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) March 9, 2017
True headline 1: the bill is basically a tax cut ($600 billion) funded by gutting Medicaid. 4
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) March 7, 2017
OK!! Ben Carson….I can't! Immigrants ? In the bottom of SLAVE SHIPS??!! MUTHAFUKKA PLEASE!!!#dickheadedtom
— Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) March 6, 2017
#AlternativeFacts alert?: Pruitt says CO2 isn't a “primary contributor" to #climatechange. That's bc #BigOil is a primary contributor to him
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) March 9, 2017
Today we reflect on our progress & the fights ahead against a President who bragged about grabbing women by their private parts #neverforget
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) March 8, 2017
Flashback: In 1977, I stood with Coretta Scott King at the 1st National Women's Conference #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/Xr473DPyTX
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) March 8, 2017
Hey @hellbentpod, can this shark be runner-up for the Maxine Waters Award in Badassery? https://t.co/rxQOVUYvZz #internationalwomensday
— Tina Tallon (@ttallon) March 8, 2017