Rick and Ben scour last week’s headlines to try to find the purple area between the lines. Each week they sit down, ask questions, and try to take a non-partisan look at some of the topics discussed in the media. If you enjoy this episode please leave a 5 star rating and subscribe to the show.

Topics:

1. Bernie Sanders would like to pass a bill that would require a 1:1 tax on companies that employ workers receiving benefits. Ben likes the idea, to a point. Rick not so much. From LA Times 

2. Colleges may begin investigating cases of sexual misconduct cases differently than before as an attempt to steer away from the accusation equals guilt philosophy. Why are colleges investigating sexual misconduct and rape at all? From USA Today 

3. California is moving away from the bail system. Will it work, or will it just lead to more people sitting in jail awaiting trial. From Rueters 

4. Dine-and-dash dater faces jail time for ‘skipping out’ on the bill. Are we going back to charge al of the women who have committed the same ‘crime’? From FoxNews 

5 & 6. Twitter is facing backlash for the company’s biased application of rules.

5. An ‘AssClown’ threatens Dana Loesch’s children on twitter and it takes two attempts along with media backlash to get post removed. From Mediaite

6. Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, will go before the House to discuss the possibility of removing Right sided tweets while leaving equally damaging left leaning posts up. From FoxNews