1. Ocasio-Cortez wants free room and board.

Since Ocasio-Cortez will not receive her first check for being in Congress until January she is not asking for room and board until then. How do tax payers survive while transitioning from one job to another?

1. Female Genital Mutilation.

A federal judge has ruled that a 1996 law banning FGM is unconstitutional. Why do we allow some religious practices to be covered under constitution, but not others?

* Ben mistakenly says that the article does not say what religion this is from and that it is a practice from Africa. It does state that it comes from a Muslim sect; the India-based Dawoodi Bohra.

1. Tyrese wants to know why his ex-wife refuses to get a job.

When asked by a judge, Norma Gibson (Tyrese’s ex-wife) states that her job is “living life”. Your child is not a paycheck, but that is what our court system has turned them into.

1. Women spent 3 months in jail for her cotton candy.

After spending 3 months in jail a Georgia woman is suing because a drug test known to be faulty was used on her cotton candy and tested positive. Why was it tested in the first place? Lower class discrimination?

1. HEADLINE HERO! Tear-gassing all the innocent border jumpers.

This weeks Headline Hero is Natasha Lennard of The Intercept with her article titled Photos of Children Being Teargassed Stoke Outrage — While Playing into Trump’s Manufactured Border Crisis.

Is this a Trump manufactured border crisis? No. This crisis dates back decades and multiple presidents have used the same tactics at the “wall”.

1. Pregnant mother seeks bone marrow donor.

Tugging at our heartstrings this week is a woman who is seeking a bone marrow transplant. To see if you are a match go to http://join.bethematch.org/susie. There is plenty of information on the site and Ben talks about a friend who went through the donor process. Bone Marrow donation is not the same process as it was in the past.

Music Found in this episode by Jahzzar and is titled Magic Mountain

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