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This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, we discuss the existence of slavery in modern day prisons.REFERENCES:https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xiiihttps://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-stateshttps://www.npr.org/transcripts/884989263https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/captive-labor-exploitation-of-incarcerated-workershttps://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/524469-utah-nebraska-voters-approve-measure-stripping-slavery-language-in/https://www.history.com/topics/crime/the-war-on-drugs

This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, I discuss automation, AI and the future of work.

This time on Tony's Political Ramblings we discuss The Man Who Built the 1960s: Lyndon B. Johnson.REFERENCES:https://www.ushistory.org/us/56e.asphttps://www.history.com/topics/1960s/great-societyhttps://www.lbjlibrary.org/news-and-press/media-kits/national-foundation-arts-and-humanities-acthttps://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/396https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/lyndon-b-johnson/

This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, I discuss who has the most control over setting the Federal Agenda.REFERENCES:https://www.robertcaro.com/the-books/master-of-the-senate/https://www.amazon.com/Alternatives-Policies-Epilogue-Classics-Political/dp/020500086X

This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, we discuss the Chinese Miracle heading into the Beijing Winter Olympics.

This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, I discuss the 'Chinese Miracle' as it stands today heading into the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.REFERENCES:https://www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1008656293/the-legacy-of-the-lasting-effects-of-chinas-1-child-policyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/world/asia/china-three-child-policy.htmlhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/12/03/us-listed-chinese-stocks-lose-80-billion-in-value-as-didi-delisting-crashes-prices/?sh=2545d0a2b1eehttps://techstartups.com/2021/11/13/chinas-high-speed-rail-envy-world-worlds-longest-high-speed-railway-network-now-losing-24-million-per-day-reported-debt-1-8-trillion/https://www.brinknews.com/chinese-companies-are-leaving-global-stock-markets/

This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, I discuss vaccine mandates and their impact on American lives.REFERENCES:https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21a244_hgci.pdfhttps://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/10/01/california-becomes-first-state-in-nation-to-announce-covid-19-vaccine-requirements-for-schools/https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccines-keytonyc.pagehttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/world/sarah-palin-covid-nyc-unvaccinated.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-ratehttps://www.vox.com/22894978/covid-19-vaccine-lives-saved-deaths-avoided-omicron-charthttps://worldpopulationreview.com/states

This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, we discuss the rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia.REFERENCES:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/25/five-things-to-know-about-russia-ukraine-tensionshttps://books.google.com/books?id=HCZi--UtYdEC&pg=PA216#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mongolinvasionof_Rus%27https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/03/17/crimea-six-years-after-illegal-annexation/https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/three-decades-ukraines-independencehttps://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/investing/swift-russia-ukraine/index.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukrainerelations#Historyof_relations

This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, we discuss two changes to the Supreme Court that would put checks on the Judicial and Executive Branches.REFERENCES:https://thehill.com/homenews/news/548868-most-in-new-poll-want-to-end-justices-lifetime-appointmentshttps://www.census.gov/history/www/throughthedecades/fastfacts/1870fast_facts.htmlhttps://dnyuz.com/2022/01/21/fox-news-poll-finds-that-46-support-the-idea-of-expanding-the-number-of-supreme-court-justices/https://www.judges.org/news-and-info/most-judges-appear-to-support-term-limits-for-supreme-court-justices/

This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, we take a look at the recently removed Theodore Roosevelt statue and discuss my larger opinions on Controversial Monuments.REFERENCES:https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/addressing-the-theodore-roosevelt-statue/making-the-statuehttps://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/addressing-the-theodore-roosevelt-statuehttps://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/addressing-the-theodore-roosevelt-statue/today

This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, we discuss Industrial Agriculture, Meat Consumption, Climate Change, and what you can do to make an impact.REFERENCES:https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/13/opinions/gallery/top-climate-change-contributors/index.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/2021/10/26/1049222045/the-pentagon-says-climate-change-is-having-a-negative-impact-on-national-securithttps://www.healthline.com/nutrition/what-is-a-veganhttps://potterparkzoo.org/veg/https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22287498/meat-wildlife-biodiversity-species-plantbasedhttps://news.gallup.com/poll/282779/nearly-one-four-cut-back-eating-meat.aspxhttps://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22430749/beef-chicken-climate-diet-vegetarian

This time, I speak on Martin Luther King Jr., his accomplishments, his legacy and the work that is left to be done.REFERENCES:https://www.eeoc.gov/special-report/african-americans-american-workforcehttps://drugpolicy.org/issues/brief-history-drug-warhttps://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=100https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/browder-v-gayle-352-us-903https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-acthttps://www.nps.gov/gwmp/learn/historyculture/lbjandmlk.htm