he calls walk away, as in walk away from the democratic party and into the arms of donald trump. now, in january straka was indicted on three charges related to his actions at the capitol, including impeding a law enforcement officer and disorderly conduct. he later entered into a plea agreement, promising to cooperate with prosecutors by turning over evidence and being interviewed. now, straka was scheduled to be sentenced next week, but instead today prosecutors and straka s lawyers jointly filed this motion. and that motion asks for a 30-day delay because straka has turned over new potentially significant information. quote, on december 8th the defendant provided counsel for the government with information that may impact the government s sentencing recommendation. additional will i the government is requesting additional time to investigate information provided in the final pre-sentence report. brandon straka is one of the few people involved in the insurrection who is of interest
conspiracy laced special about the january 6th insurrection. the two men quit their contracts rather than remain complicit in the disinformation campaign. one of them, jonagoldberg is out with a new piece explaining his departure, laying the blame on fox personalities who privately disparage trump while publicly singing his praises. i know that a huge share of the people you saw on tv praising trump were being dishonest. i don t merely suspect it, i know it, because they would say one thing to my face or in my presence and another thing when the cameras and microphones were flipped on. while some of fox s more prominent opinion hosts are true believers, the duplicity was on display this week when laura ingram and sean hannity were frantically texting mark meadows during the insurrection to get trump to call off the violence even as they defended his conduct on the air. quote, mark, the president needs to tell people in the capitol to
michael, thanks for having me, good morning. concern is the right issue. what we re dealing with is two important issues. of course, the wholesale industry joins all americans in urging them to get vaccinated. we want to vaccinate the country to save lives and move past the pandemic and get the economy moving again. at the same time, as you just mentioned there are critical issues that are happening throughout the supply chain. and unfortunately, these two issues are converging at this moment. as you noted the president s executive order for any company that does business with the federal government, as a contractor, has mandated that every single employee be vaccinated by december 8th. or we have to terminate them. so, the federal government is forcing forcing these companies to terminate, you know, thousands of employees, across the country. on december 8th. and so, because we already have a critical shortage of folks that are working through the supply chain, you know, that
kinds of legislators. this is, chris, i m going to reach, but not roost very far. this is where the chickens come home to roost around gerrymandering. you gerrymander the districts where oftentimes the only competition or the most competition you have is in the primary so you re going to get the most radicalized sort of most right. far-right trump republican is going to probably win that primary and in this age and time where the suburbs are particularly sort of college-educated white voters begin to sort of turn against these voters, i think it makes it a lot harder for them to, in fact, hold on and win these competitive seats but the gerrymandering here does very much matter. all right. cornell belcher and margie omero, thaurnk you both. thank you. before we go, reminder the last stop on the with pod tour is coming up. join me and legendary playwright, the great tony kushner, on december 8th, the town hall in new york city. a conversation about theater and politics an
fire about 80 miles east of l.a.. no injuries or structural damage has been reported so far. jed? jedediah: thanks, ed. at least eight illegal immigrants arrested on sexual assault charges in montgomery county, maryland, in the last seven weeks force thing the families of men who were killed to relive their heartbreak. carlos wolfe and sander collins died in 2017. an illegal immigrant walked free after paying a $280 fine. joining us now, marla wolf is widow of carr carlos wolfe and maureen collins. we re deeply, deeply sorry for your losses. news of theini d love for eacho briefly share the story of your life, beginning with marla, if you don t mind. on december 8th of 2017, my