(8/8/20) New York orders teachers to the pandemic frontline; NY AG moves to dissolve the NRA

<p>Ep 224: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to discuss the new <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/light-treason/bonus-dir-jeff-barnaby-on-blood-quantum-and-how-native-peoples-were-always-ready-for-the-apocalypse"> LTN bonus ep</a> with director Jeff Barnaby, and recs The Rain and the "First Time Hearing" YouTube series by Tim and Fred Williams AKA TwinsthenewTrend, and Allison recs HBO's Perry Mason, WAP, and Black Is King.</p> <p>In bad news: Trump's multiple confusing executive orders on pre-existing conditions (<a href= "https://www.axios.com/trump-executive-order-insurance-preexisting-conditions-6482b96a-e9fe-4efe-8d40-141d1adee730.html">which already exists in the ACA</a>) and <a href= "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tiktok-lawsuit-trump-order-shutdown_n_5f2e2a21c5b6e96a22b2d110"> TikTok</a>, his response to the staggering death toll from Coronavirus: "<a href= "https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/politics/trump-covid-death-toll-is-what-it-is/index.html">It is what it is</a>," New York State schools are <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/health/coronavirus-ny-schools-reopen.html"> reopening</a>; meanwhile, the mother of a student who was <a href= "https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/us/georgia-teen-photo-crowded-school-hallway-trnd/index.html"> suspended</a> after posting a photo on Twitter that shower her high school's crowded hallways says her daughter's suspension has been reversed, and a new report says that between <a href= "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-evictions-starting-2020_n_5f2dbf23c5b6e96a22b285a5"> 30 and 40 million people</a> in the US are at risk of being evicted by the end of the year.</p> <p>In good news: New York Attorney General moves to <a href= "https://www.npr.org/2020/08/06/899712823/new-york-attorney-general-moves-to-dissolve-the-nra-after-fraud-investigation"> dissolve the NRA</a> after fraud investigation, some good primary results in Missouri where <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/us/politics/cori-bush-missouri-william-lacy-clay.html"> Cori Bush</a>