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Continuing our discussion with Mayor Nicole LaChepelle, focusing on how the Easthampton town charter is affecting some hiring choices. For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss another episode - subscribe to our podcast (iTunes, Google Play, tunein.com) Support Civil Politics by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/civilpoliticsradio This podcast part of the Planetside Productions Network. Visit Planetside.pro to find other Planetside Podcasts! Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/civilpoliticsradio/ca23d59f-99aa-4e4a-afa2-416b643a3e33

  We had a special guest on this episode: Mayor Nicole LaChepelle! you can find her on Twitter and Facebook Further Reading: Paul Ryan declares support for Kevin McCarthy as next House Speaker - https://abcn.ws/2JIVn9D Speaker Ryan resists calls to step aside for quicker transition to new GOP House leader - https://wapo.st/2JKxhLU Sen. Dick Durbin Proves Mark Zuckerberg Is As Awkward As the Rest of Us - https://slate.me/2JJ3Iu1 Twitter thread On Metadata - https://twitter.com/saradannerdukic/status/984072281323376640 For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss another episode - subscribe to our podcast (iTunes, Google Play, tunein.com) Support Civil Politics by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/civilpoliticsradio This podcast part of the Planetside Productions Network. Visit Planetside.pro to find other Planetside Podcasts! Send us your feedback online: https://pinec

An extra treat for our online listeners! We discuss what the effect of a democratic sweep of congress. What would happen? What COULD happen? Enjoy! Massachusetts Assault Weapons Ban Enforcement - http://www.mass.gov/ago/public-safety/awbe.html For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss another episode - subscribe to our podcast (iTunes, Google Play, tunein.com) Support Civil Politics by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/civilpoliticsradio This podcast part of the Planetside Productions Network. Visit Planetside.pro to find other Planetside Podcasts! Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/civilpoliticsradio/b70d45a2-a510-4f44-a25c-a1cbd449e82e

Further Reading: E.P.A. Officials Sidelined After Questioning Scott Pruitt - https://nyti.ms/2GDYHB6 This is what America looked like before the EPA cleaned it up - http://bit.ly/2GETRDr Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination - http://bit.ly/2IzaLEg TRACKING TRUMP - http://bit.ly/2qaXqLz 'Torture Memos' Author, Former DOJ Attorney John Yoo, Says Trump Has Gone Too Far - https://nbcnews.to/2JoXIXe We’re journalists at a Sinclair news station. We’re pissed. - http://bit.ly/2JrMLE3 Trump: Why I Launched a Missile Strike on Syria - https://nbcnews.to/2Jq9W1y Israel Threatens More Force After Gaza Protests Leave 16 Dead - https://bloom.bg/2qba7pA   For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss another episode - subscribe to our podcast (iTunes, Google Play, tunein.com) This podcast part of the Planetside Productions Network. Visit Planetside.pro to find other Planetside Podcasts! Support Civ

Tonight we welcome John Sheirer back on Civil Politics! Follow him on Twitter (@realamericanlib) and Facebook! Check out his book Donald Trump's Top Secret Concession Speech: https://amzn.to/2uyioJ2 For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss another episode - subscribe to our podcast (iTunes, Google Play, tunein.com) This podcast part of the Planetside Productions Network. Visit Planetside.pro to find other Planetside Podcasts! Support Civil Politics by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/civilpoliticsradio Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/civilpoliticsradio/0daf12ae-e9ce-4a34-9ac6-da27b20e7058

Further Reading: Cambridge Analytica, the shady data firm that might be a key Trump-Russia link, explained - http://bit.ly/2pzQXte Facebook may have violated FTC privacy deal, say former federal officials, triggering risk of massive fines - https://bloom.bg/2pFPl1l Uber Self-Driving Crash Calls Safety, Rules Into Question - https://wapo.st/2pALzpP The Real Scandal Isn’t What Cambridge Analytica Did - It’s what Facebook made possible. - https://slate.me/2pD2W9t Craigslist Shuts Down Personals Section After Congress Passes Bill On Trafficking - https://n.pr/2pzZlJn SpaceX founder Elon Musk piles on as Facebook's woes continue - https://nbcnews.to/2pAI8zg Cambridge Analytica offices searched over data storage - https://bbc.in/2pzcjHe Trump Chooses Bolton for 3rd Security Adviser as Shake-Up Continues - https://nyti.ms/2pAIJkI Iraq war anniversary: Remembering Blackwate - http://bit.ly/2pAJ6vC Fifteen Years Ago, America Destroyed My Country - https://nyti.ms/2pzwWCW On torture, war crimes and Trump's p

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Further reading: Florida governor signs gun-safety bill into law after school shooting - http://reut.rs/2Dfyu9e Falling Sales Concern Gun Industry - http://abcn.ws/2DgudT2 The Finger (Wikipedia) - http://bit.ly/2DelgK9 H.R.4477 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 - http://bit.ly/2tAVwYW U.S. Added 313,000 Jobs in February. Here’s What That Means. - http://nyti.ms/2DeYHFc After tariff fight loss, Trump economic adviser Cohn quits - http://reut.rs/2DdJm7K The White House said it was imposing steel tariffs. Then it wasn’t. Then it was. - http://bit.ly/2DgdTBL For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss another episode - subscribe to our podcast (iTunes, Google Play, tunein.com) This podcast part of the Planetside Productions Network. Visit Planetside.pro to find other Planetside Podcasts! Support Civil Politics by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/civilpoliticsradio Send us your fee

Further Reading: Georgia Senate approves tax bill, snubbing Delta in NRA feud - http://abcn.ws/2CWeWGL Trump Stuns Lawmakers With Seeming Embrace of Comprehensive Gun Control - http://nyti.ms/2CUTORk In Blow to Dianne Feinstein, California Democrats Won’t Endorse Senate Run - http://nyti.ms/2CUlshh Delta CEO after losing $38M tax break over NRA: 'Our values are not for sale' - http://bit.ly/2CTbsFb Kushner loses access to top-secret intelligence - http://politi.co/2CRZ8Vv New security clearance scrutiny on Jared Kushner & Ivanka Trump - http://nbcnews.to/2CTqcUw BlackRock, a Shareholder in Gun Makers, Ramps Up Pressure on Gun Industry - http://on.wsj.com/2CUDMqH The case for a new school: Easthampton officials explain the need for consolidated building - http://bit.ly/2CUdDs9 Georgia Violated Delta’s First Amendment Rights - http://slate.me/2CW7w6s For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Do

After the recent town hall, the Florida mass shooting is still fresh in our minds, and our show is dominated on a discussion about firearms. During this we go into a frank discussion about the specific weapon used and its effects on the human body. If you would rather not hear this part of the episode, the time codes marking the beginning and the end of that topic are below. Thank you for listening, and we hope you enjoy this week’s Civil Politics. Start: 28:21 End: 42:18 Further Reading: Stoneman Douglas cop resigns; sheriff says he should have 'killed the killer' - http://bit.ly/2omVKOa Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic by Paul Fussell - http://bit.ly/2ENcLLv You Realize Arming Teachers Is Going To Lead To Black Students Getting Murdered By Their Teacher, Right? - http://bit.ly/2ENUZbf What I Saw Treating the Victims From Parkland Should Change the Debate on Guns - http://theatln.tc/2EN0Ayq The Parkland shooter's AR-15 was designed to kill as efficiently as possible - http://nbcnews.to/2EQREb6

This show we were happy to have Anne Thalheimer: Comic Book Author, Local Politician, Educator, and Artist! You can find her creative works on her Etsy Page - http://etsy.me/2BwEsW2 Her book about the shootings at Simon's Rock, What You Don't Get can be found on Lulu.com - http://bit.ly/2BynXc8 Further Reading: Florida school shooting: Timeline of the massacre - http://bit.ly/2BAwFqz After Florida Shooting, Trump Focuses on Mental Health Over Guns - http://nyti.ms/2ByvaZJ No, there haven’t been 18 school shootings in 2018. That number is flat wrong. - http://wapo.st/2ByKIN4 Wounds still raw 25 years after Simon's Rock shooting rampage - http://bit.ly/2Bywpbl 150,000 American Students Have Experienced a School Shooting - http://slate.me/2BvBEZv Parkland school shooting: Football coach Aaron Feis died shielding students - http://nbcnews.to/2BxHh9u Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence - http://bit.ly/2BxvhF4 F.B.I. Was Warned of Florida Suspect’s Desire to Kill but Did Not Act - http://nyti

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Further Reading: Fact-checking the 2018 State of the Union address - http://wapo.st/2DXt0kE How strong has job growth been on Donald Trump's watch? - http://bit.ly/2DXND09 Stocks Fall to End a Bad Week, and a Boom Begins to Look Shaky - http://nyti.ms/2DXDeBI American Coal Can Fuel Friendship With China - http://bit.ly/2DXlpTr Dozens dead in double suicide bombing in Baghdad - http://cbsn.ws/2DZioBZ Trump state of the union transcript (The Hill) - http://bit.ly/2DXOT3n Fact check: Trump touts GOP tax cuts as 'biggest' in U.S. history - http://nbcnews.to/2DUTnI5 Bitcoin skids amid broad cryptocurrency sell-off - http://reut.rs/2DSR5Jp Cryptocurrency Worth $530 Million Missing From Japanese Exchange - http://on.wsj.com/2DXmBpT Immigration agents raid 77 Northern California workplaces; no arrests reported - http://bit.ly/2DZG6he Fall River vocational school pulls out all the stops to host Kennedy’s speech - http://bit.ly/2DVNQ3W The full Nunes memo, annotated - http://wapo.st/2BU08s0 For more Civil

Further Reading: Flu vaccine may be only 10 percent effective this year, experts say - http://trib.in/2DFbIZp nprShots - Health News Flu Season Rages On, Hitting Baby Boomers Unusually Hard - http://bit.ly/2DEanlV Men and Women Really Do See Things Differently - http://bit.ly/2DEMM4B Sen. Stan Rosenberg picks up papers to run for re-election - http://bit.ly/2DFPt5W Ex-Senate President Stan Rosenberg separates from his husband Bryon Hefner - http://bit.ly/2DCwqJu Marijuana legalization clashes with drug testing in the workplace - http://bit.ly/2DEUtrc Trump plan to offer citizenship to 1.8 million illegal immigrants: senior officials - http://reut.rs/2DB1b1v Immigration agents raid 7-Eleven stores nationwide, arrest 21 people in biggest crackdown of Trump era - http://nbcnews.to/2DBECcV Trump faults ‘Cryin’ Chuck Schumer’ for making Dreamers deal more difficult - http://politi.co/2DFfCBx Trump seeks $25 billion for border wall, offers 'Dreamer' citizenship - http://reut.rs/2DE13hC Burger King ad exp

Further Reading: 'There's no other word but racist': Trump's global rebuke for 'shithole' remark - http://bit.ly/2DmCoOr Children’s health insurance has become a political hostage - http://bit.ly/2Dk7Fl3 What happens in a U.S. government shutdown? - http://reut.rs/2DjwKNi 'Executive time': Trump mocked for taking it easy – but so did other presidents - http://bit.ly/2DmEa23 Time immemorial (Wikipedia) - http://bit.ly/2Dmxpxz Trump appointing judges at rapid pace - http://lat.ms/2DPVFsG For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss another episode - subscribe to our podcast (iTunes, Google Play, tunein.com) This podcast part of the Planetside Productions Network. Visit Planetside.pro to find other Planetside Podcasts! Support Civil Politics by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/civilpoliticsradio Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/civilpoliticsra

This Civil Politics Supplemental continues our November 3rd, 2017 show Incumbent Questions featuring Northampton Mayor, David Narkewicz. We discuss how roundabouts are a tool to ease traffic concerns and their function in overall city planning. For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss another episode - subscribe to our podcast (iTunes, Google Play, tunein.com) This podcast part of the Planetside Productions Network. Visit Planetside.pro to find other Planetside Podcasts! Support Civil Politics by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/civilpoliticsradio Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/civilpoliticsradio/eb5b1e42-ed96-4bed-afb4-88293374677b

Further Reading: Trump derides protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries - http://wapo.st/2CYJlp3 3 reasons things are looking up for African economies - http://bit.ly/2CXxRBS Who they were: The victims of the Montecito mudslides - http://lat.ms/2CWcDo2 Will Cape Town be the first city to run out of water? - http://bbc.in/2CVy2xF NoHo Council opposes privatized city water - http://bit.ly/2CW8gcM Northampton City Council overrides mayor’s veto, upholds camera ordinance - http://bit.ly/2CU8Qrh Here are the 3 Democrats gunning for Charlie Baker’s job - http://bit.ly/2D0bVGt Massachusetts state primary set for Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018 (Masslive) - http://bit.ly/2CX6053 The Senate Push to Restore Net Neutrality Gains Momentum - http://bit.ly/2DrKgz0 Poll: 83 percent of voters support keeping FCC's net neutrality rules - http://bit.ly/2Dp5Ap5 For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't mis

How Sweden's getting ready for the election-year information war - http://bit.ly/2CxIlro New Pot Policy by Trump Administration Draws Bipartisan Fire - http://nyti.ms/2CA8yWg Trump book author Michael Wolff made a damaging admission on the ‘Today’ show - http://wapo.st/2Cxe3Fm Raid! National Guard, State Police descend on 81-year-old’s property to seize single pot plant - http://bit.ly/2CuZylj ‘That’s the model’: Republican Cory Gardner stands up to President Trump - http://wapo.st/2CwkVms National Minimum Drinking Age Act - http://bit.ly/2Cyl5JU Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition - http://bit.ly/2Cy0HIP 2018 STATE PRIMARY ELECTION DATES - http://bit.ly/2Cv1LND Trump abolishes controversial commission studying alleged voter fraud - http://wapo.st/2Cwma4R The Obama-Trump Voters Are Real. Here’s What They Think. - http://nyti.ms/2CvnN2T For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss

Happy Holidays everyone! For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials: Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss another episode - subscribe to our podcast (iTunes, Google Play, tunein.com) This podcast part of the Planetside Productions Network. Visit Planetside.pro to find other Planetside Podcasts! Support Civil Politics by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/civilpoliticsradio Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/civilpoliticsradio/9cdae8ed-3ea3-4be3-84b2-a7f26bcc7c35

Further Reading: In Mass., public records can be hard to get - http://bit.ly/2j73UHy Why No One Knows What Will Happen in Alabama - http://nyti.ms/2j8VgZ5 Exit poll results: How different groups voted in Alabama - http://wapo.st/2jasmb3 Shout Out to #HorseTwitter - http://bit.ly/2j6eU7L US senator’s illness raises what-if scenarios in home state - http://bit.ly/2j755qs The final GOP tax bill is complete. Here’s what is in it. - http://wapo.st/2j757yA Momentum Builds to Restore Net Neutrality Rules Gutted by the FCC - http://bit.ly/2j8QVoC For more Civil Politics visit our website, civilpoliticsradio.com and follow us on the socials! Facebook.com/civilpoliticsradio @CivilPoliticsFM Don't miss another episode - subscribe to our podcast (iTunes, Google Play, tunein.com) Please consider supporting Civil Politics! By becoming a patron you will get access to exclusive discussions from our panel! Visit patreon.com/civilpoliticsradio for more info. This podcast part of the Planetside Productions Network.