Week of July 13

Betsy DeVos says it's "imperative" for your kids to get back to school five days a week this fall, in person. But she's fuzzy on the details. She doesn't know if schools should follow CDC guidelines, she doesn't know what to if schools have more than "a little flare-up," and she doesn't even know if funding should be cut off for schools that don't reopen.

Secretary of Edukashun
[ (What A) Wonderful World ]

From the album Orange Is the New Barack (2017).

Week of July 6

When President Trump threatened CNN over its coverage of his July 4th speech, the network was baffled, tweeting "What. Are. You. Talking. About?" Or maybe they were just pretending to be confused. Covering this White House is a tough beat.

Faking News Is Hard to Do
[ Breaking Up Is Hard to Do ]

From the album Orange Is the New Barack (2017)

Week of June 29

Jack Abramoff is heading to prison — again! The once-powerful K Street lobbyist made a show of reforming himself after his 2010 release from prison. Then as now, the Justice Department wasn't impressed. Here's how Jack's schemes worked.

This Is the House That Jack Bribed
[ The House That Jack Built ]

From the album I'm So Indicted (2006)

Week of June 22

After losing in two big cases last week, President Trump called for "new justices" on the Supreme Court. That only happens if he gets a new vacancy, something the current justices are trying hard to avoid.

The Supremes
[ Stayin' Alive ]

See live performance video on YouTube! From the album Orange Is the New Barack (2017)

Week of June 15

Minneapolis banned the use of police chokeholds on a Friday, and by Sunday the city was ready to end its police department entirely. Atlanta's police chief resigned just one day after a fatal shooting. It used to take way longer for police departments to make changes. In L.A., it took 10 years from the time police chief Daryl Gates gave his notorious defense of chokeholds in 1982 until his finally lost his job in the Rodney King riots.

Roll Out the Daryl
[ Roll Out the Barrel ]

From the album 76 Bad Loans (1991)

Week of June 8

The 2020 Census, with one less question than the Administration wanted, is finally underway.

You Fill Out Your Census
[ Annie's Song ]

From the album Desperate Housemembers (2011).

Week of June 1

Amid nationwide protests, a global pandemic, and the worst unemployment since the Great Depression, the stock market has been booming. For those Americans who actually have retirement savings — and who didn't panic when the market hit bottom — things are almost back to normal already.

401(k)
[ Y.M.C.A. ]

See live performance video on YouTube! From the album Make America Grin Again (2018)