Week in Review: January 9-15, 2023

Episode Format:

1. The Fair Tax Act: What is it? (2:01)

2. Special Counsel Appointed to Investigate Classified Documents Found at President Biden's Office and Residence (11:56)

3. California Moves Towards Abolishing Death Penalty (19:51)

4. Amber McLaughlin Executed in Missouri (26:28)

Sources:

The Fair Tax Act: What is it?

https://itep.org/fair-tax-plan-would-abolish-irs-shift-federal-taxes-from-wealthy/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/25/text?r=96&s=1

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-vote-bill-abolishing-irs-eliminating-income-tax

Special Counsel Appointed to Investigate Classified Documents Found at President Biden's Office and Residence

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/12/politics/joe-biden-classified-documents-counsels-office/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/12/politics/biden-documents-final-days-vice-president-aides-scramble

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/12/special-counsel-biden-classified-documents-00077734

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/politics/special-counsel-biden-garland.html

https://apnews.com/article/classified-documents-biden-home-wilmington-33479d12c7cf0a822adb2f44c32b88fd

California Moves Towards Abolishing Death Penalty

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/13/1148846720/california-says-it-will-dismantle-death-row-the-move-brings-cheers-and-anger

https://www.kbia.org/2023-01-13/california-says-it-will-dismantle-death-row-the-move-brings-cheers-and-anger

Amber McLaughlin Executed in Missouri

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/mo-supreme-court/1148265.html

https://governor.mo.gov/press-releases/archive/state-carry-out-sentence-scott-mclaughlin

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/missouri-set-to-execute-amber-mclaughlin-on-january-3-in-first-u-s-execution-of-a-transgender-person

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/us/amber-mclaughlin-missouri-execution/index.html

https://abc7chicago.com/amber-mclaughlin-beverly-guenther-execution-missouri/12651188/

https://www.newsweek.com/amber-mclaughlin-final-words-before-missouri-execution-1771085