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Welcome to Amped Up. This is your host Ryan Knight and our guest today is Danny

Haifung. Danny is the contributing editor of the Black Agenda report.

He's the co-host of the Left Lens Podcast.

He's an organizer with No Cold War

and the author of the book, American Exceptionalism and American innocence Danny welcome to

amped up thank you for having me Ryan I appreciate it look you know we're in the

worst recession since the Great Depression,

and the Democrats control the entire government.

And they are scaling back the $600 expanded unemployment

benefits that they initially promised to $400 and the $2,000 relief

checks that Biden had promised are now only $1,400. Chuck Schumer yesterday

after leaving the White House said,

and I quote, there's agreement, a universal agreement

that we must go big and bold.

But big and bold means $2,000 monthly relief checks and the original $600 expanded unemployment benefits.

Not a $1,400 one-time check and the measly $400 expanded unemployment.

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