The Senate filibuster, explained; Plus: New ‘I Can’t. Breathe.’ series: the trial of Derek Chauvin and jury selection; and the second anniversary of the Christchurch massacre and combatting white supremacy

0:08 – Mondays with Mitch: now that federal relief has passed, what’s preventing Dems from achieving their goals? The filibuster, explained.
Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich) hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA.
0:34 – COVID call-ins: John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
1:08 – I. Can’t. Breathe: the trial of Derek Chauvin and jury selection
Mary Moriarty (@MaryMoriarty) was a public defender for 30 years, most recently for Hennepin County, Minnesota. She’s also a Minneapolis- based contributor to the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
Brendon Woods (@BrendonWoodsPD) is public defender for Alameda County.
1:34 – Today marks the second anniversary of the Christchurch massacre
Zahra Billoo (@ZahraBilloo) is an attorney and the Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (CAIR-SFBA).
On March 15, 2019, these 51 people were killed in the Christchurch terrorist attack:
Abukadir Elmi – Abudul Fattah Qasem – Ahmed Abdel Ghani – Ali Elmadani – Amjad Hamid – Ansi Alibava – Ashraf Ali – Ashraf Al-Masri – Ashraf Morsi – Asif Vora – Atta Elayyan – Daoud Nabi – Farhaj Ahsan – Ghulam Husain – Hafiz Mustafa – Hosne Ahmed – Hussain al-Umari – Hussain Moustafa – Junaid Kara/Ismail – Karam Bibi – Khaled Mustafa – Linda Armstrong – Maheboob Khokar – Matiullah Safi – Mohammed Imran Khan – Omar Faruk – Mohsen Mohammad Al Harbi – Mojammel Hoq – Mounir Suleiman – Mucad Imbrahim – Lilik Abudul Hamid – Abdus Samad – Musa Nur Awale – Naeem Rashid – Osama Adnan Abu Kweik – Ozair Kadir – Ramiz Vora – Sayyad Milne – Sohail Shahid – Syed Areeb Ahmed – Syed Jahandad Ali – Talha Rashid – Tarqiq Omar – Zakaria Bhuiya – Zeeshan Raza – Muhammad Haziq Bin Mod Tarmizi – Mohammad Moosi Mohammedhosen – Zekeriya Tuya
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