$4M AND 25 JOBS GONE: The Obama Center Payment Fight
Episode notes
A Chicago plumber says the Obama Presidential Center project left him nearly $4 million in the hole: operations suspended, 25 union workers laid off, and a $1.72 million mechanics lien now filed against the property, per his account to Fox News. Chuck breaks down what the "economic opportunity" project actually delivered for the tradesmen who built it.
Also in today's episode: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr puts ABC's broadcast license squarely on the table, and one commissioner cries censorship. AOC and Pete Buttigieg top the 2028 Democrat field in New Hampshire while Kamala Harris collapses. Homicide plunges toward a historic low and the experts swear they cannot explain it. The Education Department ends race-based discipline mandates in K-12 classrooms. And a little girl's lemonade stand grows into a $5 million mission.
00:00 Welcome to 647
00:48 FCC vs ABC
05:04 AOC and Buttigieg Lead
10:07 Homicide Rate Plunges
15:09 Discipline Rules Shift
18:56 Obama Center Payment Fight
23:50 Lemonade Stand Nonprofit
27:47 Thanks and Weekend Blessing
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