After blowing the whistle on Russian interference in the 2016 elections, Reality Winner was marked an enemy of the state and sentenced to prison. With help from her sister, @WinnerBrittany, and her attorney, Sam recreates the story an American hero. #FreeRealityWinner
If you want to thank Reality for helping keep our democracy intact, write a letter to @POTUS to remind him that #RealityWinner deserves a pardon!
This piece was produced by @RazanGhalayini_ with @at_howard and edited by @MadDogMendelson.

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29 Apr
The Democrats need to keep the promises that got them elected, which means undoing Trump's heartless immigration policies, raising the refugee cap, ending Title 42, and working with Congress to stop funneling people through a broken backlogged asylum system.
Right now, in 2021, under a Democratic administration, children who are alone and terrified are being held in government custody for a month. We've held convicted criminals for less than a month! Hell, they let Felicity Huffman out of prison after 11 days!
We can't allow the same immigration atrocities that happened under Trump to happen today. How can you keep anything left over from the Trump administration? That's like going to a hotel and telling them to leave the old sheets.
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22 Apr
The second half of our show tonight is dedicated to whistleblower Reality Winner, a woman who did a very brave thing––besides attending middle school with her name––and was punished harshly for it by the Trump administration’s justice system.
Remember how Russia tried to influence the 2016 election? While Reality was an NSA contractor, she saw documents that proved this fact. This incredibly upsetting thing upset her, so she did what she felt was right and leaked it to the news.
She was caught and charged under the Espionage Act of 1917, an outdated law which is SUPPOSED to be used against spies, not concerned citizens. While she has suffered greatly as a result of her leak, America made changes to our voting process that made our elections more secure.
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22 Apr
Marijuana isn't just for spliff kings anymore. A 2019 survey found that 2/3 of Americans say marijuana should be legal. So for every 3 people, there are 2 puffs and 1 pass. If you don't get that joke, you're a narc.
Pro-marijuana legislation almost always wins on the ballot and over 40% of Americans now live in a state where recreational pot is legal. That means Sam can start getting the word out about her new special homegrown blend: Sam Bee's Panic Grass. Leafly called it “mostly lavender”
Everyone from Chuck Schumer to Charles Koch to Snoop Dogg supports federally legalizing marijuana, but doing so won't be easy.
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4 Mar
Prior to the pandemic, Governor Cuomo faced persistent criticism for failing to raise taxes on the rich, his attempt to cut Medicaid, and his mismanagement of the subway system. But in the midst of COVID-19, the governor's approval ratings soared.
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While we're still adjusting to this new pandemic world, one thing we've certainly learned is the answer to the media's favorite asinine question, “can women have it all?” The answer? That's a hard no.
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By October of 2020, over two million women had left the workforce. Women lost more jobs than men, because they were more likely to work in restaurants, hair salons, or crowded bars teaching McLovin what it means to respect women.
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We CAN win if we show up. We can't just throw rocks through windows and hope our wishes come true. @IamSambee tried that. All she got was a restraining order from Benedict Cumberbatch.
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