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A Cardinal in the Catholic Church was sentenced to 6 years in prison for sex abuse in Australia. Paul Manafort was sentenced to 7 years in prison. No charges for filed for the officers who killed Stephon Clark. Andrew Weissman is stepping down from the Mueller inquiry. Beto has thrown his hat into the ring for 2020. Stacey Abrams has publicly not ruled it out. Congress overturns Trump’s national emergency for the wall. 40 are dead in a shooting at 2 mosques in New Zealand. Deep Dive - Kamala Harris Email us @ thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter: @LifeboatThe Facebook: The Lifeboat Podcast IG: @thelifeboatpodcast Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ross & Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks to Ninjapancake for hosting us: www.Ninjapancake.com Thanks for listening!

A new election has been called in the North Carolina House seat. This is after the GOP candidate abruptly stopped a meeting and called for a reelection. The Trump administration has announced changes to Title X funding which eliminates funding for facilities which also provides abortions. We got him. R. Kelly has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual assault. Deep Dive - No Knock Raids Email us @ thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter: @LifeboatThe Facebook: The Lifeboat Podcast IG: @thelifeboatpodcast Producers - Courtney Boat & Caleb McCallister, editor - Ross, music by Adam Hull. Thanks to Ninjapancake for hosting us: www.Ninjapancake.com Thanks for listening!

Trump delivered his State of the Union and he still continues to amaze by being able to speak for long periods and at the same time, saying nothing. Everyone in Virginia apparently thinks blackface is ok? Bernie Sanders has announced his 2020 primary run. Somethingsomething Trump something National Emergency something Wall. Deep Dive - Julian Castro Email us @ thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter: @LifeboatThe Facebook: The Lifeboat Podcast IG: @thelifeboatpodcast Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ross & Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks to Ninjapancake for hosting us: www.Ninjapancake.com Thanks for listening!

Cory Booker has announced his campaign for President. State of the Union is tonight. [Sad Trombone]. AOC is getting ready to launch her Green New Deal which would create massive infrastructure changes in 10 years. However, the push could mirror the Yellow Vest movement in France if not approached carefully. Papers from the Trump Inaugural Committee has been subpoenaed and looks quite serious. Deep Dive with us onto the Drug War in the US. Email us @ thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter: @LifeboatThe Facebook: The Lifeboat Podcast IG: @thelifeboatpodcast Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ross & Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks to Ninjapancake for hosting us: www.Ninjapancake.com Thanks for listening!

Trump has “reopened” the guvment. But only through February 15. Roger Stone, who looks like a cross between Miranda Pressley (from the Devil Wears Prada) and a Batman villain, was arrested in the Mueller investigation. Our Deep Dive this week is all about Elizabeth Warren!   Email us @ thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter: @LifeboatThe Facebook: The Lifeboat Podcast IG: @thelifeboatpodcast Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks to Ninjapancake for hosting us: www.Ninjapancake.com Thanks for listening!

THE WALL IS ALREADY THERE, ASSHOLES. The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act has been signed. We have a government shutdown, that is currently just shy of the longest shutdown in history. Elizabeth Warren announces her bid for presidency. RBG missed arguments yesterday for the first time in 25 years. Everyone contribute your life force to her. Cyntoia Brown was granted clemency. This week the crew make some Predictions for 2019, along with listener submissions. Email us @ thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter: @LifeboatThe Facebook: The Lifeboat Podcast IG: @thelifeboatpodcast Courtney - Twitter @CourtneyLB3 Ross - Twitter @RossRadical Krystle - Twitter @BoatKrystle Kay - @kayrcksn Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks to Ninjapancake for hosting us: www.Ninjapancake.com Thanks for listening!

Michael Cohen has been sentenced to 3 years in prison. The shelters on the southern border are nearly full and currently housing 15,000 children. A child has also died of dehydration while being housed here as well, and the Border Patrol is... blaming her? The education department is fixing their mistake and forgiving debt for teachers who had TEACH grants. They had previously been wrongly converted to loans with interest. Heather Heyer’s murderer was found guilty. He is now awaiting a federal trial for hate crime charges, which could carry the death penalty. Then we have our first annual End of the Year Awards: The Boaties!   Email us @ thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter: @LifeboatThe Facebook: The Lifeboat Podcast IG: @thelifeboatpodcast Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks to Ninjapancake for hosting us: www.Ninjapancake.com Thanks for listening!

Racist in Mississippi wins Senate seat. Also one of the states to implement voter ID laws after the gutting of the voter right act. Trump just... walked off? And left Argentina? A eulogy for George Herbert Walker Bush Michael Cohen went ahead and plead guilty. Again. Our Deep Dive this episode is on the Trump-Russia Collusion. Email us @ thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter: @LifeboatThe Facebook: The Lifeboat Podcast IG: @thelifeboatpodcast Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks to Ninjapancake for hosting us: www.Ninjapancake.com Thanks for listening!

Manafort is dumb. Trump is dumb. Russia is dumb? US is dumb by possibly committing act of war. And lastly…. Racists are dumb. Our crews Deep dive is on GM and the closing of it's facilities while laying off 14,000. Email us @ thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter: @LifeboatThe Facebook: The Lifeboat Podcast IG: @thelifeboatpodcast Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks to Ninjapancake for hosting us: www.Ninjapancake.com Thanks for listening!

California is on fire. Most deadly fire in modern history. Firefighters from all over are going to try and help. Meanwhile, those who we literally pay to help are sitting in mud at the Texas border. Melania Trump wants to fire someone over an airplane seat which makes her ultimate mean girl….’you can never sit with us.’ Trump missed Paris veteran ceremony due to rain (is his hair cotton candy?) Election update! Tucker Carlson was protested at his home. Liberal media tripped over themselves to defend him. Turns out he lied about what went down. Our Deep Dive on this episode is on Nicaragua. Email us @ thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter: @LifeboatThe Facebook: The Lifeboat Podcast IG: @thelifeboatpodcast Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks to Ninjapancake for hosting us: www.Ninjapancake.com Thanks for listening!

Wow, what an episode: Sessions has resigned. Beto and Courtney talk the same. Trump has deployed the military to stand around and wait at the migrant caravan slowly gets closer? Guiliani says he’s poor because his mistress takes too much of his money. I need a pay pig like him. The crew then talks Election Results that we were paying close attention to (note some of these changed in the following days!) and their implications. Email us at thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter - @LifeboatThe Facebook - The Lifeboat Podcast InstaGram - @thelifeboatpodcast Attributes - Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks for listening! Check out other shows on ninjapancake.com

This episode the crew of the Lifeboat talk about the suspicious packages (aka bombs) sent to Soros, Clintons, Obamas, Time Warner Center/CNN/John Brennan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Eric Holder, Andrew Cuomo, and others. The Multiple casualties at Tree of Life * Or L’ Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh. And Jair Bolsonaro, far-right populist, is elected President of Brazil. Email us at thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter - @LifeboatThe Facebook - The Lifeboat Podcast InstaGram - @thelifeboatpodcast Attributes - Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks for listening! Check out other shows on ninjapancake.com

After Headlines our crew does a Deep Dive on Antifa, Proud Boys, and Unite the Right movement. Email us at thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter - @LifeboatThe Facebook - The Lifeboat Podcast InstaGram - @thelifeboatpodcast Attributes - Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks for listening! Check out other shows on ninjapancake.com

On this episode the crew of the Lifeboat talk about Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the assassination of journalists. Email us at thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter - @LifeboatThe Facebook - The Lifeboat Podcast InstaGram - @thelifeboatpodcast Attributes - Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks for listening! Check out other shows on ninjapancake.com

Headlines for this week: An investigation by the New York Times has found Trump allegedly engaged in tax fraud. A Chicago police officer has been found guilty of murder in the killing of Laquan McDonald, a 17 year old boy who was shot by the officer 16 times. He has been found guilty of 2nd degree murder. Link. Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court. Big surprise /s, although disappointing. Relevant to today’s deep dive, a new ongoing series, the Nobel Peace Prize went to a man and woman who are fighting to end sexual violence as an act of war. Link. This weeks Deep Dive is all about being an ally to women! Discussion led by Courtney and Krystle, with Ross as a supportive ally. BZ Penn was also there but unfortunately he lost a portion of his audio and disappears halfway through. Email us at thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter - @LifeboatThe Facebook - The Lifeboat Podcast InstaGram - @thelifeboatpodcast Attributes - Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks for listening! Check out other shows on ninjapancake.com

After this weeks headlines we go into the first ever... F-F-F-F-FIGHT NIGHT Tonight as a bit of relief and fun, we’re doing a capitalism versus socialism debate featuring Krystle and Ross! In Krystle’s corner we have fellow Libertarian BZ, and Ross has me. So good luck. Krystle and Ross get x minutes to lay their case out, then the fun begins. Email us at thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter - @LifeboatThe Facebook - The Lifeboat Podcast InstaGram - @thelifeboatpodcast Attributes - Producers - Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editors - Ryan, music by Adam Hull. Thanks for listening! Check out other shows on ninjapancake.com

For our deep dive this week we will be discussing sexual assault adjacent to the Kavanaugh case and why victims don’t report assault, abuse, or rape. There will be reading of others’ stories and the conversation may get graphic. This is difficult content to discuss and we want to be compassionate for everyone. Talking Points: Two identified women and one unidentified woman have spoken out against the Kavanaugh confirmation, alleging he sexually assaulted them in high school and college. NPR Article New Yorker Article Trump called out Dr. Ford on Twitter, asking why she didn’t report earlier (Ross has a small collection of other Trump quotes regarding the accusers) So why don’t women report immediately? Personal story of someone who was assaulted twice. The first she did not report, and the second she did Facebook Story rainn.org Article Only 11 cases out of 1000 reported rapes get referred to prosecution Of that, only 6 will be incarcerated Rape kits are traumatizing, and DA’s want to protect their conviction rating Going through the criminal justice system is incredibly overwhelming and it is usually easier to ‘move on.’ This is not only prevalent in women, but men, too Only about 20% of women who are assaulted actually report the assault to the police Only about 20% of men report as well Email us at thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter - @LifeboatThe Facebook - The Lifeboat Podcast InstaGram - @thelifeboatpodcast Courtney - Twitter @CourtneyLB3 Krystle - Twitter @boatkrystle Attributes - Producers Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editing by Ryan, music by Adam Hull Thanks for listening!

BZ Penn hosts this week as the crew talks more Puerto Rico with the hurricane headed for the east coast (stay safe, boaters!). However, the big issue of the week is the tragic death of Botham Jean for the apparent crime of being black and living in his own apartment. His killer, Officer Guyger, was allowed to be free for three days prior to her arrest for manslaughter. Talking Points: Atlanta halts ICE detentions Les Moonves is out at CBS. Papadopoulous has been sentenced to 14 days in prison. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/us/politics/george-papadopoulos-sentencing-special-counsel-investigation.html Kavanaugh hearing is still underway. Hurricane is heading for the east coast - stay safe! Puerto Rico death toll officially changed from 64 to 2,975 Trump says of Puerto Rico: the response was “an incredible, unsung success” & “one of the best jobs that’s ever been done with respect to what this is all about.” Dallas PO walked into a man’s house and killed him While Dallas just recently convicted an officer, officers are almost impossible to indict. Emails us at thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on social media Twitter - @LifeboatThe Facebook - The Lifeboat Podcast InstaGram - @thelifeboatpodcast Courtney - Twitter @CourtneyLB3 Krystle - Twitter @boatkrystle Attributes - Producers Caleb McCallister and Courtney Boat, editing by Ryan, music by Adam Hull Thanks for listening!

Episode 2 finds the crew talking about: John McCain's death. Paul Manafort is found guilty and Cohen pleaded guilty in court. Charges have been filed in Flint, Michigan for involuntary manslaughter for the state Health Department Director after 2 deaths. Speaking of Michigan, the state is having issues with regulating medical marijuana and we talk at length about Mary Jane. Follow us on social media Twitter - @LifeboatThe Facebook - The Lifeboat Podcast InstaGram - @thelifeboatpodcast Email - thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com

On this, the first episode of The Lifeboat our fearless crew talk about Puerto Rico, Brock Turner and the sex offender registry, Turkey (the country obviously), the removal of security clearances for Trump's critics, and the Prison Worker's Strike. Follow us on social media Twitter - @LifeboatThe Facebook - The Lifeboat Podcast InstaGram - @thelifeboatpodcast Email - thelifeboatpodcast@gmail.com