Episode 43: July 4-10, 2021
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Time to catch up on the 24/7 news cycle with last week's news in under an hour with THE 25TH HOUR!
* NYC had a Canyon of Heroes parade for essential workers during the pandemic as some unions protested the parade in favor of higher wages.
* Brooklyn Borough President unofficially won the NYC Democratic mayoral primary as his fellow contenders Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley conceded.
* Cuomo ceded his leadership of the National Governors Association, saying the pandemic came as a personal benefit to him, and also declared an emergency declaration in New York because of gun violence.
* Biden kept pleading for Americans to get vaccinated, as he struggles to keep the ball rolling on his infrastructure proposal and defended a swift withdrawal out of Afghanistan. The President also announced a series of executive actions directing his agencies to fight back against monopolistic behavior in the free market.
* Former President Trump announced a futile class action lawsuit against Big Tech companies alleging conservative censorship as he continued to charge the Secret Service, tasked with protecting him, rent for having to stay at his golf clubs.
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