Femme Friday: Baristas Unite! | Debating a Republican | Sinema for President? | The Nomiki Show 1-14-22

http://www.patreon.com/thenomikishow » We need your help to keep providing free videos! Make sure to click Like & Subscribe! And we encourage you to join us on Patreon as a Patron for as low as $5/month! Today: Femme Friday!! Alex Press is a staff writer at Jacobin. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Vox, the Nation, and n+1, among other places. She joins to discuss the growing number of campaigns that have appeared to organize coffee shops. In Pittsburgh, baristas at Coffee Tree Roasters, a local company with five stores, are unionizing with the UFCW. » https://www.jacobinmag.com/author/alex-press » https://jacobinmag.com/2021/12/worker-organizing-coffee-shops-unionizing-service-industry-pittsburgh » http://www.twitter.com/alexnpress Scottie Nell Hughes is a journalist, news anchor, and political commentator. She was a paid CNN commentator during the 2016 election, and was an unpaid surrogate for Donald Trump. She joined RT America as a full-time anchor in 2018 and is the host of the show News Views Hughes, ​​a daily afternoon broadcast with a focus on editorial objectivity and interviews, and analysis from across the political spectrum. She is the author of Roar: The New Conservative Woman Speaks Out (2014). Scottie is also the news director, spokeswoman, and chief contributor for the Tea Party News Network. Scottie and Nomiki discuss, or rather debate the framing of January 6 and the state of US politics. » http://www.twitter.com/scottienhughes » https://www.rt.com/shows/news-views-hughes/ Panel: Lauren Ashcraft is host of Biting Commentary and is a comedian and activist. She ran for the U.S. House in New York’s 12th Congressional District in 2020. She is a board member and volunteer with the Women’s March Alliance, a founder of Collection Box Comedy, and a lead with the Middle Collegiate Church Justice Committee. » http://www.twitter.com/VoteAshcraft » https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoTWggjXZxa3QETXHCMsPZw Akela Lacy, Politics Reporter at The Intercept. She was previously The Intercept’s Inaugural Ady Barkan Reporting Fellow, and prior to that she was a politics fellow in the D.C. Bureau. She has also covered breaking news and immigration for Politico, produced Politico’s flagship newsletter, Playbook, and co-authored their afternoon newsletter, Playbook PM/ She has also worked in international reporting at the Pulitzer Center. » http://www.twitter.com/akela_lacy Check out today's sponsor: Sunset Lake CBD is a majority employee owned farm in Vermont producing 100% pesticide free CBD products. Great company, great product and fans of the show! Use promo code NOMI for 20% off your entire order at https://sunsetlakecbd.com Nomiki is LIVE » Wed & Fri: 8p ET / 5p PT Find Nomiki on: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NomikiKonst » http://www.twitter.com/TheNomikiShow IG: https://www.instagram.com/thenomikishow » https://www.instagram.com/nomikikonst YouTube: https://www.youtube.com//TheNomikiShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomikikonst Music Credits: Ohayo by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_ohayo Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/bzCw4RyFqHo Mi-Lo by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/mi-lo Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/--4tHbTT97g