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This week, Kenna and Madeline talk about The Olympics, competitive house-building, and why the LA School District has a literal tank.

PATREON: 

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

SOURCES:

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-schools-weapons-20140917-story.html

https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/WYNpCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT7&dq=history+of+the+olympics

https://nolympicsla.com/faq/

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/want-understand-1992-la-riots-start-1984-la-olympics/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/08/06/the-1984-olympics-fueled-l-a-s-war-on-crime-will-the-2028-games-do-the-same/

https://knock-la.com/why-did-casey-wassermans-mother-donate-to-david-ryu-before-the-la-2028-vote-in-2017-cfb6dc19533/

https://www.vox.com/2016/6/27/12026098/rio-olympics-2016-removals-eviction

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/tokyo-olympics-displacement/

https://thinkprogress.org/21-savages-super-bowl-arrest-sparks-new-concern-about-ices-role-alongside-lapd-for-2028-olympics-e78e1118eac9/

https://deadspin.com/the-olympics-are-coming-to-tokyo-and-so-is-the-movemen-1837203511