Cognitive Dissonance (News and Politics)

World’s first major act to regulate AI passed by European lawmakers

Biden Just Delivered a Top Career Performance. He Needed It. | TIME

Katie Britt’s false linkage of a sex-trafficking case to Joe Biden - The Washington Post

Mark Robinson's Bizarre Ramble: 'I Absolutely Want To Go Back To The America Where Women Couldn’t Vote'

Robert Hur Admits Telling Biden He Seemed To Have 'Photographic Recall'

AIDS Denialism Is Back. We Can’t Let It Take Root. | The Nation

6 Westboro extremists showed up to cheer the death of a teen. Hundreds chased them away. - LGBTQ Nation

Pope provokes outrage by saying Ukraine should ‘raise white flag’ and end war with Russia | Pope Francis | The Guardian

Billionaires Rage About Biden’s State of the Union Tax Proposals

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A unanimous Supreme Court restores Trump to the Colorado ballot : NPR

Jamie Raskin One-Ups Supreme Court With Plan to Kick Trump off Ballot | The New Republic

McConnell to Step Down as Senate Republican Leader at the End of the Year - The New York Times

Republicans Increasingly Reveal They Barely Know Where Babies Come From

The Moms for Liberty 60 Minutes interview was such a disaster that their allies are scrambling to do damage control | Media Matters for America

MTG Rages at U.K. Journo’s Jewish Space Laser Question: ‘F*ck Off’

AI-generated images of Trump with Black voters being spread by supporters

German Man Who Received 217 COVID Vaccines Has Functioning Immune System | Technology Networks

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Measles erupts in Florida school where 11% of kids are unvaccinated | Ars Technica

Parkland survivor trolls Trump’s sneaker venture by buying domain and directing it to gun safety site | The Independent

Alexander Smirnov: Former FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ role in Ukraine business | CNN Politics

Clergy warn of ‘doom spiral’ as church attendance drops off at record rate

Cheney warns of Republican Party ‘Putin wing’ after Navalny death | CNN Politics

Oklahoma banned trans students from bathrooms. Now a bullied student is dead after a fight | The Independent

Ron DeSantis Finally Admits War on Books Has Been a Total Disaster | The New Republic

Conservative group tells judge it has no evidence to back its claims of Georgia ballot stuffing | AP News

The majority of traffic from Elon Musk's X may have been fake during the Super Bowl, report suggests | Mashable

New wave of bills targeting libraries is ‘a threat to our democracy,’ American Library Association warns

Out of the rabbit hole: new research shows people can change their minds about conspiracy theories

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Mark Meckler Says The US Must Invade Mexico To Secure The Border

Scientology Leader Dodges Sexual Assault Summons - Joe.My.God.

Climatologist Michael Mann wins defamation case: what it means for scientists

Putin says he prefers Biden to Trump and mocks Tucker Carlson’s questions | Vladimir Putin | The Guardian

Florida deputy fires weapon after mistaking sound of acorn hitting patrol car for gunshot - ABC News

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Democrats flip Santos’s New York House seat in high-stakes special election | The Hill

Trump Says He Might 'Encourage' Russia To Attack NATO Allies | HuffPost Latest News

Donald Trump: Taylor Swift Is 'Disloyal' If She Endorses President Biden | HuffPost Latest News

The Supreme Court Wants No Part of Disqualifying Trump From the Ballot | The New Republic

Christian Super Bowl Commercial Outrages Conservatives

Super Bowl Jesus Ad funded by groups fostering "hateful Christian Nationalism"

One Million Moms Vs "Disturbing" Super Bowl Jesus Ad - Joe.My.God.

Mayorkas Impeached by House Republicans Over Border Policies - The New York Times

Review of Sensitive Issues Slows Potential Release of Biden Transcript - The New York Times

Mark Meckler Says The US Must Invade Mexico To Secure The Border

‘God is in control’: Joel Osteen blames ‘forces of evil’ after shooting at his church - Raw Story

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Jennifer Crumbley, Mother of Michigan School Gunman, Guilty of Manslaughter - The New York Times

Maryland bill would force gun owners to get $300K liability insurance to wear or carry | WBFF

In stunner, House GOP bid to impeach Mayorkas fails | The Hill

Democratic senators call on DEA to deschedule marijuana entirely | The Hill

In Huge Reversal, GOP Poised To Kill The Border-Ukraine Package It Demanded

Arizona bill would ban Satanic displays on public property

Satanic Temple of Iowa calls bill banning satanic displays on state property unconstitutional

GOP Rep: All Americans Will "Serve And Praise Jesus" - Joe.My.God.

Oregon lawmaker tries to walk back comment that atheists are unfit for public office

Fox News’ Jesse Watters cites debunked claim to argue that climate scientists fabricated US temperature data | Media Matters for America

Controversial podcast host Joe Rogan signs a new deal with Spotify for up to a reported $250 million

Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for struggling to pronounce indictable or read a long number | The Independent

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Boebert finishes fifth in straw poll of new district | The Hill

Conservatives Go Next-Level Crazy With Taylor Swift Super Bowl Conspiracies | The New Republic

More Gen Z Americans identify as LGBTQ than as Republican

Opinion | Gen Z is MAGA movement’s worst nightmare - The Washington Post

Gen Z Gender Gap: Young Men and Women Don't Agree on Politics

New map captures explosive rise of the nonreligious

Mike Johnson Finally Admits Why He’s Killing the Border Deal | The New Republic

Oklahoma GOP votes to condemn Sen. Lankford for role in bipartisan border talks | CNN Politics

Kentucky GOP bill would require child support for fetuses | WKMS

Taylor Swift AI images prompt US bill to tackle nonconsensual, sexual deepfakes

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Donald Trump Slurring Words at Rally Raises Questions

Trump appears to mix up Pelosi, Haley while speaking about Jan. 6 | The Hill

A Creepy QAnon Chant Rises at Trump’s Rally—and He Nods and Smiles | The New Republic

WV Republicans refile bill to get "Intelligent Design" in classrooms... with a twist

The American dream is 'rapidly diminishing,' Walgreens boss says in plea to raise taxes for the wealthy

Science vs. social media: Why climate change denial still thrives online

Half of recent US inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds | Inflation | The Guardian

Fake Joe Biden robocall tells New Hampshire Democrats not to vote Tuesday

Trump lawyer Alina Habba blames mysterious 'demonic plan' for ex-president's court cases - Raw Story

‘The Lord told us to’: US pastor says he stole $1m from Christians to remodel home | Colorado | The Guardian

Bill O'Reilly Outraged After School District Pulls His Books Under Florida Law He Supported: 'It's Absurd'

Here's What I Learned as the U.S. Government's UFO Hunter | Scientific American

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Lawful Assembly - don’t search for it - you may get an older version of the podcast. It has since rebooted. Use the website link to find your favorite podcatcher.

 
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https://www.inquirer.com/health/philadelphia-measles-outbreak-symptoms-vaccine-age-mmr-20240110.html

Trump Received Millions From Foreign Governments as President, Report Finds - The New York Times

In 41 US States, Richest 1% Pay Lower Tax Rates Than Everyone Else

$8.5 Trillion in Untaxed Assets: Data Shows Why 'We Need a Billionaire Income Tax'

Trump Calls On Supporters To Put A Stop To 'Bags Of Crap' Arriving At Polling Places | HuffPost Latest News

Roger Stone Plotted Assassinating Democrats, Bombshell Report Says | The New Republic

The key to fighting pseudoscience isn’t mockery—it’s empathy | Ars Technica

Pizzagate, QAnon and the ‘Epstein List’: Why the Far Right Is Obsessed with Sex Trafficking - POLITICO

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Kim Davis handed new legal bill in gay marriage licence case

Bob Menendez: US senator accused of accepting gifts from Qatar

Nebraska governor stands firm on rejection of federal money to feed food-insecure children | AP News

Laws banning semi-automatic weapons and library censorship to take effect in Illinois

MAGA Prophet: Jesus Told Me A Revolution Is Coming - Joe.My.God.

Today's white Christian nationalists are looking more and more like Nazis - LGBTQ Nation

Nikki Haley was asked what caused the Civil War. She didn't mention slavery.

Joe Biden on X: "It was aNikki Haley was asked what caused the Civil War. She didn't mention slavery.bout slavery." / X

Boebert says she is switching congressional districts for the 2024 election. The move will put her in a safer Republican seat | Colorado Public Radio

Oklahoma GOP lawmaker files bill forcing Ten Commandments in every classroom

After Iowa city modifies Nativity, angry pastor claims critics want to "kill Christ"

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Scientists Explain Why ‘Doing Your Own Research’ Leads to Believing Conspiracies

Donald Trump's Reported Smell Becomes Target of Attack Ad

Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote

Wisconsin Supreme Court, now under liberal control, overturns Republican-favored legislative maps | CNN Politics

Donald Trump Wishes Electric-Car Supporters Rot in Hell for Christmas

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Speaker Mike Johnson and daughter were profiled attending 'purity ball' in 2015 German TV news segment

Joe Rogan Brutally Fact-Checked on His Own Show For Calling Biden Mentally 'Done' — Over Something Said By Trump

“Disturbing pattern”: The most unhinged right-wing conspiracy theories of 2023 | Salon.com

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Trump Is Disqualified From 2024 Ballot, Colorado Court Says in Explosive Ruling - The New York Times

Congress approves bill barring any president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO | The Hill

Rudy Giuliani Ordered by Jury to Pay Nearly $150 Million in Defamation Damages to Georgia Election Workers - The Messenger

A Political Candidate Beheaded a Satanic Temple Statue. Now He Faces Charges.

The Clarence Thomas Scandal Is Somehow Looking Even Worse | Vanity Fair

A Binder on Highly Classified Russian Intel Went Missing Under Trump | The New Republic

King Charles has appointed a homeopath. Why do the elite put their faith in snake oil? | Martha Gill | The Guardian

The rise of AI fake news is creating a 'misinformation superspreader'

100 Years of the So-Called 'War on Christmas'

Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees | WIRED UK

Alex Jones offers $55m to Sandy Hook families to satisfy $1.5bn judgment | Newtown shooting | The Guardian

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House Approves Biden Impeachment Inquiry as G.O.P. Hunts for an Offense - The New York Times

Donald Trump sells cut-up pieces of suit he wore in mugshot

New Legislation Proposes to Take Wall Street Out of the Housing Market - The New York Times

Justices to Decide Scope of Obstruction Charge Central to Trump’s Jan. 6 Case - The New York Times

Texas Supreme Court rules against abortion in Kate Cox’s case - The Washington Post

White supremacist who dined with Trump calls for ‘death penalty’ for non-Christians - Raw Story

"This wasn’t what this interview was going to be about”: Ron Johnson flails under pressure from CNN | Salon.com

Fox News’ ‘Democrat Voter’ Actually ‘Politically Homeless’ Anti-Vax Activist

Elon Musk Reinstates Alex Jones’ Account On X | HuffPost Latest News

One in five young Americans think the Holocaust is a myth

Retail Group Retracts Startling Claim About ‘Organized’ Shoplifting - The New York Times

Convicted Kohl’s thieves argued for lesser charge because items were on sale

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Indicted Republican lawmaker George Santos expelled from US House | Reuters

Fox News Host Cuts Into Donald Trump Speech To Correct 'Many Untruths'

Former speaker Kevin McCarthy will retire from Congress at end of year - The Washington Post

Liz Cheney tells "CBS News Sunday Morning" that the U.S. is "sleepwalking into a dictatorship"

Wisconsin Trump electors settle lawsuit, agree Biden won in 2020

People Are Having Seizures After Drinking Shots of 'Gas Station Heroin': FDA

Rick Scarborough: 'A Sodomite Will Always Reflect It In His Countenance'

Oklahoma Senate candidate: Parents who use IVF are “waging an assault against God”

The biggest jabs and most memorable lines from the Republican debate - The Washington Post

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It's a fun one.

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Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies

 Elon Musk to advertisers who are trying to ‘blackmail’ him: ‘Go f--- yourself’

https://twitter.com/iFightForKids/status/1729993619883315271

Romney says any Democrat would be ‘an upgrade’ over Trump in 2024 | The Hill

Donald Trump Says He Never Swore Oath 'to Support the Constitution'

Trump's J6 legal defense: he never swore to support the Constitution, despite taking an oath to protect it

Mike Pence: My Son Had to Remind Me Not to Let Trump Steal the Election | Vanity Fair

Pennsylvania lawmaker cites Genesis 8 as proof that climate change is fake

Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana's unapproved schools

Christian prophetess made up the wackiest theory about why some people are LGBTQ+ - LGBTQ Nation

How the Meat Industry Undermines Effective Climate Policy | The New Republic

‘No no no. Avoid them all’: anti-vaccine conspiracies spread as UK cases of measles increase | MMR | The Guardian

What we actually know about aliens, according to science

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This Satanic Abortion Clinic Named After Samuel Alito Jr.'s Mom Might Beat Abortion Bans

Botox, Ferragamo and OnlyFans: How George Santos allegedly spent his campaign funds

Pastors Wife Spanked Her Toddler For Not Being Happy To See Her | YourTango

Guess Who Just Brought Back Pizzagate? | The New Republic

The Far Right Is Loving Elon Musk's Comments About Jewish Groups Corrupting 'the West'

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How to talk to older people in your life about scams | AP News

It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk | The New Republic

Trump Was ‘Not Going To Leave’ Oval Office, Lawyer Testifies | HuffPost Latest News

What does a Jordan Peterson conference say about the future of climate change? Apparently we’re headed towards ‘human flourishing’ | Graham Readfearn | The Guardian

Uh-Oh: Giuliani’s “Biden Sources” Charged With Being Putin Agents | The New Republic

Liberal and moderate candidates take control of school boards in contentious races across US | AP News

Ohio Republicans Say It's Their 'God Given Right' to Restrict Abortion Access

(non rolling stone link: Ohio Republicans Say It’s Their ‘God Given Right’ to Restrict Abortion Access.)

Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell Captured on Tape Spilling to Prosecutors

WV prison finally releases atheist inmate denied parole for refusing to profess Christianity

Kevin McCarthy 'Shoves' Republican Colleague, Sparking Chase

GOP Senator Tries to Physically Fight Union Boss During Hearing

Offering to fight union leader was just ‘Oklahoma values’, senator claims | Republicans | The Guardian

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UPDATE: Former State Senator Ray Holmberg pleads not guilty to federal CP charges - KVRR Local News

MAGA supporters promised 'Trump Bucks' wealth lose thousands

Kyrsten Sinema’s Delusional Exit Interview | The New Republic

Huge Clarence Thomas RV loan forgiven by wealthy businessman, Senate investigation finds

Sarah Huckabee Sanders lowest approval rating for governor in last 20 years, Arkansas Poll says

Trump, his adult children expected to testify in N.Y. fraud trial soon

Speaker Mike Johnson wanted to criminalize sodomy & called gay marriage the "harbinger of chaos" - LGBTQ Nation

New York Republicans Offer Motion to Expel George Santos From Congress

Face masks ward off covid-19, so why are we still arguing about it? | New Scientist

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Congressman Ken Buck says he is being evicted after refusing to vote for Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House - CBS Colorado

Third Trump Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty: Kenneth Chesebro to Cooperate With Georgia Prosecutors : r/politics

Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia Trump election case | AP News

Sidney Powell pushes claims that 2020 election was rigged and prosecutors 'extorted' her after she pleaded guilty to election interference

Jenna Ellis, former Trump attorney, reaches plea deal in Georgia election interference case – WSB-TV Channel 2

Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis cries in court after pleading guilty. : r/PublicFreakout

MAGA Diehards Are Furious Jenna Ellis Pleaded Guilty After Raising $200K

Mariannette Miller-Meeks says she got death threats after voting against Jordan in speaker’s race

White Supremacist Killer Testifies He Was Radicalized by Conspiratorial Content Like Infowars

Mark Meadows Spills to Special Counsel About Trump's Election Lies: Report

Tom Emmer Flames Out Hours After Winning GOP Speaker Nomination - The Messenger

Well, We Have a Speaker. He’s an Election Denier and an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist. | The New Republic

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Trump furious at GOP lawmaker for ruining plan to inject reality TV drama into Speaker race: report - Raw Story

Trump Shows Love To 'Hannibal Lecter' In Killer Blunder At Iowa Rally

‘A.I. Obama’ and Fake Newscasters: How A.I. Audio Is Swarming TikTok - The New York Times

Vaccine Scientist Warns Antiscience Conspiracies Have Become a Deadly, Organized Movement - Scientific American

Florida Villages Man Charged in Viagra Smuggling Operation Faces Hard Time

Couple suing Disney World claims water slide caused 'painful wedgie,' severe injury - KTVZ

German museum employee swaps painting for fake and sells original to fund ‘luxury lifestyle’ | CNN

PSP: Man driving a tractor arrested twice for DUI in 17 minutes in Lancaster County

Cult of self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada' threatens Sask. village with public executions | CBC News

Amish men ‘shunned’ after nationwide emergency alert outs them for having phones | The Independent

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Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Should Be Executed: Christian Commentator

Trump Organization Exec Admits He Considered Fraud Part of the Job | The New Republic

False Claims Around Israel Attacks Include Recycled Videos and a Game Clip

Verified accounts spread fake news release about a Biden $8 billion aid package to Israel

US Congressman Santos faces more campaign finance charges | Reuters

Republicans Pick Man Who Compared Himself to David Duke as Next House Speaker | The New Republic

Former Ohio State University wrestlers say Jim Jordan betrayed them and shouldn't be House speaker

Mike Lindell’s Entire Legal Team Quits En Masse—Because He Hasn’t Paid Them

RFK Jr. Is a Lesson for MAGA World: Be Careful What You Wish For | Opinion

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“In the Shitter”: Democratic Rep. Reads Out Entire List of Trump Crimes | The New Republic

First co-defendant in Trump Georgia election case pleads guilty

Death of Dianne Feinstein: Newsom Faces Pressure to Quickly Appoint a Replacement - The New York Times

Hours After Gag Order, Trump Launches Fresh Vitriol Against New York Judge

Tennessee Woman Denied Medically Necessary Abortion Is Running For Office

Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births. — ProPublica

Kevin McCarthy ousted as House Speaker in historic vote | Reuters

Nobel Prize goes to scientists who made mRNA COVID vaccines possible

Anti-Vaxxers Think an Emergency Phone Alert Will Cause a Zombie Apocalypse

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Tortoise escapes from Pennsylvania vet clinic for third time - UPI.com

 

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The second Republican primary debate, in 3 minutes

NASA's new policy chief took her oath on a copy of Carl Sagan's "Contact"

Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks

Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do

Texas death row inmate at mercy of supreme court – and junk science | Capital punishment | The Guardian

Will the Trumps lose their homes? NY judge who dissolved Trump Org is cryptic at a tense hearing

This Footnote on Trump Boasting About His Saudi Line of Credit Is Terrifying | The New Republic

Mark Milley Taking ‘Safety Precautions’ After Trump Attack | HuffPost Latest News

My President Joined a Picket Line | The Nation

Most unionized US rail workers now have new sick leave | Reuters

 

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Project 2025: Harrowing roadmap for Christian nationalist presidency - FFRF Action Fund

Donald Trump Is Worried About Having to Wear “One of Those Jumpsuits” in Prison: Report | Vanity Fair

Trump acknowledges he was told 2020 election lies were false in wide-ranging interview | CNN Politics

Republican sobs as she claims LGBTQ+ activists are 'training' children to use butt plugs and dildos

Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal

Sen. John Fetterman is selling 'body double' T-shirts, leaning into the right-wing conspiracy theory

'Anti-glasses' influencer defends herself against backlash after TikToker infiltrates her class

 

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‘Alien corpses’ shown to Congress as UFO expert forced to testify under oath

Opinion: New Texas law deprives families of religious liberty rights | CNN

Anti-choice states aren’t satisfied. Now they want to punish traveling for abortions | Moira Donegan | The Guardian

"Not a bad return on investment": AOC calls out Justice Alito for luxury fishing trip with GOP donor | Salon.com

Senate GOP says House lacks evidence for impeachment | The Hill

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The End Will Come for the Cult of MAGA - The Atlantic

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Foreign-Policy Fantasy - The Atlantic

"Hit list": Trump grand jurors face violent threats after names and addresses shared on QAnon forums | Salon.com

Mitch McConnell freezes, struggles to speak in second incident this summer

Wisconsin Supreme Court flips liberal, creating a ‘seismic shift’ - The Washington Post

Georgia Republicans Say They'll Move to Remove Fulton County DA Fani Willis From Office With New State Law | Vanity Fair

Majority of US dog owners now skeptical of vaccines, including for rabies: study | The Hill

Sheila Lewis is the latest casualty in the conservative war on expertise | Canada's National Observer

Following Elon Musk's lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation

How Wealthy UFO Fans Helped Fuel Fringe Beliefs - Scientific American

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Donald Trump Arrest Time Revealed as Airspace Closed for 'VIP' in Georgia

Jack Smith Reveals Trump Employee Flipped After Ditching MAGA Lawyer

New Explosive Roger Stone Video Dooms Donald Trump’s Main Legal Defense

Town fires librarian who worked there for 11 years because she refused to remove LGBTQ+ books - LGBTQ Nation

The Supreme Court Could Overrule Rent Control In New York And Across The Nation - Above the Law

YouTube starts mass takedowns of videos promoting ‘harmful or ineffective’ cancer cures - The Verge

Alarm at exodus of climate voices on Twitter after Musk takeover

Conservatives have already written a climate plan for Trump's second term - POLITICO

Rudy Giuliani goes on unhinged rant claiming Mike Pence’s wife leads him around on a leash | The Independent

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Mostly from Trump's own mouth

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Thank you to our guest Thomas Smith from seriouspod.com - follow, listen, check out, subscribe! https://www.patreon.com/seriouspod 

 

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Trump and His MAGA Minions Are So Patriotic That They're Celebrating America's World Cup Loss

Republican's Wife Replaces Library Books With Bibles

Pastor alarmed after Trump-loving congregants deride Jesus' teachings as 'weak'

Arizona Republicans Don’t Want to Hear About the Deadly Heat Wave - POLITICO

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Belfast Pride: Street preacher claims remarks 'taken out of context' - BBC News

Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced to life in prison without parole in "doomsday mom" murder case - CBS News

Oklahoma lawsuit seeks to block opening of first publicly funded religious charter school in the US

Afghanistan: Taliban burn ‘immoral’ musical instruments - BBC News

White House blames GOP after Fitch downgrades U.S. credit rating

Trump Extremists Make New Calls to Hang Mike Pence: 'Watch His Toes Dangle'

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He did everything right and they indicted him... thrice. 

 
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He did everything right and they indicated himmmmmmmmm

 

(also no video this week - so no broadcast on monday)

 
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An Illinois W : r/TikTokCringe

Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for telling CDC chair: ‘I dont want my staff educated’ | The Independent

Fox News issues statement on chyron calling Biden ‘wannabe dictator’ | The Hill

Donald Trump Vows to 'Totally Obliterate' Rivals if He Wins 2024 Election

Mike Pence has sudden change of heart over Trump classified documents: ‘I can’t defend it’ | The Independent

Republicans Are Bringing Back Their Plan to Gut Social Security and Medicare | The New Republic

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Indictment Against Trump Is Unsealed: Live Updates - The New York Times

Pat Robertson, Who Gave Christian Conservatives Clout, Is Dead at 93 - The New York Times

Mike Pence, Who Won’t Interact Alone with Women Other Than His Wife, Launches Presidential Bid

Mike Pence would rather see armed school guards than gun control reforms

Biden vetoes measure overturning student loan forgiveness plan | The Hill

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Elon Musk threatens to reassign @NPR on Twitter to 'another company'

GOP megadonor covered tuition for child Clarence Thomas was raising ‘as a son’: report | The Hill

Trump 2024 Ad Claiming U.S. ‘Decline’ Under Biden Uses Images Taken During Trump’s Presidency

Christian evangelists at Boston's SatanCon claim about 100 people converted: 'We're in a battle' | Fox News

Newsmax Host: Schools Are Building Dark Army For Devil Worshipers | Crooks and Liars

Tucker Carlson helped broker the deal that made Kevin McCarthy House speaker after 14 failed votes, text messages show

Texas’s Solution to School Shootings: Training 8-Year-Olds in “Battlefield Trauma Care” | Vanity Fair

 

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Texas Agency Threatens to Fire People Who Don’t Dress ‘Consistent With Their Biological Gender’

Florida bill gives doctors the right to refuse treatment to LGBTQ+ people, women and minorities

How the beliefs of an exorcism-obsessed Australian church led to a deadly crash

Calls to ban books hit highest level ever recorded in the US | Libraries | The Guardian

Kenya: Body count rises to 47 in starvation cult case – DW – 04/23/2023

Hate preacher says if he finds out Dr. Pepper is a woman then he'll stop drinking it - LGBTQ Nation

 

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Fox Will Pay $787.5 Million to Settle Dominion Defamation Suit - The New York Times

Shooting of Ralph Yarl, Who Rang Doorbell at Wrong House, Unsettles Kansas City - The New York Times

Top MAGA Organizer Says 'This Is Too Gay' When Asked About Having Solicited Nudes From Teen Boys

Couple beheaded themselves with homemade guillotine in ritual sacrifice, police in India say - CBS News

Conservatives push wild conspiracy that Bud Light is being run by the CIA in secret ‘woke’ warfare | The Independent

Iowa Senate Pulls All-Nighter to Roll Back Child Labor Protections

 

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The GOP Kicked Justin Jones Out of the Tennessee House. Two Days Later, He’s Back.

Democratic senators urge chief justice to probe Thomas trips | AP News

Florida Woman Denied Abortion Miscarried in Hair Salon Bathroom, Lost Half Her Blood

Trump-Appointed Judge Bans the Abortion Pill Nationwide, Starting in 7 Days

NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

Kid Rock Promotes New Seltzer With Ties to Transgender Partnership

Lance Wallnau Warns That God Will Soon Start Killing Those Who Are 'Persecuting' Trump | Right Wing Watch

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Opinion | A Florida School Banned a Disney Movie About Ruby Bridges. Here’s What That Really Means. - The New York Times

Tucker Carlson Deems Trans People the 'Natural Enemy' of Christianity

Idaho Is About To Be The First State To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion Post-Roe

Texas Republicans propose creation of vigilante group to hunt migrants at the border that will have immunity from prosecution | The Independent

Outside conservative groups back candidates as school board races become ideological battlegrounds

 

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Trump raises $1.5 million for presidential campaign since warning of arrest in looming NYC indictment | Fox News

AI-faked images of Donald Trump’s imagined arrest swirl on Twitter | Ars Technica

Somebody wants the Bible removed from Davis County school libraries

Texas abortion law means woman has to continue pregnancy despite fatal anomaly - ABC News

The only hospital in this Idaho city plans to shut down its labor ward because of shortages and 'bills that criminalize physicians'

Woman’s toes regrow in miracle, MO pastor says with no proof | The Kansas City Star

'Burgers for baptism': 13-year-old baptised without parents' consent | Stuff.co.nz

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Budget officials tell Republicans what they don’t want to hear

An Ivermectin Influencer Died. Now His Followers Are Worried About Their Own ‘Severe’ Symptoms.

Ukraine invites Ron DeSantis to visit after Florida governor calls war a "territorial dispute" - CBS News

"I need a woman who looks like she got punched": Republicans become more openly pro-abuse | Salon.com

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Tucker Carlson Airs Jan 6. Footage to Rewrite the History of the Capitol Riot: 'They Were Sightseers'

Senate Republicans Rip Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Riot Coverage | HuffPost Latest News

The QAnon Queen Is Printing Her Own Currency Now

Fact check: Donald Trump delivers wildly dishonest speech at CPAC | CNN Politics

Mexican president posts photo of what he claims is an elf | The Hill

Rapid demise of 'Dilbert' is no surprise to those watching | AP News

Girls in Texas Could Get Birth Control at Federal Clinics, Until a Christian Father Objected | Kaiser Health News

Popular prayer app pushes 'fringe elements on the Catholic right' into mainstream - Raw Story

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Why Did Fox News Lie to Its Viewers? - The Atlantic

Arkansas Republicans Propose a Monument to Unborn Fetuses

A Lehigh Valley school district is opening its doors to an After School Satan Club. It says its hands are tied by the law

Southern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor | AP News

Trump defends Kim Jong Un after recent missile tests, and says he has a right to feel threatened by US military drills in South Korea

Mike Pompeo’s PAC Spent $42K on Copies of His Own Book and Now It’s a Bestseller

Schumer: McCarthy endangering lawmakers by giving Carlson Jan. 6 footage - The Washington Post

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Civil War - The Atlantic

 

 

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Florida woman pulled from storm drain for third time in 2 years | WFLA

Drunken man poops on PT Cruiser, tells hospital staff his blood will be ‘Pure. Natural. Ice.’ - mlive.com

Utah's 'porn-sniffing dog' dies after putting numerous offenders behind bars | KSL.com

Former Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 20 yrs for selling body parts | Reuters

Fact check: Pope’s death determined with traditional means, not hammer

Melted butter clogs historic canal and storm drains after dairy plant fire in Wisconsin - CBS News

Florida Man Struck by Falling Iguana | Miami New Times

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Fox Guest Throws Unhinged Sexist Tantrum Over Chelsea Handler's Childlessness

Childbirth Is Deadlier for Black Families Even When They’re Rich, Expansive Study Finds

Norfolk Southern is giving $25,000 to an Ohio town where it caused a life-or-death evacuation

Wyoming GOP defends child marriage while claiming it's trans rights that harm children - LGBTQ Nation

 

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OA Allegations and Meta Discussion Megathread

“She’s not intellectually capable”: Knives out in TrumpWorld over Sanders’ “terrible” SOTU response

LGBTQ+ State Senator Proposes Ban on 'Religious Indoctrination' of Kids

Bless their hearts! The Christian right attempts to mount a revival | Salon.com

Statue of Mary untouched in earthquake that demolished cathedral in Turkey | Catholic News Agency

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Republicans held a hearing to prove Twitter's bias against them. It backfired in spectacular fashion | CNN Business

Yes, the Trump White House Demanded Twitter Remove Chrissy Teigen’s Tweet Calling Trump a “Pussy Ass Bitch” | Vanity Fair

Joe Scarborough: ‘Stupid’ House GOP helped Biden appear stronger during State of the Union Address | The Hill

 

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Florida Panel Recommends Forcing Student Athletes to Give Schools Their Menstrual History | The New Republic

Creepy new details emerge about drag-hating senator whose GOP colleagues mysteriously turned on her last week - Queerty

Forget Pandemic Puppies. Meet the Inflation Chicken.

Republicans Assail Vaccine and Mandates With Misleading Claims - The New York Times

Behind the Inclusive-Sounding Ads of this $100 Million PR-Blitz-for-Jesus it’s the Same Old Conservative Christian Fantasy | Religion Dispatches

Trump makes shocking comments about trusting Putin over US ‘intelligence lowlifes’

Footage of Paul Pelosi Attack Should Dispel Conspiracy Theories — But It Won't

Elon Musk apologizes for tweeting a baseless conspiracy theory about the attack on Paul Pelosi

 

 

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Skyler Wilson's adoptive parents used 'exorcism,' food restrictions, warrants allege

Iowa passes school choice bill requiring the state to pay for students’ private school tuition

Eight-year-old Indian diamond heiress who became a nun - BBC News

Michigan Priest Who Temporarily Died Claims He Went to Hell and Saw Demons Enslaving Humans, Torturing Them With Rihanna Music

Santos to get his own talking bobblehead, complete with Pinocchio nose | The Hill

Mat Staver Tells Christian Schools to Bar Children of Same-Sex Families | Right Wing Watch

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MAGA pastor Hank Kunneman is pretty sure that President Joe Biden has been replaced by a demon.

Republican Wants to Fix the Completely Made-Up Issue of Aborted Fetal Tissue in Food

 

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Cardinal George Pell dies aged 81 in Rome

Hate pastors are now speaking out against beer because they say it makes men feminine - LGBTQ Nation

Iran Says Face Recognition Will ID Women Breaking Hijab Laws | WIRED

Kevin McCarthy on George Santos: Well, Is There a Charge Against Him? | The New Republic

Biden aides find second batch of classified documents at new location

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Former Pope Benedict XVI dies in Vatican monastery aged 95

House adjourns without speaker after Kevin McCarthy loses sixth vote

Gen. Mark Milley said there were talks about court-martialing former military officers who wrote 'very critical' op-eds of Trump

Hate Leader Nick Fuentes Is Recruiting Incels – Mother Jones

 

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Trump Said He's 'Clairvoyant' In Unhinged Christmas Day Post

Good News Club: After school satanic clubs are a 'direct attack on teaching Christianity to children'

State lawsuits defend abortion access with religious freedom | AP News

Why Many Conservatives Won’t Be with Their Children or Grandchildren this Christmas

Pope condemns human 'hunger for wealth and power' at Christmas Eve Mass - BBC News

Mark Meadows burned documents a dozen times during transition, ex-White House aide told Jan. 6 panel

Police, Prosecutors Used Junk Science to Decide 911 Callers Were Liars — ProPublica

Abbott defends dropping migrants at vice president's home: 'The White House is full of a bunch of hypocrites'

 

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TikTok pushes potentially harmful content to users as often as every 39 seconds, study says - CBS News

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A Christian Camp Director Abused Dozens of Kids. Now, a Victim Says the Camp Lied to Coerce Him Into an NDA.

After eviction, Christian hate-preacher Jonathan Shelley can't find a new home

Texas Creates Chilling Registry of 16,000 People Who Changed Genders on Their Driver's Licenses

Holy hell: The dangers in rising religious exemptions to school vaccinations in Florida

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Trump Sells a New Image as the Hero of $99 Trading Cards

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About four-in-ten U.S. adults believe humanity is 'living in the end times'elections - Raw Story

Law professors raise ethics concerns as Kavanaugh parties with Republicans at “worst possible time” | Salon.com

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Rep. Gosar deletes tweet backing Trump's call to "terminate" parts of Constitution

Items with classified markings found at Trump storage unit in Florida | News | phillytrib.com

Trump’s Criminal Nightmare Officially Begins

Samuel Bateman: Polygamous 'prophet' had more than 20 wives, many of them underage, says FBI

Denying The 2020 Election Wasn’t A Winning Strategy For Political Newcomers | FiveThirtyEight

Germany arrests dozens as QAnon-inspired "Reichsbürger" group accused of plotting to overthrow government - CBS News

Survey: 'Highly religious Americans' are the biggest climate deniers

‘We Will Fucking Kill You:’ Gay Lawmaker Targeted With Bomb Threat, Called ‘Groomer’

Far-right extremists turn on Marjorie Taylor Greene & call her a "slave" to Democrats - LGBTQ Nation

Brian Sicknick's family explains snubbing McConnell and McCarthy: 'This is an integrity issue' | CNN Politics

Republican woman cries and begs others to vote to ban gay people from getting married. : r/PublicFreakout

 

 

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Marco Rubio Lashes Out Against Passage of Same-Sex Marriage Bill After His Attempt to Create Special Religious Rights Fails

Conservatives are having a bad day after the Senate passed the marriage equality bill - LGBTQ Nation

Suicide bomber attacks Pakistan police guarding polio vaccination team, kills four | Reuters

Pastors say Johnny Hunt, former SBC president accused of abuse, can return to ministry - The Washington Post

A Secret Campaign to Influence the Supreme Court - The New York Times

‘Exposed to horrendous things’: young people in UK speak out against evangelical church | Christianity | The Guardian

IRS gives Trump tax returns to House committee after 3-year legal battle

Man who wears eye patch after shooting himself with his own gun convicted over Capitol riot | US News

 

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Almost Twice as Many Republicans Died From COVID Before the Midterms Than Democrats

YouTube just terminated Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke's channel

Facebook to Fact-Checkers: Remember, Trump Is Off Limits Again

12 Republican senators voted to break a filibuster on same-sex marriage bill | CNN Politics

Herschel Walker veered off in a campaign speech to rant about werewolves killing vampires

Nick Fuentes Says the Results of the 2022 Elections Prove 'Why We Need a Dictatorship' | Right Wing Watch

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