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Recorded on June 30th, Matt and Jay discuss the adjustments to Fox New's propaganda messaging after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Our hosts check in on Dan Bongino and Lawrence Jones, both of whom think that protests against the Dobbs decision are equivalent to the attempted insurrection of January 6th, 2021.
1.    Dan Bongino on abortion response: ‘It’s not a double standard, it’s a hierarchy’ - Fox News, 6/25/2022
2.    Antiabortion lawmakers want to block patients from crossing state lines - WAPO 6/30/2022
3.    Andrew Yang Says He Left Democratic Party to Become Independent - NYT 10/14/2021
4.    What to Know About the Mississippi Abortion Law Challenging Roe v. Wade - NYT 5/6/2022
5.    At least 25 arrested in NYC as protesters take to streets after Roe v Wade ruling - NY Post 6/25/2022
6.    https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/
7.    Schumer accused of threatening Kavanaugh and Gorsuch during rally - CNN 3/4/2020
8.    Man accused in Kavanaugh assassination plot pleads not guilty - WAPO 6/22/2022
9.    https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-justice-alitos-abortion-history-lesson-dispute-2022-05-06/
10. Fact Check: Was Planned Parenthood Started To 'Control' The Black Population? - NPR 8/14/2015

In this episode, our heroes take a closer look at Virginia "Ginni" Thomas and her decades long evolution from Washington Insider to Tea Party / MAGA cultist to her final form: conspiracy theorist and possible QaNon sympathizer.
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1.    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/
2.    Read the texts Virginia Thomas reportedly sent to Mark Meadows - Boston Globe 3/25/22
3.    https://www.politico.com/story/2011/04/ginni-thomas-builds-tea-party-list-053059
4.    https://www.npr.org/2022/03/30/1089595933/legal-ethics-experts-agree-justice-thomas-must-recuse-in-insurrection-cases
5.    https://thehill.com/homenews/media/363623-clarence-thomass-wife-presents-award-to-conservative-activist-who-tried-to/
6.    Justice Thomas' Wife Asks Anita Hill To Apologize - NPR
7.    Texts Show Ginni Thomas’s Embrace of Conspiracy Theories - New York Times 3/26/22
8.    2020 Election Sting Operation Donald Trump BlockChain Security Steve Pieczenik Interview - 11/5/2020
9.    https://www.npr.org/2021/01/06/953823383/attorney-on-call-with-trump-and-georgia-officials-resigns-from-law-firm
10. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/clarence-thomas-recuse-jan-6_n_6243372ee4b03516d4288d1a
11. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-jan-6.html
12. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/us/politics/09thomas.html
13. https://www.c-span.org/video/?292148-7/tea-party-movement
14. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/cult/lifespring/main.htm
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Jay, Matt, and Joe dive into the story behind Indiana Sen. Mike Braun's commentswhich seemingly support the overturning of Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia (1967) which effectively decriminalized interracial marriage in the United States.
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1.    FULL INTERVIEW: U.S. Sen. Mike Braun news conference
2.    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/23/both-democrats-and-republicans-care-about-states-rights-when-it-suits-them/
3.    https://www.wvpe.org/wvpe-news/2022-03-22/u-s-sen-mike-braun-scotus-should-leave-abortion-interracial-marriage-to-states
4.    https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/mike-braun-interracial-marriage-comments/index.html
5.    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/22/sen-lindsey-graham-ketanji-brown-jackson-questioned-religious-faith-scale-one-10/
6.    https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/amy-coney-barrett-people-of-praise/2020/10/06/5f497d8c-0781-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html
7.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mQboKg7xBY
8.    https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=D78C6B1E-5B92-4133-B71F-40F05121CD06
9.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-QpXVV6qLk
10. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/22/indiana-governor-vetoes-transgender-girls-sports-bill
11. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/us/politics/the-dogma-lives-loudly-within-you-revisiting-barretts-confirmation-hearing.html
12. https://news.gallup.com/poll/20920/martin-luther-king-jr-revered-more-after-death-than-before.aspx
13. https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt2-1/ALDE_00000408/
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In this episode, Matt, Jay, Bruce, and Joe discuss discuss MAGA GOP talking points of the cringiest propagandists of CPAC and AFPAC. Rafael "Ted" Cruz begs for podcast subscriptions; Madison Cawthorn uses debunked anti-communist talking points; and Marjorie Taylor Greene invokes white christian nationalism and then denies doing so.
NOTE: This episode was recorded on March 2nd but Matt got lazy and did not edit and release it for several weeks.
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1.    Ted Cruz At CPAC 2022 On The Fundamental Conflict In America: It's A Battle Between Power & Liberty
2.    https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22926134/canada-trucker-freedom-convoy-protest-ottawa
3.    https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/ted-cruz-job-approval-trend-0
4.    https://rumble.com/vvxx34-marjorie-taylor-greene-well-hello-cancelled-americans-the-future-for-our-co.html
5.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Ba47MLw14&t=1s
6.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w2OrHxOtfY
7.    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-madison-cawthorn-i-dont-give-a-damn-about-european-border-conflict-until-southern-border-is-secured
8.    https://www.mediaite.com/news/reporter-asks-jen-psaki-about-joe-rogan-covid-misinformation-should-spotify-go-further/
9.    https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed10.asp
10. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed09.asp
11. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-anti-transgender-sign/index.html
12. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/countries/ukraine

In this episode, Matt and Jelani go back in time to a 1964 speech by infamous segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace. Our hosts discuss Wallace's attempts to re-write the reality of state violence against desegregation activists in Birmingham in 1963. Also, he lies about the Civil Rights Act.
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1.    George Wallace speaking at UCLA 1/10/1964
2.    https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/10/05/106999010.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
3.    http://www.shoppbs.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wallace/peopleevents/pande01.html
4.    George Wallace Segregation Speech
5.    https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1963-george-wallace-segregation-now-segregation-forever/
6.    https://news.gallup.com/poll/180107/gallup-review-black-white-differences-views-race.aspx
7.    https://news.gallup.com/poll/1687/race-relations.aspx
8.    https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/01/16/50-years-ago-mixed-views-about-civil-rights-but-support-for-selma-demonstrators/
9.    https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/civil-rights-center/statutes/civil-rights-act-of-1964#:~:text=In%201964%2C%20Congress%20passed%20Public,hiring%2C%20promoting%2C%20and%20firing.
10. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/civil-rights-act#transcript
11. https://www.nps.gov/articles/16thstreetbaptist.htm
12. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/birmingham-campaign-1963/
13. Doctors Without Borders Donation Page

In this episode, Matthew and Jelani tackle GOP bills and laws from around the United States that take aim at trans athletes, "woke CRT," and anyone offends a student's religous (christian) beliefs. What do these laws have in common? Private lawsuits modeled after Texas's anti-abortion law, SB8.
1.    Kristi Noem signs major bill regarding transgender athletes
2.    Gov. Noem signs bill banning transgender participation in girls' and women's sports - Fox News
3.    Anti-Trans Bills Are Moving Through State Legislatures With Remarkable Speed - The Intercept
4.    The NCAA's focus on profits means far more gets spent on men's championships
5.    https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22957/231879
6.    https://legiscan.com/OK/text/SB1470/id/2484266/Oklahoma-2022-SB1470-Introduced.pdf
7.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tFUEXDHIz8
8.    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/08/alana-mclaughlin-trans-mma-fighter-combate-global
9.    https://listen.sdpb.org/politics/2022-01-26/top-noem-adviser-terrorism-comparison-transgender
10. https://www.facebook.com/GovRonDeSantis/videos/introducing-the-stop-woke-act/877277022969704/
11. https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Stop-Woke-Handout.pdf
12. https://flgov.com/2021/12/15/governor-desantis-announces-legislative-proposal-to-stop-w-o-k-e-activism-and-critical-race-theory-in-schools-and-corporations/
13. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/07/desantis-anti-woke-act/
14. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/11/us/florida-teacher-shortage/index.html