Ep. 67 - What is Happening with Brittney Griner?

This week, we discuss the continued tragedies facing the people of Palestine and its impact on the 2024 election. We also talk about the latest election news, Kyrsten Sinema finally resigning, and Biden's State of the Union address. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review!  Useful links from the episode:

• Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Garvey advance in the California U.S. Senate race
• Supreme Court rules states cannot remove Trump from ballot for insurrection
• Woke corporation Sony marginalizes men everywhere with Misandry Simulator 2024 video game
• Gaza's death toll now exceeds 30,000. Here's why it's an incomplete count
• Israel Gaza: Seven hostages killed, Hamas says
• Tony Blinken’s explanation about U.S. vetoing the resolutions
• How Israel’s restrictions on aid put Gaza on the brink of famine
• Conflict-Induced Famine Risk is Increasing by the Day in Gaza: FAO | UN Security Council
• Interview with IDF Lt. Col. Peter Lerner 
• Thousands join Israeli hostage families in march on Jerusalem
• Opinion: Don’t take the progressive threats in Michigan seriously

This week, we look at the history of Fred Hampton and the Black Panther Party. We also discuss the new maps in Wisconsin, the death of Alexei Navalny, and how Alabama has now declared that frozen embryos are children. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review!  Useful links from the episode:

• Tony Evers signs new maps in WI
• What we know about Alexei Navalny's death in Arctic prison
• Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration
• The New York Times reports that Trump has privately supports a federal 16 week abortion ban
• Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children
• Trump loses New York fraud case
• Wisconsin ethics commission refers Trump fundraising arm for prosecution
• The Black Panther Party 10-Point Program
• People v. Hampton
• Picture of Smiling Police Officers After Killing Hampton

This week, we look at one of the most influential voting drives in American history, the Freedom Summer project of 1964. We also talk about the recent impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas, the results of New York's 3rd congressional race, and more! If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review!  Useful links from the episode:

• FBI “informant” Alexander Smirnov has been charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden taking millions in bribes from Burisma
• Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Myorkas impeached by the House
• NY 3rd district special election
• Read the special counsel's report on Biden's handling of classified documents
• Biden press conference
• Wisconsin maps update
• Conservatives were throwing out some wild conspiracies about Taylor Swift’s guest (I wonder why) Ice Spice.
• Citizens’s Council
• Mississippi Burning
• 1964 FULL SPEECH FANNIE LOU HAMER VOICE OF FREEDOM
• Freedom Summer
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
• Freedom Summer: PBS Documentary

This week, we look at the Ocoee Massacre, the Rosewood Massacre, and the Columbia Race Riots, three stories lost to American history. We also discuss the latest primary updates and Republican chaos. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review!  Useful links from the episode:

• Why the GOP wants to impeach Mayorkas but not pass the border deal
• Ronna McDaniel is stepping down as RNC Chair
• Tom Cotton’s Insanely Racist Questioning of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew
• The Ocoee massacre
• A Perfect Storm: The Ocoee Riot of 1920
• Julius 'July' Perry
• Remembering the Rosewood Massacre
• Rosewood (1982)
• Columbia, TN Race Riots of 1946
• American Black Holocaust Museum

This week, we continue our descent into madness as we finish reviewing The Coddling of the American Mind. We also discuss the latest updates to Wisconsin's maps case, Oregon Republicans being barred from running for office, and more! If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review!  Useful links from the episode:

• WI Maps Consultant Report
• 10 Republican state senators in Oregon will be barred from running for reelection
• Jury awards E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in Trump defamation case
• He Was Accused of Sexual Misconduct. Then Trump Hired Him. Then He Was Indicted in Mar-a-Lago Case.
• Ben Shapiro makes song with conservative cringe-rapper Tom McDonald
• 'Junk science': experts cast doubt on widely cited college free speech survey
• The State of Free Speech and Tolerance in America
• UChicago Survey Finds Millions of Americans Support Violence to Achieve Political Goals
• Speaking Freely: What Students Think about Expression at American Colleges
• ‘Not all cultures are created equal’ says Penn Law professor in op-ed
• A Penn Law Professor Wants to Make America White Again
• Penn Law professor Amy Wax’s anti-Asian comments spark national scrutiny
• Serious Inquiries Only: What’s Really Going On at Evergreen College
• NYT’s Campus Free Speech Coverage Focuses 7-to-1 on Plight of Right
• There Is No Campus Free Speech Crisis: A Close Look at the Evidence
• The “Campus Free Speech Crisis” Ended Last Year
• Copyright Cuts Both Ways for Free Speech
• Future of the First Amendment: 2016 Survey of High School Students and Teachers
• Where There’s Woke 35: When “The College Fix” Attacks

This week, begin our two-part breakdown of the campus craziness narrative and The Coddling of the American Mind. We also talk about the New Hampshire primary results, Texas doing its best to be the worst state, and more! If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review!  Useful links from the episode:

• Texas border fight with the Federal Government
• Israel loses case brought by South Africa in International Court of Justice
• The Coddling of the American Mind: How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus
• Speaking Freely: What Students Think about Expression at American Colleges

On this episode, we recap all of the stupid we missed over the last two weeks. We also talk about the Iowa caucus and some great news about Wisconsin's legislative maps. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review!  Useful links from the episode:

• Iowa Caucus Entrance Polls
• Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns Republican-drawn legislative maps
• Marquette University Law School Map Analysis

This week, we discuss the question that has taken over political discourse all over the internet, "Does the left have an antisemitism problem?" We also talk about updates to some previous stories about Clarence Thomas' corruption and undocumented workers on Wisconsin dairy farms, Lauren Boebert switching districts, and more! If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review!  Useful links from the episode:

• When Immigrant Dairy Farm Workers Get Hurt, Most Can’t Rely on Workers’ Compensation
• A “Delicate Matter”: Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign
• Lauren Boebert announced she will switch districts for 2024 election
• Donald Trump ruled not eligible for the primary ballot in Colorado…kinda
• Full List of States Wanting to Kick Trump Off Ballot and Where Cases Stand
• Nikki Haley completely bombs question on the cause of the American Civil War
• Atun Shei Films Checkmate, Lincolnites! Playlist
• Democrats Have an Anti-Semitism Problem
• I'm a proud Democrat. My party has an antisemitism problem
• University of Pennsylvania president resigns after antisemitism testimony
• Harvard president Claudine Gay resigned after a firestorm of criticism. Why it matters.
• We Sat Down With the Conservative Mastermind Behind Claudine Gay’s Ouster
• Rashida Tlaib was censured by the House for antisemitic comments
• ‘From the river to the sea': Why these 6 words spark fury and passion over the Israel-Hamas war
• Harvard Harris poll 
• Charlie Kirk defended Musk’s agreement with an antisemitic tweet
• “Who Controls Your Mind? 2023”
• Antisemitic Attitudes Across the Ideological Spectrum

This week, we tackle part two of answering the question, "What will happen if Trump wins?" We also talk about Alex Jones being back on Twitter (X), Texas ruling that there is no exception for mothers, and so much more. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review!  Useful links from the episode:

• GOP led House officially opens impeachment inquiry
• Hunter Biden Capital drama
• Texas case proves that Republicans do not accept any “exceptions” to abortion bans
• Alex Jones is Back on Twitter (X)
• Tucker Carlson spurns Twitter to start his own streaming service
• Incel Tim Pool triggered by studies that suggest prehistoric women may have shared hunting duties
• Agenda 47
• Trump plots mass detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants should he regain power
• Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term
• Who will Trump put in power?
• Behind the Curtain — Scoop: The Trump job applications revealed

This week, we have part one of discussing the question, "What will happen if Trump wins?" On this episode, we look at Project 2025, The Heritage Foundation's insane plan for when Republicans take back power. We also talk about Elon Musk going crazy... again, George Santos being expelled from Congress, and so much more. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review!  Useful links from the episode:

• IBM, EU, Disney and others pull ads from Elon Musk’s X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlash
• Elon’s tweet
• Charlie Kirk defends Elon Musk's antisemitism: “Some of the largest financiers of left-wing anti-white causes have been Jewish Americans”
• Musk’s X sues Media Matters after report shows ads next to pro-Nazi posts
• Musk announced a “thermonuclear lawsuit” in a tweet
• As Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory, X has been placing ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle, and Xfinity next to pro-Nazi content
• X Corp v. Media Matters Complaint
• Elon Musk’s ‘thermonuclear’ lawsuit over hate-adjacent ads on X… actually confirms them
• Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’
• George Santos has been expelled from Congress
• Kevin McCarthy announces he will resign at the end of December
• An Emphatic NO to Displaying a Satanic Christmas Tree
• Rep. Gallagher seeing red over satanic Christmas tree in Wisconsin: ‘Absolutely crazy’
• Project 2025
• Leeja Miller: The Conservative Plan to Take Over the Country (you need to know about this)