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Thank you to Andy and Marsh from Merseyside Skeptics from coming on. If you want to learn more about QED visit: https://qedcon.org/ It's an excellent convention - we highly recommend attending. @QEDcon @merseyskeptics Stories Behind Trump's Plan to Overhaul the Government: Scaling Back the Safety Net - The New York Times Jeff Sessions Says It's 'Painful' Hearing Christians Condemn His Family Separation Policy | HuffPost Self-Described 'Classical Liberal' YouTubers Join Far-Right European Political Party | Right Wing Watch Dave Daubenmire Melts Down Over Criticism Of Trump's Family Separation Policy | Right Wing Watch

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Immigration law, new policy and children and familiesseparated at the border - the facts - CBS News Elizabeth Warren Says Let's Be Clear: Trump IsHolding "Thousands of Kids Hostage to Try and GetCongress to Pay for His Stupid Wall" 'Womp Womp': Corey Lewandowski Mocks Child WithDown Syndrome Separated From Mother - The NewYork Times WATCH: Trump Apologist Accuses Caged ImmigrantChildren of Engaging in Sexual Activity Paul Begley: Did 'Illuminati Assassins' Target LarryKudlow With A Heart Attack Gun? | Right Wing Watch https://youtu.be/ANvlLcOTy6M

Church members angry over placement of giant Marilyn Monroe statue in Conn. | TheHill Man gets $75 after being wrongly imprisoned for 31 years Christian Activist Will "Shame" Gays, Women, and Muslims Into Accepting Jesus – Friendly Atheist Pope Francis Accepts Bishop Juan Barros' Resignation Amid Child Sexual Abuse Scandal Lance Wallnau Claims His False Prophecy Was True, But The Evidence Is 'Being Suppressed' | Right Wing Watch Alex Jones: Pedophile Spiritual Vampires Are Feeding On The Essence Of Children | Right Wing Watch Ireland to vote on removing blasphemy as an offence | World news | The Guardian The Link Between Astrology and Health 'Christianity is not on trial': baby custody case pits B.C. zealots against state | CBC News Citation Needed http://citationpod.com/

Mark Taylor: Hurricanes Will Be Created To Suppress Pro-Trump Voter Turnout | Right Wing Watch Crocodile kills Ethiopian pastor during lake baptism - BBC News US Supreme Court backs Colorado baker's gay wedding cake snub - BBC News Lance Wallnau: God Is Using 'The Wrecking Ball Of Heaven' To Take Down Trump's Critics | Right Wing Watch Alex Jones Defends Roseanne Barr's Racist Tweet By Comparing Himself To A Gorilla | Right Wing Watch YouTube: WHERE'S THE MONEY LEBOWSKI GUEST Chris Matheson BOOK: The Trouble with God: A Divine Comedy about Judgment (and Misjudgment)

Stories From The Week Donald Trump just put the 'Me' in his Memorial Day tweet Carl Gallups: Trump's Demand For An Investigation Into 'Spygate' Is Really About Uncovering Obama's Birth Certificate | Right Wing Watch Alex Jones: 'The Boy Scouts Of America Is A Pedophile Induction Center' | Right Wing Watch Jim Bakker Knows In His 'Spirit' That 100 Hit Men Have Been Hired To Kill Trump | Right Wing Watch Irish Catholics worry abortion vote signals weakening influence of church - National | Globalnews.ca Trump tweets regret for picking Jeff Sessions, but advisers say he's unlikely to fire him - The Washington Post The Health 202: Why Hurricane Maria killed not dozens but thousands of Puerto Ricans - The Washington Post What are The Queen's powers? – Royal Central "Once Unspoken" Direct Link GUEST: Marissa Alexa McCool Marissa Alexa McCool Website https://www.spreaker.com/user/marissaalexamccool Inciting Incident Podcast Inciting Incident Podcast LIBSYN Inciting Incident 150th episode with Bethany Futrell, Alix Jules, Mandisa Thomas, Stephanie Zvan, and Jenica Crail

Pat Robertson Tells Woman Her Disease Returned Because She Wasn't Godly Enough – Friendly Atheist Dave Daubenmire: The Royal Wedding Was A 'Psy Op' To Promote 'The Blending Of The Races' | Right Wing Watch Alex Jones: The Democratic Party Uses MS-13 To Kill People | Right Wing Watch Trump cancels nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Three reasons moderate Republicans are backing an immigration vote to protect dreamers - Washington Post Trump again smears a large immigrant community with the violent actions of a few people - The Washington Post How the Mueller Investigation Could Play Out for Trump - The New York Times Republican lawmaker: Rocks tumbling into ocean causing sea level rise Flying Horse - Gatorrada (Cat-Toast) Citation Needed Live Show! Sat, August 11, 2018 Victory Gardens Biograph Theater (map) 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM CDT Get Tickets Now

Stories From The Week Feds: Mich. pastor posed as teen to lure girls online These taxpayer-funded Jewish schools are dooming young men to poverty Wayne Allyn Root Blames Deaths In Tesla Crash On Environmentalism | Right Wing Watch Indonesia Church Bombings Carried Out by Family With Children in Tow - The New York Times Robert Jeffress, Pastor Who Said Jews Are Going to Hell, Led Prayer at Jerusalem Embassy - The New York Times We Made a Tool So You Can Hear Both Yanny and Laurel - The New York Times Rodney Howard-Browne: It Would Be 'Just Great' To See Government Leaders And SCOTUS Justices Executed For Treason Via Firing Squad | Right Wing Watch Family Research Council head Tony Perkins tapped for religion commission | Trump Supporter Wants Muslim 'Hibi-Jabis' Fired From TSA | Right Wing Watch Trump calls some illegal immigrants "animals" in meeting with sheriffs - CBS News Trump Refers To Immigrants As 'Animals.' Again. | HuffPost Brainstorm or Green Needle? - YouTube 200 dropped wallets- the 20 MOST and LEAST HONEST cities - YouTube How real "crisis actors" help first responders prepare for emergency situations. FACT CHECK: Did 'The Simpsons' Anticipate a Donald Trump Presidency?

Stories From The Week Franklin Graham: Trump's Affair with Stormy Daniels is "Nobody's Business" – Friendly Atheist Alex Jones: Trump Is Fighting A Computer Program That Has Decided To Kill Humans | Right Wing Watch Liz Crokin: We'll Soon See More Than 20,000 People Arrested For 'The Rape, Torture And Sacrifice Of Children' | Right Wing Watch Jim Bakker: 'I Would Believe A Million' People Are Trying To Kill Trump | Right Wing Watch Michael Snyder Says That If Elected, He'll Be 'Ranting Like Alex Jones' On The House Floor | Right Wing Watch Minnesota priest accused of abusing 60 boys in Guam - StarTribune.com Why the uninsured rate is rising—and only for Republicans. Money Flowed to Michael Cohen. Where Did It Go? - Bloomberg Trump appointing Dr. Oz to his sport, fitness and nutrition council - CNNPolitics People think she's a Parkland 'crisis actor.' It's terrifying. Rudy Giuliani's Quotes Trump the Truth for the President | National Review Trump makes it explicit: Negative coverage of him is fake coverage - The Washington Post Additional Links The hunchback Of Notre Dame Hellfire English (Disney) TheWoodHardShop Etsy Store WYOaids Assistance Hope After Dark 018 - Cognitive Dissonance

Stories From The Week It appears China has stopped buying soybeans from the US altogether because of trade fight China Shunning U.S. Soybeans on Trade Tensions, Bunge CEO Says - Bloomberg 4 things to remember about the North Korea talks - Chicago Tribune Focus on human rights fades as U.S., South Korea pursue North Korea deal Trump Admits To Authorizing Stormy Daniels Payoff, Denies Sexual Encounter : NPR Feds monitored Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's phones Seattle Vacates Hundreds of Marijuana Charges Going Back 30 Years The men arrested at Starbucks are paying it forward big time - CNN What are Poverty Thresholds and Poverty Guidelines? | Institute for Research on Poverty | University of Wisconsin–Madison HUD Secretary Ben Carson's proposal to triple rents for poorest households would hurt single mothers the most - The Washington Post Michelle Wolf Selective Outrage Is More Than Simple Hypocrisy | National Review Trump Wants Presidential Elections to Be Decided by Popular Vote, Which He Lost

Bryan Fischer: Jewish People & Other Non-Christians Don't Have First Amendment Rights | Right Wing Watch Iowa approves 'most restrictive abortion bill in US' - BBC News Tennessee lawmakers OK monument 'In Memory of the Victims of Abortion' | WREG.com Jim Bakker: Government Scientists Say Morningside Is The Best Place To Ride Out The End Times | Right Wing Watch Gun Owners Of America's Larry Pratt Suggests 'Little Twerp' David Hogg May Be Crisis Actor | Right Wing Watch Toronto Van Attack Suspect Expressed Anger at Women - The New York Times Jim Bakker: God Sent Two Scientists To Cure Cancer, But They Were Aborted | Right Wing Watch Jim Bakker Bucket Taste Test | Good Mythical Morning Goodbye Middle Class: 51 Percent Of All American Workers Make Less Than 30,000 Dollars A Year If Alex Jones did Voiceover for Doom(2016) | YouTube

Thank you to Noah Lugeons for joining us at Glory......HOLE Studios. https://twitter.com/Noah_Lugeons Stories from the Week 'This Is Hitler On Steroids': Rick Wiles Claims The US Has Secretly Created Super Soldiers 'Without A Soul' | Right Wing Watch Jesse Lee Peterson Blasts 'Stupid' White People Who Tried To Prevent Two 'Bad Blacks' From Being Arrested At Starbucks | Right Wing Watch Liz Crokin Claims That She Knows 'One Hundred Percent' That 'A Video Of Hillary Clinton Sexually Abusing A Child Exists' | Right Wing Watch

Thank you to Jim and Aaron from Waiting4Wrath for joining us. Make sure to check out their website: https://waiting4wrath.com/ Please consider donating to the following charity: https://wyoaids.org/ Stories from the Week Parents of children who died in Sandy Hook shooting sue Alex Jones for defamation | TheHill Alex Jones Claims Attractive Women Tried to Date Him In High School To Convert Him To Satanism | Right Wing Watch Alex Jones Had A Weekend Meltdown After Trump Announced Syria Airstrikes | Right Wing Watch

Thank you to Dr. Abby Hafer and Karen Garst for joining us this week. Their links are below. Stories from the Week Priest Who Was Arrested Twice for Child Sex Crimes Says Teen Boy "Seduced" Him – Friendly Atheist Trouble for 'Oru Adaar Love': Two Hyderabad residents move SC, say winking is blasphemy in Islam | The Indian Express Christian Host: Evangelicals Back Trump Because His Oval Office is Scandal-Free – Friendly Atheist Biblical prophecy claims the Rapture is coming April 23, numerologist says | Fox News Harry Jackson Says Black Lives Matter Can Never Achieve True Justice Because There Are 'A Few Lesbians' In Leadership Positions | Right Wing Watch Arizona House Passes Bill Requiring Women Seeking Abortions To Say Why | HuffPost Karen Garst https://faithlessfeminist.com/ https://twitter.com/karen_garst Abby Hafer https://americanhumanist.org/what-we-do/speakers-bureau/abby-hafer/

Stories from the week After Getting Booted From YouTube, Rick Wiles Warns That Leftists Will Soon Start Executing Christians | Right Wing Watch https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/04/01/internet-pastor-dont-masturbate-because-its-gay-sex/ Right Wing Pastor: I Squished An Ant And Then I Raised It From The Dead And Then It Looked At Me [VIDEO] - Joe.My.God. Alex Jones: 'Globalists' Use Cell Phones To Commit 'Silent, Invisible Holocaust' | Right Wing Watch EPA's Pruitt Hears From Bible Study Leader That 'Radical Environmentalism' Is A 'False Religion' | Right Wing Watch Republican governors try to avoid holding special elections - Voting for state legislatures https://youtu.be/zkUqbkN8cPg

Thank you to Johann Hari for joining us this week. You can find out more about Johann's work at: https://thelostconnections.com/ Twitter: @johannhari101 Stories From The Week Fake photo of Parkland student ripping up Constitution goes viral | TheHill Republican governors try to avoid holding special elections - Voting for state legislatures At Long Last, Flat Earth Rocketeer Finally Manages to Blast Himself Into Sky at God Knows What Speed Wayne Allyn Root: Chicago & Baltimore Are 'Third-World Hellholes' Because 'They Don't Practice Capitalism' | Right Wing Watch Atlanta mom crashes car trying to prove to her kids that God is real PUB MERCURY MISTRESS http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x11ok

Check out Tiny Thinkers and MJ Mouton's books at http://tinythinkersbooks.com/ Stories from the week John Oliver's Gay-Bunny Book Is Outselling the Mike Pence Book It's Trolling | Vanity Fair Abortion rates go down when countries make it legal: report 2-year-old girl dies after parents treat her pneumonia with prayers and anointing oil instead of medicine Stephen Hawking: No, Pope Francis did not convert the atheist before his death - The Washington Post Televangelist Lance Wallnau Compares Students Protesting For Gun Control With 'The Brownshirt Hitler Youth' – Nova Magazine Head of Christian College: When You See LGBTQ, "Replace Those Letters With ISIS" – Friendly Atheist Chief rabbi calls black people 'monkeys' | The Times of Israel Jim Bakker: God-Haters Are Working To Remove All The Crosses From Arlington National Cemetery | Right Wing Watch Woman Dies Due to Gwyneth Paltrow-Endorsed Bee Sting Acupuncture Treatment – Friendly Atheist Nickelback Shreds - Photograph

Stories from the week Trump floats the idea of creating a 'Space Force' to fight wars in space Jesus Christianity jailed for Pride Cymru bomb threat - BBC News Catholic Church opposes Georgia law extending time for sex victims to sue | Boston 25 News Pat Holliday: Hillary Clinton 'Is The Head Of Witchcraft In The World' | Right Wing Watch Rick Wiles Suggests Hillary Clinton Was Behind Recent Poisoning Of Russian Spy | Right Wing Watch Right-Wing Pastor Says Removal Of Confederate Monuments Is 'Spiritual Preparation' For The Coming Of The Antichrist | Right Wing Watch Tomi Lahren: Liberals Want To Impeach Trump Because He's 'Too Good' At Being President | Right Wing Watch From Natalie From Aaron From Shane Dreams Dreamer @_enfantterrible: "i had a dream were I was being chased by some menace that I believe to be military police. at some point I they caught up to me and tackled me to the ground and held me down. one of them took out a knife and started carving a word on the back of my neck. it was the word happiness" Tom: This is an Alex Jones rape fantasy --- Dreamer @awesomecanada: "Alright, so I had a doozy of a dream last night. After scoring some weed at my old HS, that wasn't really my old HS, I was walking home in the snow when the night sky was filled with spinning UFOs, all alight and humming melodically. Some celestial beings transported down... And we went sledding down hill. One of the beings, in female human form, got badly injured from sliding into a tree. We took her to my old church basement, where a preteen dance party was underway, where she changed into her true form. A 2-headed octopus creature. Then I woke." Tom: This dream is about your mother. You want to fuck your mother. You need help. --- Dreamer David: I once dreamt about two bread sticks after eating bread sticks and two bread sticks is 11 so I pretty much predicted September 11....... sorry I would have warned you guys but it happened in 2010. Tom: This is also am Alex Jones rape fantasy Who Is Alex Jones? | Super Deluxe Super Cuts

Stories from the week Far-Right Radio Host Claims Barack Obama Is Forming A Private Army To Assassinate Government Leaders | Right Wing Watch National Geographic Just Sent Me a Crystal Healing Water Bottle [Updated] Thank you to David Silverman for being on the show! President of American Atheists, Author of Fighting God, Creator & Chair of the 2012 Reason Rally. David Silverman Twitter American Atheists 2018 National Convention

Stories from the week Alex Jones Accused of Sexual Harassment, Bullying at InfoWars - The Daily Beast Former Infowars employees claim Alex Jones harassed them | Daily Mail Online Prophets Gather At Trump's Washington Hotel To Unleash Angel Armies On His Deep State Enemies | Right Wing Watch Former Third-Level Illuminati Witch Predicts The End Times Will Begin In 2032, Once President Pence Leaves Office | Right Wing Watch Holocaust Denier Will Be GOP Nominee In Congress Race – The Forward Paul Begley: Obama Is Leading An Illuminati Plot To Assassinate Trump | Right Wing Watch It's not okay how clueless Donald Trump is about climate change | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | The Guardian Far-Right Radio Host Claims Barack Obama Is Forming A Private Army To Assassinate Government Leaders | Right Wing Watch How God Intervened To Stop Hillary Clinton And Satan From Killing 90 Percent Of Humanity | Right Wing Watch Wall In a can - YouTube Which Mammals Don't Get Arthritis (and why) - YouTube TUNAK TUNAK TUN METAL | Bonde do Metaleiro & Bloodywood - YouTube Christian Blasphemy Suspect in Pakistan Jumps from Building 'Pro-lifers' who'd execute women & popes who hate 'fake news' Married Youth Pastor Sexually Abused 14-Year-Old Girl (and His Church Hid It) – Friendly Atheist

Stories from the week White christians are so mad that black christians don't vote for people that actively welcome white nationalists. I have no idea why ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Gloria Copeland: No Need For Flu Shots Because 'Jesus Himself Gave Us The Flu Shot' | Right Wing Watch Sessions Has Installed "Religious Freedom" Monitors at U.S. Attorneys' Offices – Friendly Atheist "Traditional marriage" lawmaker resigns after allegedly hiring prostitute Alex Jones: Transgender Rights Activism Is Really About Cyborgs | Right Wing Watch Pakistan court convicts 31 over campus lynching of student falsly accused of blasphemy 11 Hildale city employees resign, at least one because of religious beliefs | KSL.com Kevin Swanson Blames Larry Nassar Sexual Assault Scandal On The Fact That Gymnastics 'Involves A Fair Amount Of Immodesty' | Right Wing Watch

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In this episode Seth Andrews joins Tom & Cecil to discuss important ethical and sociopolitical stories that make the news... Ok fine they giggle about religious wackadoos that do stupid things and then they make dicks jokes. You know what you signed up for! Stories from the Week Televangelist thanks followers, Jesus for buying him private jet - NY Daily News Fake 'God Helmet' can elicit extraordinary experiences -- especially among 'spiritual' people Tony Perkins: Trump Gets 'a Mulligan' on Life, Stormy Daniels - POLITICO Magazine 'He's not President Perfect': Watch Evangelist Franklin Graham blow off Trump affair with adult star Stormy Daniels Former RNC Chair Michael Steele: Trump's Evangelical Backers Need To 'Shut The Hell Up' California pastor used church to 'satisfy his fetish' for explicit photos — and his wife helped: lawsuit Make sure you follow Seth Andrews • The Thinking Atheist PODCAST • Seth Andrews PATREON • Seth Andrews TWITTER • The Thinking Atheist TWITTER • The Thinking Atheist FACEBOOK • Seth Andrews WESBITE • The Thinking Atheist YOUTUBE • Seth Andrews Wikipedia <- read it NOW!

Stories from the week If Pelosi brings 'Dreamers' to the State of the Union, Trump should bring ICE agents | Fox News Gay man and straight woman who married to prove their commitment to Mormon church announce divorce | The Independent Catholic Church Needs More Exorcists Due to Urgent Increase in Demonic Activity, Priest Warns Trump's Health Department Expected to Declare Life Begins at Conception, Turn Evangelical Positions Into Policy Lance Wallnau: Trump Was Casting Out Demons When He Booted A CNN Reporter From The Oval Office | Right Wing Watch Rich Vera: Trump's Decision To Move The Embassy To Jerusalem Will Release The Cure For Alzheimer's | Right Wing Watch Tomi Lahren Blames Liberals For The 'Tide Pod Challenge' | Right Wing Watch Community outraged over church sign in Jeffersonville A church elder's Ashley Madison affairs led him to the dark Web — and murder, police say - The Washington Post -- Only for those with the strongest of stomachs The inevitable conclusion to the laundry pod.

Stories from the week Turpin family: Aunts of 13 captive children reveal years of secrecy and concerns - CNN It Seems Like Not Regulating Homeschooling Doesn't Work Out So Well? Flat-earth rocket pilot on February launch: I expect 'more viewers than the Super Bowl' | PhillyVoice Call for age limit after chiropractor breaks baby's neck Texas Judge Jack Robison says God told him to speak up for defendant 'I hung up the phone and Hillary collapsed': Self-styled Trump 'prophet' says his prayers mowed down Clinton Psychic paid $3.5 million from elderly woman for exorcisms gets prison for evading US taxes Alex Jones Goes On Profanity-Laced Rant About CNN Anchors Saying 'Shithole' | Right Wing Watch Michigan pastor only gets 60 days after he's busted trying to hook up with 11-year-old in Craigslist sex sting Trump Administration Will Shield Health Workers Citing Religion To Refuse Care : Shots - Health News : NPR ---- "AHH!" - Alex Jones REMIX - YouTube Mary Poppins Sings Death Metal - YouTube ---

Stories from the week Gay couple sues over 'satan' themed wedding pamphlets [Video] Grandparents of shackled children say 'God called on' parents to have so many kids • "13 siblings ages 2 to 29 'held captive' by parents, some shackled, officials say - ABC News " She forced a crucifix down her 'possessed' daughter's throat. Now, she's convicted of murder. - The Washington Post Study: 42 percent of Republicans believe accurate — but negative — stories qualify as 'fake news' - The Washington Post If it Quacks Like a Duck - Oscillococcinum | Bad Science Debunked wusa9.com | 'Dehumanizing:' Pastor denounces Trump's remarks during service attended by VP Pence Sandy Rios: Liberals In Hawaii May Have Orchestrated False Missile Alert | Right Wing Watch Alex Jones: Media Will Soon Claim Trump Rapes And Eats Haitian Babies | Right Wing Watch ---------------------------------- Britt Hermes is a former naturopath who now campaigns against naturopathic practices. She's recently been taken to court in Germany by US-based naturopath 'Dr' Colleen Huber in a defamation lawsuit. Australian Skeptics Inc is managing a fundraising campaign to assist Britt in her current legal action. Please consider contributing to the Skeptic Law fund for Britt Hermes -------------------- "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana Re-Mixed in a Major Key Secular Therapists/Therapy Please use and share these links with anyone seeking professional help within a secular framework. SMART Recovery® Local Meetings Meetings Archive | SECULAR AA Secular Therapy Project — Recovering from Religion For those that appreciate visual wordplay on an auditory medium, here is the reference A Malliard Reaction

We Regret to Inform You That Donald Trump's 'Gorilla Channel' Is Totally Fake Mascoutah priest charged with 16 counts of child pornography, possession of meth Oprah's long history with junk science TRUMP IMPEACHMENT MUST BE PREVENTED THROUGH DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER, EVANGELIST SAYS Linda Harvey: We Must 'Re-Horrify People About The Sin Of Homosexuality' Gwyneth Paltrow wants you to squirt coffee up your asshole using this $135 glass jar DONALD TRUMP'S SPIRITUAL ADVISER PAULA WHITE SUGGESTS PEOPLE SEND HER THEIR JANUARY SALARY OR FACE CONSEQUENCES FROM GOD Ken Blackwell Says Dissolved Voter Fraud Commission Will Maintain White House Access Dave Daubenmire: 'Oprah For President' Talk Is Preparing America For White Genocide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Bp_MFgTuM

Jim Bakker: Washington Train Derailment Was A Warning From God Rapper B.o.B.: Bill Nye Needs To Read More Books To Understand the Flat Earth Meet 2018's Newest Bonkers Health Trend: "Raw Water" Here Is the Worst Anti-Science BS of 2017 Trump Tower meeting with Russians 'treasonous', Bannon says in explosive book Kevin Swanson: 2017 Wildfires Were God Punishing California For 'Turning Pedophiliacs And Homosexuals Into Heroes' Liz Crokin: The CIA Uses Tunnels Underneath The Playboy Mansion To Traffic Child Sex Slaves

Here is the best and worst of 2017. Enjoy.

We are hiring: Go here to find out more about the job and how to apply: http://dissonancepod.com/podcast-coordinator-position/ Stories Covered In Episode: Ohio priest under investigation for relationship with minor threw himself off Chicago skyscraper Little girl thanks Trump 'for letting us say Merry Christmas again!' in new pro-Trump ad Former Director of Atheist Lobbying Group Will Run for Governor of Maine Billy Graham's granddaughter smacks down modern evangelicals for 'hypocritical' Trump support SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVIST COULD GET 14-YEAR SENTENCE FOR DEFAMING ISLAM AND THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD IN BANGLADESH Louisiana superintendent refuses to stop illegally preaching to students — so now he's getting sued Shocker: "Yeti" poo, bones not actually from yeti Former Federal Judge: Trump Is Packing the Courts with Unqualified Conservative Extremists 'Fake news' blunder from US envoy to the Netherlands The Terrible Anti-LGBTQ First Year Of The Promised 'Pro-Gay' President Trump WonderBilbe Video: https://youtu.be/p8FikLIM2Z0 http://whytrumpisgreat.com Alex Jones Last Christmas: https://m.9gag.com/gag/aL8yd0v?ref=android

Amazon pulls infant circumcision training kits over child safety fears It's time Pakistan banned the two-finger test for decoding consent in rape trials Jim Bakker: I Can't Even Preach The Gospel Because Those Who Hate God 'Want To Kill Me' Teacher at Christian school arrested after being caught in bed with teen student: police Lawsuit claims megachurch in Ohio swindled elderly woman Nottingham radio station's non-Muslim doctor advice breached rules Atheists do not know how to breathe properly: Turkish therapist Self-described Christian 'prophet' predicts Trump will cure cancer and Alzheimer's during his second term Alex Jones: The New Star Wars Film Is 'State-Sponsored' Propaganda Tim Minchin Xmas Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNvZqpa-7Q Fleshlight on a muffler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=isjQgTuUnwU

Stories covered in episode: Russian sites call HIV a myth, Western conspiracy—an epidemic is now exploding 'How is my daughter a pervert?': Alabama dad's plain-spoken rebuke of Roy Moore strikes a nerve This is why evangelicals love Trump's Israel policy Trump's recognition of Jerusalem excites apocalyptic fervor Does Roy Moore think that homosexual conduct should be illegal? Dave Daubenmire: It's Okay If Roy Moore Lies If "It Advances the Kingdom of God" https://streamable.com/42220 'It Has Been Decided In Heaven That Donald Trump Will Be The Next President Of The United States Of America' Mike Shoesmith Gripes That Women Have 'Nagged Their Way Into Government' Alex Jones: People Will Call You A 'Homophobe' If You Don't Let Them Have Sex With Your Car Dave Daubenmire Wonders If Vaccines Are Making People Gay Talking Heads video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSuregWhlWk

Stories covered in episode: Australian senate passes marriage equality bill without any religious amendments Oklahoma preacher caught running house of prostitution; HIV warning issued as well White evangelicals stand by Roy Moore: poll shows candidates neck-and-neck White House: It doesn't matter if anti-Muslim videos are real because 'the threat is real' Ann Coulter Claims Bogus Anti-Muslim Video Trump Shared 'Not A Discredited Video' How to catch 'wind turbine syndrome': by hearing about it and then worrying Robert David Steele: Hillary Clinton Was 'Going To Legalize Bestiality And Pedophilia' Ted Broer: Most Of Congress Has Been Comprised By Involvement In Pedophilia And Satanic Sacrific Extra: https://www.reddit.com/r/likeus/comments/77nicg/donkey_duet/ Hello Fresh: https://www.hellofresh.com/ Use code cogdis30 Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncaao9OklwE

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Stories covered in episode: Phil Robertson Responds To Weinstein Allegations By Saying AIDS Is God's Judgment For 'Perversion' DEVIL'S WORK US Catholic Church plans to translate exorcism how-to guide into English for terrified priests Catholic Priest Conducts Spiritual Cleansing Of Las Vegas Shooter's Hotel Room Trump-Allied Pastor Carl Gallups Says Women Are Sexually Assaulting Men By Dressing Provocatively Jonathan Cahn: The Bible Foretold The Death Of Osama Bin Laden Cindy Jacobs Claims She Unknowingly Prophesied Trump's Election Mom who beat daughter for not correctly saying Bible verses sent to state prison Kayla Moore suggests schools ignore complaints about prayer Betsy DeVos's Schedule Shows Focus on Religious and Nontraditional Schools Catholic school sex-ed plan as advertised won't ever be taught, premier says EPA chief: 'True environmentalism is using natural resources that God has blessed us with' Rick Wiles: A Foreign Army Will Invade America If We Don't Shut Down Planned Parenthood Rick Wiles: Las Vegas Massacre Was Carried Out By 'A Gay/Lesbian Nazi Regime' Sandy Rios: George Soros May Have Crashed The U.S. Economy In 2008 To Elect Obama

Male lions having sex in Kenya has censors roaring over 'crazy gay animals' The 'antifa super-soldier' conspiracy theory is dangerous because people want to believe it Poll: Vast majority of Trump voters say he should stay in office even if Russia collusion is proven Catholic Hospital Pressured Women to Bury Their Fetuses—Then Pence Made It Law Christian Preacher: When Donald Trump Swears, He's Just Acting Like Jesus Conservative writer: God was 'answering prayers' of Texas victims by letting them get shot Fox News' Ainsley Earhardt says Church the best place to be shot HOUSE GOP SIMULTANEOUSLY PUSHES FOR NEW ABORTION BAN AND END TO ADOPTION TAX CREDIT Hero-gunman-stopped-Texas-shooter-breaks-silence Florida church changes sign after message misinterpreted as sexual Premier U.S. Hospitals Are Selling Unproven Alternative Therapies Sandy Rios: Officials May Be Lying About Texas Church Shooter's 'Atheism' Connections To Antifa

Stories covered in episode: House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On Near-Total Abortion Ban, Citing Changing Courts Under Trump Pat Robertson: Trump Should Issue A Blanket Pardon And Shut Down Mueller Investigation Louie Gohmert Says Six-Week Abortion Ban Is No Problem For Rape Survivors: 'The Time Is There' Pat Robertson: God Let a 15-Year-Old Die To Stop Him from Becoming an Atheist GOP tax bill would allow churches to endorse political candidates Extra Content: Hawk drops snake on BBQ | Youtube https://www.thoughtsandprayersthegame.com/

Stories covered in episode: Egyptian lawyer says it's a national duty to rape girls who wear revealing clothing like ripped jeans Christian College can't explain $20 million in expenses; Agency cites 'very sketchy' budget Steve Strang: The Firing Of Anthony Scaramucci Is A Sign Of Trump's Deepening Christian Faith Sandy Rios: Calls To Move 'Forward Together' After NYC Terror Attack Come From Communist Playbook Conservative Columnist: Robert Mueller Should Be Fired For Indicting Paul Manafort Kelly: 'Lack of an ability to compromise' led to Civil War IS ALEX JONES PEDDLING LEAD-TAINTED, SPERM-KILLING PRODUCTS? TOXIC HEAVY METAL FOUND IN TWO INFOWARS SUPPLEMENTS Reporter for Alex Jones' Infowars says Hitler is alive and the U.S. government is covering it up Please donate to It Gets Better: https://secure.itgetsbetter.org/page/contribute If you donate send the proof of donation to us at [email protected] and we will match the first $2,000. Extra Content: http://dangerousminds.net/comments/sweet_jesus_theres_a_hipster_nativity_scene_you_can_buy https://thetruesize.com

Stories covered in episode: An Indiana county just halted a lifesaving needle exchange program, citing the Bible Jim Bakker: 'Unsaved People Are Going Insane' Because Of Trump's Love Of God Wayne Allyn Root Says Las Vegas Shooter Was Laundering Money For 'Some Major Crime Syndicate,' Possibly ISIS Or Antifa Thanks to Dan Savage for joining us! Please donate to It Gets Better: https://secure.itgetsbetter.org/page/contribute If you donate send the proof of donation to us at [email protected] and we will match the first $2,000. Check out Dan's Work: Dan Savage on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fakedansavage Dan's articles in The Stranger: http://www.thestranger.com/authors/259/dan-savage The Savage Lovecast: https://www.savagelovecast.com/ Donate It Gets Better: https://secure.itgetsbetter.org/page/contribute ITMFA: https://www.impeachthemotherfuckeralready.com/

Stories covered in episode: Jim Bakker Says God Will Punish You For Making Fun Of Him Tony Perkins Says LGBTQ People In The Military Create 'Moral Confusion' That Makes Men Harass Women Louisiana Sheriff Wants 'Good' Prisoners To Stay Jailed For Their Free Labor Rodney Howard-Browne, Who Prayed Over Trump, Says Hollywood Is Rife With Human Sacrifice And Cannibalism Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop Named Worst Pseudoscience Of The Year Miami politician says aliens took her on a spaceship. Now she's running for Congress Livestream: https://livestream.com/dissonancepod https://www.facebook.com/dissonancepod/ Extra: Alex Jones Loses It Over Drag Queens Reading Books To Children IS ALEX JONES PEDDLING LEAD-TAINTED, SPERM-KILLING PRODUCTS? TOXIC HEAVY METAL FOUND IN TWO INFOWARS SUPPLEMENTS

Thanks to Dan and Mark from The How To Heretic Podcast for coming on the show! How To Heretic: https://howtoheretic.com/ https://twitter.com/howtoheretic Stories covered in episode: Peter LaBarbera Is Outraged At Gay Couple On Star Trek, Wonders Where The Ex-Gay Characters Are Pro-Life Congressman Won't Seek Re-Election After Reports He Urged Mistress to Get Abortion Catholic Archbishop Says Domestic Violence is "Caused by Women Not Obeying Men" Trans Teen Sues Catholic Health Organization After Being Denied Medical Care Dave Daubenmire Agrees That 'God Killed Those People' Who Died In Las Vegas On Breitbart, Rep. Louie Gohmert Says Abortion Is 'Sacrificing Kids' To 'Idol Of Self-Centeredness' Dave Daubenmire Wonders If Las Vegas Shooter Was A Government 'Mind-Controlled Assassin' Bryan Fischer On Vegas Shooting: 'The Problem Is Not Too Many Guns, But Too Few' Email to support group: [email protected]

https://twitter.com/cberedjick http://gaywrites.org/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/queer-disbelief-by-camille-beredjick Stories covered in episode: Televangelist Pat Robertson: Vegas Attack Is Due To People's 'Disrespect' of Trump, National Anthem Kansas 'Crusaders' plotted to bomb Somali families in anti-Muslim attacks: prosecutors https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/un-resolution-abolish-gay-death-penalty/#gs.XGLrmuk Egypt 'hunting down' gays, conducting forced anal exams Sheila Zilinsky: 'Every NFL Stadium Is A FEMA Camp In Hiding' Pastor Jim Bakker will help you survive the apocalypse (by Vic Berger) https://www.facebook.com/1st-United-Pastafarian-Church-of-Saskatchewan-1717256101864509/

Thanks to Bryce from Naked Mormonism and My Book of Mormon for coming on the show! You can find his work: Naked Mormonism: http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/index.html https://twitter.com/nakedmormonism https://www.facebook.com/Naked-Mormonism-370003839816311/ My Book of Mormon https://mybookofmormonpodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/mybookofmormon https://www.facebook.com/mybookofmormonpodcast Stories covered in episode: 'It's God's plan': North Carolina church helped members commit unemployment fraud so they could keep tithing Trump Evangelical Adviser: NFL Kneelers Are Lucky They Aren't 'Shot In The Head' Witch doctors in Uganda sacrificing children in bid to end drought, report says Dave Daubenmire: Encouraging Boys To Play Soccer Is A Plot To Undermine The Family Sandy Rios: Liberals Are Using 'Heartbreaks From The Past' As A 'Weapon' Against Black Those Who Don't Spend All Their Money On Jim Bakker's Food Buckets Will Answer To God

Stories covered in episode: Same-Sex Couples Are Being Turned Away From Becoming Foster and Adoptive Parents in Michigan. So We're Suing. Philippe Barbarin: French cardinal to face trial for not reporting child abuse Parish removes priest who asked middle school students during confession if they masturbated or watched porn Jonathan Cahn: 9/11 And The Lewinsky Scandal Were Foretold By The Bible Trump UN speech: Why his rhetoric was a game-changer Mike Cernovich And Alex Jones Think The Deep State Is After Them Because They Discuss Pedophilia Lance Wallnau Unsuccessfully Commanded Hurricane Maria To Turn Away From Puerto Rico Josh Bernstein Suggests God Is Divinely Intervening To Prevent The Removal Of Confederate Monuments Steve King Demands That Any DACA Deal Include End Of Birthright Citizenship Video we talk about: Political correctness Funny Trump vid: https://www.facebook.com/covfefepage/videos/1422515404533280/

Stories covered in episode: Abstinence-only education doesn't work. We're still funding it. 'F*ggots will burn in hell': Bible-thumping WV deputy investigated for bullying gay teen on school bus Conservative preacher claims he stopped Hurricane Irma with prayer Benham Brothers Claim God Used Hurricanes On 9/11 To Tell Us To Repent For LGBTQ Rights Pope Francis persuades acid attack victim not to go through with euthanasia Woman attacks Sikh politician for 'supporting Sharia Law'. His response is flawless David Barton: White People Don't Get Enough Credit For Ending Slavery

This week we talk with Geoff Blackwell, attorney for American Atheists and podcaster. We also discuss Trump's inability to "talk good", Rush Limbaugh's dangerous suggestion that Hurricane Irma was fake news, and Iowa Corn Goblin Steve King gets his DACA racism on. Don't forget to catch the live show Sunday, September 17th on Livestream or Facebook Live! Thanks to Geoff for coming on the show! You can find his work below: https://twitter.com/alltoocommonlaw http://alltoocommonlaw.com/ https://www.atheists.org/support/ Stories covered in episode: Trump: Hurricane Irma 'Could Be Something That Will Be Not Good' Rush Limbaugh's dangerous suggestion that Hurricane Irma is fake news Steve King: Deported Dreamers Can Teach Home Countries 'How A Civilized People Interact With Each Other Cognitive Dissonance Live: https://livestream.com/dissonancepod https://www.facebook.com/pg/dissonancepod/videos/?ref=page_internal

This week Tom and Cecil discuss recent news about Nazi tactics, Catholic Archbishops, and ugly liberal women. Tom applies to become the Uganda Porn Detector, and the guys have Charone from the Podcast Habeas Humor on the show! You can find her work below. http://habhumor.libsyn.com/ https://www.facebook.com/habeashumor/ https://twitter.com/habeashumor The guys also appear on Poorly Summarized, this week. You can find that episode below: http://www.poorlysummarized.com/96 Stories covered in episode: Porn detector to combat 'lesbianism & defilement' in Uganda Woman, 25, believed to be the victim of cannibals in South Africa who were arrested after one of them walked into a police station holding an arm and a leg and said he had lost the taste for human flesh Dave Daubenmire Launches Hurricane Relief Effort To Teach People To 'Depend On God, Not On The Government' Lance Wallnau: The Left Is Using 'Nazi Tactics' And 'Basic Voodoo Hypnotism' To Demonize Trump Wayne Allyn Root: All Liberal Women Are Ugly Catholic Archbishop: 'I'd Rather Go to Prison Than Report Child Abuse to Police' Other content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D5148rRIkw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72n18ZgMw2k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvWQBb2U-R0 https://youtu.be/IZDYhQ4UAnA

We talk with police management consultant and activist Michael Wood Jr. on Standing Rock and Charlottesville as well as cover Trump spiritual advisor Paula White's garbage statements, Rick Joyner fuckery, and KY governor states that Charlottesville happened b/c we took bibles out of schools, and more ridiculousness. Strikeoutslavery.com Strike Out Slavery Press Conference | Twitter We Know How to Fix Policing in America. We Do. https://twitter.com/MichaelAWoodJr http://bombfell.com/glory Stories covered in episode: Trump Spiritual Advisor Paula White: When You Oppose President Trump, You Are "Fighting Against The Hand Of God Paula White: Trump Is Under Spiritual Attack Because Demons Are Afraid Of His SCOTUS Appointments Egyptian professor suspended over belly dancing videos accused of 'glorifying Satan' Catholic Church claimed child sex abuse victims 'consented' The solar eclipse is a sign that America is evil, religious right members say BANGLADESH: Rivers of Blood fill streets as Muslims celebrate Eid-al-Adha by cutting the throats of fully-conscious terrified animals, letting them bleed to death in agony KY Governor: Charlottesville Happened Because We Took the Bible Out of Schools Rick Joyner: 'We Had Just About Dealt With Racism In America' Until Obama Came Along Christian Radio Host Bryan Fischer: Eclipse Is A Sign Of The Work Of Satan Kevin Swanson: Burning Man Wants To Bring Back Human Sacrifice Catholic Archbishop: 'I'd Rather Go to Prison Than Report Child Abuse to Police'