Cognitive Dissonance

Show Notes 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

Show Notes 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

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court

Show Notes "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

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

Show Notes 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

Show Notes 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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Show Notes Willis accuses Jordan of 'illegal intrusion' into Georgia Trump prosecution in scathing letter | The Hill Hate pastor claims androgynous nicknames turn kids trans & are the work of the devil - LGBTQ Nation Republicans just can't stop calling for civil war | The Hill Mar-a-Lago IT worker struck cooperation agreement with special counsel, his former lawyer says | CNN Politics Oklahoma Department of Education announces partnership with right-wing propaganda group - LGBTQ Nation Witness in Trump documents case reached deal with prosecutors, ex-attorney says | Reuters A lawsuit seeks to bar Trump from the primary in Colorado, citing Constitution's insurrection clause | AP News

Show Notes 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

Show Notes 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

Show Notes Mostly from Trump's own mouth

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

Show Notes 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'

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

Show Notes Twitter Deletes Fact-Check Of Musk Connecting Bronny James' Cardiac Arrest To Covid Vaccine Rudy Giuliani Concedes Making 'False' Statements About Georgia Election Workers Hunter Biden's attorney files ethics complaint against Marjorie Taylor Greene for showing sexual images | The Hill Ben Shapiro, 39, Films Himself Setting Fire to Barbie Dolls Because He Is Manly and MAD 'Ghouls': Fox News blasted for declaring Jews 'survived' the Holocaust by being 'useful' - Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism Florida Schools Will Teach How Slavery Brought 'Personal Benefit' to Black People Alabama Republicans refuse to draw a second Black congressional district in defiance of Supreme Court

Show Notes Blue-state doctors launch abortion pill pipeline into states with bans Class: Boebert Literally Tosses Pin Honoring School Shooting Victim in Trash | The New Republic Republicans Have So Little Hunter Biden Evidence They Shared His Nudes Instead | The New Republic Senators introduce bipartisan ban on stock ownership for executive and legislative branch office holders and their families | CNN Politics Biden shares video of Marjorie Taylor Greene speech to promote his agenda | The Hill Robert Kennedy Jr's racist, antisemitic and xenophobic views go back decades, report says | Democrats | The Guardian

Show Notes A sleeping man dreamed someone broke into his home. He fired at the "intruder" and shot himself, authorities say. - CBS News TikToker Arrested After Allegedly Breaking Into Busch Gardens, Entering Alligator Pit | HuffPost Latest News 3 severed heads left at employee's desk following complaints Student at Louisiana school was 28-year-old woman, cops say | The Kansas City Star A 76-year-old woman declared dead wakes up during her funeral in Ecuador | International | EL PAÍS English India official drains entire dam to retrieve phone - BBC News Man steals backhoe for 10-mile drive to Illinois airport to catch flight | AP News Dog ejected from car during Sunday crash found on sheep farm, herding sheep | News | khq.com

Show Notes Bear in Steamboat Springs, Colorado hangs from 2nd-floor window, climbs into home and then eats family's pork chops - ABC7 Chicago Unemployed man dressed as chef was in kitchen when 7 patrons were drugged at restaurant | KRCG Harvard Morgue Manager And Associates Charged With Trafficking Human Remains, Sold Parts Via Facebook And PayPal Gas station clerk asks friend to rob the store so he can go home early, police say In this youth baseball league, fans who mistreat umpires are sentenced to do the job themselves | AP News Investigation ends after body found near Houston turns out to be sex doll

He did everything right and they indicated himmmmmmmmm (also no video this week - so no broadcast on monday)

Show Notes Joe Rogan after reading a single Google search result: "We've gotta get rid of wifi" : r/skeptic Scientists shouldn't debate gaslighters | Science Four alarming charts that show just how extreme the climate is right now | CNN Exclusive: Marjorie Taylor Greene names her price for McCarthy – impeach Joe Biden | The Independent Lauren Boebert says she's being 'directed' by 'God' to impeach Biden - Raw Story A restaurant must pay workers $140,000 after allegedly hiring a fake priest to extract confessions of workers' 'sins' | CNN Business Republicans bash Boebert for forcing Biden impeachment vote: 'Frivolous' | The Hill Fox confronts Trump with lengthy list of aides he appointed – and then turned on | The Independent John Eastman's expert witness in disbarment hearing is barred for not being an expert | The Independent Samuel Alito Is the Latest Supreme Justice Exposed for Living Like an Oil Sheikh

Show Notes 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

Show Notes 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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2023/christian-home-schoolers-revolt/

Show Notes Marjorie Taylor Greene Defends Boyfriend Over Old Video of Him in Drag Their high school canceled an LGBTQ play. These teens put it on anyway. - The Washington Post Right-Wingers Consider Fully Canceling Their Once-Holy Chick-Fil-A Church accused of adding to trauma of survivor by trying to thwart case involving paedophile priest | Australia news | The Guardian EXCLUSIVE: Trump captured on tape talking about classified document he kept after leaving the White House | CNN Politics

https://www.insider.com/plump-snapping-turtle-chonkosaurus-in-the-chicago-river-video-2023-5

Show Notes Dianne Feinstein Resign Calls Grow Louder From Democrats: 'We Need Change' Report: The National Archives Is Set to Hand Over Damning Evidence in Trump's Classified-Docs Case | Vanity Fair NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state 'has become hostile to Black Americans' | The Hill St. Cloud Pride event canceled due to so-called 'climate of fear' Rick Scott issues travel advisory for 'socialists,' warning Florida is 'openly hostile' to them | The Hill AOC mocks Lauren Boebert over claim she had her third son because birth control was too expensive Video of Pastor Saying Parents of Trans Children Should Be Shot Goes Viral Satanists Sue Chicago For Not Allowing Them To Say 'Hail Satan' At City Council Meetings Alex Jones Gets Punked by a Fake AI Tucker Carlson

Show Notes Josh Hawley Explains How the Bible Can Solve Our Country's Masculinity Crisis Court doc: Woman charged with felony after desecrating altar in hospital chapel Catholic League, Marco Rubio launch Holy War against Dodgers Pride - Outsports Christian medical cost-sharing ministry accused of stealing $4 million from members | Boing Boing Preacher says teachers turn kids transgender to make them hate God - LGBTQ Nation Abortion Clinics Are Dealing with More Arson, Stalking, and Anthrax Threats Now

Show Notes George Santos Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges For Trump, Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Case Is Harder to Spin - The New York Times Republicans Finally Admit They Have No Incriminating Evidence on Joe Biden | The New Republic Louisiana Republicans Kill Rape, Incest Exceptions to Abortion Ban After Unhinged Hearing Tuberville on white nationalists in the military: 'I call them Americans' - al.com Alabama Republicans would charge abortion patients with murder under proposed legislation | The Independent Sen. Marsha Blackburn Proposes Armed Grandparents Guarding Schools To Kayleigh McEnany | HuffPost Latest News

Show Notes How Christian is Christian Nationalism

Show Notes 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

Show Notes 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

Show Notes 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

https://slate.com/technology/2022/12/teen-brains-neuroscience-justice-law-supreme-court.html

Show Notes 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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Show Notes 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

Show Notes 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

Show Notes 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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Show Notes 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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