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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Gavin Newsom’s plan to save the Constitution by trolling the Supreme Court with a new gun law - Vox
…The state of California, in other words, appears to be trolling the Supreme Court. SB 1327 should force the justices to either overrule Jackson and admit that they were wrong to let states evade the Constitution, or give California's new gun ban the same immunity from judicial scrutiny that five justices gave SB 8…
Reality Winner says she leaked file on Russia election hacking because ‘public was being lied to’ | Reality Winner | The Guardian
Working for NSA contractor Pluribus International Corporation, Winner printed the document – labeled "TOP SECRET" – that explained how Russian military intelligence officials hacked at least one supplier of voting software and tried to break into more than 100 local election systems before the polls closed in 2016…
Steve Bannon to air 'special' to prepare '4,000 shock troops' on 'deconstructing' government - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism
Conservative podcaster Steve Bannon confirmed the news that former President Donald Trump has a plan to "deconstruct" conventional government in his second term…
GOP attacks Biden for selling oil reserves to Chinese company — despite Trump doing the same
Why it matters: Republicans in Congress are demanding investigations into the Biden administration's recent release of oil to a China-owned firm with which the president's son Hunter once had business dealings...
If you have a miscarriage in Republican America, your health is now at risk
In Michigan, for now an island of legal abortion in a deep anti-choice midwestern sea, a woman presented at a hospital emergency room with an ectopic pregnancy that could have killed her; she had travelled there from another state, where doctors had turned her away. Another woman wasn't so lucky: her central Texas hospital advised her doctor not to intervene in her ectopic pregnancy until it ruptured, at which point her life was in immediate danger...
The clock ticks down on immigration deal that could help rein in food inflation - POLITICO
Hopes that Congress will finally pass a bipartisan fix to the flawed farm labor system are dwindling, despite supporters' argument that it could bring down soaring food prices.
Who's the Real Hate-Preacher? (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #436)
This week, we talked about Church whistleblowers, why teachers quit their jobs, promoting extremist candidates as a political strategy, and more!
— A Christian hate-preacher condemned me… for quoting him accurately. (1:05)
— Creationist Michael Peroutka won the GOP primary for Maryland attorney general. (20:21)
— A staffer found illicit pics on a priest’s printer. Then the cover-up began. (28:35)
— "The Transformed Wife" has some bizarre ideas for why teachers may soon quit their jobs. (39:58)
— The ‘Watchman Decree’ is a scary vision of Christian nationalism in action. (43:43)
— A Canadian church was fined $80,000 for obstructing COVID health inspections. (55:45)
Interview:
— A Christian hate-preacher condemned me… for quoting him accurately. (1:05)
— Creationist Michael Peroutka won the GOP primary for Maryland attorney general. (20:21)
— A staffer found illicit pics on a priest’s printer. Then the cover-up began. (28:35)
— "The Transformed Wife" has some bizarre ideas for why teachers may soon quit their jobs. (39:58)
— The ‘Watchman Decree’ is a scary vision of Christian nationalism in action. (43:43)
— A Canadian church was fined $80,000 for obstructing COVID health inspections. (55:45)
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Monday, July 25, 2022
Defeating extremist Republicans by leading with our values (with guest Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein)(MeidasTouch podcast)
On today’s show, we sit down with Michigan Supreme Court Justice, the Honorable Justice Richard Bernstein! Justice Bernstein discusses his upcoming re-election for the MI Supreme Court as well as his incredibly inspirational story making history as the first blind justice - elected by voters statewide - to the Michigan Supreme Court. The remainder of the episode we discuss the latest breaking news of the week to keep you up to date. We break down the story of Trump telling his inner-circle that he plans to run for president again to avoid criminal probes, John Fetterman’s campaign for PA Senate absolutely wiping the floor with Dr. Oz, Lauren Boebert’s bizarre book tour and much more.
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A Court Without Precedent - The Atlantic
The judiciary is supposed to be informed by historical memory, and guided by more than its members' whims...
An 'imposter Christianity' is threatening American democracy - CNN
White Christian nationalist beliefs have infiltrated the religious mainstream so thoroughly that virtually any conservative Christian pastor who tries to challenge its ideology risks their career, says Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of the New York Times bestseller, "Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation."
"These ideas are so widespread that any individual pastor or Christian leader who tries to turn the tide and say, 'Let's look again at Jesus and scripture,' are going to be tossed aside," she says.
The ideas are also insidious because many sound like expressions of Christian piety or harmless references to US history.
But White Christian nationalists interpret these ideas in ways that are potentially violent and heretical. Their movement is not only anti-democratic, it contradicts the life and teachings of Jesus, some clergy, scholars and historians say…
Adam Kinzinger to Republicans: GOP leaders "have been lying to you"
"They know stuff that's very different than what they're telling you. They know the election wasn't stolen, but they're going to send out fundraising requests, they're going to take your money from you and they're going to use you to stay in power. You're being abused."…
"You can be mad at Liz Cheney and I. That's fine. We've been taking this for a while. We're not the ones lying to you," Kinzinger added, later naming House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as one of the "liars."
https://www.axios.com/2022/07/24/adam-kinzinger-republican-lying-gopCatholic hospitals’ growth impacts reproductive health care
"We are definitely sliding backwards in terms of comprehensive reproductive health," Utley said. "Catholic systems are taking over many physician practices, urgent care centers, ambulatory care centers, and patients seeking contraception won't be able to get it if their physician is now part of that system."
Navy Vet Ken Harbaugh CALLS OUT fake patriotism of Jan. 6 rioters - YouTube
Meidas contributor and Navy veteran Ken Harbaugh grew up in a military family. As a third generation fighter pilot, Ken always had an American flag flying outside his house. But now, extremists on the right have covered themselves in the symbols of country. Not only do these extremists not know what true patriotism is but they engage in the most unpatriotic and anti-American conduct. In this Meidas exclusive, Ken discusses what we can do.
How the CPI became the most powerful messaging force in the MAGA universe (Terry Gross; Fresh Air podcast)
Journalist Maggie Severns explains how the Conservative Partnership Institute helped push the Republican party further to the right and became what she calls a "clubhouse" for insurrectionists.
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Brett Rosenau Is the Latest Child Killed in a Botched SWAT Raid – Mother Jones
Early in the morning on July 7, after a SWAT team bombarded a home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with chemical irritants and a flashbang device, detectives went inside and found the corpse of a teenage boy. Brett Rosenau, 15, was not suspected of any crime. The police's target, a 27-year-old man who was wanted for a parole violation, had already emerged from the house to be arrested. But a fire had erupted inside, likely from the flashbangs...
Justice Neil Gorsuch’s Radical Reinterpretation of the First Amendment | The New Yorker
His opinion in the case of a public-high-school football coach who led prayers on the fifty-yard line privileges religious speech.
Trump’s attempted coup continues – even after January 6 hearings are over for now
He is encouraging Republican lawmakers in several states to pass legislation allowing them to take over election machinery and ignore the popular vote...
‘US democracy will not survive for long’: how January 6 hearings plot a roadmap to autocracy | January 6 hearings | The Guardian
"In a two-party system, if one political party is not committed to democratic rules of the game, democracy is not likely to survive for very long," Levitsky said. "The party has revealed itself, from top to bottom, to be a majority anti-democratic party."…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/23/january-6-hearings-us-democracy-roadmap-autocracy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/23/january-6-hearings-us-democracy-roadmap-autocracy
Former foster care youth are asking where their Social Security benefits went : NPR
The report, published last year, found that foster care agencies in at least 49 states and Washington, D.C., have been applying for Social Security on behalf of foster youth in their care who are eligible for death, disability or veterans' benefits. The agencies often keep the money, often without notifying the children, their family members or lawyers...
The Supreme Court – How Did We Get Here? (Opening Arguments podcast OA612)
Here is a brilliant discussion of the state of the Supreme Court, what to expect in the future, and what do about it if you don’t like it. (Hint: Your vote is NOT “a message”.)
Interview:
Audio: Download Link
Slides: Check out his slides here.
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