Friday, June 12, 2026

Monte Mader Deconstructs Alt-Right Christian Nationalism (Find Out podcast on YouTube)

We're mixing things up on this episode of the Find Out Podcast with our guest, Monte Mader. Monte is not only a culture critic, musician and podcaster, she was raised in a far right Christian Nationalist community who has flipped sides and now offers guidance to white, ex-Evangelical Christians who want to leave the MAGA movement.

Monte explains to us deeply engrained her family was in Christian Nationalist Republican politics. Growing up in a deeply religious household in Wyoming, her father home schooled and raised her to believe that you can't be a Christian and a Democrat. We find out what caused her to finally leaver the Christian Nationalist community and why they worship Donald Trump.

Chapters

00:00 I Took My Bible & I Threw It Across The Room
01:24 Raised At The Intersection of Republican Politics & Religion
05:52 Christian Apologetics
08:51 What Was the First Seed of Doubt?
12:41 The First Time I Realized I Was Intentionally Lied To
16:11 Realizing Christian Nationalism Is The Problem
23:51 My Dad Held Trump To The Same Moral Standard He Held Clinton
29:38 James Dobson, Eugenics, Larry Ellison & The Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger
36:19 What's The Difference Between Trump's Iran Plan & Trump's Vietnam Plan?
42:17 Matt Schalpp of CPAC Has Been Credibly Accused
45:40 Ronald Reagan Was A Piece Of Sh*t
49:10 You Cannot Expect or Demand Apologies From People That You Victimized
57:34 Let's End On Something Hopeful
Interview: 

The rightwing campaign to control how US judges view the climate crisis

As cities and states sue big oil for billions in damages over allegations that it covered up the dangers of its products, rightwing organizations are attempting to discredit the wave of litigation. They claim the lawyers behind it are teaming up with an environmentally focused legal education non-profit to bias federal judges against oil companies. 

But it is actually fossil fuel-backed organizations that are attempting to sway the judiciary in their favor, one of those law firms is countering. Evidence of this includes judicial seminars hosted by one such group featuring pro-industry speakers such as the current energy secretary, Chris Wright, in his former occupation as a fracking executive…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/judges-climate-crisis-energy-secretary


 

"We Have To Grow Up And Get Over This" - Hitchens #christopherhitchens

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cKvbf31Y6jM

Trump FURIOUS After Explosive New Epstein Details LEAK

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtAk-IcW7jU

US and Iran exchange strikes for second day, as ceasefire appears close to collapse

The US launched a new round of airstrikes on Iran into Thursday morning after Donald Trump warned Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations, prompting Iran to respond with strikes targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan...

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/10/middle-east-peace-talks-iran-strikes 


Rep. Norma Torres Proposes Ban on Special Treatment for Convicted Drug Traffickers — ProPublica

When Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, prison officials had the former Honduran president's ICE hold lifted and he was driven to a posh New York hotel. That “can never be allowed to happen ever again,” said Rep. Norma Torres...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-bureau-prisons-pardons-juan-orlando-hernandez-norma-torres


 

Insurance would cover full cost of inhalers and insulin under bills introduced in Michigan Senate

Copays on some key medications for asthma, diabetes, and allergic reactions would go away under bills introduced Wednesday in the Michigan Senate...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-06-11/insurance-would-cover-full-cost-of-inhalers-and-insulin-under-bills-introduced-in-michigan-senate


 

Revlimid: The $0.25 Cancer Pill That Sold for Nearly $1,000 — ProPublica

Armstrong: And I just happened to find it. There was a lawsuit that a, um, generic drug company filed against Celgene, and buried in thousands of pages was an excerpt of a deposition of Celgene’s head of manufacturing. And a lawyer asked him flat out, “What does it cost to make this drug?” And he said 25 cents. And I remember the moment I saw that, I, I knew that it was a big markup involved, but when he said that the cost was 25 cents a pill, and it had always been 25 cents a pill, and it’s still 25 cents a pill, I was just really floored by that... 

One of the former sales officials said that internally they thought they could charge whatever they wanted, that cancer patients will pay whatever price the company put on this pill. So there were, from the time Revlimid was approved by the FDA in 2005 to current day, 26 price hikes.  So it was a bluff that was called. And for Celgene, it was an incredibly lucrative bet that they made...

 https://www.propublica.org/podcast/revlimid-cancer-drugs-fda-healthcare 


Democrats to call on Vance to testify to House committee over Epstein files

That reporting appears to have prompted Garcia’s request. “Why are we having meetings in the Situation Room about the Epstein strategy?” he said to Punchbowl...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/vance-epstein-files-testify-house-democrats


 

MAGA could stop hating people if they stopped bleeving stupid lies.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-7_v4Sspu8

Do peptides work? Why is it discussed on a government sponsored podcast?...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UU1tsJ9IXQo

America’s doctors just voted for war with RFK Jr. - POLITICO

At the American Medical Association’s annual meeting this week, members of the group’s House of Delegates are sending a clear message to their leaders: Call out Kennedy, even if it costs us in the pocketbook...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/10/ama-doctors-physicians-rfk-vaccines-00957489


 

Trump's ambassador names one thing America needs from Canada - POLITICO

It turns out U.S. farmers can't do without potash...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/canada-potash-pete-hoekstra-00958424


 

Trump Had A Huge Meltdown on Meet The Press & It Was So Good! (Find Out podcast on YouTube)

If you haven't watched Trump's latest meltdown on Meet The Press, you should check it out because it's both painful to watch yet so enjoyable to watch this orange man baby crack under tough questioning from Kristen Welker. Trump reported by rehashing his lies about voter fraud, which he used in 2020 when discussing the results of California's election. It's important to remember that Trump is freaking out because his endorsed candidate for governor, Steve Hilton, might not make it into the top two spots in California's jungle primary once all of the votes are counted. This explains the rehashing of the Big Lie about massive voter fraud, especially heading into the 2026 midterm elections. It truly was a massive trainwreck for Trump.

Speaking of the 2026 midterm elections, we discuss whether we're still backing Graham Platner's U.S. Senate candidacy in Maine after a whole week's worth of controversial allegations. And while we're on the topic of trainwrecks, we'll also talk about Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton doing Larry and David Ellison's bidding to kill off all of CBS News' credibility while turning it into a MAGA propaganda machine. 

Chapters

00:00 Welcome to the Find Out Podcast!
01:57 Trump's Meet the Press Meltdown
07:59 California's Jungle Primary Chaos
24:35 CBS News & the 60 Minutes Collapse
30:45 Graham Platner's Senate Race Scandal
39:05 Democrats: Stop Apologizing
46:30 Subscribe!
Interview: 

Supreme Court’s EXPLOSIVE ruling deals NEW blow to midterms

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXzYff5upG4

 

Prison criticized for allegedly incarcerating people in squalid underground cells with no natural light

Incarcerated people allege they are forced to endure vermin-infested cells and are subjected to beatings and rape…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/oklahoma-penitentiary-underground-cells-rape-abuse-allegations


 

Trump made this January 6 argument twice. Here’s what he left out

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c4qMpw-Zkhs

FBI agents driven out under Trump assault form support network: ‘I’m still a human’

“The fact that former FBI people need a support group tells you the devastating impact of the president’s policies and Kash Patel’s policies,” said Cash, a former intelligence officer. “It’s an alarm bell ringing. These are people that stay on the line to the last. The fact that they need a support group tells us that American democracy itself and law enforcement needs a support group.”

 But he added: “The fact that they’re organizing tells me that there’s something still powerful about the FBI, and I have confidence that the history of that organization is going to permit them to resist destruction.”

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/fbi-agents-trump


 

Trump Said "I Love the Inflation" | Hey Donald Trump | Paula Poundstone

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAapQFH-eVI

After years of declines, young students show gains in reading and math

"I think this is an optimistic release," Matthew Soldner, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, told NPR...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5844932/naep-long-term-trends-reading-math


 

Military strikes on water facilities in Iran may constitute a war crime, experts say

Strikes on Bemani damaged key water reservoir for 20,000 people living in area amid a historic drought in the country…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/11/strikes-water-facilities-iran-war-crime-experts


 

Environmental agencies launch efforts to mitigate industrial pollution on the Detroit and Rouge Rivers

"The Detroit River Area of Concern, for example, we're talking about dredging these areas and actually removing the contamination,” she said. “In some Areas of Concern, we're able to cap the contaminated sediment to keep it in place [while also keeping] it from affecting the water quality."…

https://www.michiganpublic.org/environment-climate-change/2026-06-10/environmental-agencies-launch-efforts-to-mitigate-industrial-pollution-on-the-detroit-and-rouge-rivers


 

How Does This Keep Happening?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIoEbmltMIk

Delhi issues ‘strong protest’ after US strikes kill three Indian seafarers in Gulf

Washington claims vessel was violating its blockade of Iranian ports and failed to comply with instructions…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/11/delhi-issues-strong-protest-after-us-fire-kills-three-indian-seafarers-in-gulf


 

10 macOS System Settings You May Want To Change

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz3-G-sYV4Y

Senate panel approves Department of War name change - Live Updates - POLITICO

House Republicans have also endorsed the change, which means the Defense Department rebrand pushed by the Trump administration could become law this year…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/11/congress/senate-panel-approves-department-of-war-name-change-00958970


This is the most corrupt administration of all time, and everybody knows it

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wj9KollIe7Q

Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown

Scientists warn that some of the region’s biggest glaciers, such as Thwaites and Pine Island, are approaching or may even have passed a tipping pointthat could push up global sea levels by four metres. Antarctic ice melt has also been found to slow global ocean circulation. 

Cordero said a single winter of heatwaves, no matter how amazing, would not by itself make a huge difference to sea levels, but it signified more alarming long-term trends. “This heatwave happened because of extremely strong westerlies,” he said. “This has been happening with increasing frequency since the 1980s, and that is known to be related to climate change.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/10/record-winter-temperatures-in-antarctic-raise-fears-over-speed-of-climate-breakdown


 

 

Hawley pushes Blanche to settle abortion pill case - Live Updates - POLITICO

The administration is not defending the merits of the FDA’s policy allowing telehealth prescription and mail delivery of mifepristone, but the Trump DOJ’s refusal to go all in against the drug has infuriated lawmakers and activists who oppose abortion...

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/11/congress/hawley-pushes-blanche-to-settle-abortion-pill-case-00957797


Trump nominates Jay Clayton as top US intelligence official after pushback on Bill Pulte

Like Pulte, Clayton has no significant operational experience in any of the 18 agencies producing and analyzing intelligence for the Pentagon and the president that the directorate coordinates.…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/trump-jay-clayton-director-of-national-intelligence


 

Before-and-after photos: Trump’s $14.2m makeover delivers … a blue pool

Barack Obama and Joe Biden were guilty of making “failed and extremely costly” attempts at refurbishments, she said, regurgitating long-debunked allegations. “President Donald J Trump is an expert builder who has fixed the Reflecting Pool for good,” said Martin...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/washington-dc-reflecting-pool


 

Solar generates more energy in US than coal for first time

Solar supplied 12.8% of US electricity in May even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/solar-energy-us-coal


Detroiter says ICE agents broke her knee, disputing agency’s account

Yerlys Moreno López said ICE agents forced her to the ground after a May 19 car chase and crash, breaking her knee and causing other injuries that required emergency surgery. The agency claims she sustained the injuries in the crash itself. Medical records submitted by her attorneys appear to support her account. At the hospital a few hours after the incident, Moreno López repeatedly told doctors that she was injured after getting out of her vehicle...

https://www.michiganpublic.org/public-safety/2026-06-10/detroiter-says-ice-agents-broke-her-knee-disputing-agencys-account 


Judge acquits Democratic congressional candidate arrested at New York immigration court protest | PBS News

Federal prosecutors unsuccessfully argued that Lander obstructed an elevator on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza as he sat in front of it for 20 to 25 minutes on Sept. 18, 2025. Ricardo said the government had failed to show that Lander intended to obstruct the elevators or was uncooperative as members of federal law enforcement gave protesters conflicting instructions...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-acquits-democratic-congressional-candidate-arrested-at-new-york-immigration-court-protest


 








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