Friday, June 12, 2026
Monte Mader Deconstructs Alt-Right Christian Nationalism (Find Out podcast on YouTube)
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
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
US and Iran exchange strikes for second day, as ceasefire appears close to collapse
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
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
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
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/vance-epstein-files-testify-house-democrats
America’s doctors just voted for war with RFK Jr. - POLITICO
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
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)
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!
Prison criticized for allegedly incarcerating people in squalid underground cells with no natural light
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
After years of declines, young students show gains in reading and math
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
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."…
Delhi issues ‘strong protest’ after US strikes kill three Indian seafarers in Gulf
Senate panel approves Department of War name change - Live Updates - POLITICO
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.”…
Hawley pushes Blanche to settle abortion pill case - Live Updates - POLITICO
Trump nominates Jay Clayton as top US intelligence official after pushback on Bill Pulte
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
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/washington-dc-reflecting-pool
Solar generates more energy in US than coal for first time
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...
Judge acquits Democratic congressional candidate arrested at New York immigration court protest | PBS News
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