Newsom announces Trump-trolling "PATRIOT SHOP"

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is doing more than just mocking President Trump's signature social media style: It seems he's now borrowing the president's brand — and hawking familiar headwear...

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/24/trump-maga-hats-bibles-newsom 

 

Southern Baptist Ethics Leader Resigns (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #595)

— Ryan Walters may not have watched nude women at work. But he still slandered his colleagues. (0:40)

— Southern Baptist ethics leader resigns, likely due to pressure from MAGA extremists. (27:55)

— Arizona Appeals Court reopens case against Mormon Church involving child abuse cover-up. (47:32)

— Federal judge blocks Arkansas law forcing the Ten Commandments in schools from taking full effect. (1:06:28)

— Bowing to religious pressure, West Point will rebrand bibles with academy’s crest. (1:22:00)
Interview: 

https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2025/08/07/southern-baptist-ethics-leader-resigns/

How Non-Religious Candidates Fared in the Election (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #557)

— Oklahoma’s Ryan Walters quietly cancels plan to buy Trump bibles with taxpayer dollars. (0:50)

— How the 2024 elections went for openly non-religious candidates. (20:05)

— Delusional Richard Dawkins thinks Elon Musk is a good guy. (38:27)

— Scandal-prone Baptist pastor Mark Harris wins seat in Congress. (57:35)

— Democrats nearly handed Trump a weapon to use against liberal non-profits. (1:10:00)

— Federal judge strikes down Louisiana law forcing Ten Commandments displays in classrooms. (1:19:25)
Interview: 

https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2024/11/14/how-non-religious-candidates-fared-in-the-election/

Dangers of Religious Nationalism (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)

After we report on state/church news and victories in Florida, California and North Carolina, FFRF Legal Director Patrick Elliott describes FFRF’s new lawsuit challenging proposed bible distribution in Oklahoma public schools. Then we hear author and journalist Katherine Stewart, accepting FFRF’s “Freethought Heroine” award, warn of the dangers of religious nationalism.

Interview: 

https://ffrf.org/news/freethought-radio/freethought-today-october-24-2024/

The Oklahoma law on bibles in classrooms is GOOD for atheism!!!

A lot of people are upset that the Oklahoma school system is mandating Christian teaching and bible reading but there's a silver lining. The Bible is a book of horrors and fails science at every turn.

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/3ZHJSBcoZLI?si=LkICWzqx6IONIl1z

Ryan Walters wants Oklahoma taxpayers to spend $6 million on public school bibles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3r6SvoWG5I

Don Jr., Ted Cruz shared Russian misinformation on Black Lives Matter - Business Insider

Russia looks to have succeeded in seeding one of its first viral misinformation hits in the run-up to the presidential election. On August 1, Donald Trump Jr., Sen. Ted Cruz, Newt Gingrich, and other high-profile right-wing and Republican figures shared the news, based on a video, that Black Lives Matter protesters had burned "a stack of Bibles" in front of a courthouse in Portland. https://www.businessinsider.com/don-jr-ted-cruz-russia-misinformation-protesters-burning-bibles-2020-8