New report reveals prevalence of physical and sexual violence in US

Study finds more than half of US adults have experienced physical violence and nearly half sexual violence…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/physical-sexual-violence-study-us

 

Bible Society ADMITS there's no "Quiet Revival" of religion!

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

 

The Guardrails (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

Former Special Counsel in the Trump investigations, Jack Smith, speaks at length about the weaponization of the department of justice at an event at George Mason University.

Trump Administration officials push to fire the US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia over his refusal to indict NYAG Tish James and former FBI Director Jim Comey.

A trial jury finds a Los Angeles protestor not guilty of assaulting a Border Patrol Agent; and another assault case is dismissed in the District of Columbia.

The Department of Justice quietly deletes a study on the politics of domestic violence amid calls from Todd Blanche to investigate Trump protestors.

Plus listener questions…
Interview:

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-bpibv-27996420

Vox scoop: RFK Jr. and Trump silenced a groundbreaking report on cancer and alcohol | Vox

Kennedy wants to "Make America Healthy Again" — but doesn't want you to see a report that could do just that...



https://www.vox.com/health/460086/rfk-jr-trump-maha-cancer-alcohol-study-health 

 

Responding to claims about a Bible reading study

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6IEWAeCfno

 

CDC vaccine report cites study that does not exist, says scientist listed as author

Robert Berman, cited in report on preservative thimerosal, says he 'doesn't endorse this misrepresentation of research'…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/cdc-vaccine-presentation-autism?

 

Utah Study on Trans Youth Care Extremely Inconvenient for Politicians Who Ordered It – Mother Jones

The state's ban on gender-affirming pediatric care "cannot be justified" by science, a two-year review concluded...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/utah-transgender-youth-affirming-care-ban/

 

A New Study on Medication Abortion Refutes the Arguments Conservatives Are Taking to the Supreme Court – Mother Jones

A key argument from anti-abortion activists bringing a case to the Supreme Court is that medication abortion—which accounts for more than half of all abortions nationwide, according to the Guttmacher Institute—is unsafe and ineffective. 

 A new study provides even more evidence that this is not true and that medication abortion is just as safe when it's prescribed virtually as in person...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/a-new-study-on-medication-abortion-refutes-the-arguments-conservatives-are-taking-to-the-supreme-court/

Autopsy Study Doesn’t Show COVID-19 Vaccines Are Unsafe - FactCheck.org

As one expert told Health Feedback, more autopsies should be done, as they may be able to identify the risk factors for adverse events following vaccination, which could make vaccination even safer. But autopsy reports such as these aren't evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines are too risky or that many people are dying from them… 

"Even among males aged 12–17 years, the group with the highest incidence of cardiac complications after receipt of a second mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose, the risk was 1.8–5.6 times as high after SARS-CoV-2 infection than after vaccination," the study said…

https://www.factcheck.org/2022/12/scicheck-autopsy-study-doesnt-show-covid-19-vaccines-are-unsafe/

Are Most Late Term Abortions for Health Reasons? Actually… No (Thomas Smith and Lindsey Oster; Serious Inquiries Only podcast SIO340)

It’s an often cited statistic that a high percentage of late term abortions are to protect the health of the mother, or due to some complication. As it turns out… this is one example of a left wing talking point that just… isn’t substantiated. But importantly, it does not matter. In part 2 of our series on The Turnaway Studies, Lindsey takes us through the data on later term abortions. If you plan on trying to change the minds of pro-lifers, this is a great episode to prepare you. Learn what the data say, and why even though the traditional pro-choice talking point may be incorrect, it doesn’t actually affect the argument.

Interview: 

https://seriouspod.com/sio340-are-most-late-term-abortions-for-health-reasons-actually-no/

Fox News' viewers can change their attitudes with exposure to CNN

… And in its editorial decisions to become cheerleaders for certain politicians, it forecloses its viewers' ability to hold conservative leaders accountable for failing at their own projects or for the negative consequences they cause that a conservative might be interested to learn about...
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/fox-news-viewers-can-change-their-attitudes-exposure-cnn-n1294014

Largest Study of Lingering COVID-19 Effects Suggests at Looming Problem | Time

Researchers in China followed COVID-19 patients' health for up to a year to understand the disease's long term effects…

https://time.com/6093164/long-covid-19-largest-study/

Opinion | A new Pew Survey reveals that the U.S. is no longer a global model for democracy - The Washington Post

… U.S. allies see our democracy as a shattered, washed-up has-been. We used to provide a democratic model for the world, but no longer. The chaos, dysfunction and insanity of the past several years have taken a predictable toll...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/11/pew-research-global-opinion-us-democracy/

A New Study Says Trump’s Health Care Policies Killed Hundreds of Thousands of Americans – Mother Jones

... —even before the pandemic...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/a-new-study-says-trumps-health-care-policies-killed-hundreds-of-thousands-of-americans/

Danish mask study has serious flaws, experts say - The Washington Post

... In letters and blog posts, public health experts express concern about the design of the study and warn that policymakers could misinterpret the research to mean that masks are ineffective.
"However, the more accurate translation is that this study is uninformative regarding the benefits (or lack thereof) of wearing masks outside of the healthcare setting," one letter states.

"As such, we caution decision-makers and the media from interpreting the results of this trial as being anything other than artifacts of weak design."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/20/mask-danish-study/

Black Lives Matter protests were overwhelming peaceful, research finds - The Washington Post

When the Department of Homeland Security released its Homeland Threat Assessment last week, it emphasized that self-proclaimed white supremacist groups are the most dangerous threat to U.S. security. But the report misleadingly added that there had been “over 100 days of violence and destruction in our cities,” referring to the anti-racism uprisings of this past summer. In fact, the Black Lives Matter uprisings were remarkably nonviolent. When there was violence, very often police or counterprotesters were reportedly directing it at the protesters.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/16/this-summers-black-lives-matter-protesters-were-overwhelming-peaceful-our-research-finds/

90 percent of coronavirus patients experience side effects after recovery, study finds | TheHill

An online survey of 965 recovered COVID-19 patients found 9 in 10 reported experiencing symptoms such as fatigue, loss of taste and smell and psychological issues.....
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/longevity/518751-90-percent-of-coronavirus-patients-experience-side

Racism has cost the US $16 trillion, says Citigroup | TheHill

An economic impact report reveals the wide-ranging socioeconomic disparities Black Americans face — and how it costs the U.S.....
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/518007-racism-has-cost-the-us-16-trillion-says-citigroup

Trump says he’s “stopping evictions.” Here’s why they’re still happening. - The Washington Post

Last week, Trump signed an executive order directing agencies to study the need for a new moratorium but didn’t directly stop evictions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/17/trump-eviction-moratorium/

Major new climate study rules out less severe global warming scenarios - The Washington Post

Study finds planet most likely to warm 4.1 to 8.1 degrees if carbon dioxide doubles from preindustrial levels....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/07/22/climate-sensitivity-co2/