The armed white men who terrorized Philadelphia’s Black Lives Matter supporters

As thousands in Philadelphia marched to end police brutality against Black Americans on Monday, a group of white men carrying bats, golf clubs, and other improvised weapons gathered in the city’s Fishtown neighborhood. Drawing comparisons to brownshirts, the group of about 50 to 70 men were filmed heckling and threatening a small group of protesters in the neighborhood. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/04/philadelphia-armed-white-men-george-floyd-protests

Movement to defund police gains 'unprecedented' support across US

The movement to defund the police is gaining significant support across America, including from elected leaders, as protests over the killing of George Floyd sweep the nation. For years, activists have pushed US cities and states to cut law enforcement budgets amid a dramatic rise in spending on police and prisons while funding for vital social services has shrunk or disappeared altogether. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/04/defund-the-police-us-george-floyd-budgets

Donald Trump Acts Like He’s a King

These republicans are telling you to vote Democratic.
https://youtu.be/efJ_0wlkAeQ

Senate Democrats Kneel In Protest Of Racial Injustice | HuffPost

The senators observed nearly nine minutes of silence to honor George Floyd and others killed by police brutality.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-democrats-protest-kneel-racial-injustice_n_5ed92d2cc5b691340ea25d60

Trump Is Literally Building A Wall Around the White House | Vanity Fair

Donald Trump is finally, kinda-sorta getting his “big, beautiful wall”—not along the southern border, mind you, but around the White House. Like much of the wall he made a symbol of his xenophobic presidential campaign in 2016, this barrier is actually fencing reinforcing what was already there. But the fencing authorities installed around the White House is taller than what had surrounded the complex before, designed to keep at bay the protesters who prompted the president to retreat into an underground bunker last weekend.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/06/trump-is-literally-building-a-wall-around-the-white-house

Qualified immunity, explained: The rule that shields police who defy the Constitution - Vox

A SWAT team ruined Shaniz West’s house. Police approached West because they believed her ex-boyfriend, who had an outstanding felony arrest warrant, was inside her home. (He wasn’t.) West gave the police permission to enter her home — an important fact because it meant that police could enter without a warrant — and lent an officer her key. https://www.vox.com/2020/6/3/21277104/qualified-immunity-cops-constitution-shaniz-west-supreme-court

They’re Trying to Gaslight Us to Death – Mother Jones

We’ve reached the who-are-you-gonna-believe-me-or-your-own-eyes phase of the uprising. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/06/theyre-trying-to-gaslight-us-to-death/

Former Facebook employees forcefully join the chorus against Mark Zuckerberg - The Verge

A new open letter makes one of the clearest cases for taking action against President Trump https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/3/21279671/facebook-former-employees-mark-zuckerberg-letter-trump

Trump Has Flooded DC With Law Enforcement Officers Who Won’t Identify Themselves – Mother Jones

They’re not Blackwater. But it’s fair to ask.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/06/trump-has-flooded-dc-with-law-enforcement-officers-who-wont-identify-themselves/

Build The Future | Joe Biden For President

https://youtu.be/KG1SuSScW-s

From Eric Garner to George Floyd: Recent U.S. police killings of black people | CBC News

The protests that have erupted in cities across the United States in the last week are a visceral response to two recent police killings of black Americans: Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., and George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn. But the demonstrations also represent simmering anger over similar high-profile cases in recent years, each with circumstances that had many people demanding police accountability that, in most cases, never came. Here is a look at some of those cases. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/police-killings-recent-history-george-floyd-1.5593768

Trump, the politics of fear and racism: How our brains can be manipulated to tribalism

Tribalism has become a signature of America within and without since the election of President Trump. The nation has parted ways with international allies, left the rest of the world in their effort to fight the climate change, and most recently the pandemic, by leaving the World Health Organization. Even the pandemic was not a serious issue of importance to our leaders. We did not care much about what was happening in the rest of the world, as opposed to the time of previous pandemics when we were on the ground in those countries helping block the progress so long as it was China’s or the European Union’s problem. This marks drastic change from previous U.S. altruistic attitude, including during the World War II.....
https://theconversation.com/trump-the-politics-of-fear-and-racism-how-our-brains-can-be-manipulated-to-tribalism-139811

Three ‘Boogaloos’ Wanted to Topple the Government by Throwing Molotov Cocktails at George Floyd Protests: FBI

Anti-government extremists allegedly plotted to incinerate a power station and cause flaming mayhem at Las Vegas protests.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/three-boogaloos-wanted-to-topple-the-government-by-throwing-molotov-cocktails-at-george-floyd-protests-fbi

Men wearing Hawaiian shirts and carrying guns add a volatile new element to protests - The Washington Post

A Tampa television reporter was broadcasting live from protests last weekend when two young men in Hawaiian shirts moved in front of the camera and began chanting the name of an obscure white nationalist group, drowning out protesters shouting “No Justice, No Peace!” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/03/white-men-wearings-hawaiian-shirts-carrying-guns-add-volatile-new-element-floyd-protests/

‘Cannot unsee’: Lindsey Graham’s new Trump-like hair color overshadows Rosenstein hearing – Raw Story

The Internet cried out in laughter on Wednesday after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) showed up at a Judiciary Committee hearing with a new hair color. “OH MY GOD. Lindsay dyed his hair to look like Trump,” Rick Wilson wrote at the top of the hearing. “CANNOT UNSEE.” https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/cannot-unsee-lindsey-grahams-new-trump-like-hair-color-overshadows-rosenstein-hearing/

What does “defund the police” mean? - Vox

Calls to restrict police funding have grown with protests and GOP-imposed austerity. https://www.vox.com/2020/6/3/21276824/defund-police-divest-explainer

Opinion | Black Voters Are Coming for Trump - The New York Times

They shouldn’t lose hope. They are at the heart of the fight to take back America. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/biden-black-vote-trump.html

Election officials contradict Barr’s assertion that counterfeit mail ballots produced by a foreign country are a ‘real’ worry - The Washington Post

Current and former election administrators said it would be virtually impossible for a foreign country to produce and mail in phony absentee ballots without detection, an issue Attorney General William P. Barr raised as a serious possibility in an interview published Monday. Barr told the New York Times Magazine that a foreign operation to mail in fake ballots was “one of the issues that I’m real worried about.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/election-officials-contradict-barrs-assertion-that-counterfeit-mail-ballots-produced-by-a-foreign-country-are-a-real-worry/2020/06/02/5ac8d664-a43e-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html

What is antifa and why Trump wants to label it a terrorist group - The Washington Post

Why is Trump trying to designate it as a terrorist organization in the wake of protests over George Floyd’s death?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/02/antifa-trump-terrorist-group/

As nationwide protests tip into mayhem, some point at white instigators - The Washington Post

“What did I tell you?” a voice cried out as the camera recording mayhem in downtown Pittsburgh settled on a white man, clad in all black, smashing the windows of a police vehicle. “It is not black people,” the onlooker called to the crowd before addressing the vandal directly: “What are you doing?” What he was doing, authorities later alleged, was inciting riots on Saturday as the city — like dozens of others across America — was swept up in sustained unrest over the death of a black man in police custody. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/protests-white-instigators/2020/06/01/b916bd98-a426-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

End Trump’s American Carnage

https://youtu.be/OPC43SK3eR0

'He wears the armor of God': evangelicals hail Trump's church photo op

The president’s appeal to his base amid protests was derided by some Christians. Others saw a victory in a world of evil
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/03/donald-trump-church-photo-op-evangelicals

Trump demands journalists correct stories on the use of tear gas. According to the CDC, it was tear gas. - The Washington Post

President Trump’s reelection campaign sent a message out to news organizations Tuesday night, demanding a correction to articles that described security forces’ use of tear gas to disperse demonstrators outside the White House on Monday, to allow Trump to cross the street to pose for photos at a church. The U.S. Park Police had earlier released a statement defending that effort, saying that their use of chemical agents against the crowd came in response to violence from protesters, and that it involved “pepper balls” and “smoke canisters.” The statement went on to assert that “no tear gas was used” in the Lafayette Square incident. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/trump-demands-journalists-correct-stories-on-the-use-of-tear-gas-according-to-the-cdc-it-was-tear-gas/2020/06/02/bf68726c-a544-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

The Gospel According To Don

Now it's easy to follow the spiritual path of Donald Trump with the King Don's Bible. https://youtu.be/YlR0B9KU3Uw

Trump’s Summer Playbook Is to Scare the Shit Out of Voters and Rip Biden Apart

Antifa is going to be the new migrant caravan and the former VP is going to have every conceivable attack thrown his way.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-summer-playbook-is-to-scare-the-shit-out-of-voters-and-rip-biden-apart

The Failure of Meritocracy: A Conversation with Daniel Markovits (Sam Harris, Making Sense podcast #205)

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Markovits about the problems with meritocracy. They discuss the nature of inequality in the United States, the disappearance of the leisure class, the difference between labor and capital as sources of inequality, the way the education system amplifies inequality, the shrinking middle class, deaths of despair, differing social norms among the elite and the working class, the ethics of taxation, scales of philanthropy, universal basic income, the need for a wealth tax, the relationship between meritocracy and political polarization, the illusion of earned advantages, and other topics.
Interview:
https://samharris.org/podcasts/205-failure-meritocracy/

Ben & Jerry's sounds off on George Floyd death, calls on white America to 'acknowledge its privilege' | TheHill

Ben & Jerry’s is drawing viral praise online for a corporate statement it released this week expressing outrage over the recent death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis after a white officer kneeled on his neck during an arrest. In the statement, the ice cream company said its entire team is “outraged about the murder of another Black person by Minneapolis police officers last week and the continued violent response by police against protestors.”
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/500812-ben-jerrys-sounds-off-on-george-floyd-death-calls-on-white

GOP senator: Trump used 'the Word of God as a political prop' | TheHill

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said Tuesday he disagreed with the decision to forcefully clear protesters from around Lafayette Square for a "photo op" and accused President Trump of using the Bible as a "political prop."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/500759-sasse-trump-used-the-word-of-god-as-a-political-prop

Houston police chief responds to Trump advice on protests: 'Keep your mouth shut' | TheHill

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said Monday that President Trump should remain silent on the protests over the killing of George Floyd if he has nothing “constructive to say.” ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/500780-houston-police-chief-responds-to-trump-advice-on-protests-keep-your

Viral Tweet 'Alert' Wasn't From Antifa - FactCheck.org

A tweet shared widely online during the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd — espousing a plan to bring violence to “residential areas… the white hoods” — was made to appear to be from antifa, the anti-fascist coalition. But the account behind the tweet was actually linked to a white nationalist group, according to Twitter.
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/viral-tweet-alert-wasnt-from-antifa/

Bush administration alums form pro-Biden super PAC | TheHill

Former officials from the George W. Bush administration have formed a super PAC to support former Vice President Joe Biden’s White House campaign. The super PAC, dubbed 43 Alumni For Biden, referring to the 43rd president, was formed Monday, according to a Tuesday filing with the Federal Election Commission.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/500767-bush-administration-alums-form-pro-biden-super-pac

6 Atlanta Officers Charged After Release Of 'Disturbing' Arrest Video : NPR

Six Atlanta police officers are facing a slew of charges for their role in the arrest of two young people last weekend. The incident, during which officers used stun guns on the pair and pulled them from their vehicle, received national attention after bystanders recorded and posted video to social media. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/02/868126089/6-atlanta-officers-charged-after-release-of-disturbing-arrest-video

'They turned holy ground into a battleground': clergy teargassed by Washington police

Christian leaders among peaceful protesters swept aside
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/02/clergy-priests-attacked-police-washington-dc-st-john-church-trump-photo-op

George W. Bush breaks silence on George Floyd - Axios

Former President George W. Bush (R) wrote in a statement Tuesday that he and his wife, Laura, are "anguished" by the death of George Floyd, and said that "it is time for America to examine our tragic failures."
https://www.axios.com/george-floyd-bush-statement-protests-2a269000-7142-4308-816a-3460327f40bb.html

George Floyd protests: Trudeau's epic pause when asked about Trump's response - BBC News

Asked about race, unrest and President Trump's response, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau chose his words very carefully.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-52900486/george-floyd-protests-trudeau-s-epic-pause-when-asked-about-trump-s-response

President Trump made 19,127 false or misleading claims in 1,226 days - The Washington Post

It’s no longer a question as to whether President Trump will exceed 20,000 false or misleading claims by the time his current term is completed. Instead, we have to ask: Will he top 25,000? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/01/president-trump-made-19127-false-or-misleading-claims-1226-days/

Trump's False Statements About How Democratic Leaders Handled Protests - FactCheck.org

President Donald Trump has made false statements and implications about how three Democratic officials responded to violent protests that followed George Floyd’s death in police custody in Minneapolis:
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/trumps-false-statements-about-how-democratic-leaders-handled-protests/

Misinformation About George Floyd Protests Surges on Social Media - NYTimes

In the universe of false online information, Mr. Floyd remains alive and George Soros is to blame for the protests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/technology/george-floyd-misinformation-online.html

Rick Wiles Rejoices in Trump's Staged Bible Photo-Op - RWW News

Rick Wiles rejoices in Trump's staged photo-op at a local church.
https://youtu.be/cZPDx8o1qMw

White Americans, your lack of imagination is killing us - The Washington Post

Imagine being an unarmed man, three officers holding you down, one with a knee on your neck. Imagine that they relentlessly apply force while you plead for your life, while you call for your mother. Imagine them choking the life from you, checking your pulse to make sure you don’t have one, then choking you three more minutes for good measure, then waiting three more minutes before calling an ambulance. Imagine being a 17-year-old bystander on the street, watching this unfold. Imagine you’re a witness to murder.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/01/white-americans-your-lack-imagination-is-killing-us/

James Smartwood's White Guy Womb

Big News welcomes Pulitzer Prize winner Eugene Robinson to discuss the latest on nationwide protests, the "white guy womb," and Target.
https://youtu.be/fKHcx4AallI

As Trump’s smearing of protesters gets worse, Adam Schiff raises a red flag - The Washington Post

As protests against police brutality spread across the country, President Trump looked impotent, unable to offer anything reassuring and tweeting angrily from inside a White House under siege. But Trump has hit on a solution: designate “antifa” a terrorist organization, to make it look as if the protests have been taken over by radical terrorists, and to create the impression that he’s getting fearsomely tough in response. In an interview with us, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told us that the designation itself, which has no legal basis, appears to be a “characteristically political act." ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/01/trumps-smearing-protesters-gets-worse-adam-schiff-raises-red-flag/

Anger as local police union chief calls George Floyd a 'violent criminal'

Lt Bob Kroll says protests organised by ‘terrorist movement’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/01/bob-kroll-george-floyd-minneapolis-police-union-chief

Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 2, 2020

https://youtu.be/JI5ahIDO1_o

Energy firms urged to mothball coal plants as cost of solar tumbles

Building new solar power projects would generate cheaper electricity than running most of the world’s existing coal power plants, according to a global renewable energy report. New figures have revealed that more than half of the world’s coal plants could be undercut by the falling cost of new large-scale solar projects, which are now more than 80% cheaper to build than in 2010. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/02/energy-firms-urged-to-mothball-coal-plants-as-cost-of-solar-tumbles

Riots Are the American Way: On the George Floyd Protests - The Atlantic

The nationwide protests against police killings have been called un-American by critics, but rebellion has always been used to defend liberty.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/06/riots-are-american-way-george-floyd-protests/612466/

Peaceful protesters in DC prevent a man from damaging property and hand him over to the police : gifs

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/guc5bv/peaceful_protesters_in_dc_prevent_a_man_from/

Voting by Mail: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

With the 2020 presidential election nearing and a pandemic in full swing, John Oliver discusses why voting by mail is necessary, the fearmongering surrounding it, and why we need to start planning for November right now.
https://youtu.be/l-nEHkgm_Gk

Republican Group Rips Trump Supporters' Use Of Confederate 'Treason' Flag | HuffPost

A Republican group of critics of President Donald Trump released a new video on Sunday slamming his supporters’ use of the Confederate flag. “The men who followed this flag 150 years ago knew what it meant,” a voiceover in the spot from the Lincoln Project states. “Treason against their country. Death of the United States.” ....
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lincoln-project-confederate-flag_n_5ed49561c5b69cedf90e41bd

How to fix the retirement system - The Washington Post

Most suggested reforms of the retirement system would come too late to help the bulk of Baby Boomers. But a couple of ideas could bring some relief right away.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/04/retirement-reforms-proposed-baby-boomers/

Many Claim Extremists Are Sparking Protest Violence. But Which Extremists? - The New York Times

Amid a rush to assign blame for violence and vandalism, accusations that extremists or outside agitators were behind the destruction ricocheted online and on the airwaves. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/george-floyd-protests-white-supremacists-antifa.html

Obama’s Medium statement on police violence protests exposes Trump’s failures - Vox

Read this to understand what it would be like to have a real president in office now https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/6/1/21276918/obama-statement-protests-george-floyd-president-trump

What Do The Inspector General Firings Say About American Democracy?

The president has fired at least five inspectors general. It may be his right, but what does it say about political accountability and American democracy?
Interview:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/05/27/what-impact-will-inspector-general-firings-have-on-democracy

The God Distraction, Chapter Six: God's Character

What can we actually know about God's character?
https://youtu.be/gzYJ18LvKZQ

Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 1, 2020

https://youtu.be/CGAII2ur3_E

Michigan sheriff joins protesters marching over George Floyd death | TheHill

A Michigan sheriff on Saturday joined a group of protesters marching to express outrage over the death of George Floyd, an African American man who died while in police custody. The scene came as violent confrontations between demonstrators and the police were documented from Los Angeles to New York City and as some states activated the National Guard to control the escalating unrest. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/500336-michigan-sheriff-joins-protestors-marching-over-george-floyd-death

Detroit leaders: Suburbanites spoil rally, not national groups

Detroit's political leaders and longtime community activists don't always agree, but Saturday they spoke with one voice to blame suburbanites for the violence that marred a rally against police brutality.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/05/30/detroit-protests-organizers/5293072002/

Peaceful police brutality protest again turns into clashes in Detroit

Following a script seemingly set the day before, protests in downtown Detroit and in many cities nationwide began Saturday afternoon with crowds of peaceful marchers voicing chants about racial justice. But after dark, those crowds were less peaceful. In Detroit, Friday night's protest had become tense and led to arrests, and it even involved a fatal shooting, although that was later determined to be unrelated to the protesting. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/05/31/police-brutality-protest-detroit-police-george-floyd-protest/5297704002/

What the arrest of a black CNN journalist on air taught us

The mistake was always to think that it can’t happen here, because it can, it has and – unless we remain aware and vocal – it most certainly will again https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/31/what-the-arrest-of-a-black-cnn-journalist-on-air-taught-us

The governor says Minneapolis is 'under assault'. Who is behind the protests?

Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, blamed “elements” of domestic terrorism, ideological extremism and international destabilisation for what he called an assault on Minneapolis. Black community leaders suggested the destruction was led by white supremacists and anarchists intent on destroying the state.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/30/minneapolis-protests-george-floyd-outsiders-looting

World alarmed by violence in US; thousands march in London

Nations around the world have watched in horror at the civil unrest in the United States following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck until he stopped breathing. Racism-tinged events no longer startle even America’s closest allies, though many have watched coverage of the often-violent protests with growing unease. Burning cars and riot police in the U.S. featured on newspaper front pages around the globe Sunday — bumping news of the COVID-19 pandemic to second-tier status in some places. https://apnews.com/37d16fa47a8cbc13e12552eb8516cc61

What We Learn From FDR's New Deal (On Point)

Lessons from the New Deal. It wasn’t one big package wrapped in political consensus. We look at the real, messy process that pulled the U.S. out of the Great Depression.
Interview:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/05/27/what-we-learn-from-fdrs-new-deal

Trump’s War on Twitter (A Deep Dive on Section 230) (Opening Arguments podcast OA390)

Today’s episode breaks down the latest temper tantrum and accompanying executive order by our game show host president attacking social media platforms for having the temerity to engage in fact-checking. You’re going to be hearing a lot about “Section 230” — so we’re here to tell you exactly what that means, what Trump is trying to do, and why it matters.

We begin, however, with a pretty straightforward Andrew Was Right now that Tulsi Gabbard has voluntarily dismissed her defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton that we covered back in Episode 354 (“A Russian Asset Sues What?”).

Then it’s time for our deep dive into CompuServe, Prodigy, section 230 of the Telecommunications Decency Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 230 — which ended internet porn forever — and what all of that has to do with Trump’s latest tantrum over being fact-checked on Twitter. You won’t want to miss it!

After that, it’s time for an update on the amicus brief we’re filing in the Flynn case. We tell you what Flynn’s best case is, and walk through how it does and does not inform Judge Sullivan’s discretion under Rule 48(a).

And then, of course, we end with an all-new Thomas Takes the Bar Exam involving a fire at one warehouse spreading to another. If you want to play along, just share out this episode on social media using the hashtag #T3BE and we might pick you as next week’s winner!
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa390-trumps-war-on-twitter-a-deep-dive-on-section-230/

How the Simpsons Portrayed the Most Famous Musical Prodigy in History

https://youtu.be/kXfsrGisQ5w

Atheist Experience 24.19 with Matt Dillahunty & Shane Isgrig

14:08 Charles-(CA) | Do you believe in ANYTHING supernatural?
28:59 David-NJ | Why Aristotle Believed in a God
33:38 Andre-PA | God & QUANTUM Mechanics
39:54 Brian-MI | Matt's Position on Likelihood of God Has Changed (Clarified)
48:03 Michael-AZ | God Exists & Doesn't Exist
51:39 Glenn-PA | God DOESN'T Exist, No One Will Ever Call In with Evidence
1:00:22 Vladimir-CA | Proof of God, Just Look Around
1:09:21 Matt-IN | This Equation MAY Demonstrate God
1:19:04 Kanyon-AZ | I’ve Seen LOTS of Unexplained Things, So It MUST Be Something
1:43:08 Daniel-(CA) | Some Alien Abduction Stories MUST Be True
Interview:
https://youtu.be/AFwgERzC6wg

Talk Heathen 04.19 with Eric Murphy & Dragnauct Sylvas

00:05:30 Gullapalli - IL - The idea of God existing is important
00:25:20 Cole - NC - Has issue with a previous episode and call
00:52:01 Ellen - MI - Has a specific question about blood type for Drag
00:58:46 Adam - FL - Wife became more of a fervent believer after marriage
01:16:44 Kathy - PA - Would like to talk about the afterlife and sins committed in this life.
01:18:40 David - Israel - The tri-omni God is preposterous
01:26:33 Kathy - PA - She called back!
01:46:15 Jesse - NJ - Sibling claimed Judaism in a small group became a genetic trait
Interview:
https://youtu.be/7cZCnCiRgzI

A Tampa Church is Hosting Christian COVIDpalooza (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Athiest podast #324)

— Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne is planning Christian COVIDpalooza this weekend. (0:36)
— The CDC website has removed sensible virus guidance for churches. (5:02)
— There’s a black Republican Jewish atheist on the Cincinnati City Council. (7:48)
— After Jerry Falwell, Jr. tweeted a “joke” about blackface and the KKK, one Liberty University professor resigned in protest. (30:29)
— Conservative Christians are very concernstipated about Pixar’s short film “Out,” which is a love story featuring a gay man. (45:59)
— A well-known Jehovah’s Witness published a book denouncing the religion’s leaders. Will he be kicked out because of it? (48:04)
— A former star of Christian rock said he’s no longer Christian. (53:02)
— The dad from Duck Dynasty has a secret love-child… but it’s okay since the affair occurred before he found Jesus. (58:01)
— The Museum of the Bible is returning a stolen Gilgamesh tablet. (1:05:05)
Interview:
https://soundcloud.com/friendly-atheist-podcast/ep-324-a-tampa-church-is-hosting-christian-covidpalooza

Friendly Atheist Podcast · Ep. 324 - A Tampa Church is Hosting Christian COVIDpalooza

“Biden Grieves, Trump Tweets.” (Pod Save America podcast)

The two candidates mark the pandemic death toll reaching 100,000 Americans in starkly different ways, a masked Biden emerges from his home, and both campaigns compete for black voters amid new incidents of racism and violence. Then Obama veteran Paul Tewes talks to Jon about recruiting an army of organizers to beat Trump in 2020.
Interview:
https://crooked.com/podcast/biden-grieves-trump-tweets/

#Obamagate (w/guest AG!) (Opening Arguments podcast OA389)

Today’s episode brings back AG of the Mueller She Wrote and Daily Beans podcasts to help delve in to all the craziness that is #Obamagate. And, as a bonus, we also discuss the five Inspectors General fired by Trump and what they were investigating. You won’t want to miss this special episode!

As it turns out, #Obamagate is nonsense. Who knew?

After the hour-long interview, it’s time to revisit #T3BE, in which Thomas decided the issue was hearsay, not spousal privilege. Did he get the answer correct? Listen and find out!
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa389-obamagate-w-guest-ag/