In this episode we waste more time than I like talking about Charlie Kirk and his death because the right wants to make him a saint to the lost cause and he was a terrible human being. Then we have a conversation with Sean Nestor a progressive activist from Toledo who shares some ideas about the current political system we have in this country.
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In this episode Ohio Congressman Bob Latta jumps on the Big Beautiful Bill rebrand bandwagon, what did Trump’s Christian Bias task-force find, what happens when you put an antivax conspiracy theorist former heron adict in-charge of public health, and an Ohio Union council endorses a candidate from a party that wants to end unions – who was the drunk making that decision?
Republican Congressman Mike Flood actually had a town hall where he tried to sell the big ugly bill by touting the Medicaid work requirement and like many conservatives he resorted to a dog whistle not backed up by any real data. Then we meet Dr. Jessica Knurick, a science communicator on social media who confronts the misinformation put out my MAHA influencers and other quacks
President Trump has had a bad few weeks and we aren’t talking about cutting Medicaid and defunding NPR no it is really bad for Trump because he is collateral damage from the Epstein files. The longer he refuses to release them the more he will be considered – allegedly – part of Epstein’s child sex abuse activities. Who knew that Jeffery Epstein might be the angel all of us progressives needed to smite Trump down. Then we also discuss Mehdi Hasan being debated by actual Nazis.