Cognitive Dissonance

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Episode 842: Creek Swimmin' with RFK May 19, 2025

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Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of 'killing' children with USAID cuts Trump Installs Top Justice Dept. Official at Library of Congress, Prompting a Standoff - The New York Times Trump Has Total Meltdown After MSNBC Exposes Tariffs Disaster Donald Trump Blames Air Traffic Control Problems on Pete Buttigieg - Newsweek Millions Would Lose Health Coverage Under G.O.P. Bill. But Not as Many as Democrats Say. - The New York Times Trump's Plan to Take Jet From Qatar Heightens Corruption Concerns - The New York Times RFK Jr. Swims in D.C.'s Rock Creek, Which Flows With Sewage and Bacteria - The New York Times Donald Trump taps wellness influencer close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for surgeon general

Episode 841: RFK vs Chemtrails May 12, 2025

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Trump Accidentally Admits He Hasn't Made Any Trade Deals | The New Republic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes anti-trans bills, and tells lawmakers to 'focus on real issues that matter' Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem a no-show at Governor's Mansion | News | Illinois Times Oklahoma will teach high school students debunked 2020 election-fraud theories as fact | Snopes.com Meet the 64-Year-Old Social Worker Who Was Booted From a Republican Town Hall – Mother Jones The Real Lesson of a Republican Judge's Just-Failed Attempt to Steal an Election Catholic Church To Excommunicate Priests for Following New US State Law 'They'll take my house': Far-right pastor begs for $1M before he ends up 'on the street' - Alternet.org RFK Jr. Goes Full Tinfoil, Pledges to Stop Chemtrails in Latest Dr. Phil Interview Pam Bondi insanely suggests that 1/3 of the US population would have died in the last 100 days from fentanyl laced pills - The Mirror US

Episode 840: I Should Have Seen This Coming - David Brooks May 08, 2025

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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/trumpism-maga-populism-power-pursuit/682116/ Discussion of this article.

Episode 839: Calibri Knuckles May 05, 2025

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Democrats Win Landslide in Safe Iowa Seat, Claim 'Rebuke of Trump' - Newsweek Most Democrats say their party's elected officials are not pushing hard enough against Trump's policies U.S. economy went into reverse in the first quarter, new GDP data shows - CBS News House Republicans block vote to probe Hegseth's Signal use | CNN Politics Donald Trump might actually believe these Calibri labels are real MS-13 tattoos | The Verge Trump Says He Could Free Abrego Garcia From El Salvador, but Won't - The New York Times Seasonal COVID shots may no longer be possible under Trump admin - Ars Technica Karoline Leavitt's Angry New Attack on Amazon Reveals Trump's Weakness | The New Republic 'I am not afraid of you,' Columbia student says of Trump after release from ICE - ABC News

Episode 838: Robot Overlords and Gay Bears May 01, 2025

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Sam Altman Admits That Saying "Please" and "Thank You" to ChatGPT Is Wasting Millions of Dollars in Computing Power US YouTuber remains in custody in India after visiting restricted island with a Diet Coke can | AP News Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says | AP News Eggs are so expensive that some Americans are decorating potatoes this Easter | CBC News Controversial DeSantis-Linked Charity's Zoom Meeting Hijacked by Porn and Nazis 'World's first sperm race' to be held in Los Angeles - UPI.com Belgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as Kenya warns of changing trafficking trends | AP News Queensland surgeon fined for sharing photo of patient's swastika-tattooed penis - NZ Herald 'Gay beam machine': Right-wing pastor makes startling claim about airport scanners - Raw Story

Episode 837: Popes and Dopes Apr 28, 2025

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Vatican says Pope Francis died after cerebral stroke | AP News 'Evil is being defeated by God': Marjorie Taylor Greene celebrates after Pope's death - Raw Story Abrego Garcia's Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to DHS Slip-Up Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Launch National Autism Registry Using Americans' Private Health Records Fears grow that Signal leaks make Pete Hegseth top espionage target Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon - CBS News 'That ends now': Judge overseeing Abrego Garcia case knocks Trump administration for repeated stonewalling | CNN Politics Sarah Sanders begs her old boss Trump to reconsider after president rejects Arkansas' request for disaster relief funds | The Independent Panicking Trump Walks Back His Attacks on the Fed and China | The New Republic 'We no longer felt welcome nor safe': Canadian snowbirds cashing out of U.S. for good Don't believe the doubters: protest still has power | Jan-Werner Müller | The Guardian William Wolfe Says 'Christians Want To See Mass Deportations' | People For

Episode 836: Maine and Harvard Stand Up to Trump Apr 21, 2025

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As AOC and Sanders Draw Crowds, 72% of Democrats Want Party to Abandon Centrist Approach to Trump | Common Dreams Harvard Stacked Every Penny of Its $54 Billion Endowment and Told the Trump Administration to Bring It On California is first state to sue Trump on tariffs - POLITICO Judge finds cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating deportation order What happens next after judge warns of possible contempt prosecution over deportation flights order | AP News The US Secretary of Education referred to AI as 'A1,' like the steak sauce | TechCrunch Maine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by 'Loud Men' - The New York Times Watch: Vance drops college football championship trophy | CNN Politics Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with El Salvador's vice president in push for Abrego Garcia's release Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in March as cross-border travel plummets | CBC News

Episode 835: Emergency Boobs! Apr 17, 2025

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Far-Right Influencers Are Hosting a $10K-per-Person Matchmaking Weekend to Repopulate the Earth | WIRED Babysitter checking for monsters finds man hiding under child's bed - CBS News Idaho governor signs bill criminalizing public breast exposure and 'truck nuts' Phoenix teacher arrested after allegedly peeing into a can while at his desk 'It's a lot of pee': Man has no idea who is putting gallons of urine in his recycling bin – or why NJ police chief accused of pooping by desks, spiking coffee with Viagra Pikachu Becomes Viral Symbol of Resistance During Anti-Erdoğan Protest In Turkey - Animehunch California woman uses world's longest tongue to play Jenga - UPI.com Declassified CIA files reveal psychic quest for the Ark of the Covenant - The Jerusalem Post Scalpers Caught Selling Free DMV Appointments For $250 In Miami Mom arrested for allegedly using electric dog shock collar on kid – NBC10 Philadelphia

Episode 834: Tariff Hokey Pokey Apr 14, 2025

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Trump Reverses Course on Global Tariffs, Announcing 90-Day Pause - The New York Times Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself | The New Republic 7 GOP senators sign on to bill to check Trump's trade authority Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador - CBS News White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To 'Deport' U.S. Citizens Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country - The New York Times Judge says White House can't ban Associated Press from Oval Office, Air Force One Trump lets the water flow — again — as he reverses Biden rule restricting showerheads | AP News Republican-led House passes bill to limit nationwide orders from federal district judges Connecticut Supreme Court declines to hear Alex Jones' appeal of $1B Sandy Hook verdict | AP News

Episode 833: NSA Gmail, Brain Drain and Tariffs Apr 07, 2025

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Mark your calendars for a CAN Fundraising livestream - starting at 6pm EST April 25th: Liberal candidate wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race in blow to Trump, Musk The Biggest Scandal of the Second Trump Term Isn't "Signalgate" | The New Republic Trump admin accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian mega-prison and says it can't get him back Influencer Paid by Russia Added to White House Press Pool "We made a mistake": GOP Rep. Bacon suggests limiting Trump's presidential tariff powers | Salon.com National security adviser Michael Waltz reportedly conducted business via Gmail | Trump administration | The Guardian Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears - Yale Daily News

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