Cognitive Dissonance

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Episode 832: Measles, Vitamin A ,and RFK Apr 03, 2025

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For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill - The New York Times IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA - TPM – Talking Points Memo Bernie Sanders and AOC Rallies Are Pissing Off Elon Musk | The New Republic Trump Touts Prison in El Salvador for Tesla Attackers - Newsweek Republican Representative's Defense of Elon Musk Drowned Out by Boos | The New Republic Trump official ended program for Maine newborns to get back at Janet Mills Donald Trump Asked Son Barron 'How'd You Do That?' When He Turned on a Laptop: 'Unbelievable Aptitude in Technology' Trump Claims He Didn't Sign Deportation Order He Definitely Signed Trump Attempts to Use 18th Century Law to Allow Feds to Enter Homes Without a Warrant

Episode 831: Signal Gate Mar 31, 2025

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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans - The Atlantic Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump's Advisers Shared on Signal - The Atlantic CNN airs brutal montage of Trump officials who were in Signal chat condemning Hillary Clinton's email server 'Idiots. Dangerous idiots … just complete idiots.' Reaction to Trump admin screwup is lethal - nj.com Congress erupts over Trump admin's Signal leak: "Heads should roll" How the White House Is Using Semantics to Downplay the Signal Leak - The New York Times

Episode 830: Turnstile Dems and Autopen Shenanigans Mar 24, 2025

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Democrat calls for Schumer's removal over support of Republican funding bill | US Congress | The Guardian Ocasio-Cortez leads poll of Democrats on which leader 'best reflects' party's 'core values' Jackie Robinson's Army history scrubbed from Department of Defense websites GOP Rep. who wanted to "protect" girls from trans people arrested for preying on young girl - LGBTQ Nation Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution | AP News Trump Officials Say Deportees Were Gang Members. Few Details Were Disclosed. - The New York Times Judge blocks Trump's executive order barring transgender people from the military - CBS News Rubio Refuses To Say If There's Evidence Justifying Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest | HuffPost Latest News Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris indicted on charges of lewd acts with a child 'God used Donald Trump to save me': Ex-Tenn. senator gets pardon 15 days after entering prison Fact-checking Trump's claim that Biden pardons are 'void' because he used an autopen | PBS News

Episode 829: Transgenic Mice and Rich People Lose 200 Billion Mar 17, 2025

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r/PublicFreakout on Reddit: Rep John Larson fully unloads on Republicans supporting Elon Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research Five of the world's richest people attended Trump's inauguration. They have lost $209 billion since that day | The Independent Trump freezes $1 billion in food aid given to local schools and food banks to help low-income families | The Independent Exclusive: US CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say | Reuters Cops burst into women's restroom to remove butch lesbian, accusing her of being a man - LGBTQ Nation 'Temperature needs to come down': Ontario suspends 25 per cent export tax on electricity sent to U.S. KY clerk who denied marriage licenses to same-sex couples loses another round in court • Kentucky Lantern Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories - The New York Times Christian Nationalist Pastor Joel Webbon Says "This Nation Is For Us" | People For Nick Fuentes Praises Joe Rogan And Others For Helping To Spread The Message About Jewish Control | People For Democrats Can't Afford to Play Dead Against Trump

Episode 828: The Psychedelic Miracle Mar 13, 2025

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https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-psychedelic-miracle-128798/

Episode 827: Zelenskyy Visits Whitehouse Mar 10, 2025

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One of the Grimmest Days in American Diplomacy - The Atlantic Who is Brian Glenn? MTG's boyfriend confronted Zelenskyy about 'wearing a suit' Oklahoma GOP advances bill letting Christian doctors deny services to patients Trump Reveals Tariffs Plan to Ruin American Farmers' Lives | The New Republic Democratic Rep. Al Green removed after disrupting Trump's speech Hank Kunneman Says Trump Is A 'Moses-Like Figure' Sent By God To Give Christians Control Of The Seven Mountains | People For RFK Jr commits to measles U-turn amid deadly Texas outbreak - Irish Star Andrew Tate 'Not Welcome' in Florida, Ron DeSantis Says - Newsweek Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia - The New York Times Many countries have become much more supportive of same-sex relationships - Our World in Data

Episode 826: Tesla Tanks and Plump Beavers Mar 06, 2025

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Tesla Sales Are Tanking Across The World AI-Generated Video Of Trump Kissing Elon Musk's Feet Reportedly Plays In HUD Building TikTokers dropping heavy objects on feet in viral trend 'risk lifetime of pain' | The Herald Colombian police catch a man smuggling packets of cocaine under toupee | AP News Cars frozen on streets of southwest Detroit 'Plump' beaver is Chicago's newest viral sensation. Now, it just needs a name Chimps prefer peeing together, 600 hours of study shows | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis Family finds 525-pound bear in crawl space underneath home that survived Eaton Fire - ABC7 Los Angeles

Episode 825: Townhall Blowback Mar 03, 2025

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Rudy Giuliani satisfies Fulton County election workers' $148 million defamation case - ABC News House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account "A woman is like a child": MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power | Salon.com Maxwell Frost, Democratic congressman, punished for calling Donald Trump 'grifter in chief' - Washington Times Trump's social media video garners pushback from Arabs and Muslims in U.S. and Gaza Paula White Is "Challenging You" To Give Her "A Sacrificial Offering" Of $414 | People For Trump, RFK Jr. go after antidepressants, weight loss drugs. Here's what the science says - ABC News Ohio lawmakers propose making breakfast, lunch free at schools Woman, 74, charged under abortion protest law in Glasgow

Episode 824: DOGE Keeps Failing So Hard Feb 24, 2025

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Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country's weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them Thousands Protest on Presidents' Day, Calling Trump a Tyrant 'King' - The New York Times Trump says Zelensky 'should have never started' war with Russia Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party | Common Dreams Tens of millions of dead people aren't getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims | AP News DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. - The New York Times Goat covered in $100 Trump bills is on display at Mar-a-Lago. Here's why | Snopes.com Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week | Work & careers | The Guardian Worcester MA sanctuary city for transgender community – NBC Boston COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right - The Atlantic

Episode 823: The Anti-Social Century Feb 20, 2025

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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/

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