Garrison and Robert discuss how memes are being used in the 2024 election, from couch sex to racist bomb threats.

Sources:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jd-vance-couch-sex-rumor-explained-1235068142/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jd-vance-couch-cushions/
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jd-vance-couch-cushion-story-hoax
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tim-walz-horse-semen-story-hoax/
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tampon-tim
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fell-out-of-a-coconut-tree#fn1
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/what-can-be-unburdened-by-what-has-been
https://x.com/herandrews/status/1817979762570375597
https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1834790387883413592
https://x.com/Esqueer_/status/1835321899116577206
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/19/day-by-day-how-jd-vance-tweeted-misinformation-about-springfield/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/08/09/what-to-know-about-olympics-gender-debate-as-imane-khelif-faces-off-in-womens-boxing-final/
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/8/7/imane-khelif-and-western-delusions-of-white-innocence
https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/origins-haitians-eating-pets-claim
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-vance-springfield-ohio-haiti-cats-rcna170934

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James talks to Billy Ford of the USIP about the developments in the conflict in Myanmar, the recent and disastrous flooding, the situation in Rakhine State, and how the Junta is holding onto power despite massive losses.

Sources:

https://thediplomat.com/2024/09/arakan-army-commander-in-chief-twan-mrat-naing-on-the-future-of-rakhine-state/

https://www.irrawaddy.com/in-person/interview/aa-chief-arakan-armys-vision-for-myanmar-is-federal-union-of-ethnic-and-bamar-peoples.html

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Garrison is joined by Mia and James to read from their collection of Heritage Foundation 'Gender Ideology' pamphlets obtained at the RNC.


https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-03-28/opinion-gender-affirming-care-is-not-new-or-experimental

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/england-nhs-halts-puberty-blockers-transgender-youth/story?id=108077330

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9793415/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/health/ohio-transgender-teen-hearing-judge-decision/index.html

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-catholic-couple-s-lawsuit-over-transgender-child-custody

https://themicheab.medium.com/breaking-down-point-5-of-gender-ideology-harms-children-cf1b9beb7d4

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/new-study-finds-gender-affirming-hormone-therapy-linked-to-lower-rates-of-depression-suicide-risk-among-transgender-youth/

https://www.peprec.research.va.gov/PEPRECRESEARCH/docs/Policy_Brief_24a_Gender_Affirming_Surgeries.pdf

https://apnews.com/article/loudoun-virginia-lawsuit-transgender-bathroom-sexual-assault-a26168568cc20c2aa6cec9bef50e7c3f

https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/08/14/the-gop-has-a-master-plan-to-criminalize-being-trans/

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Robert discusses how the Republican Party came to see Ukraine as an enemy, and plays an argument he had with Rudy Giuliani at the 2024 RNC.

Sources:

1. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/07/29/war-in-ukraine-wide-partisan-differences-on-u-s-responsibility-and-support/
2. https://archive.is/VUyw0
3. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/20/republicans-ukraine-aid-package-congress
4. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/01/republican-opposition-to-ukraine-is-reaching-tipping-point.html
5. https://www.newsweek.com/trump-rnc-chair-whatley-says-ukraine-us-adversary-republicans-1887731
6. https://news.gallup.com/poll/643601/americans-say-not-helping-ukraine-enough.aspx
7. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/11/russia-to-build-migrant-village-for-conservative-american-expats-a81101
8. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2014/02/10/russians-return-to-religion-but-not-to-church/
9. https://archive.is/9UPuP#selection-2869.0-2869.506
10. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-weapons-audit-watchdog-us-congress-biden-9abecd14528b9551ff4ddb6786ad7fda
11. https://www.businessinsider.com/no-sign-of-mass-arms-trafficking-from-ukraine-authorities-say-2022-10

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Mia talks with Alex Chan, an organizer for the UAW, about the union's attempts to break her staff union and how it hurts both UAW organizers and the workers they organize.

Follow the UAW on socials: @UAWstaffunited

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Audiobook narrator Jackie Meloche reads Margaret the first chapter of her own upcomin book!

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1. How to Stop the Far Right in Three Easy Steps
2. What’s The Matter With Texas? feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips
3. Inside the Russian Government's Big YouTube Scam
4. Harris V. Trump: The Thriller in Wherever They Filmed This Debate
5. What Happens When Temperatures Soar at the Border?

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James talks to Josef from Borderlands Relief Collective about a day of dropping water in triple digit temperatures at the border, and how you can help.

Los Angeles Del Desierto Paypal

Los Angeles Del Desierto Homepage: https://losangelesdeldesierto.org/en/how-to-help/

Borderlands Relief Collective https://linktr.ee/borderlandsreliefcollective

Sources:

San Diego County Medical Examiners' Office

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