Corinne Fisher dives into The Pope declaring war on AI, ICE staking out The World Cup, the overwhelming response to Corinne's segment on POC's voting against their interests, and some Trans/TERF drama on TikTok.

Plus: Hasan Piker getting looked at by the feds over his trip to Cuba, the agony that befell a death row inmate thanks to a botched exexecution and why he shouldn't even be in this situation, ICE illegally arresting people just to scan their eyeballs in the latest instalment of distopian tech advances, Thomas Massie's defeat and what it means for democracy as a whole and so much more!

00:00 – Intro / Theme of the Episode: Identity Politics & Culture Wars

04:20 – Identity politics on the left vs right

08:00 – ICE concerns surrounding the World Cup / immigration anxiety

16:00 – Pope Leo XIV warns about AI and humanity

23:00 – AI replacing labor, purpose, and human meaning

32:20 – Listener mailbag begins

33:30 – Scam targeting immigrant families with ICE detention fraud

34:35 – Why many Latino voters align with MAGA politics

41:00 – Machismo, religion, whiteness & assimilation discussions

52:00 – White feminism vs intersectionality

58:00 – Paris Mwendwa controversy explained

1:02:00 – TERF accusations, feminism & trans discourse

1:04:25 – Debate over “male socialization” and trans activism

1:10:00 – Cis women’s issues vs trans advocacy conversations

1:17:00 – Recommended feminist literature & Black women’s studies

1:22:30 – Patreon break / community discussion

1:23:30 – Thomas Massie election law discussion

1:35:00 – Democratic Party failures & political strategy talk

1:45:30 – Elections, candidate quality & political disillusionment

1:46:45 – Hasan Piker subpoena controversy begins

1:55:00 – Government scrutiny of activists & media figures

2:00:00 – San Diego mosque shooting discussion / internet radicalization

2:03:30 – Media framing, Zionism & online extremism

2:12:25 – Tony Carruthers death penalty case

2:14:00 – Constitutional rights, mental illness & fair trials

2:25:00 – Corruption allegations, informants & withheld evidence

2:38:00 – Government surveillance & biometric tracking

2:43:30 – ICE surveillance tech, facial recognition & DNA databases

2:46:00 – Final thoughts on identity, fear & censorship

2:47:00 – Horror movie recommendations / “Obsession” discussion

2:51:00 – “Backrooms” movie & indie horror filmmaking

2:53:15 – Outro / plugs / audience thank you

MAIN STORIES

Hasan Piker Subpoenaed

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/27/us-gov-subpoenas-hasan-piker-rep-summer-lee-pittsburgh/90258486007/

Botched Execution

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/26/tony_carruthers_botched_execution

&

https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/tony-carruthers-tennessee-execution/

ICE Scanning Eyeballs

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5822429/ice-buys-iris-scanners-tech-tools

ENEMY OF THE STATE

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/world/europe/pope-leo-encyclical.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260525&instance_id=176151&nl=breaking-news®i_id=107728112&segment_id=220435&user_id=a266d281cc6f97833a8eaaec22a85914

WACO MAILBAG

NEW FREE VICES album

https://music.apple.com/us/album/threads/1896072971

LESBIAN LIFTS

https://www.tiktok.com/@lesbianlifts/video/7641637747702123806

BUNMI SUPREME

https://www.tiktok.com/@bunmisupreme/video/7643491097162927373?_r=1&_t=ZP-96inDYOFzm3

GIRL DAD CORNER

Thomas Massie (made Mike lose his faith in Democracy, he just filed for 2028) 

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/thomas-massie-primary-loss-kentucky-trump.html

&

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/20/massie-defeated-the-israel-lobbys-pyrrhic-victory-in-kentucky

GUUUURL

Democrats 2024 autopsy

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis

Tulsi Gabbard Quits

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-tulsi-gabbard-resigns-from-trump-cabinet

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