In this week’s episode, Donald trump ORDERS trans people to stop existing, a Tennessee local ordinance demands the CORRECT version of dumb plastic crap on your lawn, and American Atheists’ legal director Geoffrey Blackwell will be here to tell us exactly how fucked we are.

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Trump declares trans people nonexistent: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-line-by-line-analysis-of-trumps

Proposed North Dakota law would force students to say the Pledge of Allegiance: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/proposed-north-dakota-law-would-force

TN woman taken to court for Christmas decorations being too Halloweeny: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/style/halloween-decorations-tennessee.html