In this episode: Dustin and Al joke about attempting to join Trump's new social media "Truth Social" but the launch is a shit show.

Top two prosecutors in NY Trump investigation suddenly resign, leaving the investigation potentially into peril. The foundation of Christianity is hate speech and threatening children with hell is child abuse.

Based on "Christian Principles" Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls on citizens to report parents of trans children for child abuse, and Florida's "Don't Say Gay Bill" passes and heads for DeSantis' signature.

*Future Correction Warning*- After discussing the Supreme Court picking up a case from a web designer that won't make wedding celebration sites for gay couples, we argue over equal rights vs freedom of art. However, we entirely misrepresented the story after learning more and will be issuing a correction next episode.

We discuss at length the Russian invasion into Ukraine and the onslaught of misinformation as a result. Our ACAB is led by Alistair discussing the Portland Police and media blatantly misrepresenting a mass shooting leaving 1 dead and 4 injured, initially attempting to paint a picture of a homeowner defending himself.

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Two top prosecutors investigating Trump Organization resign

Texas governor calls on citizens to report parents of transgender kids for abuse

Supreme Court takes up case of web designer who won’t work with same-sex couples

A Statement from Russian Anarchists against Russian Aggression in Ukraine

Anti-Authoritarian Perspectives in Ukraine

Alleged gunman in Normandale Park shooting demanded protesters leave before he fired, affidavit says

Andy Ngo’s effort to downplay Portland shooter’s far-right ties falls apart

In this episode: Kanye 'Ye' West finally gets on our radar after seeing people defend his abusive and harassing actions blaming mental illness leading to an extension and probably excessive conversation regarding mental illness and his actions.

The half-time show of SBLVI draws immediate attention of racists and satanic conspiracy theorists leading us into a lengthy rabbit hole of the ongoing lawsuit by Brian Flores citing racism in the NFL, and lastly, city and school funding prioritizing sports over wellbeing and education.

Our ACAB features NYPD posting an image after "busting" a group of 12 individuals that had stolen basic necessities and posing in a celebratory manner, leading us into a deep dive of the capitalistic system that creates these problems and suggesting efforts to improve upon it.

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Kanye 'Ye' West's Continued Harassment of Kim Kardashian

NFL hires former Obama AG Loretta Lynch to defend against racial discrimination case

In this episode: Sam has returned with a vengeance and tries his hardest to get us cancelled. In our lead story Biden administration aims to overturn a legal victory by a man that eliminated student loan debt through bankruptcy.

Dave Chappell single-handedly gets an Ohio town to vote down affordable housing by threatening to pull investments if the proposal passed. We touch on the Canadian "Freedom Convoy" and the organization of truckers in the US attempting to replicate their efforts here.

A Tennessee "bible history teacher" proselytizes and makes antisemitic comments to students. Following Florida's lead, Tennessee introduces bill to prevent textbooks or instructional material that “promotes, normalizes, supports, or addresses controversial social issues, such as lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) lifestyles.”

There are a few updates from the Jan 6 commission that shows Trump had torn up documents, and 15 boxes of potential classified information found at his Mar-A-Lago resort. And finally our ACAB features our discussion on the national story of the police killing of Amir Locke.

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Biden Moves To Block Student Debt Victory

Town Votes Down Affordable Housing After Dave Chappelle Threatens To Pull Business

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau to protesters: 'It has to stop'

Tennessee Bible history teacher proselytized, made antisemitic comments, mom says

Tennessee bill would ban teaching of LGBTQ+ issues in schools

National Archives asks Justice Dept. to investigate Trump’s handling of White House records

Amir Locke's cousin arrested in homicide investigation that led to fatal Minneapolis police raid

In this episode: Sam is too busy pushing Christians in the mud and is unable to make it (AotF does not endorse Sam's behavior). We discuss our newly launched Patreon to help grow the show and give our first patron shout-outs.

Pastor Greg Locke organizes a large book burning to rid the demons from... Harry Potter books? Tennessee, Texas, and a few other right wing states ramp up book banning, especially those focusing on race and gender/sexual identity under the guise of removing "obscene and sexual content" leading to a discussion on the severe lack of proper sex-education in right wing states.

Oklahoma state senate introduces a bill that would allow students to sue teachers for teaching positions in opposition to "deeply held religious beliefs". The GOP are losing their minds over Biden announcing his promise to fill SCOTUS seat with a black female. We continue to fight the war on misinformation and press for voting, especially in all local elections, where those seats are pivotal in securing a more successful future for students and children.

Our ACAB focuses on the latest misleading media attention on the rise of police being shot and the extremely fascist display by NYPD that helps demonstrate that we can absolutely defund the police.

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Right-Wing Pastor Greg Locke Organizes 'Massive' Book Burning

Banned: Books on race and sexuality are disappearing from Texas schools in record numbers

Tennessee bill would prohibit schools from offering “obscene” books in libraries

Oklahoma Senate Bill 1470 - Student's Religious Belief Protection Act

Susan Sarandon says NYPD funeral example of 'facism'

Six law enforcement officers shot across US in less than 48 hours as violent crime surges

In this episode: In our lead story, a power hungry moderator of the antiwork subreddit kills the community with an interview with Fox News. Tucker Carlson loses his shit over M & M’s redesigning their characters to be “less sexy” leading us into the lawsuits against major chocolate manufacturers in US over child slave labor.

Neo-Nazi group "Patriot Front" has a massive leak of all their communications and training videos. An Arizona lawmaker introduces a bill that would allow a special commission to overturn democratically elected candidates furthering the GOP’s efforts to attack the democratic process.

In a 10-0 decision, McMinn Co. school board members vote to ban Pulizter prize winning graphic novel detailing the holocaust and remove from curriculum. Our ACAB of the week centers on lack of transparency from the KPD as we update on the death of Robert Bailey in police custody, and an off duty police officer hits and kills pedestrian and brings the body home to remove from the crime scene.

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Popular anti-work subreddit goes private after awkward Fox News interview

M & Ms redesigned their mascots, giving them new shoes. Tucker Carlson finds the brown M & M 'less sexy' without her stilettos.

Arizona bill would allow legislature to overturn election results

'Maus,' Pulitzer Prize-winning book about Holocaust, is pulled from Tennessee school district

Family calls for more transparency after Knoxville man dies in police custody

An Off-Duty Cop Allegedly Hit A Nurse, Then Took His Dead Body Home

In this episode: Shots fired on the “When We Were Young” festival put on by Live Nation. Trumps rally left attendees trapped in parking lot for hours. Due to Omicron raging, schools close across the nation and some states use state employees, including police officers to step in as teachers.

Metaverse looks like trash, and Microsoft plans to purchase Activision/Blizzard. A Knoxville couple is suing because they were denied adoption for being Jewish. Judge Davenport, infamous for jailing children, retires amid an investigation. TN lawmaker introduces “Kyle’s Bill” self defense bill.

Our ACAB of the week features an Arkansas jail experimenting on prisoners using ivermectin against their knowledge, and 3 officers face charges for the death of 8 year old Fanta Bility.

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Attendees waited hours to leave Trump rally as fans lash out on social media

Oklahoma will allow state employees to work as substitute teachers to fight shortages

Tennessee-based adoption agency refuses to help couple because they're Jewish

Tennessee judge who routinely jailed children announced she's retiring

Tennessee lawmaker presents self-defense bill in 'honor' of Kyle Rittenhouse

Arkansas inmates are suing after being given ivermectin to treat COVID-19

Cops Charged for Death of 8-Year-Old Girl That Was Initially Pinned on Two Teens

In this episode: Alistair finds Urine Therapy (UT) groups are alive and well, spreading complete and utter, potentially unsafe, nonsense. Following the death of Bob Saget, Q followers quickly spread claims that he was a

pedophile, and some liberals and leftists pick up on it. For the first time, Sedition charges are brought on the Jan 6 insurrection, targeting Oath Keepers and their leader. RNC threatens to stop attending presidential debates and Trump

rage quits an NPR interview after being pressed on election lies. Following the multiple deaths in the Philadelphia and Bronx apartment fires we dive into housing issues that could have prevented the loss of lives, as well as the

unjust inherent racism in housing and evictions. Common sense voter reform is all but doomed, and we dive into the exploitation of workers and low wages. We follow up on the arrest of Knoxville activist Davis Hayes as new details

of his arrest come to light.

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Oath Keepers leader, 10 others charged with 'seditious conspiracy' in Jan. 6 Capitol attack

RNC threatens to prohibit future GOP presidential nominees from participating in official general election debates

Pressed on his election lies, former President Trump cuts NPR interview short

‘Tenants have no choice’: Racism in urban planning fuels high rate of Black fire deaths

For Black Families, Evictions Are Still At A Crisis Point — Despite Moratorium

Knox County sheriff says Knoxville lieutenant set in motion arrest of activist David Hayes

In this episode: On the anniversary of Jan 6 we touch on the 730+ individuals charged during the insurrection of the Capitol in 2021 beginning with a bizarre interview with the "Qanon Shaman". Omicron variant causes record

breaking cases and a rise in hospitalizations, especially in children, yet parents across the nation but especially in Tennessee are still fighting mask mandates. Individuals from Shelby, County TN create a self-proclaimed "Citizens

Grand Jury" to investigate voter fraud in Tennessee despite Trump handily carrying the state in both 2016 and 2020. All three defendants in the Ahmaud Arbery trial are sentenced to life in prison, with only one having the possibility of parole.

The sole Planned Parenthood location in Knoxville is completely destroyed by a fire during renovations and it was determined the fire was set deliberately. We end on our ACAB of the week featuring all three stories being local to Knoxville.

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Q Shaman Prison Interview

Three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery sentenced to life in prison

East Tennessee Planned Parenthood fire intentionally set, fire officials say

Another Knoxville deputy police chief is retiring amid an investigation

Knox County deputies stun participants by arresting Black activist at meeting about policing

In this episode: Our favorite Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green makes the news again saying democrats moving to red states should have a cooling off period before they are allowed to vote and also says Kwanzaa is a fake

holiday. CDC and Fauci bow to capitalism and reduce the quarantine period to 5 days. The far right, especially Alex Jones, turn on Trump for promoting the vaccine along with more infighting amongst the GOP. "The Matrix Resurrections"

pisses off the far right as it says out loud that the movie is trans rights and anti-capitalist. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) claims democrats stole the election by allowing people to legally vote with absentee ballots, leading us to

further discuss gerrymandering and how the democrats need to follow suit and fight just as dirty. Joe Rogan cancels sold out show because venue requires vaccines in Canada. The white population feels entitled resulting in attacks

against healthcare and hospitality workers. Alexa tries to start an AI uprising by issuing a deadly "challenge" to a 10 year old. And finally, Christmas turns deadly this year with several murders and shootings, leading to multiple ACAB of the week stories.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested that Democrats who move to red states should get a 'cooling off period' before being allowed to vote

Fauci predicts omicron Covid wave will peak in U.S. by end of January

Alex Jones is threatening to “dish all the dirt” on former President Donald Trump

Joe Rogan's sold out show rescheduled due to vaccine mandates

Alexa Attempts To Set Off Robot Revolt By Telling Kid To Touch Live Plug With Penny

'Tragic': Teen apparently killed by stray police bullet in LA Burlington dressing room identified

North Carolina police officer accused of shooting his 15-year-old son in the head

Death of Black Kansas teen at juvenile jail ruled a homicide

In this less lengthy holiday episode: More vaccine delirium, conspiracy theories, and misinformation with the COVID-19 Omicron variant now the dominant strain in the US representing almost 3/4's of all new cases. A prime

example of that goes viral when a post labeling a vaccine warehouse being on fire in Italy get's shared around, despite the building having nothing to do with vaccines. "Moms for Liberty" in Williamson County TN share out some batshit

propaganda to parents claiming students will be taught cannibalism, among other things. We respond to a local Knoxville/East TN podcast "Almost in Agreement" that brought up a disagreement with our podcast on their show regarding

libertarianism and age of consent. And finally, Joe Manchin single handedly torpedoes Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda prompting Mitch "Turtlehead" McConnell to invite him to the GOP.

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Omicron Becomes Dominant U.S. Strain With 73% of Covid Cases

Fact Check-Video shows fire at Italian Carabinieri barracks not a COVID-19 vaccine warehouse

Appeals court lets Biden administration enforce vaccine rules for large employers

Mitch McConnell invited Joe Manchin to join the GOP after he tanked Biden's spending plan

Bernie Sanders blasts Joe Manchin over Build Back Better opposition