Cognitive Dissonance

Stories from the Week There's yet another Trump administration scandal brewing. And it's a doozy. - The Washington Post Laura Loomer: 'It's Almost Like [Democrats] Want Little Girls to Get Raped' | Right Wing Watch Chris McDonald: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 'Theology Is of Satan' | Right Wing Watch Rep. Matt Gaetz apologizes, deletes tweet seen by some as warning to Michael Cohen ahead of hearing If you haven't already make sure to subscribe to: Citation Needed Skepticrat God Awful Movies Scathing Atheist

Stories from the Week Chris Wallace calls Rush Limbaugh a hypocrite -- to his face: 'You were outraged' over Obama's executive actions Trump administration launches global effort to end criminalization of homosexuality Catholic cardinals urge end of 'homosexual agenda' - BBC News White House moves forward with wall funding despite lawsuits - CNNPolitics USC Forced To Investigate After Church Of Scientology Allegedly Forges Letter From Professor | Daily Wire Italy's Schoolteachers Are Being Taught to Deal With the Devil West Virginia lawmaker says there's no reason to punish him for comparing LGBTQ community to KKK – ThinkProgress WY GOP Lawmaker: I Support the Death Penalty Since That's How Jesus Was Executed | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos Reminder our livestream is tomorrow, Sunday, at 3pm CT

Stories from the Week Apple and Google Pressured to Dump Saudi App Where Men Track Women Relatives - The New York Times GOP livid with Trump over ignored Khashoggi report - POLITICO Religious Right Pundits: Chief Justice John Roberts a 'Disgrace' and a 'Hack' for Vote to Stay Anti-Abortion Law | Right Wing Watch The State of the Q-nion | Right Wing Watch Rick Wiles: Tom Brady Is 'Sleeping With a Witch' | Right Wing Watch Cory Daniel: The Super Bowl Halftime Show Was a Ritual to Moloch | Right Wing Watch New Anti-Gay Group Launched with Smears, Conspiracy Theories, Attacks on Congressional Black Caucus and Civil Rights Hero John Lewis | Right Wing Watch

Resources from this episode Check out the Innocence Project The Death Penalty — Civics 101: A Podcast An Execution in Nebraska - The New York Times Perfect Evidence - This American Life DIY - This American Life Should the Wrongfully Convicted Take an Alford Plea? - The Atlantic Can You Prove Your Innocence Without DNA? - The Atlantic The Wrong Man - The Atlantic Jailing the Wrong Man: Mug Shot Searches Persist in New York, Despite Serious Risks - The New York Times DNA Evidence Exonerates a Man of Murder After 20 Years in Prison - The New York Times Was It a False Confession in 'Making a Murderer'? The Supreme Court May Decide - The New York Times Abolish the Death Penalty | All Debates | Debate | IQ2US Debates Amazon.com: Watch Ken Burns: The Central Park Five | Prime Video

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Stories from the Week Trump Says He'll Delay Speech Until After Shutdown, as Democrats Draft Border Security Plan - The New York Times Saudi teen granted asylum in Canada drinks wine, eats bacon in Snapchat images | Newshub Anti-vax movement makes 2019 list of top global health threats, but that's not the whole story Trump Administration Allows South Carolina to Discriminate White House patronizes 'freshman' AOC to Fox News -- and tells her to leave climate change up to God New York passes law allowing abortions at any time if mother's health is at risk - CBS News Iowa's 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban ruled unconstitutional Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bntfUA6TmLs&authuser=1

Stories from the Week Steve King Still Has Backing in Iowa, but Even Supporters Say 'He's Done' - The New York Times Indiana GOP Legislator Sponsors Bill to Teach Creationism in Public Schools | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos Karen Pence Is Working At A School That Bans LGBTQ Employees And Kids | HuffPost This website gives me the willies. It's like a Christian 'Stepford Wives.' | Rick Snedeker Christian charity provided money to Russians attending National Prayer Breakfast amid influence campaign: report Rick Joyner: California Wildfires Were 'The Result of Your Sin' | Right Wing Watch

Stories from the Week Trump Trying to Sell Americans a Wall Was Eerily Predicted in a 1950s TV Show Australia Will Consider Granting Asylum To Saudi Woman Who Fears For Her Life : NPR Evangelicals are lobbying against anti-lynching law because it includes LGBTQ people / LGBTQ Nation Pastor Who Praised Pulse Nightclub Gunman Resigns After Allegedly Paying for Sex - The New York Times James Dobson Wants You to Pray and Fast to Protect Trump from Impeachment | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos Pastor sentenced to 30-yr jail, others double lifer for raping, forcing minors into prostitution | india news | Hindustan Times When a bishop says Earth is the only planet, our schools agree - Cyprus Mail Steve King asks how terms 'white nationalist' and 'white supremacist' became offensive | TheHill Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Took Her Oath of Office on a Lawbook, Not the Bible | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos Christian Bale Thanks 'Satan for the Inspiration' During Golden Globe Win for Playing Dick Cheney | Entertainment Tonight Elderly, conservatives shared more Facebook fakery in 2016

Meet the New Freshmen in Congress Being Sworn In Today Rudy Giuliani Goes Full Conspiracy Theorist Because He Doesn't Understand The Internet | HuffPost Alex Jones Says Trump Will 'Strike Back Against the Pedophile Rings' in 2019 | Right Wing Watch Trump Claims Most Furloughed Government Workers Are 'Democrats' | Fortune Trump Said Federal Workers Support Shutdown. Not True, Say Unions | Time Bill Mitchell Explains How Trump Is Like Abraham, David, Solomon, and Han Solo | Right Wing Watch Trump Supporters Want to Buy 'The Wall' Themselves | Right Wing Watch

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