Former police officer Joseph DeAngelo, better known as the Golden State Killer, will officially spend the rest of his life in prison. Between 1973 and 1986 DeAngelo murdered 13 people, raped more than 50 women, and committed over 125 fetish burglaries throughout California. Morgan and Katie talk about how his experience as a cop, hatred of women, and toxic masculinity combined with a culture of silence allowed these cases to go unsolved for decades. Through hard work and scientific advancements a small, dedicated group of people finally used familial DNA to identify him in 2018. Stick around for a text-banking update, some much needed self-care, and an update on Katie’s five tiny new foster kittens.

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How is everything somehow dumber AND more dangerous than we realized? This week Katie and Morgan discuss the QAnon conspiracy theory labeled as a potential domestic terrorism threat by the FBI, and explain the Wayfair drama from a few weeks ago. Also, a QAnon supporter became the Republican nominee in her very safe red district in Georgia and is almost certainly going to congress in November! Is 2020 over yet?

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Morgan and Katie are joined by Billie Winner-Davis, mother of Reality Winner, an early whistleblower in the Trump administration. While working as a contractor for the NSA Reality shared a document detailing a Russian spear-phishing operation to influence the 2016 US election. After being prosecuted under the Espionage Act she pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 64 months in a federal prison, the harshest sentence ever for her crime. She remains behind bars in a Texas prison where she recently tested positive for Covid-19. 

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Part two is here! Katie and Morgan talk about Jeffrey Epstein’s ability to get away with seemingly anything through a combination of bribery, intimidation, and blackmail. We also cover all the suspicious activity leading up to his death last summer, as well as the targeting of federal judge Esther Salas’ family days after she was assigned the Epstein/Deutche Bank case. Welcome to our mafia state, fingers crossed Ghislaine lives long enough for us to hear what she has to say! 

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Let’s get this out of the way - no we don’t think Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide. However, we do know that he & Ghislaine Maxwell ran a molestation pyramid scheme for decades, dozens of people enabled it, and hundreds of girls were trafficked. But also holy shit these survivors are so inspiring. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss part 2 next week!

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Oh good, religion is screwing up our government again. This week Morgan and Katie are joined by Kyle Plant Emoji to talk about what life was like growing up as an Evangelical Christian, Veggietales, and his favorite Bible stories that conservatives interpret all wrong. Then they get into America’s non-profit industrial complex, biased philanthropic giving, and the need for churches to pay taxes. As it is now, church finances aren’t getting enough oversight and are ripe for abuse, and our government isn’t doing its job, leaving churches and other philanthropies to do the brunt of social-service work for our citizens.

What about the good apples? From ‘08-’09 Adrian Schoolcraft secretly recorded his supervisors at the New York Police Department instructing officers to manipulate crime statistics and make illegal arrests. Shortly after he brought evidence of this corruption to internal affairs, he was dragged from his home and held in a psychiatric ward against his will for six days. This is not an institution that can be reformed. Black Lives Matter, defund the police. 

Let’s talk about decriminalization and legalization! A lot of people don’t realize that many of the problems we associate with drug use are actually caused by the War on Drugs. We need to shift the way we think about people with substance use issues; they’re members of our community who are sick and we want them back and healthy. The way to do that is with harm reduction, and by electing people who are compassionate and scientifically literate.

Finally! To understand how we got to the current disaster of police brutality and mass incarceration in this country, we need to talk about the War on Drugs. The War on Drugs refers to a racist government-led initiative that theoretically aims to stop illegal drug use, distribution, and trade. In reality it resulted in a 300% increase in drug use in the US and prisons disproportionately full of Black Americans, even though all races use and sell drugs at similar rates. On Monday we’ll go over examples of other countries that have successfully dealt with their drug problems.