We catch up a bit on KB's new adventure and then dive right into interviewing Rural Oklahoma Pride. As always, our Make it Make Sense Section is at the end. We forgot the Social Media Spotlight this week. We will be SURE to include it next week!  Rural Oklahoma Pride WebsiteRural Oklahoma Pride – InstagramRural Oklahoma Pride – FacebookRural Oklahoma Pride – TikTok

Standard format of Global, National, OK State, and Alphabet Mafia News. We threw in a follow-up section to tie up loose ends on other stories we have discussed as well. As always, we have our Make it Make Sense section and our Social Media Spotlight. Thanks for joining this season! We will let you know on social media when Season 3 drops! GLOBAL NEWS: Sumud Flotilla
- https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds

- https://globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/

- https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-flotilla-italy-spain-000441922caa2c88cf73203e83d3e6e2

- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/9/2/live-geta-thunberg-once-more-on-board-sumud-flotilla-sailing-for-gaza

- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/25/italy-spain-send-navy-ships-to-protect-gaza-flotilla-after-drone-attacks

- https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/son-hamas-calls-israelis-launch-152959679.html
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
- https://www.npr.org/2025/09/23/nx-s1-5551269/trump-ukraine-territory

- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/drone-strike-hits-oil-pumping-station-in-chuvashia-russia-confirms-shutdown/ar-AA1NpDlH

- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-hits-ukraine-with-massive-overnight-attack/ar-AA1NscwQ

- https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-loses-bid-for-un-aviation-authority-council-seat-icao/
NATIONAL NEWS: US govt vs US citizens
- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-portland-troops-hegseth-ice-defense-secretary-rcna234082?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-agents-fire-pepper-balls-tear-gas-at-chicago-area-immigration-protest/ar-AA1Nn3Vd

- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/protesters-clash-with-federal-agents-outside-ice-facility-in-chicago-suburb/vi-AA1NrpRV

- https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/videos-of-fatal-ice-incident-in-franklin-park-raises-new-questions-about-what-happened/3828524/

- https://apnews.com/article/fbi-george-floyd-kash-patel-8d18a1e6a5a36636cc2415fc492b3f52?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook
Dallas ICE Shooting
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/what-we-know-so-far-about-the-deadly-dallas-ice-facility-shooting

- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/suspect-in-dallas-ice-facility-shooting-was-targeting-ice-agents-acted-alone-federal-officials-say/ar-AA1NjxwX
TikTok Sale
- https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/25/trump-signs-tiktok-order-to-give-time-to-wrap-proposed-deal-00581319?nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nname=playbook&nrid=00000155-32e4-df77-abd5-72e537e10000

- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-signs-order-declaring-tiktok-sale-ready-and-values-it-at-14-billion/ar-AA1NlXva

- https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2025-09-25/oracle-silver-lake-mgx-to-be-main-investors-in-tiktok-u-s-with-45-ownership-cnbc-reports#:~:text=%28Reuters%29%20-A%20group%20of%20three%20investors%2C%20including%20Oracle,source%20familiar%20with%20the%20deal%20said%20on%20Thursday.
More Election Fraud Debunked
- https://www.koco.com/article/mypillow-guy-mike-lindell-smartmatic-voting-machines/68083519?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot
OKLAHOMA NEWS: RYAN WALTERS IS NO LONGER OK STATE SUPERINTENDENT
- https://nondoc.com/2025/09/25/ryan-walters-resignation-as-state-superintendent-to-lead-teacher-freedom-alliance/

- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/25/ryan-walters-resigns-what-happens-next-in-oklahoma-role-election-gov-kevin-stitt/86334915007/

- https://www.koco.com/article/ryan-walters-resigns-oklahoma-state-superintendent-teacher-freedom-alliance/68044078

- https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/education/2025/09/25/ryan-walters-to-resign-but-questions-remain-what-we-know-what-we-dont-oklahoma/86346189007/

- https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/09/25/who-will-replace-ryan-walters-here-are-some-possible-picks-for-superintendent/86341435007/
LEGITIBITIQUA NEWS:
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/man-to-shoot-up-pride-as-payback-for-charlie-kirk-lets-go-hunting-faeries/

- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/she-told-men-she-was-trans-so-that-they-would-stop-catcalling-her-one-man-shot-her/

- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/anti-trans-gop-candidate-drops-out-after-he-was-caught-following-nonbinary-adult-performer-online/

- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/16-states-sue-rfk-jr-over-funding-threats-to-ed-programs-that-aknowledge-trans-people-exist/

- https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/chinese-film-censors-change-gay-wedding-to-straight-using-ai/ar-AA1NemFV

- https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/texas-transgender-bathroom-bill-rcna233217

- https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-bathroom-bill-signed-gov-abbott-senate-bill-8-transgender-law/
  FOLLOWUP FROM BIG CASES IN OTHER EPISODES OR LINKS WE FORGOT TO LINK THIS SEASON:
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/redistricting-fight-over-texas-congressional-maps-moves-to-courtroom-this-week-to-determine-if-they-re-constitutional/ar-AA1Nsmxo

Breaking down global, national, Oklahoma, and LGBTQ+ news for the last week. It really does beg the question "What Timeline is This?" Nepal Gen Z overthrows govt, Venezuelans in boats were not narcoterrorists, Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years 3 months in prison, assaults on free speech, assaults on trans women, we cover A LOT. All links used for this episode found here: GLOBAL NEWS:

• How Nepal's Gen Z activists drove protests against corruption

• Nepal Currently Being Run Via Discord After Gen Z Uprising

• Nepal’s uprising was a generation in the making

• Nepal Gen Z rebellion: Youth demand seat at the table in new interim government- The Week
• “I should not be here”: British YouTuber documents being caught in Nepal’s uprising just one day into his trip
• People killed in US boat strike were not Tren de Aragua, Venezuela minister says

• Was Trump’s Venezuelan boat attack a ‘war crime’? Experts say extrajudicial killings violate international law

• US strike on 'Venezuela drug boat': What do we know, and was it legal?

• US strikes on Venezuelan ‘drug boats’ have killed 14 people. What is Trump trying to do?

• US strikes another suspected Venezuelan drug vessel at sea, killing three men - ABC News

• 3 killed in 3rd US strike on alleged drug boat in international waters, Trump says - ABC News

• Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Convicted and Sentenced to Prison

• What to know after Brazil’s Bolsonaro is convicted and sentenced for coup attempt | PBS News

• Jair Bolsonaro's rise and fall - and why he may not be done yet

• Brazil's Bolsonaro hospitalised after violent hiccup bouts while under house arrest 

NATIONAL NEWS:

• FCC chair Brendan Carr leads Trump’s charge against the media : NPR

• Trump threatening broadcast station licenses — explained

• Kimmel suspension over Kirk comments raises free speech questions : NPR

• Disney faces $3.8 billion loss as boycott grows over Jimmy Kimmel suspension

• Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for Pentagon reporters : NPR

• Judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation suit against New York Times, Penguin Random House - ABC News

• Trump sues New York Times for defamation and libel, seeks $15 billion

• Trump adds $100,000 fee for high-skilled foreign workers in major visa overhaul : NPR

OKLAHOMA NEWS:

• Oklahoma County DA: No criminal charges against Ryan Walters for nudity on office TV | KOSU

• Oklahoma Supreme Court temporarily blocks implementation of controversial social studies standards | KOSU

• New bill proposes every public university in Oklahoma to erect statue of Charlie Kirk and his family - The Mirror US

LEGITIBITIQUA NEWS:

• Oregon Lawmaker Leaves GOP Over Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Equity Agenda and Cites Gay Son as Turning Point - Gayety

• Republican legislator credits gay son and drag queens as he switches sides to Democrat

• Trump’s emergency appeal to SCOTUS over gender on passports

• Tampa Pride 2026 canceled

• Four people arrested in Washington after alleged hate crime attack on trans woman | Washington state | The Guardian

We dive into the major news from the last week. Yes... we discuss Charlie Kirk. No. We do not insult him. No. We do not make him a martyr. No. We do not condone violence. All links for this episode found here: 

• Charlie Kirk's shooter
• Vance Boelter voted Republican in 2024 presidential election
• Bullets found with messages after Kirk shooting
• People getting fired for celebrating Kirk murder
• Lisa Cook stays on Fed board as Trump presses for lower interest rates
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/lisa-cook-s-bank-documents-appear-to-contradict-trump-administration-s-mortgage-fraud-allegations/ar-AA1MsnKA
• Lawmaker Asserts Trump's Possible Guilt In Epstein Case To Nervous CNN Anchor
• Trump’s credibility challenged in Qatar and Poland

• LGBTQIA

• Iowa to pay Trans student over bathroom ban

• SCOTUS rules on SC trans bathroom ban

• PolitiFact | Are trans people ‘statistically’ more prone to commit gun violence? Data shows a different picture

• America's largest gun lobby speaks out as Trump admin mulls possible trans firearms ban
• THE BIRTHDAY BOOK IS HERE: Epstein Estate Documents - First Production - Google Drive

International, National, Oklahoma, LGBTQ+ news all filtered through our red state lesbian lens. This week had a LOT to cover. We will have a lot to update from this episode on next week's show. Recorded on Sunday morning. Links for this episode found here: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5525885/rfk-cdc-hhs-senate-financehttps://nypost.com/2025/08/28/us-news/minneapolis-school-shooter-robin-westman-confessed-he-was-tired-of-being-trans/https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/politics/takeaways-rfk-jr-hearing-healthhttps://www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/politics/transgender-firearms-justice-department-second-amendment?Date=20250904&Profile=cnn&utm_content=1757007565&utm_medium=social&utm_source=threads&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5EOa2BlWrP-195BcwBAlILQ4nZse_WcWTp9JT6pbScF2rJ9nRS8CIe1hvDSg_aem_Sc1IduCNT0QvSSwsTPcwQwhttps://share.google/DvbftxpsGE9MoBj2xhttps://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5525885/rfk-cdc-hhs-senate-financehttps://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-fbi-informant-epstein-speaker-johnson/https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/supreme-court-tariffs-trump-appeal-rcna229021https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/3/whats-behind-donald-trumps-plan-to-move-us-space-command-to-alabamahttps://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4291622/trump-announces-relocation-of-us-space-command/https://courtscast.com/google-dodges-chrome-breakup-but-ordered-to-hand-rivals-the-keys-to-its-data/https://www.epi.org/blog/trump-is-the-biggest-union-buster-in-u-s-history-more-than-1-million-federal-workers-collective-bargaining-rights-are-at-risk/https://www.newson6.com/story/68ba0e537b47f363b8e09c7e/tulsa-homeless-encampments-operation-governor-stitthttps://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-education/oklahoma-watch-osde-chief-policy-advisor-paid-six-figures-rarely-comes-to-work/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-legal-losses-national-guard-tariffs-rcna228941

Another Wild Week in the Politisphere. We cover soft secession, Sandwich guy, Trump tariffs, Alligator Alcatraz shutdown, CDC Director fired, Firefighters detained by CBP during a fire, Oklahoma drama (money mismanaged, OK Rep Ty Burns resigns, Walters Purity Test), LGBTQIA Happenings (OK Rural Pride, Pulse Sidewalk Memorial fight, Supreme Court decision) and more! All links used for this episode found below. Follow us on TikTok, IG, and FB @LeftistLezzies!  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy983g8jr5dohttps://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5520698/alligator-alcatraz-detention-facility-emptyhttps://www.npr.org/2025/08/14/nx-s1-5501628/alligator-alcatraz-court-desantis-trump-dhshttps://www.kgou.org/politics-and-government/2025-08-29/oklahoma-state-auditor-flags-nearly-100-million-in-mismanaged-pandemic-relief-dollars-in-new-reporthttps://www.ice.gov/about-ice/ero/protected-areas#:~:text=DHS%20Directive%20Enforcement%20Actions%20in,in%20or%20Near%20Protected%20Areashttps://oklahomavoice.com/2025/08/30/oklahoma-lawmaker-resigns-following-guilty-plea-to-domestic-violence-charges/https://www.myheraldreview.com/free_access/19-democratic-governors-including-arizonas-warn-trump-not-to-send-troops-to-their-states/article_6121a628-70a5-4c05-96c4-5d850afe60c2.htmlhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/chicago-mayor-signs-order-blueprint-fighting-potential-trump-crackdown-rcna228212https://abcnews.go.com/US/list-individuals-including-lisa-cook-targeted-trump-administration/story?id=124968309https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/walters-america-first-teacher-test-212951240.htmlhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/chicago-mayor-signs-order-blueprint-fighting-potential-trump-crackdown-rcna228212https://www.mediamatters.org/supreme-court/right-wing-media-endorse-potential-supreme-court-challenge-same-sex-marriagehttps://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/protesters-rally-fort-lauderdale-florida-removal-rainbow-crosswalks/https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/man-arrested-pulse-site-fhp-troopers-during-rainbow-crosswalk-protest

Hitting back on the stories we have already covered and added some new ones in. Trump's coming after mail-in ballots, using the military to flex force in blue cities and threatening more, and there's a gerrymandering battle in GOP states across the Union. Links for this episode can be found here: https://www.wunc.org/politics/2025-08-22/north-carolina-gerrymandering-redistricting-texashttps://www.sfgate.com/news/article/tit-for-tat-gerrymandering-wars-won-t-end-soon-20841899.php  https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-california-redistricting-supreme-court-win-2116767https://wisconsinwatch.org/2025/08/trump-election-mail-paper-ballots-voting-machines-fact-checking-claims/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-planning-a-military-takeover-of-more-us-cities/ar-AA1L39Lz?ocid=BingNewsSerphttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-signed-more-than-200-bills-into-law-here-s-the-list/ar-AA1L2UuU?ocid=BingNewsSerpNashville Pride sounds alarm, seeks $250K in donations to save LGBTQ paradeUGA, Georgia Southern drop LGBTQ terms from nondiscrimination policiesHillary Clinton Urges LGBTQ Couples to Marry Before Supreme Court Threatens National RightsFlorida Officials Remove Rainbow Crosswalk at Orlando's PulseRURAL PRIDELGBTQ Persecution in the United States - Lavender Scare | WatchTexas contradicts itself in redistricting case | The Texas TribuneTexas’s New Map Is Racial Division by Another Name | TIMETrump vows to try banning mail-in voting before 2026 midterm electionsAlmost a third of 2024 voters voted by mail, research showscitations-mail-voting-states.pdfMap Shows States Where Mail-in Voting Is Most—and Least—Popular - Newsweek

We condensed a LOT of content into one episode! From SCROTUS (mmmmmhmm) to Zizians to Newsom and more, all the links used to research the episode found here: Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism – The White HouseNational Task Force to Combat Antisemitism | Home - National Task Force to Combat AntisemitismOffice of Public Affairs | Justice Department Announces Formation of Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism | United States Department of JusticeCamille Harper Zapata - Digital Director for Governor Gavin Newsom & President, CA Women’s List PAC | LinkedInArmed Border Patrol storms Gavin Newsom's LA press event and makes arrest outsideGavin Newsom Redistricting Press Conference Crashed by Border PatrolProsecutors seek death penalty against Zizians member charged with murdering Vermont border agentWho are the Zizians? A Vermont killing is tied to the cultlike group | AP NewsWho are the Zizians? What we know about 'cult' linked to six killingsThe Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians | WIREDSupreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage rulingSCOTUS has been asked to overturn same-sex marriage. What is Trump’s stance?Why the Supreme Court is unlikely to take up the legal challenge to gay marriage  Project Esther: A National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism | The Heritage FoundationWhat is Project Esther? Unpacking the effort to curb pro-Palestine activismSame Architects, New Agenda: Project Esther Picks Up Where Project 2025 Left OffThe Right's Most Influential Art Historian Helped Shape Project 2025https://abcnews.go.com/US/20-years-marriage-rights-same-sex-couples-research/story?id=110776425RURAL PRIDE

The march to authoritarianism continues. It's not a joke. It's not fear mongering. It's reality in the United States today. Links supporting the content of this week's episode can be found here: Threats to US Democracy: Dangerous Cracks in Its PillarsBrookings Institution | Policy CommonsBrookings Institution | History, Research, & Influence | BritannicaTexas Gov. Greg Abbott orders arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled over redistrictingUS reverses pledge to link disaster funds to Israel boycott stanceWhat has Trump said about seeking a third term? Here are 6 remarks he has made about running again. - CBS NewsTrump says he will ‘probably not’ seek a third term - POLITICODonald Trump tours White House roof, saying he'll put nuclear missiles on itJD Vance, Trump Deny 'Strategy Mission' Meeting Over Epstein Files - NewsweekTrump says there’s a ‘good chance’ he’ll meet with Putin, but no ‘breakthrough’ in Witkoff’s Moscow tripPolitiFact | Yes, sections of the Constitution were missing on a government website. No, it didn’t change US law.Trump Reveals Dark Plan to Rig the Census—and Keep GOP in PowerTrump calls for a new census to exclude undocumented immigrantsTexas Senator Says Trump’s FBI Agreed to Help Track Down and Return Runaway DemocratsTrump's White House gift shop with MAGA merch exposed - but it's darker than you thinkTrump removes Billy Long as IRS commissioner, giving him the shortest-ever tenure in the roleDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't vote : NPRU.S. military force against drug cartels Texas Dems walkoutTrump Calls for DC Military takeover$50 Million Reward for arrest of Venezuela's President VA Transgender benefitsRURAL PRIDE

Breaking down the last week of events and the Epstein timeline from the beginning to now. Links used for this episode are here: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-trumps-threat-to-take-away-rosie-odonnells-u-s-citizenshiphttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-seeks-to-fire-bureau-of-labor-statistics-director-after-release-of-weak-jobs-reportNew Texas redistricting plan could achieve Trump's aims : NPR  Texas Democrats face their Alamo with new GOP congressional map  To counter Texas, Newsom suggests special election to gerrymander CaliforniaGovernor Gavin Newsom's retaliatory redistricting idea gets mixed reaction in California Legislature - ABC7 San FranciscoThe Epstein Files Timeline Raises Real Questions for Trump - POLITICOA Timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein Investigation, Now 20 Years OldTimeline Of The Life And Crimes Of Jeffrey Epstein - CBS New YorkThe Epstein Files: A Timeline | BritannicaJeffrey Epstein: Timeline that led to sex-trafficking charges : NPRWhat Corp. for Public Broadcasting Shutdown Means For NPR, PBS | TIMETexas GOP will redraw House districts at Trump's urging, but there's a risk | AP News‘Fetal Position’: Newsom’s Attempt To Gerrymander Already-Lopsided California May Be Over Before It Begins – IJRAnatomy of the Texas Gerrymander | Brennan Center for JusticeHere’s The Timeline Of MAGA’s Epstein Files Meltdown—As Trump Calls The Case ‘Boring Stuff’https://www.eventsandfestivals.org/the-growth-and-power-of-rural-pride-events-in-small-town-americahttps://www.nclrights.org/our-work/legislation-policy/lgbt-rural-pride-campaignMovement Advancement Project | RURAL LGBT RESOURCEShttps://www.qorrn.com/about-us/