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Ep 235: Allison and Erek (@erek_smith) discuss Netflix's The Social Dilemma and the Trial of the Chicago 7

Recommended reading: 9 (Kinda) Hilarious Lessons From My 99 Days on a COVID Ventilator

In bad news: The stupid dueling town halls, Allison is not a fan of Dianne Feinstein, and Amy Coney Barrett's looming Supreme Court confirmation

In good news: Chris Christie now takes Covid seriously after almost dying from it, YouTube cracks down on QAnon, and maybe-Russian puppet Rudy Giuliani's daughter hates him

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Ep 234: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) recs The Killers' Imploding the Mirage, Lydia Loveless' Daughter, The Boys' season finale, and Shudder, while Allison recs: Sufjan Stevens' The Ascension, neilcic's Mouth Dreams, and the season premiere of Great British Bakeoff (it's so bad that it's good)

In bad news: Trump simultaneously claims Covid is NBD—but also he's a big, brave boy for "beating it," Trump demanded doctors at Walter Reed sign NDAs and is threatening to withhold another stimulus unless people vote for him, the VP debate responses were painfully predictable, and 13 domestic terrorists have been charged in the plot to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

In good news: Right-wing political operatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl arraigned on felony voter intimidation charges for robocalls, the next presidential debate has been canceled and Biden will be doing a virtual town hall instead, and while Facebook has been predictably bad about banning QAnon, Twitter has announced it will turn off some features to fight election misinformation

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Ep 233: Allison shares a spooky story and recs: Raised By Wolves and the trailer for Minari, while Erek (@erek_smith) recs The Devil All The Time and the Borat 2 trailer

In bad news: The shitshow of a debate in which Trump told the Proud Boys to "stand by" and mocked drug addicts and Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency

In good news: Trump has Covid and so do a bunch of other Republicans who attended Amy Barrett's dumb Rose Garden nomination, Melania goes off on Christmas and kids in cages in these secret tapes, Brad Parscale's wild spiral got lost in all the recent commotion, and Harvey Weinstein is facing 6 more sexual assault charges (bye, bitch)

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Ep 232: Allison recs some spooky pods, Happy Death Day, Netflix's Alive, Pen15, and recaps the Emmys

In bad news: DOJ designates NYC as an "anarchist jurisdiction," which is weird because there sure are a lot of cops, Trump won't commit to "peaceful" post-election transfer of power (he's been threatening this since 2016), Don Jr. is unhinged and urging people to "enlist" into Trump's "army" of poll watchers, and Brett Hankison, the officer who killed Breonna Taylor, is charged with "wanton endangerment" for firing rounds into a neighbor's apartment—which means the only shots he will be held accountable for are the ones that didn't kill Breonna

In good news: Shout-out to everyone who booed Trump as he "paid respects" to Ruth Bader Ginsburg at court, Michael Bloomberg has reportedly raised $16 million in order to aid 32,000 Florida felons in paying outstanding fees so that they might regain good standing to vote (because we still have poll taxes in 2020), and Twitch is winning the battle against QAnon and far-right channels at a time when Twitter and Facebook seem unwilling and unable to address their fascists problem

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Ep 231: Allison reads Patreon questions and recs and then recs: Zero Zero Zero, The Devil All The Time, Designing Women, and Harley Quinn

In bad news: RBG has died and Trump can't wait to fill her seat, alleged unwanted hysterectomies and other abuses at ICE facility prompts investigation, ICE deported a key witness in investigation of sexual assault and harassment at an El Paso detention center, Attorney General William Barr suggests charging protesters with sedition, and Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf defied a House subpoena

In good news: Non-binary people are now protected from discrimination under the UK Equality Act, a federal judge temporarily blocked USPS policy changes nationwide, Chris Evans is using his dick (pic) for good, Adriene from Yoga With Adriene gets political in the best way possible, and yet-another reason Naomi Osaka is awesome

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Ep 230: Allison is in huge trouble with Penny and recs: the Dune trailer, I'm Thinking Of Ending Things, The Boys S2, Catastrophe, and You're The Worst

In bad news: The Oscars' new diversity standards are a checklist, Trump admin siphoned almost $4 million from 9/11 first responders fund, 17 people are dead and dozens are missing in the vast western wildfires (and the military deployed firefighting helicopters to Afghanistan), and a Trump health official pressured the CDC to alter their Covid info to back Trump

In good news: Trump sat down for 18 interviews with Bob Woodward and was surprised he said dumb, bad things, NFL season kicks off with the players' (and Chloe x Halle) protesting racism, Naomi Osaka's fearless BLM protests in professional tennis, and Trump's unfortunate use of a song about privileged assholes and other mishaps in campaign song history

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Ep 229: Allison reads Patreon recs and recs: Selling Sunset, Man in the High Castle, The Last Dance, Booksmart, Pop Star, and Class Action Park and laments the lack of WAP at the VMAs

In bad news: Police killing of Daniel Pride, no scandal (not the "War heroes are losers" or pimping out of Sarah Sanders) will bring down Trump, Michael Reinoehl and violence in direct action, pro-Trump caravans in Portland, and two Boogaloo Bois have been arrested for allegedly conspiring with Hamas

In good news: Charges have finally been dropped against Curtis Flowers, Ed Markey defeats Joe Kennedy III in Massachusetts, California is close to passing a bill that would ban residents and visitors from making racist, false 911 calls, and John Boyega is here to call out Hollywood's racist bullshit

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Ep 228: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) and Allison rec First Cow, She Dies Tomorrow, Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, and Allison recs the new Batman and I'm Thinking Of Ending Things trailers

In bad news: Chadwick Boseman was a true king, fact-checking the many lies at the RNC, the police shooting of Jacob Blake and militia execution of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum (and wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz), the right cheers on the militia as Kenosha police continue to be awful, Proud Boys invade Portland, and why the QAnon conspiracy theory has gone global

In good news: the NBA, WNBA, and MLB teams' wildcat strike against racism, Ran Paul is a little weenie, difficult daughter Claudia Conway may have gotten her mom to resign, and we're not done laughing about Head Cuck Jerry Falwell Jr.

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Ep 227: Allison recs: I May Destroy You, Lovecraft Country, Bright Eyes' new album, Yes, God, Yes, Search Party, and An American Pickle

In bad news: The DNC gives one minute to AOC and invites sexual predator Bill Clinton to speak, will people risk their lives to see Tenet?, Louis DeJoy testifies before Congress about the USPS budget cuts, and Trump suggests deploying law enforcement on election day

In good news: Steve Bannon is arrested, the Golden State Killer receives multiple life sentences, a judge halts Trump's rollback of transgender health protections, and James Blunt developed scurvy after adopting an all-meat diet to assert his masculinity

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Ep 226: It's a dang bonus episode with David Kim (@davidkim2020), who is running for Congress in California! Listen to David talk about the importance of Medicare For All during a pandemic, a universal basic income, and a human-centered economy. Visit davidkim2020.com to volunteer or kick him some sweet dollars!

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