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Ep 225: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Netflix's The Chase, Picking Up by Robin Nagle, and Nightcrawler, and Allison recs HBO's I'll Be Gone In The Dark, Golden Girls, Scoop by Evelyn Waugh and Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov

In bad news: Trump says he opposes funding USPS because of mail-in voting and revives "birther" conspiracy theory—this time for Kamala Harris, and all about the QAnon conspiracy theories you've probably seen your relatives post on Facebook

In good news: Dolly Parton asks: "Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter?", Rep. Ilhan Omar wins his Minnesota primary election and proves she's the future of the Democratic Party, and there's a dang elephant baby boom in Kenya

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Ep 224: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to discuss the new LTN bonus ep with director Jeff Barnaby, and recs The Rain and the "First Time Hearing" YouTube series by Tim and Fred Williams AKA TwinsthenewTrend, and Allison recs HBO's Perry Mason, WAP, and Black Is King.

In bad news: Trump's multiple confusing executive orders on pre-existing conditions (which already exists in the ACA) and TikTok, his response to the staggering death toll from Coronavirus: "It is what it is," New York State schools are reopening; meanwhile, the mother of a student who was suspended after posting a photo on Twitter that shower her high school's crowded hallways says her daughter's suspension has been reversed, and a new report says that between 30 and 40 million people in the US are at risk of being evicted by the end of the year.

In good news: New York Attorney General moves to dissolve the NRA after fraud investigation, some good primary results in Missouri where Cori Bush defeated William Lacy Clay and voters approved Medicaid expansion and Kansas where all four Native candidates running for office won their elections, including 26-year-old first-time candidate Christina Haswood, who will be the youngest sitting legislator in the House, Libertarian candidate scraps rally appearance after being bitten by a bat, and Jerry Falwell Jr. is taking a leave of absence from Liberty University but he's gonna try to be "a good boy."

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Ep 223: A very special BONUS LTN episode with @MeredithLClark and director Jeff Barnaby (@tripgore) on his killer new film, Blood Quantum, promoting a zombie film during a pandemic, how Native people were always braced for the apocalypse, and his fav film and comic book recs.

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Ep 222: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to rec Dark, Blood Quantum, and Star Trek's sex and fear, while Allison recs Taylor Swift's Folklore and Host.

In bad news: Trump's unhinged rantings about delaying the election and banning TikTok, the DoJ's plans to "surge" federal officers into black and Latino neighborhoods sounds a lot like what the NYPD has been doing for decades, and the very bad idea to open schools back up, while Conservatives go full denialist about how Coronavirus is spread.

In good news: Jeffrey Epstein's victims get to name names — including Bill Clinton and Alan Dershowitz — in unsealed court documents, Ellen's downward spiral continues, medical workers have gotten very good at treating Covid patients, and John Lewis' powerful last words.

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Ep 221: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs Dark, Unsolved Mysteries, Eurovision Song Contest, and anti-recs the new season of Queer Eye and drinking sea water.

In bad news: Dems just joined the GOP to increase military spending by $2 billion—but apparently that's not looting, Congress lets $600 unemployment benefit lapse when we're on the precipice of a wave of evictions, and while there's lots of good happening in the largest uprising in recent US history, there have also been armed right-wing militias, enormous police violence, and protesters have been shot; and men's rights groups are in a panic over the murders of Roy Den Hollander, including his killing/shooting of US District Judge Esther Salas' family.

In good news: Thousands of workers walk out in "Strike for Black Lives" this week, AOC to Yoho: "a 'decent man' won't hide behind his kids," Grimes tells Elon Musk to "turn off your phone" after Tesla CEO's gender pronouns tweet, and finally: person, woman, man, camera, TV.

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Ep 220: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs Hamilton (if you can BELIEVE), Palm Springs, Crawl, The Old Guard, and The Magicians, while Erek (@erek_smith) recs Psych 2: Lassie Come Home.

In bad news: John Lewis and C.T. Vivian, civil rights icons, have died, secret police are arresting activists in Portland and Ken Cuccinelli says the program is going nationwide, Covid cases are soaring in California as Cuomo celebrates his pretend success with a dumb poster.

In good news: Ellen may finally get canceled, Washington R*dskins are changing their name in 2020, a statue of an English trader of enslaved people gets a much-needed update, and Susan Collins may be on her way out.

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Ep 219: Charles (@charlesrockhill; @DirtyHorrorPod) recs Unsolved Mysteries, Relic, and Killer Workout, and Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recaps her Survivor journey and they discuss the Wayfair debacle and their favorite conspiracy theories.

In bad news: Lady Antebellum is suing Lady A, a black artist, as part of their rebranding campaign to not be racist, Trump commutes his henchman Roger Stone's sentence in time for the election, Covid surges in the south while Trump rushes to reopen schools and approve a vaccine.

In good news: TikTok teens are powerful and fearless, the Supreme Court says New York can have Trump's financial records, and Michael Cohen returns to prison.

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Ep 218: Allison talks about how Survivor's Rupert is Ned Stark, shames people asking for "no essential workers" in apartment listings, and says let people enjoy Hamilton, and Erek (@erek_smith) recs the Unsolved Mysteries reboot on Netflix.

In bad news: Trump uses his Mount Rushmore speech to wage battle against a "new far-left fascism" which doesn't exist at a time when Dr. Fauci warns that we could see 100,000 new Covid cases every day, the Denver officers who killed Elijah McClain pose for a mocking selfie and get fired, and the St. Louis couple who pulled guns on protesters have done it before.

In good news: The FBI has arrested predator Ghislaine Maxwell (marvel at all the ways Allison pronounces her name), SCOTUS preservers abortion rights and strikes down a Louisiana hospital privileges law, and nine Harvey Weinstein survivors have been awarded $19 million in a settlement.

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Ep 217: Allison talks about her move and ongoing journey watching all of Survivor and reading The Road now, of all times, for some reason, and also recs The King of Staten Island, while Erek recs Less Than Human and the band Hum

In bad news: Trumps dumb (and poorly attended) rallies were a dangerous move during a pandemic, especially at a time when 11 states are pausing or rolling back their reopening plans, Attorney General Barr tried to sneakily fire attorney Geoffrey Berman and it didn't work, and Trump is considering a draconian law to punish people who deface monuments

In good news: The three men who killed Ahmaud Arbery have been indicted on murder charges, Brett Hankison has been fired after murdering Breonna Taylor (but it's not enough), SCOTUS hands Trump another DACA defeat, progressives won big in several recent primaries, and BLM is affecting our culture in all sorts of ways, from white voice actors resigning from playing black characters to Disney's rebranding campaign of Splash Mountain

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Ep 216: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs Survivor (surprise!), Carly Rae Jepsen's Side B, RTJ 4, The Warriors, and reads a Patreon rec for Hannah Gadsby's Douglas, while Erek (@erek_smith) recs House, The Robbery of Nature by Brett Clark and John Bellamy Foster, and The End of Policing by Alex Vitale. They also discuss that embarrassing white-celebs-against-racism video (someone please hire Aaron Paul)

Due to moving hell, we might be off next week, but follow us on Twitter for updates: @lighttreasonpod

In bad news: Transgender rights under attack: health protections reversed by Trump admin during Pride month (on the anniversary of the Pulse massacre) and during the same week two black trans women were murdered, and J.K. Rowling's anti-trans rights comments. Also, the police state on full display in D.C., one of the cops who killed Breonna Taylor allegedly has a history of assaulting women while on duty, and COVID cases spike in many states

Recommended reading: Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police by Mariame Kaba (@prisonculture)

In good news: In the last two weeks, American voters' support for the Black Lives Matter movement increased almost as much as it had in the preceding two years, New York State legislature votes to repeal Law 50-A that shields police from scrutiny, NYC Council leadership backs proposal to cut $1 billion from NYPD budget (Reminder: their current budget is $6 billion), Confederate statues are coming down all over the country, and NASCAR bans the Confederate flag

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