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By Douglas Berger - Independent non-religious progressiveNewsReligion & SpiritualityNews CommentaryPolitics
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- Be A Fascist Without Telling Us You're A Fascist
A majority of Ohioans didn't support the relection of Governor Mike Dewine or any of the GOP office holders and the GOP wants to keep it that way by making it harder to vote. Do you know the difference between Critical Thinking and Confirmation Bias?
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00:35 Ohio Gop Won Offices With Less Than 50% Of The Vote
18:51 Don't Confuse Critical Thinking And Confirmation BiasSend us Fan Mail
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For our 50th episode we look at religious opposition to equality efforts where we have to state again, religious freedom is not pie. Then we explain simply why government policies to address racism isn't racist. Finally we look at one local political ad that is an outright lie and showing the ad hurts democracy.
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00:50 Religion Is Not Pie
14:30 Addressing Racism Is Not Racist
26:08 Political Ads That Lie Harm DemocracySend us Fan Mail
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How do you know when a GOP election ad is lying? Its lips move. And religious conservatives will do whatever it takes to force religion on all children in public schools. Their newest trick? Fake school assemblies.
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00:45 Discerning political ads
20:23 School Assembly to church pipelineSend us Fan Mail
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In this episode Doug points out what podcaster Tanner Campbell got wrong about his old remembered complaints over Atheism Plus. Then Doug gives an update about the Sylvania Bus Dispute and his thoughts on the remaking of CNN into FOX "news" Lite.
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00:45 The Misrembering of Atheism Plus
23:11 Bus Dispute Update
33:46 A mention about the CNN purgeSend us Fan Mail
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Two Ohio families spent a lot of money and time to complain about a new plan to bus their young children to their catholic school. They cited some recent US Supreme Court 1st amendment cases but in the end a judge used her gut feeling in helping protect the family's privilege.
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Did the House Progressive Caucus betray their promise on the Build Back Better Act? Ohio Attorney General David Yost needs remedial Bible study and the gun fetish in Georgia leads to the canceling of a $10 million music festival.
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00:35 Did the House Progressive Caucus betray their promise on the Build Back Better Act?
12:36 Ohio Attorney General David Yost needs remedial Bible study
21:48 Gun Fetish Cancels Music FestivalSend us Fan Mail
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We explore Justice Clarence Thomas' Black Nationalism in his college years and how his thoughts on racism sounds like critical race theory. Then we talk to an abortion clinic volunteer about the loss of religious freedom from overturning Roe v Wade.
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00:50 Clarence Thomas The Radical
22:36 Dobbs Decision Is A Violation Of Religious FreedomSend us Fan Mail
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What is the long term fall out now that the right to privacy is in danger with end of Roe v Wade and how can this turn out worse for the Democrats. We also take a look the ramifications of the Football coach prayer case that also helps Christian Nationalists.
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00:35 The End of Roe
22:49 Coach Kneeling on a PrayerSend us Fan Mail
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Robyn Blumner of the Center of Inquiry took the opportunity, in a recent editorial, to slam identity politics, woke progressives, and took a cheap shot at the American Humanist Association.
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01:35 Blumner is wrong about Humanism
22:47 Dawkins the Snowflake
34:42 When Did Free Inquiry Turn Into David Silverman's Twitter Feed?
43:07 Why I am no fan of CFISend us Fan Mail
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We talk to Claudia Clark about her book "Dear Barack" that explains the unique partnership of President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Claudia also gives the European viewpoint of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and finally we discuss her time as a community organizer with the group ACORN.
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01:30 Merkel and Obama
12:23 The Russian Invasion of Ukraine
18:35 Community Organizing with ACORNSend us Fan Mail
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There is a well organized and well funded effort to gut the Bill of Rights in this country and in the age of Trump, secular people seem to taking it on the chin more often. Secular Left is meant to…
be the light in the fog of Christian Nationalism supporting the idea that toxic religious belief is the root of most social justice issues today.
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