We're all still on our Bad Batch behavior as we spend time analyzing the political energy in Episode 2 of The Bad Batch "Cut and Run" before talking about the fight to liberate Palestine and how a ransomware attack induced panic-buying in the East Coast.

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Show Notes:

Malta (Drink)

Death Star 2 Shelf

The Bad Batch

History of Israel-Palestine (brief)

Current Conflict is still escalating

The shifting border of Gaza

HR2590 (Full Text)

Failures that led to Colonial Pipeline

Colonial Pipeline paid the Ransom

WTF Champion, Ted "Cancun" Cruz

"Why am I so persecuted?"

Panic buying gas

TP Panic! (again!)

Welcome to our newest mini-episode, Sithty Seconds! Our newest segment will be used to dive deeper into topics either in fandom or politics that we feel are important to discuss. It's all on the same feed so if we reference other episodes you can always jump back and listen to that coverage as well!

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Show Notes:

#UnwhitewashTBB

Even Guantanamo Bay Detainees maintain Melanin, why did Echo lose his?

Temuera Morrison explicitly brought his culture into the character of Boba Fett, that should be the bar for all Māori coded characters onwards

'Big Mouth' changed voice actors, it has been done before.

"Genetic inheritance determines both the mainline color of their skin and how much it can tan" (how melanin works)

We're on the other side of May 4th so we introduce our Star Wars spoiler horn for those taking their time to enjoy Bad Batch and that 70-minute premiere! After that, the Illumination docks by Colombia again to discuss the current unrest before coming back stateside to discuss the complex nature of a morally bankrupt country trying to impose the death penalty.  There are laughs, shocking surprises, and General Leia even steps in to bark some orders to her troops!

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Show Notes:

The Khetanna Cast Episode

The Bad Batch (IMDB)

President Duque's Failed Tax Reforms

Proposed Reforms

380 Missing People

Increased Security in Cali

Clinton's Plan Colombia

Operation Condor

Empire's Workshop

School of the Americas

Afros Unidos

SC Firing Squad Bill

Race and the Death Penalty 

45's Rush of Executions

2018 SC Death Row Stats

Fentanyl for Executions!?

DJ Vlad Interview

Take Action

Abolish the Death Penalty

For Your Consideration: A Transphobic Fascist

We're in the festive spirit and we have some Omegas of our own onboard the Illumination this week!  The Bad Batch takes center stage in our Around the Galaxy and Lightning Round, while Biden's special address on the state of the Republic was the highlight of our episode.  Get informed, and get out there!

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Show Notes:

Ni Una Más

India's Covid Crisis

Florida Encouraging Anti-Vax Behavior

1st of May - Jonathan Coulton

Ikea - Jonathan Coulton

The Bad Batch

Skywalker: A Family At War

Supreme Chancellor Biden's Address to Congress (Transcript)

White Supremacy in the United States

Denouncing Proud Boys is the bare minimum

Quality of Life Rankings

Biden's "Build Back Better"

"World's Largest Economy,"but people living paycheck to paycheck

American Infrastructure is Crumbling

Federal Income Tax Rates

Insurrection Arrests Update

1619

You may have heard of a Dyad in the force, but this week on the Illumination we have the one and only Triad of the Force! We talk about what keeps us connected to Star Wars as marginalized groups and Tartakovsky's Clone Wars before continuing our conversation on gun violence and contrasting DC's bid for statehood with Puerto Rico's Commonwealth Conundrum. Buckle up, it's a bumpy ride!

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Show Notes:

Tartakovsky's Clone Wars

History of Black Gun Ownership

Malcolm X on Black "Self Defense Units"

NAAGA

HR51: DC Statehood

Puerto Rican Political Parties

Nancy Pelosi

Triad Of The Force: WandaVision Review

Teen Vogue, Y'all!

Welcome aboard the Illumination! This week we start unpacking the very real and very US of A problem that is Gun Violence, while also hearing from our guest, Rachel of Followers of the Force Podcast, around the successful advocacy work that brought about the Illinois Reproductive Health Act of 2019 and the Equal Rights Amendment. Lightning Round makes a comeback, and Paula sends us a transmission!

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Show Notes:

Tartakovsky's Clone Wars

Mass Shootings in USA

The Dickey Amendment

538 Gun Death Data (2014)

Every Town

Illinois Governor Signs RHA

Reproductive Health Act (text)

Illinois Handmaids

Equal Rights Amendment

Reproductive Health Access Project

Another week on the Illumination and we have more imperial activity to warn the galaxy about! From the basic premise of Gerrymandering that has allowed the empire to thrive, to the nuance of Florida's HB1 "anti-protest" legislation, we talk this week about all the ways in which the New Republic is poised to fail if we keep allowing First Order sympathizers to craft policy and hurt those actually fighting for a better tomorrow.

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Show Notes:

Powerpuff Girls Reboot

NCAA Bans Championships in States that Ban Trans Girls

Gerrymandering in 2020 and beyond

John Roberts' SCOTUS Gutted the Voting Rights Act

REDMAP

Fair Districts PA

DeSantis "Anti-Protest bill"

Stop HB1

Happy 1/3rd of the year! We celebrate by bringing our first guest, Ben McDonald of The Khetanna Cast, on board the Illumination to discuss how language can make people do terrible things by how it frames reality. From Matt Gaetz's misconstrued idea of how old a woman is, to demonizing health care as experimentation in Arkansas, we dive deep and explore the language that minimizes and demonizes the same way Palpatine minimized ending the Republic and demonized Jedi.

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Show Notes:

Star Wars Vintage Collection

Admiral Ackbar Cereal

Wookiepedia Pride

Matt Gaetz Sex Trafficking

Joel Greenberg

Decriminalize Sex Work

Arkansas SAFE Act

SAFE Act (Full Text)

Arkansas Trans Sports Ban

5 Companies Supporting Anti-Trans Legislators

Arkansas Medical Objection Bill

What it's like to *actually* be on hrt

Arkansas Population

Machismo Culture

30% Pure Meth

welcome aboard our ship, the illumination! This week there is plenty to discuss from the success of the women's college basketball teams to the single reactor ignition of the Republicans voter suppression strategy in Georgia. Our statement on Wookiepedia is in this episode too and we stand with Trans lives now like we have from the beginning.

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Show Notes:

The Throne - Robert Venegas

Corkcicle Vader Canteen

Wookiepedia Amendment

NCAA Statement

March Madness Revenue 

Women's Soccer Artificial Turf

Georgia Voting Law

Fair Fight

This transmission comes to you after a heavy week. From the shooting in Atlanta, to the usual choppy waters of fandom, these are the weeks our resolve to speak on these issues matters most as fans. We also throw down the gauntlet in the Galactic Senate, and dunk on Sen. Ron Johnson for fearing BLM protestors more than insurrectionists.

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Show Notes:

Tatooine Keyboard Caps from NovelKeys

Tartakovsky's Clone Wars

Rey thinks Grogu is Force Cheating

ATL Shooting Victims

Orientalism - Edward Said

Page Act of 1875

Chinese Exclusion Act

Violence Against Women Act (2021)

Calls to Action:

Pronunciation Guide

Nakasec

GoFundMe for Sons of a victim

Filibuster Facts

Vox Explainer - Filibuster

Florida.

Florida..

Florida...