The Gaily Show

Less than 24 hours after Trump caved, Iran has already closed the Strait of Hormuz. Dems extend their majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Minneapolis looks to legalize bathhouses again.

PLUS: Jake Wittich is back with new reporting from Chicago:

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Shawn Skelly is the Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness and she joins us as Trump says he’s about to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran. Connect with Out in National Security: https://www.outinnationalsecurity.org

Plus, the Trump Administration just terminated agreements with five schools that were aimed to support transgender students. We discuss what it means.

Trump’s war is the poster child definition of SNAFU. Shocking new numbers of how ICE harmed Minnesota’s economy. January 6 rioter convicted of child pornography.

THEN: A new book reveals the impact Operation Metro Surge had on young people. Joining us to discuss: Editor Stephanie Major, Contributor Kit Renard, and publisher Dr. Belo Miguel Cipriani.

A launch party for Voices of Resilience will be on April 11 at Metro State University. More information: https://patch.com/minnesota/stlouispark/st-louis-park-based-oleb-books-set-release-voices-resilience.

Buy the book: https://olebbooks.com/voices-of-resilience-haute-dish-volume-1/

Poetry in the Community: https://poetryinthecommunity.com

Jonah Mixon-Webster joins us to discuss his new poetry collection Promise/Threat. It’s described as, “a virtuosic sophomore collection that plunges the reader into the tenebrous realm between dreams and reality and firmly establishes him as an essential voice in American poetry.” Then, Luna McNamara joins us to discuss her new novel The Witch and the Huntress. In it, “Two of Greek mythology’s most complex and powerful women—Medea and Atalanta—join forces on Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece in this suspenseful, sapphic reimagining from the acclaimed author of Psyche and Eros.” It comes out April 21, 2026.

Buy your copy of Promise/Threat: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780593803066

Connect with Jonah: https://www.instagram.com/jmixweb/

Pre-order your copy of The Witch and the Huntress: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780063295131

Connect with Luna: https://www.lunamcnamarawriter.com

How can states fight back against fascism and Trump? Turns out there is a taxonomy of five tiers of resistance that States can do right now. It has been developed and researched by Christopher Armitage and he joins us to discuss.

Christopher Armitage is an Air Force veteran, journalist, former law enforcement officer, and author of Conservatism: America’s Personality Disorder and the Substack The Existentialist Republic. You can hear him regularly on the Thom Hartmann show. Read The Existentialist Republic here: https://cmarmitage.substack.com

Curtis Lopez-Galloway is the founder and President of the Conversion Therapy Survivors Network. He returns to the show to help us better understand yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court to allow the abusive practice known as conversion therapy.

Connect with the Conversion Therapy Survivors Network here: https://www.conversionsurvivor.org

Minnesota State Rep. Leigh Finke (DFL-66A) joins us to discuss the Supreme Court’s 8-1 ruling in Chiles v Salazar. SCOTUS ruled that Colorado’s ban on Conversion Therapy violates free speech rights. Conversion therapy is considered not only child abuse due to its overwhelming negative outcomes, but its providers have been convicted of consumer fraud. They’ve asked lower courts to review the case based on the “free speech” legal principle. For now, the ban remains on the books until the lower court makes a ruling. Please note: internationally, organizations like the United Nations, have found some conversion therapy practices are tantamount to child torture.

Then: Tammye Nash from the Dallas Voice is back to share new reporting from the Lone Star state! Dallas Voice just started its 42nd year as the Voice of the LGBTQ Community in North Texas and beyond. Visit their website at https://DallasVoice.com and their social media pages on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and BlueSky. 

3,300 No Kings protests drew 8 million demonstrators. We look at the numbers in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago, and the Pioneer Valley (MA). Trump just announced a lawsuit against Minnesota regarding trans athletes. We take a look. FYI, Trump just lost a suit against Minnesota. Plus, Amherst, MA defies ICE with a new policy. AND: there is a new Transgender Survey on the internet, but it is bogus. We tell you why you need to avoid it.

Skylar Lyralen Kaye (of the hit web series Assigned Female at Birth) joins us to discuss their new memoir: Bachelorx. THEN: For Bobuq Sayed’s debut novel No God But Us, Publishers Weekly named Bobuq one of PW’s Spring 2026 Writers to Watch. They join us to talk all about No God But Us. 

Connect with Skylar and order Bachelorx here: https://lyralenkaye.com/writing/downloadable-books/

Watch all of Skylar’s web series here: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnotherCountryTV

Connect with Bobuq here: https://bobuqsayed.com/home

Pre-order No God But Us: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780063419469