The Gaily Show

The Charles F. Kettering Foundation announced that the people of the Twin Cities are recipients of the 2026 Kettering Democracy Prize and on September 1, Unidos MN will receive the Aachen Peace Prize in Aachen, Germany, jointly with the collective of The Smitten Kitten. In other news, Moms for Liberty lost another school board seat – this time in Florida. And a preview of tomorrow’s election day.

It’s the third Friday of the month which means author and critic Ilana Masad is back with her August book recommendations! They are:

All City by Alex DiFrancesco

Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin

Changing Gender by Susan Stryker

Then Alex Cerda from Joan Crawford Goes to Hell joins us to talk about the show. It’s in previews starting today and opens on August 28. For tickets and more info head to https://handbagproductions.org. To connect with Ilana and her books head to: https://www.ilanamasad.com/.

Our guests from the Williams Institute today are Dr. Ilan Meyer (Distinguished Senior Scholar of Public Policy) and Christy Mallory (Executive Director). We’re talking about new research the Williams Institute just published titled Physical Attacks Against Transgender Adults in the United States and The Importance of Employer Support for LGBTQ People and Issues.

Key links:

https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/physical-attacks-trans-adults/ 

https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/employer-support-lgbtq-issues/ 

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Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison has filed a lawsuit against Texas to get an ICE agent extradited to Minnesota to face charges. Disney is suing Trump’s FCC. The Florida GOP’s gubernatorial candidate goes all in on hating the LGBTQ community – just like his predecessor Gov. DeSantis.

We sit down with Unidos Minnesota Executive Director Emilia González Avalos to discuss Trump’s investigation and surveillance of community organizations and labor groups who resisted Operation Metro Surge. Unidos MN was one of the targeted organizations. They are planning a press event for Tuesday August 17 to “Target, 3M, Delta, Best Buy, and other major Minnesota companies to publicly reject political surveillance and retaliation, use their influence to demand transparency and accountability, and stand with Minnesotans’ constitutional right to organize.”

Then, we’re joined by Aaron Terr who is the Director of Public Advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE, a nonpartisan nonprofit that defends free speech.

Jazz Musician Leslie Vincent, Plus The Return of Reviews with John and Jim