Ep#198: Slipping grasp of reality

Follow-up: Mubarak Bala, the humanist activist detained by Nigerian authorities, is still in custody because of the pandemic @1:37 WH wants you to believe that “antifa” is leaving piles of bricks at protest sites in order to encourage violence Business Insider reports @2:32 National News: Minneapolis to dismantle police @5:10 Police acting like police @12:53 THE FALL OF AMERICA'S MONUMENTS TO RACISM. [HuffPost] @22:17 “Soros Riot Dance Squad.” @27:08 NYT and Tom Cotton’s Op-Ed The Washington Post reports @32:02 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is blowing this moment in some monumental ways, as it has reportedly sidelined its black reporters from covering the protests @33:41 Falwell’s tweet & backlash @35:26 Trump Trump’s ridiculous Bible-waving: @38:10 The White House demanded retractions from media outlets reporting that protesters outside the building were tear-gassed for the president’s photo-op on Monday. Faith leaders who were there call out the lie @42:00 the Bible that Trump waved around last week was sort of the wrong one @42:57 The ACLU and Black Lives Matter are suing Trump for the attack on protesters Trump is Christian nationalist’s guy @51:18 Christian nationalism welcomes authoritarianism @52:09 22.2 percent of Americans believe that a Democratic president would ban the Bible @53:13 Even Pat Freaking Robertson thinks this “isn’t cool.” @57:53 Who’s not voting for him? Trump is gutting more environmental regulations Coronavirus: The pandemic is getting worse @1:05:16 Sadly, we have lost Seal. I mean, he’s not dead, he’s fine, just a dum-dum @1:06:23 State News: Tennessee’s House is going to pass a bill forcing schools to let kids out of class for an hour each day so they can go get religious instruction @1:08:17 Final story: How about this church? @1:09:15