2024-09-11 - Cold War Fact of Life

Jonny and Heather have to discuss yet another school shooting with yet again alleged queer overtones. First, it is the war of words between the Vice Presidential candidates over what really is a "fact of life." Second, it is the immediate and false charge that the shooter (and all recent school shooters) is trans. In the back half of the show, Jonny and Heather acknowledges former President Trump's increased lying, especially about trans youth, and trace the influence of these lies to Cold War politics, whether direct Russian interference or Trump's mentor, Cold War red hunter Roy Cohn. They end with some good news that, as SCOTUS takes up Tennesee's trans ban legislation, evidence shows conservatives starting to reel from the repercussions of anti-trans legislation.