E27 - The Current State of Politics in America Today

The Florida House Bill 1557, popularly known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, continues to stir controversy. The bill has been criticized by advocates of the LGBTQ community as discriminatory, while others believe that this gives parents the right to know what their children are being taught in school and that it would help protect their children from being exposed to gender ideology at a young age. As the "Don't Say Gay" bill has brought to light many questions about free speech and LGBTQ+ rights, is the bill oppressing gender expression or does it give parents the basic right to raise their children?In today’s episode, Jim and Dan talk about how the mask mandates are still a topic of great interest, what Jen Psaki has to say about Florida's Parental Rights in Education Bill, and why Elon Musk no longer owns the largest stake in Twitter.Enjoy!In This Episode02:53 - What to look forward to in future episodes of the Pod Bless America Podcast06:45 - How the mask mandates are still a topic of great interest12:15 - Jen Psaki to leave White House for MSNBC15:07 - What Jen Psaki has to say about Florida's Parental Rights in Education Bill21:30 - Jim's trip to Florida for the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend in 202324:52 - Psaki's interpretation of the Parental Rights in Education Bill30:41 - How Nicolle Wallace accuses Ron DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin of dehumanizing people as a political strategy37:07 - Why Elon Musk no longer owns the largest stake in Twitter54:05- The story of Taylor Lorenz and Libs of TikTokFavorite Quotes24:53 - "California, New York, everybody should reverse course and say, hey, come on back. If you want a bunch of teachers teaching your six-year-old about sex and sexual identity, and you know what, telling your six-year-old son that he can be a girl, come on back. We got the teachers for you. They're all here waiting. You know who's not going to come back, every single person who lives in Florida" - Jim Larkin and Dan Wilkinson Jr.33:19 - "If these kids feel like they want to be transgender, that is an issue for the parents to take care of. Those kids can go and those parents can nurture them and they can love them and they can bring them up and tell them, look, you are okay. But you know who can't do that? The teachers. The teachers are not allowed to take your kid and say, you can be like this it's okay. And you know what? We're not gonna tell your parents." - Jim LarkinFollow the Pod Bless America Podcast on GETTREngage with Pod Bless America PodcastEmail: [email protected]: [email protected] to more episodes of the Pod Bless America PodcastApple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts