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.