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episode 391: Back to the cringe


This week starts with a rant about tech and free speech, then in the news we have some updates about the insurrection, and with Biden’s inauguration the news is already returning to a much nicer cringy nature rather than the furry we’ve seen in recent years.

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Insurrection news
  • Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm
  • Right-wing extremists and their supporters use Christian website to raise funds
  • PayPal Cuts Ties with Christian Fundraising Site That Supports Coup Organizers
  • For insurrectionists, a violent faith brewed from nationalism, conspiracies and Jesus
  • Robert Jeffress Blames “Kingdom of Satan,” Not Christians, for Capitol Siege
  • QAnon believers are in disarray after Biden is inaugurated
Normal news
  • Biden just had mass with McConnell, Schumer, Pelosi, and McCarthy in what feels like some good old fashioned cringe, but not outrage inducing news
  • House Whip James Clyburn to propose designating ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ as the national hymn
  • US intelligence agencies have 180 days to share what they know about UFOs, thanks to the Covid-19 relief and spending bill
  • Supreme Court grants Trump administration request to limit access to abortion drug
  • Ireland’s ‘brutally misogynistic culture’ saw the death of 9,000 children in mother and baby homes, report finds
  • Popular rabbi warns followers COVID vaccine ‘could make you gay’
  • Pakistani terrorism court sentences three to death for blasphemy on social media
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 January 22, 2021  46m