WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of SA.

With 54% of American adults having a reading level below the 6th grade, should we be concerned that homeschooling numbers are on the rise?

Join Courtney and Jennifer as they discuss the novel, "Push" by Sapphire, which tells the story of 16-year-old illiterate Claireece "Precious" Jones, whose battle with poverty, abuse, and systemic neglect reveals the nefarious intent of right-wing extremist politicians to defund the public education system, make reproductive care illegal, and keep poverty a reality. After all, education = empowerment and we wouldn't want that, would we?

Also, Mariah Carey = GOAT and John McEntee, former director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office in the Trump administration, has a small penis...probably. This episode is dedicated to Amber Thurman and the dozens of lives that could have been spared if not for the dangerous and extreme abortion bans.

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Senate Republicans block IVF bill, as Democrats elevate issue ahead of November election

Abortion is on the ballot in these states for November elections

'The GOP doesn’t care': JD Vance lambasted for calling school shootings 'a fact of life' - Alternet.org

Reading the numbers: 130 million American adults have low literacy skills — APM Research Lab

"Precious" mettle | Salon.com

Artists With the Most No. 1 Songs on the Hot 100, From The Beatles to Rihanna & More

Former PPO Director John McEntee Joins Project 2025; Personnel Database Launches | The Heritage Foundation

Why Some Members of Congress Are Wearing AR-15 Pins | TIME

Amber Thurman's Preventable Death in Georgia

JR Episodes are back! This week Courtney and Jennifer cover the adorable tear-jerker "Sam is My Sister" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter. Safe for little ears, Courtney reads the book and then joins Jennifer in a discussion on the outrageous "Abducter Bill" AKA SB 254 that not only makes gender-affirming care illegal, but allows the so-called "free" state Florida to intervene in custody and healthcare decisions, even if those decisions were legally and consensually made in another state.

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US judge strikes down Florida ban on gender-affirming healthcare | Reuters

Florida 'abduction' bill? Opponents call it 'legal kidnapping.' What does the bill say?

Florida can enforce transgender gender-affirming care ban, restrictions. What that means

Jennifer and Courtney are trying this new thing called "consistency" where they release a "challenged book" episode every Monday.

Join them this week as they discuss Malindo Lo's phenomenal historical fiction "Last Night at the Telegraph Club".

Episode highlights:

• Courtney admits her attraction to women in mid-century masculine fashion
• Jennifer calls out Moms for Liberty for taking books out of context YET AGAIN when they mistake a novelty naked lady cigarette lighter for a robotic sex toy...(We're pretty sure sex toys were not robotic in the 1950s...)

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From penis jokes to using tampons for nose bleeds, Jennifer and Courtney discuss why watching the DNC was so much fun to follow.

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Join Courtney and Jen as they discuss Kamala's veep pick,Tim Walz, and why he is the midwestern dad that America so desperately needs.

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• Why Republicans are calling Walz 'Tampon Tim' — and why Democrats embrace it
• The Pink Tax: Latest Updates and Statistics | Bankrate
• Period Poverty – why millions of girls and women cannot afford their periods | UN Women – Headquarters
• The Litter Box Lies
• Why JD Vance's world ain't my Appalachia, either
• Tim Walz couch joke explained; what he said about JD Vance
• How Tim Walz made school meals free for all Minnesota students - Fast Company
• Tim Walz’s Major Policy Stances—As Kamala Harris Picks Him As VP
• The Hold Steady

Courtney and Jennifer discuss Biden's exit and America's problem with electing women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+...Basically anything other than white Christian men.

Who could be Kamala Harris' running mate?

Ryan Walters, superintendent of schools in Oklahoma, is attempting to force teachers to incorporate the Bible into their lessons for grades 5-12. Join Courtney and Jennifer as they discuss the separation of church and state and weird biblical stories involving driving tent spikes through skulls.

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Judges 4:21 But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber's wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.

Florida Department of Education includes Jane Austen novel in 'American Pride' recs

5 Star Story: Luca and Alberto the Gay Sea Monsters

ACLU Sues LA over 10 Commandments in Classrooms

OK Superintendent Ryan Walters wants the Bible to be taught in Oklahoma Schools

We fact-checked what Oklahoma law says about teaching the Bible in schools

Courtney and Jennifer discuss the scary truth behind Project 2025, a 900 page blueprint created by the Heritage Foundation (Moms for Liberty, Proud Boys, etc.) that will guide "Tyrannical Trump's" second term if elected. But is it scary enough to persuade fed-up democrats to vote for "Geriatric Genocide Joe"?

Sources:

We should all be terrified of Trump’s Project 2025 | Robert Reich | The Guardian

Cornel West 2024 presidential campaign - Wikipedia

Project 2025 Full Document

Biden to Democrats in Congress: 'I am firmly committed to staying in this race'