So This Just Happened

Republicans and the impeachment about nothing

Programming Note: “So This Just Happened” is going to go on a brief hiatus after this episode, but we wanted to make it an extra special one so we invited Lisa Curry [http://lisacurry.net], Matt’s co-host on “Doomscroll [https://plus.flux.community/s/doomscroll-podcast]” for a live recording. Please enjoy and we’ll see you in a while! Headlines 00:00 — House Republicans finally pass an impeachment, and it's going nowhere 07:42 — Kansas City Chiefs victory parade becomes latest site of mass shooting 18:18 — New poll shows some Trump voters will believe conspiracy theories upon first hearing them 24:00 — Beyoncé Knowles doing country songs proves very triggering to some people 31:21 — Stung by stepped up criticism about his decaying mental state, Trump now claims his gaffes are on purpose 36:13 — Kentucky Republican state legislator claims that her white father was a slave, despite having been born in 1933 41:06 — Democrats win George Santos’s former congressional seat 44:56 — African Methodist Episcopal Church calls for ceasefire in Gaza 49:51 — STJH is going on a hiatus for a bit and we wanted you to know 51:32 — Group that provided basis for Dinesh D’Souza’s “2000 Mules” admits in court it has no evidence of election fraud in Georgia Join the Conversation! Matt * Twitter [https://twitter.com/mattsheffield] * Mastodon [https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield] * Threads [https://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffield] * Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/matthew.flux.community] Kali * Twitter [https://twitter.com/kalihollowayftw] * Daily Beast [https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/kali-holloway] * The Nation [https://www.thenation.com/authors/kali-holloway/] STJH * Twitter [https://twitter.com/stjh_pod] * Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/so-this-just-happened/id1703405570] * Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0Zi9aD4BYhD7ULDy7tAQbB] Lisa Curry * Instagram [http://instagram.com/olympianlisacurry] * Twitter [https://twitter.com/lisa_curry] * Website [http://lisacurry.net] * Show Dates [https://lisa-curry.squarespace.com/live] Theme Song Easy Lover: “The End of Our Deceit [https://easylovernyc.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-our-deceit]” Lyrics and Vocals by Kali Holloway Music by Jeremy Wimmer Cover photo: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Deputy Secretary John Tien attend the raising of the Pride Flag at DHS Headquarters in Washington, DC, alongside other component members. June 1, 2022. Photo: DHS This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit plus.flux.community/subscribe [https://plus.flux.community/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

The Mormon tradition is a lot bigger than you may realize

Headlines 00:00 — Mormonism is a lot more varied that most non-Mormons realize 06:26 — Exploring how Mormons invented Christian nationalism but also are not fully onboard with Trumpism 12:01 — Mormonism and the 1980s “Satanic Panic” 23:46 — Why sexual and gender hypocrisy is endemic to reactionary thinking 28:57 — Fear of differences is ultimately what motivates reactionaries, and that they know they are losing Join the Conversation! Matt * Twitter [https://twitter.com/mattsheffield] * Mastodon [https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield] * Threads [https://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffield] * Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/matthew.flux.community] Kali * Twitter [https://twitter.com/kalihollowayftw] * Daily Beast [https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/kali-holloway] * The Nation [https://www.thenation.com/authors/kali-holloway/] STJH * Twitter [https://twitter.com/stjh_pod] * Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/so-this-just-happened/id1703405570] * Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0Zi9aD4BYhD7ULDy7tAQbB] Theme Song Easy Lover: “The End of Our Deceit [https://easylovernyc.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-our-deceit]” Lyrics and Vocals by Kali Holloway Music by Jeremy Wimmer Cover photo: A publicity photo from the musical “The Book of Mormon.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit plus.flux.community/subscribe [https://plus.flux.community/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg, and toxic gravitation

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit plus.flux.community [https://plus.flux.community?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] This is an episode for paid Flux subscribers. Please support our work and enjoy full access on either Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/discoverflux/] or Substack [https://plus.flux.community/subscribe]! Headlines 00:00 — Nicki Minaj escalates her toxic feud [https://slate.com/culture/2024/01/nicki-minaj-megan-thee-stallion-law-hiss-big-foot-lyrics.html] with Megan Thee Stallion 07:46 — “A*****e gravitation,” the right wing’s new outreach mechanism to awful celebrities 18:07 — Snoop Dogg debases himself [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/snoop-dogg-donald-trump-love-and-respect_n_65b62718e4b077c17ab57ae8] with praise for Donald Trump 22:30 — Quick Hits: Desperate to execute people, Alabama used nitrogen gas [https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/us/kenneth-smith-nitrogen-gas-execution-alabama/index.html] to kill an inmate 25:26 — Brittany Watts opening up about persecution by Ohio [https://x.com/cbsmornings/status/1750883686260564375?s=42] for having miscarriage 27:25 — Joe Manchin keeps making noises about a third-party presidential run [https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/28/politics/joe-manchin-biden-president-no-labels/index.html] 28:52 — Nancy Pelosi foments absurd conspiracy theory [https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/28/politics/pelosi-criticism-palestinian-gaza-protests-russia/index.html] about Russia and anti-Gaza war protesters 31:58 — Charlie Kirk slanders NYC council member [https://crooksandliars.com/2024/01/internet-drags-racist-piece-sht-charlie] as he steps up racist and soulless marketing strategy Join the Conversation Matt https://twitter.com/mattsheffield [https://twitter.com/mattsheffield] https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield [https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield] https://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffield [https://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffield] https://bsky.app/profile/matthew.flux.community [https://bsky.app/profile/matthew.flux.community] Kali https://twitter.com/kalihollowayftw [https://twitter.com/kalihollowayftw] STJH on Twitter https://twitter.com/stjh_pod [https://twitter.com/stjh_pod] Theme Song Easy Lover: “The End of Our Deceit [https://easylovernyc.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-our-deceit]” Lyrics and Vocals by Kali Holloway Music by Jeremy Wimmer Cover photo: Rapper Nicki Minaj poses for a publicity photo to promote her fragrance line Pink Friday 2.

After losing abortion ballot initiatives, Republicans are trying to block them in several states

Headlines 00:00 — New research estimates more than 60,000 rape victims [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/64k-women-girls-became-pregnant-due-rape-states-abortion-bans-study-es-rcna135565] have been forced to carry pregnancies in red states 06:09 — After losing every abortion access ballot initiative, Republicans are trying to ban them [https://apnews.com/article/abortion-ballot-initiatives-voters-democracy-2024-602ebb8a74d7ae45163d79c065a23ef0] in several states 11:22 — Right wing media spent 50 years telling their audiences they were going to be killed by the libs, the followers now believe it 16:35 — Automotive industry in turmoil [https://www.autonews.com/executives/akio-toyoda-predicts-evs-will-only-reach-30-share] as demand for electric vehicles has stalled 24:07 — Senate Republicans pressured by Trump [https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-comes-out-swinging-against-bipartisan-border-bill-because-it-will-make-republicans-look-bad/] and others in far right to reject any sort of immigration deal 29:19 — MAGA influencers are raging against Taylor Swift [https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/01/the-twisted-logic-of-the-taylor-swift-backlash-it-seems-like-political-suicide-00138924], a reversal of their former love [https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/05/27/479462825/taylor-swift-aryan-goddess] of the singer, but is it all fake? Join the Conversation Matt https://twitter.com/mattsheffield [https://twitter.com/mattsheffield] https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield [https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield] https://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffield [https://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffield] https://bsky.app/profile/matthew.flux.community [https://bsky.app/profile/matthew.flux.community] Kali https://twitter.com/kalihollowayftw [https://twitter.com/kalihollowayftw] STJH on Twitter https://twitter.com/stjh_pod [https://twitter.com/stjh_pod] Theme Song Easy Lover: “The End of Our Deceit [https://easylovernyc.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-our-deceit]” Lyrics and Vocals by Kali Holloway Music by Jeremy Wimmer Cover photo: Over 10,000 abortion rights protesters marched on the Minnesota Capitol to demand that abortion remain legal in Minnesota and to protest a recent US Supreme court decision that effectively made abortion illegal in many states. July 27, 2022. Credit: Fibonacci Blue This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit plus.flux.community/subscribe [https://plus.flux.community/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Israel has dropped its two-state pretense, what will the world do in response?

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit plus.flux.community [https://plus.flux.community?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] Headlines Only the first segment is available to free subscribers 00:00 — Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he won’t allow any sort of Palestinian state 01:48 — Tennessee and Oklahoma introduce “abortion trafficking” censorship bills 03:47 — More Oklahoma craziness: State Republican legislator wants to criminalize all forms of pornography 05:52 — Former MSNBC host Tiffany Cross speaks out about her firing 13:59 — CEOs seem to finally be ending their war on working from home 17:24 — Daily Show announces Jon Stewart to host for one day a week until Election Day Join the Conversation Matt https://twitter.com/mattsheffield [https://twitter.com/mattsheffield] https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield [https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield] https://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffield [https://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffield] https://bsky.app/profile/matthew.flux.community [https://bsky.app/profile/matthew.flux.community] Kali https://twitter.com/kalihollowayftw [https://twitter.com/kalihollowayftw] STJH on Twitter https://twitter.com/stjh_pod [https://twitter.com/stjh_pod] Theme Song Easy Lover: “The End of Our Deceit [https://easylovernyc.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-our-deceit]” Lyrics and Vocals by Kali Holloway Music by Jeremy Wimmer Cover Photo: U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on January 30, 2023. State Department photo by Ron Przysucha