Leftist Lezzies

Episode Ten: War & the American Military

This episode features our first guest - T Shea. We discuss the likelihood of a World War 3, what might cause it, conflicts in the Middle East, and the Russia/Ukraine conflict. There are no links this time around, as most of the things discussed are either deeply ingrained knowledge, easily verified with a quick Google search, or pulled from social media and other podcasts. Enjoy the listen without the reading! 

Episode Nine: The Environment

We cover all things climate change in this episode including the legislation that could be changed under Trump Admin 2.0, including the 150 pages of Project 2025 which address climate, air quality, water quality, and so much more. 
Links used in the research for this episode:
https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement 
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/archeology/antiquities-act.htm#:~:text=The%20Antiquities%20Act%20established%20that,National%20Historical%20Park%20(1923).
https://ceq.doe.gov/#:~:text=Congress%20enacted%20the%20National%20Environmental,law%20on%20January%201%2C%201970.
https://defenders.org/blog/2020/03/we-were-wrong-about-wolves-heres-why#:~:text=Seventy%20years%20without%20wolves%20changed,the%20wolf%20in%20the%20U.S.
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/why-we-need-epa
https://earthjustice.org/article/what-project-2025-would-do-to-the-environment-and-how-we-will-respond
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/researchers-have-developed-a-way-to-break-down-long-lasting-pfas-compounds-using-light?fbclid=IwY2xjawHeSKpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHa3D49kzJYYfxBVxRSyyeXAhVGOkaNMQxcez8ADVSpUJOMR9LtF3O8H5Hg_aem_CKP6dFZCHxR01f49SH95gA
https://www.enn.com/articles/75775-study-finds-fluoride-in-water-does-not-affect-brain-development
https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/12/study-finds-fluoride-water-does-not-affect-brain-development
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/01/681368165/research-supports-claims-that-teeth-worsen-without-fluoridated-water#:~:text=Research%20Supports%20Claims%20That%20Teeth%20Worsen%20Without%20Fluoridated%20Water%20:%20NPR&text=Research%20Supports%20Claims%20That%20Teeth%20Worsen%20Without%20Fluoridated%20Water%20Using,water%20supply%20is%20not%20fluoridated

Episode Eight: Healthcare

We cover more anecdotal stories in this episode about Healthcare, Luigi Mangione and the CEO killer, and a comparison of the US, Switzerland, and Germany's healthcare systems. 
 
Links in this episode here:
https://www.pgpf.org/issues/healthcare/
https://studycorgi.com/comparison-of-healthcare-systems-the-united-states-and-switzerland/
https://wise.com/us/blog/healthcare-system-in-germany
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/luigi-mangione-healthcare-ceo-shooting-what-we-know/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/elon-musk-europe-surging-far-right-rcna185145
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/21/politics/pharmacy-benefit-manager-reform-funding-bill/index.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHU_o9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfjq6pyDt48t4hmFaUsaPvzbJbBaLQHfJKa_pWP2v4QfB0KFAxuQ5ck1rA_aem_V1PG3dRr82SteoZ5s7poBA

Episode Seven: LQBTQIA Rights

In this episode, we delve into the history of LGBTQIA rights and then bring it into the current context with Project 2025 and the Trump Administration. 
All links used in this episode here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026137942300149X
https://www.nsurc.org/files
https://guides.loc.gov/lgbtq-studies/stonewall-era
https://www.project2025.org
https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights-2024
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-downplays-transgender-bathroom-debate-issue-rips-congress-rcna184031
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/ucla-student-sues-california-doctors-says-was-fast-tracked-transgender-rcna183815
https://lgbtqhistory.org/lgbt-rights-timeline-in-american-history/
www.newsweek.com/hate-crimes-under-trump-surged-nearly-20-percent-says-fbi-report-1547870
www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/9-battles-the-lgbt-community-in-the-us-is-still-fi/
www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/hate_crime_laws
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-appoints-gay-tech-executive-112214920.html 
www.edgemedianetwork.com/story/337030
 

Episode Six: Women's Rights

Episode Six dives into the history of women's rights and the hurdles women still face today. All links for episode 6 research are found here:
https://www.businessinsider.com/roe-v-wade-autoimmune-patients-collateral-damage-of-abortion-ban-2022-7
https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/05/clear-and-growing-evidence-dobbs-harming-reproductive-health-and-freedom
https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/samuel-alitos-moms-satanic-abortion-clinic
https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/new-fundraiser
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/centers-offices/civil-rights-center/internal/policies/equal-pay-for-equal-work
https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/equal-pay-act#section_1
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/gender-pay-gap-statistics/#general_gender_wage_gap_statistics_section
https://www.pewresearch.org/
www.newsweek.com/full-list-presidents-who-have-pardoned-relatives-joe-hunter-biden-1993960
www.npr.org/2024/05/31/g-s1-2298/publisher-of-2000-mules-election-conspiracy-theory-film-issues-apology
www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/ 
www.motorbiscuit.com/tesla-safety-study-s-y/ 
Https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-pay-delaware-judge-texas-9d8c2212443a8fb77ef030ca96022b65 
www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-elon-musk-agreement-sec-vet-social-media-posts-rcna149579
www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-s-conquest-president-elect-posts-bizarre-ai-pic-of-himself-with-canadian-flag-on-a-swiss-mountain/ar-AA1vdA5d?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=985a3f4a055f47d383af598a6c95c913&ei=15
https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/resources/womens-rights-movement/detailed-timeline/#:~:text=1839%20The%20first%20state%20
https://www.britannica.com/event/Declaration-of-Sentiments 
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/toolkit/suffrage-timeline/ 
https://time.com/5675029/violence-against-women-act-history-biden/ 
https://money.usnews.com/credit-cards/articles/women-and-credit-a-look-at-the-history 

Episode Five: Supreme Court of the United States

Episode 5 dives into all things SCOTUS- ethics, advantages, major cases coming before the court, etc. 
All links used found here:
https://www.newsmax.com/us/supreme-court-oral-arguments-vaping/2024/11/29/id/1189846/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1YVWrOlCofwbm3g9Y-Vm02K5X2wqv1nnT0jXfEEfUOHMsKy8tI78H3i7E_aem_p_Fa5afqxDtYQ2MWv0Zdsw
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/the-supreme-court-will-hear-arguments-over-tennessees-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2ObWnCpHSSHnQ8OSjolpgmciq5I8oM3OwbQw6RQ_VoDHi3BaqcEUugpa8_aem_O6ZJpIOfCeWkraxyn2D4cw
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertfarrington/2024/11/26/republican-bill-to-end-the-department-of-education-introduced/
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/us/justice-roberts-trump-supreme-court.html
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/04/26/u-s-supreme-court-justices-take-lavish-gifts-then-raise-the-bar-for-bribery-prosecutions/
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/08/politics/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-liberal-last-best-hope/index.html
https://www.naacpldf.org/scotus-watch-opposing-the-confirmation-of-amy-coney-barrett/judge-barretts-record/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/kamala-harris-brett-kavanaugh-video-trump-joe-biden-a9671756.html
https://schiff.house.gov/news/press-releases/schiff-markey-colleagues-push-to-expand-supreme-court-amidst-crisis-of-confidence
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/29/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-bold-plan-to-reform-the-supreme-court-and-ensure-no-president-is-above-the-law/
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/01/574922021/chief-justice-roberts-promises-to-evaluate-sexual-misconduct-policies
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx

Episode Four: Project 2025

In this episode, we dig into Heritage Foundation, Project 2025, and "A Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise." No holds barred, no punches pulled, no sugar coating the reality. 
Sources for this episode here:
https://www.project2025.org/
https://www.aclu.org/project-2025-explained
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977njnvq2do
https://protectdemocracy.org/work/trumps-schedule-f-plan-explained/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/9/what-is-the-4b-feminist-movement-from-s-korea-thats-taking-off-in-the-us
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/a-guide-to-project-2025/
https://www.aclu.org/our-47th-president-donald-trump
THE VIKTOR ORBAN MUST READ BELOW:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/23/trump-autocrat-elections-00191281?fbclid=IwY2xjawGwyG5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbscp2vh4TINcVsdIRa_S37gs_yu9ZwN0GPiRxHvNj7gkNxcgaPwRdRPzA_aem_zLYEp-rW0cm4kigx02KJ-Q
 

Episode Three: Electoral College, Eminent Domain, and Donald Trump

The third episode covers all those "Should We Keep It?" questions about the Electoral College, Eminent Domain, and even the suggestions for Trump's Cabinet, which is about as abysmal as you'd expect. Look, we didn't say we were non-partisan, it's in the name. Enjoy! Feel feel to follow us on Facebook and IG! @Leftistlezzies
Links used for things discussed in this episode:
https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about
https://www.history.com/news/how-the-great-compromise-affects-politics-today
https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/history#:~:text=The%20Founding%20Fathers%20established%20the,not%20appear%20in%20the%20Constitution 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mcconnell-defends-electoral-college-after-kentucky-governor-calls-for-popular-vote-system/
https://theconversation.com/explainer-a-short-history-of-the-electoral-college-and-how-it-subverts-the-will-of-voters-239206
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/01/media/trump-cbs-lawsuit-harris-60-minutes-interview/index.html
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-and-vance-make-anti-transgender-attacks-central-to-their-closing-argument-before-election-day
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-many-electoral-college-votes-do-the-seven-battleground-states-have/ar-AA1txcEc?ocid=BingNewsSerp 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ajavsMbCapY&si=LRJSxuVYYwLxibpI
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2012/10/09/the-electoral-college-then-and-now/
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/the-electoral-college-simplified/
https://youtu.be/XOvN1tC9VrM?si=PH3NQKoYDE5mqqyF
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/qrF5i2Vc59bXhp7b/ 
https://www.netflix.com/title/80138915 "Hitler's Circle of Evil"
https://www.netflix.com/title/80989772?source=35 "How to Become a Tyrant"
 

Episode Two: Immigration

This second episode covers stats on immigration under Obama, Trump, and Biden, as well as the implications of the rhetoric used against any ethnicity/racial/cultural background that differs from Trump's vision of a "great America."
We told you episodes would usually be shorter!
Links used for things discussed in this episode:
https://publicsafety.ieee.org/topics/high-tech-border-security-current-and-emerging-trends#:~:text=CONS%3A%20Largely%20ineffective%2C%20according%20to,through%20wide%20border%20wall%20gaps
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/new-immigration-asylum-reform-bill-released-senate-text-rcna136602
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-immigration-debate-0
https://www.wsj.com/economy/how-immigration-remade-the-u-s-labor-force-716c18ee
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/we-analyzed-9-years-of-trump-political-speeches-and-his-violent-rhetoric-has-increased-dramatically/ar-AA1sYV19?ocid=BingNewsSerp
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/four-years-change-immigration-trump
https://theconversation.com/ego-hubris-and-narcissism-where-donald-trump-ranks-among-the-other-45-american-presidents-241879
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.nr0.htm#:~:text=Labor%20Force%20In%202023%2C%20the,Blacks%20increased%20to%2061.3%20percent
https://cmsny.org/publications/warren-undocumented-2016/
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/03/02/how-border-apprehensions-ice-arrests-and-deportations-have-changed-under-trump/
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/biden-three-immigration-record

Episode One: The Election - Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump

First episode is an intro to your hosts, K.B. King and Kelly Wise, and our assessment of the election, the candidates, and the major issues. This will be the longest episode, by far, but given the gravitas of the subject matter, it makes sense.
Join us every Tuesday! Next week's episode is about Immigration. 
Links used in episode one for reference:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/the-choice-2024-harris-vs-trump/ 
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s economic plans, compared (msn.com)
Kamala Harris as a prosecutor: What these 9 CA cases reveal - CalMatters
https://apnews.com/article/tim-walz-ivf-fertility-jd-vance-fc5ebf8f37adb28cf45d0af51224a938
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5065626/labor-unions-tim-walz-minnesota-running-mate-vp#:~:text=Labor%20advocates%20could%20not%20be%20happier%20about%20Vice%20President%20Kamala
https://www.newsweek.com/tim-walz-policy-transgender-minors-explained-1937598#:~:text=Minnesota%20Governor%20Tim%20Walz,%20who%20was%20recently%20named%20as%20Vice
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/tim-walz-abortion-rights-ivf-strong-supporter-rcna165390
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-free-school-meals-education-children-18fdcf4c360684b3f42f91fa22457d49
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/nx-s1-5048000/for-much-of-kamala-harris-political-career-shes-been-the-target-of-online-trolls#:~:text=Now,%20we%20saw%20three%20different%20groups%20of%20narratives%20about%20her
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/kamala-harris-labeled-dei-candidate-makes-latest-recipient-emerging-in-rcna163842
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4901880-why-kamala-is-more-likely-than-hillary-to-be-the-first-female-president/#:~:text=Forty%20years%20later,%20unique%20social%20factors%20could%20motivate%20a%20record
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/08/how-walz-responded-to-riots-in-minnesota-after-the-death-of-george-floyd/#:~:text=For%20years,%20Minnesota%20Gov.%20Tim%20Walz%20has%20been%20criticized%20by
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/politics/tim-walz-minnesota-voting-rights/index.html
https://www.newsweek.com/tim-walz-policy-transgender-minors-explained-1937598#:~:text=Minnesota%20Governor%20Tim%20Walz,%20who%20was%20recently%20named%20as%20Vice
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4816790-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-climate-record/#:~:text=In%202014,%20Walz%20voted%20with%20the%20House%E2%80%99s%20GOP%20majority%20and
https://themarijuanaherald.com/2024/09/vice-presidential-candidate-tim-walz-says-marijuana-legalization-is-an-issue-for-the-states/#:~:text=Walz,%20who%20made%20history%20as%20the%20first%20top-ticket%20candidate%20from
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/father-of-child-killed-in-ohio-crash-begs-trump-vance-to-stop-politicizing-son-s-death/ar-AA1qp09L?ocid=socialshare 
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/20/politics/springfield-ohio-vance-campaign-wsj-report
https://www.kqed.org/news/11998040/how-j-d-vance-went-from-never-trumper-to-maga-warrior
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4803398-jdvance-hillbilly-elegy-appalachia/#:~:text=There%E2%80%99s%20nothing%20wrong%20with%20reading%20%E2%80%9CHillbilly%20Elegy,%E2%80%9D%20but%20we%20need
https://thehill.com/homenews/4819346-five-key-excerpts-from-jd-vances-forward-to-project-2025-leaders-book/#:~:text=As%20the%20Trump%20campaign%20seeks%20to%20distance%20itself%20from%20Project