In keeping with our "expanded focus" on all human rights, Jeri Ann put together this episode she calls "Christian Nationalism". Apparently, we were both educated at a time when "civics" or "social studies" classes taught things like how are nation came to be, and how our system of law and government came to be. And we have both been alarmed at the rise in influence of the so-called Christian Nationalist movement. Things like the state of Texas now requiring The Ten Commandments to be posted in every school in the state have us deeply concerned about this movement that wants to turn our system of law and government into a theocracy.

News Links:

https://apnews.com/article/what-happened-ice-raid-la-macarthur-park-cc04479ed94ed68d11acf807d97914e6https://www.advocate.com/politics/bipartisan-effort-lgbtq-988-linehttps://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/stop-legitimizing-pseudoscience-marginalize-trans-peoplehttps://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/06/25/transgender-rights-group-aims-to-expand-activist-founded-database-of-lgbtq-friendly-businesses/https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/539/558/https://folklife.si.edu/talkstory/2016/are-you-a-friend-of-dorothy-folk-speech-of-the-lgbt-communityhttps://www.out.com/news/hetero-awesome-fest-idaho-racism#rebelltitem1

We have been watching our country's breathtaking descent into authoritarian fascism since the day Donald Trump started his second term as President.

Earlier this month, we watched in horror as our President deployed National Guard troops and U.S. Marines against peaceful protesters in Los Angeles. On June 14th, we watched somewhere between 12 and 15 million people rally around the country on "No Kings" day, and raise their middle finger to fascism.

That was kind of inspiring, to say the least, and we realized that we had to use our voice to talk about more than "trans issues". We're just two old ladies from the Houston area, but we have a voice. After some soul-searching, we've decided to add our voice to the resistance. As Jeri Ann puts it, we are broadening our focus. Trans rights are human rights, after all, and we see human rights being trampled more and more every day, by a corrupt and hateful administration.

In this episode we'll describe what we are seeing, and why it alarms us. And we will call on our listeners to join us in resisting what is being done to our country.

With the Republicans' dominance of government and medial, we've notice a huge jump in the amount of disinformation and outright lies about gender dysphoria and transgender people. We do our part in calling out the B.S. but lately (since Trump returned to the White House) it has taken a much darker turn. It is clearly being used as just one more distraction from their actual goal of creating an authoritarian kleptocracy, i.e. stealing from the citizens of this country and their descendants.

https://www.wdtv.com/2025/05/26/morrisey-issues-statement-transgender-athlete-wva-state-track-field-meet/https://gazette.com/military/transgender-air-force-academy-cadets-graduate/article_844c7f24-70d1-472d-af4e-6c24e9a9ea27.htmlhttps://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/no-link-between-trans-inclusive-policies-bathroom-safety-study-finds-n911106https://law.uh.edu/judges/PHYLLIS%20RANDOLPH%20FRYE.asphttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13178-018-0335-zhttps://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/gender-inclusive-bathroom-window-pennsylvania-middle-school-rcna173917https://www.denverpost.com/2025/06/01/transgender-dysphoria-therapy-trump/https://www.foxnews.com/sports/men-dont-belong-womens-sports-nba-star-believes-amid-debate-over-transgender-athletes&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoTMTQwNTU5ODAzMjM2NTYyNzc5NDIaZDkzNzQwN2M0YmFmOTRmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw3bUlyUtk09qwvcS5uYQ9bwhttps://www.foxnews.com/sports/men-dont-belong-womens-sports-nba-star-believes-amid-debate-over-transgender-athletes&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoTMTQwNTU5ODAzMjM2NTYyNzc5NDIaZDkzNzQwN2M0YmFmOTRmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw3bUlyUtk09qwvcS5uYQ9bwhttps://www.cpr.org/2025/06/05/proposed-ballot-initiatives-target-trans-youth/https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=580769998378874