Ep#214: Debate Debacle

Announcement: Atheists United is running a fundraiser to help with the California wildfire crisis @1:33 YouTube super-algorithm is taking down videos that debunk conspiracy theories @1:55 2020: Fact check on debate followed by DEBATE TALK @5:24 Trump campaign discussing how to cheat @12:20 Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court is indeed Amy Coney Barrett @16:45 Trump & Cronies: Tax info @18:43 Additional Taxes The Attorney General of the United States at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast @28:57 Coronavirus: 156 countries to work together to make sure vaccine is distributed equitably. The U.S. and China are not among them @41:16 FiveThirtyEight on how to know when to trust a COVID-19 vaccine @42:10 FDA to issue tougher standards for any emergency authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine @44:41 Nice FDA vaccine guidelines you got there. It’d be a shame if something happened to them. State News: Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a COVID-downplayer, has tested positive for the virus. @45:40 National News: The “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020”? It’s just a bill to punish schools who let transgender girls play high school sports. @46:29 Huffpost OpEd about TST @53:50 World News: UN staffers! You can get FREE EARLY ACCESS to Russia’s amazing and not-really-tested COVID-19 vaccine! @56:01 Germany’s largest archdiocese is closing 90 percent of its churches over the next 10 years @56:52 Religious Nonsense: The North Texas conference of the United Methodist Church wants the church’s logo changed from the flame-and-cross symbol @57:50