Ron DeSantis was so bothered by the mere IDEA of AP African American Studies in 2023 that Florida created a "competitor" to College Board's Advanced Placement, and they've just released their course framework for U.S. History. It's....not good. Historians are chiming in, and Lydia's here to break it down: why does Florida have this, what does it actually do for students and teachers, what's in this framework and how does it compare to APUSH, and just how much indoctrination is Florida attempting to accomplish.

• Florida Advanced Courses and Tests, Department of Education

• AP US History Framework (effective Fall 2026)

• Florida House Bill 1537 (2023)

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The woke in New York are getting ready to release allllll of the criminals! Murderers! Rapists! Sex offenders! The worst of the worst!!!!! At least according to the New York Post's latest rant. Lydia shares the details from this coverage specific to parole bills in New York State, and we break down exactly why this fear-mongering is so out of line.

• Trapped in Time: The Silent Crisis of Elderly Incarceration (9/22/2025, ACLU)

• "They Just Denied Me": Parole Stories and Case Studies (2/3/2026, Tinsae Gebriel and Marie Ndiaye; fwd.us)

• Organizations advocating for this: Release Aging People in Prison, People's Campaign for Parole Justice

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How is it that every racist "Karen" or right-wing completely cancellable person seems to crawl out of their negative viral moment and sometimes land jobs, book deals, or other opportunities? Naomi Bethune investigated this phenomenon for her piece, "The Far-Right Cash Machine," with The American Prospect, and joins us to break it all down.

• "The Far-Right Cash Machine" (4/2/2026, The American Prospect)

• The American Prospect

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We conclude our visit to Greg Gutfeld's terrible corner of the world for now. What was that professor that so terribly triggered Buttfeld actually talking about? How wrong could he actually be about Zohran Mamdani's electoral win? Does he get any better at making jokes?

• SOGI-Inclusive Resource Guide

• SOGI 123 Parent Brochure (archived)

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It's been a while since we've stopped by Gutfeld's corner on Fox News - and boy, was that a rude awakening. He's the biggest ass, and strips ALL context from anything he ever talks about in order to own the libs or something. Lydia's here to give us the context and debunk while we call out Gutfeld's disgusting behavior on his terrible show.

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You have to hear how badly local news fell for this completely made up trafficking story... it's so good. But before that, Lydia's got our vegetables with some "where are they now" and final thoughts and discoveries about the funding of these grifty orgs.

• Gaza and Trump's "Preference" of Private Armies (Michael Picard - Incubator for Media Education and Development, 12/3/2025)

• HIDDEN COSTS: US PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES AND THE RISKS OF CORRUPTION AND CONFLICT (Michael Picard & Colby Goodman - Transparency International, 7/2022)

• GHF Core Pipeline (@BoycottDS on Twitter; 7/21/2025)

• Exclusive: US firm in Gaza aid program, criticized by UN, in talks for new role (Pesha Magid & Rami Ayyub - Reuters; 2/11/2026)

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We reach the end of our journey into the human trafficking grift, and it's not a good ending. The very same lying idiots we've been tracking are now being paid government money to point guns at civilians in Gaza. And allegedly shoot them.

• "Amateur Hour": The Man Sending US Military Contractors to Gaza (Noah Lanard - Mother Jones; 9/17/2025)

• US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza (Julia Frankel & Sam Mednick - AP News; 7/2/2025)

• Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites (Andy Verity, Tom Beal & Will Dahlgreen - BBC News; 9/9/2025)

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The deep dive into the right wing trafficking panic industrial complex gets even more interesting, as our web of characters expands to include Tim Tebow, Sound of Freedom, and that guy from Sound of Freedom who turned out to be horrible (surprise!).

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