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Jackal and Josiah catch up on some current events. We discuss recent anti-trans legislation in Iowa and the chaos of the first few weeks of the second Trump admin before catching back up with our good friend, Eric Adams.

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References

• Thumbnail from AP News, taken by Charlie Neibergal, https://apnews.com/article/iowa-civil-rights-code-gender-identity-cf68d2183210133b15a47e526ad2fb0d
• "Iowa City City Council candidate Oliver Weilein isn’t playing it safe," Emma Jane in The Daily Iowan, https://dailyiowan.com/2025/02/25/iowa-city-city-council-candidate-oliver-weilein-isnt-playing-it-safe/
• Rock Hard Caucus, https://rockhardcauc.us/
• "Iowans share concerns after masked members of extremist group Patriot Front march in Des Moines," KCCI, https://www.kcci.com/article/iowans-share-concerns-after-masked-members-of-extremist-group-patriot-front-march-in-des-moines/63883874
• "Iowa GOP fast-tracks bill ending trans civil rights protection as protesters flood Capitol," Stephen Gruber-Miller, Marissa Payne, and Sabine Martin in Des Moines Register, https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/24/transgender-iowans-would-lose-civil-rights-protections-under-house-bill-advances/80008999007/
• "Bill to remove gender identity from Iowa Civil Rights Act clears Senate subcommittee," Robin Opsahl in Iowa Capitol Dispatch, https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/02/25/bill-to-remove-gender-identity-from-iowa-civil-rights-act-clears-senate-subcommittee/
• "Iowa protestors rally at Statehouse for second day against bill threatening transgender rights," KCCI, https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-politics-senate-bill-transgender-civil-rights-act-protests/63923646
• "Iowa lawmakers rushed through a day of pruning your rights. Here are some." Lucas Grundmeier in Des Moines Register, https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/2025/02/25/iowa-gender-identity-bill-trans-erasure-restricting-rights/80267967007/
• "Iowa could be first state to revoke transgender rights," Jason Clayworth in Axios, https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2025/02/26/iowa-transgender-civil-rights-protections-revoke
• "CPAC Speaker Calls for Eradication of ‘Transgenderism’ — and Somehow Claims He’s Not Calling for Elimination of Transgender People,"  Peter Wade and Patrick Reis in Rolling Stone (from 2023), https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/cpac-speaker-transgender-people-eradicated-1234690924/
• "Key takeaways from Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting with Elon Musk," Al Jazeera, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/26/key-takeaways-from-donald-trumps-first-cabinet-meeting-with-elon-musk
• "CPI report: US inflation heats up to 3% for first time since June," Alicia Wallace in CNN, https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/12/business/us-cpi-consumer-inflation-january
• "A Timeline of Eric Adams's Indictment, and What Came Next," New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/article/eric-adams-indictment-timeline.html
• "New York Mayor Eric Adams seeks permanent dismissal of corruption case," Luc Cohen in Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/legal/new-york-mayor-eric-adams-seeks-permanent-dismissal-corruption-case-2025-02-26/
  
  

Music & audio credits

• Yesterday – bloom.
• "CPAC speaker Michael Knowles calls for trans people to be ‘eradicated’," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74Q5kfikMsU
• Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z, Alicia Keys
• I Wanna Be at the RNC - Nick Lutsko

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A show about history, politics, faith, media, and the internet hosted by Josiah Sutton. Aiming for at least two free episodes per month. Artwork by Kipp Paulsen. More content can be found on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141