505: Badge to the Bone Edition

In this week’s episode, JD vance is afraid his children will turn into chipmunks without his permission, Herschel Walker tries to win a debate with a Carrot Top gambit, and the kids these days just won’t stay off of David Icke’s lawn.

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Headlines:

Herschel Walker denies abortion ban support and brandishes ‘police badge’ in Georgia debate: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/15/us-midterm-elections-herschel-walker-abortion-ban-police-badge-georgia-senate-debate-warnock

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/14/us/politics/walker-warnock-georgia-senate-debate.html

GOP Senate candidate demands schools notify parents if their kids identify as chipmunks: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/10/gop-senate-candidate-demands-schools-notify-parents-kids-identify-chipmunks/

Ted Cruz mocked for sharing fake article about LGBTQ people and refusing to apologize: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/10/ted-cruz-mocked-sharing-fake-article-lgbtq-people-refusing-apologize/

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/10/school-board-meeting-descends-chaos-protestors-demand-book-bans/

Oklahoma bans gender-affirming care for minors at state-funded hospital: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/10/oklahoma-bans-gender-affirming-care-minors-state-funded-hospital/

One million moms backtracks after prematurely dancing on uncancelled show’s grave: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/one-million-moms-little-demon-cancellation/

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This Week in Misogyny:

Religious freedom group urges commission of inquiry into Iranian crackdown on hijab protests: https://religionnews.com/2022/10/14/religious-freedom-group-asks-for-un-commission-of-inquiry-into-irans-crackdown/

Indian Supreme Court liberalizes abortion laws: https://religionnews.com/2022/10/03/in-india-where-hindu-majority-has-complex-views-supreme-court-liberalizes-abortion-law/

SBC President endorses forcing 10 year old rape victims to have babies: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/bart-barber-60-minutes-interview-showed-the-cruelty-of-southern-baptists/