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The hosts, Jesse Dollemore and Brittany Page, discuss Meta's new policy of not recommending political content on Facebook and Instagram, which could impact political creators' reach. They also talk about a listener voicemail concerning the mental health toll of financial struggles. The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling declaring frozen embryos as legal persons is analyzed, including its potential impact on IVF treatments and comments from state officials displaying religious biases.
Brittany criticizes media portrayal of Donald Trump's proposed 16-week federal abortion ban as a moderate stance. The tragic killing of a non-binary teen, Nex Benedict, in Oklahoma is covered, with Jesse condemning the hateful rhetoric from an Oklahoma state senator who opposed "that filth" in a "Christian state." The hosts emphasize the need to support and defend the rights of marginalized communities like the LGBTQ+.
The episode features listener voicemails and feedback, including one defending landlords' practices in raising rents. Brittany and Jesse discuss the problematic commodification of housing as an investment rather than a human right. They thank new Patreon supporters and encourage audience participation through calls, emails, and social media.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Meta's new policy of not recommending political content on Facebook and Instagram could significantly limit the reach and growth of political creators, especially progressive voices.
- The Alabama Supreme Court ruling declaring frozen embryos as legal persons has alarming implications for restricting access to IVF treatments and reproductive rights.
- Republican politicians are displaying disturbing levels of open discrimination and hateful rhetoric towards the LGBTQ+ community, as exemplified by an Oklahoma senator's vile comments.
- The media is normalizing and misrepresenting extreme anti-abortion positions like Trump's proposed 16-week federal ban as "moderate" stances.
- Housing should be viewed as a human right rather than a commodity for landlords to arbitrarily raise prices and accumulate wealth from renters' necessity.
- Financial struggles and poverty can take a severe toll on mental health due to chronic stress and lack of access to resources.
- Defending the rights of marginalized communities like LGBTQ+ and protecting reproductive freedoms is crucial in the face of escalating Republican extremism.
- Audience participation, sharing content, and supporting independent creators is important to counteract algorithm limitations and censorship on major platforms.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “Yeah. And so this is obviously going to have some sort of ramification there have been progressive creators that are concerned about this, obviously, who use Facebook much more than we do.“ by Brittany Page
- “We're a religious state. We are going to fight to keep that field out of the state of Oklahoma because we're a christian state. We're a moral state.“ by Tom Woods (Oklahoma State Senator)
- “So he has seriously no idea what IVF is because his first response is, I totally agreed with the decision. I'm all for it, because we need to have more kids. And they're like, well, no, IVF clinics are shutting down because of the implications of this, because frozen embryos are now legally children.“ by Brittany Page
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I Doubt It
Jesse Dollemore & Brittany Page
2/25/24
Jesse and Brittany discuss Meta's new political censorship, which will impact political creators, listener emails and voicemails related to the mental toll of financial struggles and defense of landlords, the recent IVF ruling in Alabama, including comments from Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker on a QAnon conspiracy theorist's show, Senator Tommy Tuberville's lack of understanding about IVF, and Gavin Newsom's skillful rebuttal to the GOP, and Nex Benedict's tragic killing in Oklahoma and a hateful response from Oklahoma State Senator Tom Woods.
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