International, National, Oklahoma, LGBTQ+ news all filtered through our red state lesbian lens. This week had a LOT to cover. We will have a lot to update from this episode on next week's show. Recorded on Sunday morning. Links for this episode found here:

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5525885/rfk-cdc-hhs-senate-finance

https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/us-news/minneapolis-school-shooter-robin-westman-confessed-he-was-tired-of-being-trans/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/politics/takeaways-rfk-jr-hearing-health

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/politics/transgender-firearms-justice-department-second-amendment?Date=20250904&Profile=cnn&utm_content=1757007565&utm_medium=social&utm_source=threads&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5EOa2BlWrP-195BcwBAlILQ4nZse_WcWTp9JT6pbScF2rJ9nRS8CIe1hvDSg_aem_Sc1IduCNT0QvSSwsTPcwQw

https://share.google/DvbftxpsGE9MoBj2x

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5525885/rfk-cdc-hhs-senate-finance

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-fbi-informant-epstein-speaker-johnson/

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/supreme-court-tariffs-trump-appeal-rcna229021

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/3/whats-behind-donald-trumps-plan-to-move-us-space-command-to-alabama

https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4291622/trump-announces-relocation-of-us-space-command/

https://courtscast.com/google-dodges-chrome-breakup-but-ordered-to-hand-rivals-the-keys-to-its-data/

https://www.epi.org/blog/trump-is-the-biggest-union-buster-in-u-s-history-more-than-1-million-federal-workers-collective-bargaining-rights-are-at-risk/

https://www.newson6.com/story/68ba0e537b47f363b8e09c7e/tulsa-homeless-encampments-operation-governor-stitt

https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-education/oklahoma-watch-osde-chief-policy-advisor-paid-six-figures-rarely-comes-to-work/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-legal-losses-national-guard-tariffs-rcna228941

Another Wild Week in the Politisphere. We cover soft secession, Sandwich guy, Trump tariffs, Alligator Alcatraz shutdown, CDC Director fired, Firefighters detained by CBP during a fire, Oklahoma drama (money mismanaged, OK Rep Ty Burns resigns, Walters Purity Test), LGBTQIA Happenings (OK Rural Pride, Pulse Sidewalk Memorial fight, Supreme Court decision) and more! All links used for this episode found below. Follow us on TikTok, IG, and FB @LeftistLezzies!

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy983g8jr5do

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5520698/alligator-alcatraz-detention-facility-empty

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/14/nx-s1-5501628/alligator-alcatraz-court-desantis-trump-dhs

https://www.kgou.org/politics-and-government/2025-08-29/oklahoma-state-auditor-flags-nearly-100-million-in-mismanaged-pandemic-relief-dollars-in-new-report

https://www.ice.gov/about-ice/ero/protected-areas#:~:text=DHS%20Directive%20Enforcement%20Actions%20in,in%20or%20Near%20Protected%20Areas

https://oklahomavoice.com/2025/08/30/oklahoma-lawmaker-resigns-following-guilty-plea-to-domestic-violence-charges/

https://www.myheraldreview.com/free_access/19-democratic-governors-including-arizonas-warn-trump-not-to-send-troops-to-their-states/article_6121a628-70a5-4c05-96c4-5d850afe60c2.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/chicago-mayor-signs-order-blueprint-fighting-potential-trump-crackdown-rcna228212

https://abcnews.go.com/US/list-individuals-including-lisa-cook-targeted-trump-administration/story?id=124968309

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/walters-america-first-teacher-test-212951240.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/chicago-mayor-signs-order-blueprint-fighting-potential-trump-crackdown-rcna228212

https://www.mediamatters.org/supreme-court/right-wing-media-endorse-potential-supreme-court-challenge-same-sex-marriage

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/protesters-rally-fort-lauderdale-florida-removal-rainbow-crosswalks/

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/man-arrested-pulse-site-fhp-troopers-during-rainbow-crosswalk-protest

Hitting back on the stories we have already covered and added some new ones in. Trump's coming after mail-in ballots, using the military to flex force in blue cities and threatening more, and there's a gerrymandering battle in GOP states across the Union. Links for this episode can be found here:

https://www.wunc.org/politics/2025-08-22/north-carolina-gerrymandering-redistricting-texas

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/tit-for-tat-gerrymandering-wars-won-t-end-soon-20841899.php

https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-california-redistricting-supreme-court-win-2116767

https://wisconsinwatch.org/2025/08/trump-election-mail-paper-ballots-voting-machines-fact-checking-claims/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-planning-a-military-takeover-of-more-us-cities/ar-AA1L39Lz?ocid=BingNewsSerp

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-signed-more-than-200-bills-into-law-here-s-the-list/ar-AA1L2UuU?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Nashville Pride sounds alarm, seeks $250K in donations to save LGBTQ parade

UGA, Georgia Southern drop LGBTQ terms from nondiscrimination policies

Hillary Clinton Urges LGBTQ Couples to Marry Before Supreme Court Threatens National Rights

Florida Officials Remove Rainbow Crosswalk at Orlando's Pulse

RURAL PRIDE LGBTQ Persecution in the United States - Lavender Scare | Watch

Texas contradicts itself in redistricting case | The Texas Tribune

Texas’s New Map Is Racial Division by Another Name | TIME

Trump vows to try banning mail-in voting before 2026 midterm elections

Almost a third of 2024 voters voted by mail, research shows

citations-mail-voting-states.pdf

Map Shows States Where Mail-in Voting Is Most—and Least—Popular - Newsweek

We condensed a LOT of content into one episode! From SCROTUS (mmmmmhmm) to Zizians to Newsom and more, all the links used to research the episode found here:

RURAL PRIDE

Breaking down the last week of events and the Epstein timeline from the beginning to now. Links used for this episode are here:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-trumps-threat-to-take-away-rosie-odonnells-u-s-citizenship

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-seeks-to-fire-bureau-of-labor-statistics-director-after-release-of-weak-jobs-report

New Texas redistricting plan could achieve Trump's aims : NPR

Texas Democrats face their Alamo with new GOP congressional map

To counter Texas, Newsom suggests special election to gerrymander California

Governor Gavin Newsom's retaliatory redistricting idea gets mixed reaction in California Legislature - ABC7 San Francisco

The Epstein Files Timeline Raises Real Questions for Trump - POLITICO

A Timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein Investigation, Now 20 Years Old

Timeline Of The Life And Crimes Of Jeffrey Epstein - CBS New York

The Epstein Files: A Timeline | Britannica

Jeffrey Epstein: Timeline that led to sex-trafficking charges : NPR

What Corp. for Public Broadcasting Shutdown Means For NPR, PBS | TIME

Texas GOP will redraw House districts at Trump's urging, but there's a risk | AP News

‘Fetal Position’: Newsom’s Attempt To Gerrymander Already-Lopsided California May Be Over Before It Begins – IJR

Anatomy of the Texas Gerrymander | Brennan Center for Justice

Here’s The Timeline Of MAGA’s Epstein Files Meltdown—As Trump Calls The Case ‘Boring Stuff’

https://www.eventsandfestivals.org/the-growth-and-power-of-rural-pride-events-in-small-town-america

https://www.nclrights.org/our-work/legislation-policy/lgbt-rural-pride-campaign

Movement Advancement Project | RURAL LGBT RESOURCES

https://www.qorrn.com/about-us/

Episode One catches you up on the hosts Kelly Wise and K.B. King, updates much of what's happening under Trump 2.0, and of course, our ever-trusty MIMS section - Make it Make Sense. All the links used to inform most of our discussion are found here:

Trump's First 100 Days in 2025 | The American Presidency Project

Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse

Tracking the lawsuits against the Trump administration | AP News

Litigation Tracker | Lawfare

Trump 2.0: The Damage So Far - Alliance for Justice

Trump embarrasses the Pentagon with a U-turn on Ukraine

Trump Embarrassed Himself, the Nation, and Every Thinking Human on Earth

Trump ‘TACO’ Tracker: Here Are The President’s 28 Tariff Flip-Flops

Trump Slurs His Words And Embarrasses America While Announcing US Strikes On Iran

Trump embarrassed himself and America by bullying Ukraine's leader Zelenskeyy | Letters

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/nx-s1-5388507/supreme-court-transgender-military

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/25/protect-the-dolls-meaning-lgbtq-trans/

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/pete-buttigiegs-replacement-begs-governors-to-remove-rainbow-crosswalks-claiming-they-people/

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/religion/2025/05/27/anchor-baptist-church-okc-dillon-awes-lgbt-hate-group/83670917007/

https://glaad.org/trump-accountability-tracker/

https://www.project2025.observer/

This episode features our first guest - T Shea. We discuss the likelihood of a World War 3, what might cause it, conflicts in the Middle East, and the Russia/Ukraine conflict. There are no links this time around, as most of the things discussed are either deeply ingrained knowledge, easily verified with a quick Google search, or pulled from social media and other podcasts. Enjoy the listen without the reading!