Pod Save America

I am a regular weekly listener to both PSA and pod save the world. I listened to the episode with Lovett and Bill Maher with some curiosity and hope but ended the episode feeling very frustrated and pessimistic about how the Democratic Party and its constituents talk about trans folks (I am trans). Honestly I am sick and freaking tired of people who aren’t trans mis-representing the “facts” about trans people. Bill Maher did nothing but repeat all of the right wing propaganda and talking points out there about trans people and trans kids and Lovett did very little to push back on it. Stop saying people do gender surgeries on children because they don’t, stop saying children can self diagnose because they don’t, stop giving credence to this idea that trans women in sports is a threat to women’s sports and there needs to be more data because we aren’t and there IS data. Stop letting these view points go unchallenged, and if you aren’t going to do that then keep trans people out of your mouth.

More bravo recaps plz

My son is on his public high schools wrestling team in Southern California. We are the only parents who were democrats and only a few others went to college, 95% of the families are Hispanic. When I brought up the campus protests every single one of these working class voters were disgusted. One cop said ‘what spoiled brats dressing up like terrorists and destroying property.” Another was disgusted that kids assaulted a janitor and faced no charges. Almost all of them are Christian and they had way more moral clarity than many Jewish democratic leaders. I’ve heard you say Hispanic voters are like white voters who are working class. I would say that you are telling on yourself that you don’t know any working class Hispanic families. They believe in the American dream. They believe in following the rules and kids respecting adults. The democrats are not showing those same values as they ignore the protests from 2020-which I agreed with until there was rioting and property destruction. These families were HORRIFIED by citizens assaulting police and destroying property. If there was any other group not being allowed to attend class-anyone besides Jews-democrats would be speaking up-but since it’s Jews they ignore it, some defend it. That’s a very privileged perspective, let the janitors and housekeepers clean up from these entitled rich kids. I would really encourage you to speak directly to working class Hispanic voters about the cultural divide-it would be enlightening for you.

This is among my favorite podcasts, but I feel conflicted about the promotion of unethical companies used in their advertising. Please do better with vetting your advertisers.