623: Fact Checked Edition

In this week’s episode, Washington and Montana break god’s super best friend promise, a new bill in Mississippi aims to teach people that erections have consequences, and the answer to “who dat?” turns out to be way worse than we thought.
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Headlines:
WA and Montana Lawmaker want to make priests mandatory reporters: friendlyatheist.com/p/wa-lawmaker-defends-bill… and friendlyatheist.com/p/montana-democrats-want-t…
Wyoming anti-abortion bill would make chemo illegal cause they’re idiots: theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/02/wyoming-re…
Christian investment group takes credit for pressuring Meta into ending fact-checking: christianpost.com/voices/meta-facebook-christi…
NO Saints helped Catholics cover up child rape: nytimes.com/2025/02/03/business/new-orleans-sa…
Mississippi lawmaker introduces 'Contraception Begins at Erection Act': nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/mississippi…
newsweek.com/democrat-proposing-masturbation-f…