673: Tree Looking Edition

In this week’s episode, Texas crosses some flaming Ts, Christian schools in Australia teach about the arkaeopteryx, and Don Ford will be here for some more strongly worded letters.
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Headlines:
Texas trying to force even more Bible into their public schools: friendlyatheist.com/p/the-texas-board-of-educa… and texastribune.org/2026/01/30/texas-education-cu…
Republicans are panicking because James Talarico wants people to act more like Jesus: friendlyatheist.com/p/republicans-are-panickin…
N.J. church deletes controversial video showing Jewish man next to devil: nj.com/passaic-county/2026/01/nj-church-delete…
In a New Jersey church’s Christmas pageant, a Jewish caricature dances with the devil: jta.org/2026/01/16/united-states/jewish-carica…
Kanye West apologizes for antisemitic behavior with full page ad in the WSJ: theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/26/kanye-west-t…
Jelly Roll is an asshole: cleveland.com/news/2026/02/what-jelly-roll-sai…
Science teachers from Queensland Open Brethren schools told to teach students about vegetarian dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark: theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/25/sci…
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This Week in Misogyny:
North Carolina woman dies waiting for abortion: propublica.org/article/north-carolina-abortion…
Report finds French nuns were basically tortured: lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/01/16/benedi…
Cinci pastor fired for filming women in gym: wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cinci… and fox19.com/2021/06/24/crossroads-use-horses-pro… and cleveland19.com/story/9547748/cincinnati-perfo…