Still Counting host Clare Malone joins Erin to break down what we know about a potential stay-at-home parent subsidy, a rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths, Sydney Sweeney’s horny sports gambling ad, and Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian oligarch-funded wedding. Then Alexis Nikole Nelson (@Blackforager) joins to talk about foraging, seasonal eating, and her new book Happy Snacking, Don't Die!

Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones (NYT 9/5)
Women Filled 98 Percent of Jobs Created in August. What Happened to the Men? (National Review 9/11)
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans. (ProPublica 9/9)
Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin (ProPublica 9/14)
‘Sydney Sweeney, this is what women in sport look like’: female athletes spark backlash against viral advert (The Guardian 9/14)

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In our 47th episode of This F*cking Guy, What A Day’s Jane Coaston joins Erin to relive the destruction caused by the witless war criminal, George W. Bush. From his early years of drunken antics, relying on his dad’s help to trip upwards, to leaving MANY children behind as Governor of Texas, to squandering his 9/11 approval ratings by invading Iraq and permitting war crimes, to gaslighting the media about his preparedness for Hurricane Katrina, this may be our most moronic man-child guy, yet.

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Bush reacts to latest Middle East violence (AP Archive)

George W. Bush after rehearsing a speech, 2001 (Reddit)

George W. Bush’s Paintings Cannot Redeem Him (Hyperallergic)

Shoe-Throwing Reporter Tells Tale Of Torture (NPR)

Bush acknowledges 1976 DUI charge (CNN)

Sharon Bush denies Kitty Kelley account (NBC)

Kitty Kelley defends sources of new Bush book (Today)

Kitty Kelley's bad magic (Chron)

Man Says He OK'd Bush for Guard (Washington Post)

Go East, Young Man (Texas Monthly)

The Guard Years (The New Yorker)

Bush fell short on duty at Guard (Boston.com)

Author Examines the Legendary 1968 Harvard-Yale Game (Valley News)

Bush Spent Undergrad Years Away From Politics (The Harvard Crimson)

Bush's Life-Changing Year (Washington Post)

George W. Bush DUI Arrest Record (The Smoking Gun)

George W. Bush on his DUI arrest (Salon)

Bush's Disdainful Presidency (Consortium News)

Was Dubya Drunk? (Slate)

How team Bush took an airbrush to the Chosen One’s misdeeds (The Times)

Little Did We Know (Texas Monthly)

What Price Baseball? (Austin Chronicle)

Governor Deadbeat  (Austin Chronicle)

Bush and the Texas Environment (Texas Observer)

Capitol Offenses (Texas Obserber)

The Myth of the Texas Miracle in Education (DOAJ)

Death in Texas (The New York Review)

Read My Chips (Austin Chronicle)

Years ago, Texas hustled to get kids on state health care. Now it’s kicking them off. (Texas Tribune)

CHIP Enrollment (texas.gov)

Texas Governor George W. Bush’s Record on Taxes (Citizens For Tax Justice)

State's budget crunch haunting Bush (Chron)

Gov. Rick Perry says in 2003, Texas cut $10 billion from the budget yet increased spending for public education and health and human services (Politifact)

Devil May Care (Talk Magazine)

Bush’s revealing interview (The Baltimore Sun)

Mistakes Loom Large as Handover Nears (University of Delaware)

Hoyer, Waxman Ask Rumsfeld For Investigation into CPA Hiring (Steny Hoyer)

Getting the Facts Straight (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

How Projected Surpluses Became Deficits (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

The Changing Budget Picture (The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)

From Riches to Rags: Causes of Fiscal Deterioration Since 2001 (Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget)

Fiscal Fact Checker: What Caused the Swing From Surplus to Deficit? (Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget)

Phase II Report (govinfo.gov)

Senate Intelligence Committee Unveils Final Phase II Reports on Prewar Iraq Intelligence (U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)

Committee Study ofthe CentralIntelligenceAgmcy 's Detention and Interrogation Program (U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)

Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program, Together with Foreword by Chairman Feinstein and Additional and Minority Views (congress.gov)

Senate Session 10/25/01 (C-Span)

Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the House Judiciary Committee concerning “The FBI's Use of National Security Letters and Section 215 Requests for Business Records” (U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General)

Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary concerning reauthorizing the USA Patriot Act (senate.gov)

The Contentious ‘No Child’ Law II: Money Has Not Been Left Behind (EducationWeek)

No Child Left Behind: An Overview (EducationWeek)

Reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act with More Funding, Better Enforcement, and Additional Supports for Struggling Schools (The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights)

Department of Education--Contract to Obtain Services of Armstrong Williams (Government Accountability Office)

GAO: Armstrong Williams PR Contract Violated Law  (EducationWeek)

Why Armstrong Williams Wants Us To Forgive and Forget (Center for Media and Democracy)

Reading First: Scandalous and ineffective (The Center for Public Integrity)

Ultimate Sacrifice: Bush Quit Golf For The Troops (Crooks and Liars)

George W. Bush Announces Mission Accomplished (C-span)

W.’s Greatest Hits (Slate)

George W. Bush ‘Didn’t Care’ When People Made Fun of Him as President, Jenna Bush Hager Says: ‘He Loved It’ (People)

Top 10 failures of the Bush administration (The Center for Public Integrity)
Bush 'Not Insulted' by Thrown Shoes (ABC)

Bush administration scandals (EBSCO)
Enron's Close Ties to Bush (ABC)

9 US presidents who faced sex scandals before, during, or after their time in office (Business Insider)

A Woman Accuses Bush of Rape, Later Dies of Aparent Suicide (Daily Kos)
For Bush, Thrill Was in Father's Chase (NY Times)

Bush Election Stirs Political and Legal Controversy (EBSCO)

Search the 935 Iraq War false statements (The Center for Public Integrity)

The Other “Big Lie” and Our Democratic Fragility (The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation)

The Iraq Invasion 20 Years Later: It Was Indeed a Big Lie That Launched the Catastrophic War (Mother Jones)

Human Rights Watch World Report 2003: United States (HRW)

The Supreme Court is Giving George W. Bush the Last Laugh on Guantanamo (Politico)

No Child Left Behind: The oral history (Politico)

No Child Left Behind: What Worked, What Didn't (NPR)

The paintings of George W. Bush (ArtForum)

George W. Bush in the eye of a hurricane (Washington Post)

Nate Silver, Clare Malone, and Galen Druke discuss the most competitive Senate races heading into the midterms in this excerpt from their new podcast, Still Counting. To hear the rest, head over to Still Counting and subscribe! New episodes drop every Wednesday evening.

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Erin and guest host Julissa Arce dive into the Trump administration's laissez-faire response to the devastating natural disasters in Nepal and Venezuela, the looming Social Security cliff, and the shady trend of political campaigns paying influencers for endorsements. Then they break down the bizarre saga of a man impersonating a 49ers player to scam women. They wrap up with a petty conversation about the Laura Owens trial and Chris Brown apologists.

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Erin Ryan and Melissa Murray (Strict Scrutiny) dive into the multi-state legal battle over custody of a child born via surrogacy and the firestorm of politics swirling around it, and Natalie Harp’s creepy relationship with Donald Trump. Then Kate Glavan (Seamossgirlies) stops by to talk about Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop’s partnership with Big Tech. They wrap up in the sanity corner with a toast to the late great Dolly Parton and rant about Oreogate.

Inside the McKenna West Case (Katie Couric Media 8/18)
One Woman Conceived a Baby. One Carried Him. Who’s the Mother? (NYT 8/25)
The White House Freak-Out Over Natalie Harp (The Atlantic 8/20)
Sean Duffy in the Real World (The New Yorker 8/23)
The Goop Emoji (Puck 8/25)


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In our 46th episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin Ryan and Nina Parker break down the ball-tasering, clout-chasing manchild, Jake Paul.

From his Vine and YouTube "prank" beginnings, to running a content sweatshop called Team 10, to scamming children via crypto pump-and-dumps and sham online "universities," to gentrifying Puerto Rico and cozying up to Trump, to finally getting his jaw broken in two places by Anthony Joshua...this may just be our most exhaustingly f*ckboy yet!

Sources:

• Jake Paul These Days Official Music Video (YouTube)
• Social media star Jake Paul raises $1 million to become a social media mogul (TechCrunch)
• Ahead of fight with Tyson, is Jake Paul Jewish? (The Jerusalem Post)
• In Beverly Grove, Social Media Star Jake Paul’s Antics Stir Up The Neighborhood (KTLA)
• 20-Year-Old Disney Channel Star Terrorizing Neighbors With YouTube Stunts (YouTube)
• Youtuber Jake Paul Terrorizes West Hollywood Neighbors (YouTube)
• YouTuber Jake Paul axed by Disney after bragging about turning his neighbourhood into a ‘war zone’ (Metro)
• YouTube Star Jake Paul on Getting Fired by Disney, Feuding With Neighbors: “I Feel Like a Zoo Animal” (The Hollywood Reporter)
• The Price is Right With Jake Paul (YouTube)
• You Gotta Want It archive.org/details/…/2up
• SEC Charges Crypto Entrepreneur Justin Sun and His Companies for Fraud and Other Securities Law Violations (SEC)
• Jake Paul reaches settlement with SEC in crypto touting case (ESPN)
• Jake Paul Exposed as $2.2M Serial Crypto Scammer (Be In Crypto)
• Jake Paul Promised Them Fame. Was It Worth the Price? (NYT)
• Jake Paul Endorses Donald Trump, Compares Former President’s Status as a Convicted Felon to America’s Founding Fathers (Variety)
• Jake Paul Will Teach You To Be Social Media Famous, For A Price (Player.One)

Erin and guest host Megan Gailey dive into Tuesday night's primaries, Katie Miller’s fling with Eric Swalwell, and Tucker Carlson’s vision for America. Then they go back to school and discuss the failed school vouchers experiment and how f*cked education funding has become. Then, they dig into the trial of Lindsay Clancy and how it highlights major gaps in postpartum mental health care.  Then they wrap up in the sanity corner with some petty rants. 

Wisconsin’s Dem establishment is scrambling to stop a democratic socialist Tuesday (Politico 8/9)
Disgraced Ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell Had Fling with Stephen Miller’s Wife, Katie, When She Was a 22-Year-Old Intern, Report Reveals (People 8/7)
Stephen Miller’s Wife’s Relationship With Disgraced Dem Exposed (The Daily Beast 8/7)
To Public Schools’ Detriment, Some States Continue to Increase Spending on Private School Vouchers (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 8/6)
States with and without universal school choice programs (Ballotopedia)
Tucker Carlson unveils 10-point manifesto amid third-party speculation (Axios 8/5)
AOC is freezing her eggs — and sharing the process online (The 19th News 8/10)
A Troubled Mother Faces Murder Charges in Her Young Children’s Deaths (NYT 2/8/2023)
Lindsay Clancy hasn’t taken the stand, but she’s spoken volumes at her murder trial (CNN 8/8)

In our 45th episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Alyssa dive deep into the past of the wimpy blobfish himself, Ted Cruz. From his pedantic debate team days, to his impeccable vacation timing with natural disasters, to bending the knee to Trump after he degraded his wife, to getting dog-walked by Tucker Carlson, this may be our most craven guy, yet!
Ted Cruz: The Distinguished Wacko Bird from Texas (GQ)

Rafael Cruz, father of Ted Cruz, stars as 2016 campaign supersurrogate (Washington Times)

Ted Cruz paints over graffiti in Houston targeting late conservative figure Charlie Kirk (USA Today)

Ted Cruz’s family story: Poignant but incomplete (McClatchy DC)

Ted Cruz Reads ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ on Senate Floor — And That’s Not the Weird Part (McClatchy DC)

Ted Cruz says there is a "cancer" of rising anti-semitism on the right (Reddit)

Ted Cruz thanks Trump for "getting rid of that ridiculous red card." (Reddit)

Cruz burns Trump (Politico)

Sen. Ted Cruz: “How about we all come together and say let's stop attacking pedophiles?" (Reddit)

US election: Ted Cruz fights back for not endorsing Trump (BBC) 

Ted Cruz tried to insult James Talarico’s masculinity. It backfired immediately. (LGBTQ Nation)

There’s No Greater Joy Than Watching Ted Cruz Humiliate Himself (Esquire)

Meet some of Ted Cruz's harshest critics - Republicans (BBC) 

Ted Cruz 10 years ago freaking out over rumors told about his family (Reddit)

Tucker Carlson calls Ted Cruz 'morally repulsive' as drama between the two grows (Houston Chronicle)

Screenshot of Ted Cruz Liking a 'Sexual Post' Video on 9/11 Resurfaces After Calling Out a Democrat Candidate (International Business Times)

Tucker Carlson Tears Into Ted Cruz In The Most Gloriously Awkward Interview You'll See (Huff Post)

Ted Cruz: Donald Trump Is a 'Pathological Liar' (YouTube)

Ted Cruz and his wife lived apart for the first 7 years of their marriage (The Week)

Rafael Cruz, father of Ted Cruz, stars as 2016 campaign supersurrogate (Washington Times)

Ted Cruz’s Father Worked With Supplements Maker Sued by Investors (NYT)

Ted Cruz Mocked After Warning on Space Pirate Threat (Newser)

Sen. Ted Cruz wants to settle Twitter feud with wrestling match between actor Ron Perlman and Rep. Jim Jordan (Washington Post)

Jimmy Kimmel, Ted Cruz sweat their way to bad basketball glory in Blobfish Classic (ABC News)

Ted Cruz and Jimmy Kimmel are better at raising money for charity than they are at playing basketball (CNN)

The Basketball Game That Promises Very Little: Ted Cruz Vs. Jimmy Kimmel (NPR)

Texas Senator Ted Cruz flew to Cancun, Mexico, amid weather crisis (BBC)

Ted Cruz Punches Then Elbows His Wife in the Head and Face (YouTube)

Trump says Cruz would be a 'guarantee' for Supreme Court (FOX 7 Austin)

From 'Lyin' Ted' To 'Beautiful': How Trump And Cruz Found Political Love (NPR)

Trump under fire for jabs aimed at Cruz's wife (PBS News)

These 43 Republicans Voted Against Capping Insulin Costs (Newsweek)

Ted Cruz addresses NRA convention the day after refusing to discuss 'politics' of Uvalde shooting (Houston Chronicle)

Ted Cruz and 16 other Texans refused to certify the 2020 election. None would say whether they see it as legitimate today. (Texas Tribune)

Ted Cruz took refuge in supply closet during January 6 riot, book reveals (The Guardian)

Ted Cruz Jokes to Oil Lobbyists About Eating Someone’s Son – (Mother Jones)

Trump leads Rubio Even Head To Head in Florida (Public Policy Polling)

Things you probably didn’t know about Ted Cruz: From avocados to ‘The Princess Bride’ (Yahoo News)

Sen. Ted Cruz Faces Backlash For His Role In Capitol Violence : (NPR)

Audio shows Cruz outlining plan to Fox News to delay 2020 election certification (The Hill)

Ted Cruz's Weird, Anti-conservative Posturing on Elections (Cato Institute)

Ted Cruz reimbursed himself $555,000 after successfully challenging a political spending law at the Supreme Court (Business Insider)

This awful bill shows how Ted Cruz threatens the citizenship rights of all Americans (The Week)

Ted Cruz’s misleading memories of his 2013 gun proposal (The Washington Post)

All the terrible things Ted Cruz has voted against this year already | (The Independent)

Ted Cruz Doesn’t Believe You Have the Right to Masturbate (Vanity Fair)

Ted Cruz’s college days as a widely hated masturbator have come back to haunt him. (The New Republic)

Fuckin' Craig Mazin: An Appreciation of Ted Cruz's College Roommate (Jezebel)

Ted Cruz’s college roommate recalls his creepy habits (My San Antonio)

Ted Cruz Sex Scandal Story Just the Latest Bombshell in a Bizarre Campaign (US News)

Why is US Senator Ted Cruz trending for porn? (BBC)

Ted Cruz and porn: a brief history (CNN Politics)

Ted Cruz flew to Cancún as millions of Texans endure power outages (Texas Tribune)

Tragic Details About Ted Cruz's Relationship With His Daughter Caroline (The List)

Special airport security escort for political VIPs moving forward in Congress (Politico)

Cruz’s Podcast Deal Appears to Have Illegally Funneled Soft Money into Elections | (Campaign Legal Center)

Ted Cruz’s Growing Scandals (Texas Democratic Party)

Ted Cruz: the GOP's self-made monster (The Guardian)

White House Correspondent April Ryan guest hosts with Erin to discuss Abdul El-Sayed’s win in Michigan, the latest in Republican Rep Max Miller’s snowballing awfulness, and Republicans' ongoing obsession with Dr. Fauci. Then friend of the show, Minnesota’s LT. Governor Peggy Flanagan stops by to discuss her run for the U.S. Senate, and her favorite foods at the Minnesota State Fair. They wrap up with a very petty edition of the sanity corner.  

The Most Powerful Men in America Are Eating Only Steak and Sauerkraut. Could I? (NYT 8/4)
Trump declines to call for Max Miller's resignation amid abuse allegations (The Guardian 8/3)
North Carolina congressman Edwards quits reelection bid after committee finds inappropriate conduct (AP News 8/5)
Redacted Fauci Diary Entries Depict Him Personally Helping Katie Miller (NOTUS 7/29)

Erin Ryan and Sami Sage (Betches Media) dig into the Trump administration’s move to terminate millions of dollars of federal grants for teen pregnancy prevention and what that says about the administration’s vision of women. Then, they dive into Emily Wilson’s scathing review of the Odyssey. Plus, Annie Andrews, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate in South Carolina, stops by to discuss her race and how the death of Lindsay Graham is shaking things up. And as always, we end with sanipetty.

Emily Wilson: An Uncomplicated Man 
Government Overhauls Teen Pregnancy Program to Focus on Marriage and Starting Families (NYT 7/22 + NPR 7/7)
A Nobel Prize winner decodes why people aren’t having kids (NYT OPED 2025 + Claudia’s Original Research & Ruben Gallego 7/23)