565: Gifted Edition

Published: Dec. 14, 2023, noon

In this week\u2019s episode, a Texas judge protects the right to abort\u2026AAAND it's gone, a Christian Right leader tells us which religion started all the wars on Christmas, and we\u2019ll explore child labor as a last minute Christmas gift.
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\nHeadlines:
\nTexas court allows first abortion since ban
\n(UPDATE: Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks pregnant woman from emergency abortion)
\nhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-08/texas-court-allows-first-abortion-since-ban/103204800
\nhttps://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/us/texas-abortion-ruling-attorney-general-petition/index.html
\nStreet preacher sucks fun out of Christmas for kids: https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/grinch-street-preacher-delivers-upsetting-message-in-front-of-elementary-school/
\nSpeaker Mike Johnson says God told him, in late-night hallucinations, that he was Moses: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/speaker-mike-johnson-says-god-told?r=2uh8q4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
\nhttps://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/12/mike-johnson-christian-nationalist-lawmakers-moses.html\xa0
\nChristian Right commentator (and founder of Gab) thinks he found the Jewish conspiracy in the War on Christmas: https://churchleaders.com/news/463883-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeers-plot-to-ruin-christmas-and-america-rns.html\n