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The episode encourages listeners to watch the Gaslit Nation Salon instead of Trump's speech, discussing various political issues and the implications of proposed legislation.

Instead of watching Trump's speech tonight, watch Monday's Gaslit Nation Salon on July 14 - Bastille Day! Here's an excerpt. You can watch the full recording by joining our community of listeners on Patreon.com/Gaslit or GaslitNation.Substack.com. We had a lively discussion of Lindsey Graham's sudden death, how Russians see themselves as meat for the meatgrinder, and more. Trump's North Korean propaganda speech tonight is meant to strongarm Republicans into passing the Trad Wife Act -- (a.k.a. the Save Act), suppressing the votes of millions of people, especially married women who will be forced to show their birth certificates to vote if they changed their last names for marriage. It would also of course target anyone who changed their names, including trans people. It's bad all around, so bad that even many Republicans can't bring themselves to support it. They know the ripple effect will be a last straw for the powder keg that is the United States during this time of political violence in a slow-moving Civil War. Join our community of listeners and get bonus shows, ad free listening, group chats with other listeners, ways to shape the show, invites to exclusive events like our…

People in this episode

Host: Andrea Chalupa

Topics covered

• Trump's speech
• political violence
• voter suppression
• Lindsey Graham
• Gaslit Nation Salon
• community engagement

Keywords

• Trump
• Lindsey Graham
• voter suppression
• Gaslit Nation
• Bastille Day
• Trad Wife Act
• Save Act
• political violence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon.com/Gaslit, GaslitNation.Substack.com

Products: Trad Wife Act, Save Act

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