Gad Saad, a marketing professor who calls himself an evolutionary behavioral scientist, made a PragerU video called Suicidal Empathy, based on Paul Bloom's book I MEANNNN his own "new" book. This pile of crap has 2.8 million views. Lydia and Thomas go through every single claim.

Sources:

• Gad Saad: Suicidal Empathy (PragerU)

• German Federal Crime Statistics (Bundeskriminalamt), 2015-2016

• Peer-reviewed study on immigration and crime in Germany, 2008-2019

• ABC News: Police budget analysis across 109 U.S. cities, 2019-2022

• Washington Post: Police spending vs. crime rates analysis going back to 1960

• Supreme Court of Canada: Canada v. Khadr, unanimous rulings on rights violations

• FAA: Disability hiring language on agency website (present since 2013)

• FAA Aviation Safety Workforce Plan 2020-2029, disability hiring language

• University of Minnesota Medical School: Class of 2026 white coat ceremony oath and media relations statement

• Concordia University: Gad Saad faculty profile and Research Chair in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences (2008-2018)

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It's Pride Month, so conservatives are DYING. The MLB team in SAN FRANCISCO has anti-gay bigots who can't STFU. Fox News airs a segment fear mongering over the mere presence of rainbows places. And more raging fragility. Lydia breaks down the Republican effort to literally rebrand June.

Sources:

• Office of Management and Budget proposed rule conditioning federal funding on rejection of "gender ideology"

• San Francisco Chronicle: Mike Krukow on Giants Pride Night

• Media Matters: Fox News coverage of James Talarico, March-June 2025

• Offside News: NHL 2025-26 Pride Night Review

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A second wave of coverage has hit Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, and this time it's a New York Times deep-dive into his past relationships. Thomas breaks down both the texting article and the "several women" piece: who the sources actually are, what the reporting can and can't corroborate, why one accuser's background raises serious questions, and whether either story should have run at all. Plus, a broader conversation about what voters are supposed to do when the candidate they've got is... complicated.

Sources:

• Platner's Texts with Women Concern Campaign as Senate Race Took Off (Katie Glueck & Lisa Lerer, The New York Times; May 30, 2026)

• Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall 'Unsettling' Behavior (Katie Glueck & Lisa Lerer, The New York Times; June 4, 2026)

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