(8/1/20) Sex and Fear; Trump rants about delaying the election and banning TikTok

<p>Ep 222: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to rec Dark, Blood Quantum, and Star Trek's sex and fear, while Allison recs Taylor Swift's Folklore and Host.</p> <p>In bad news: Trump's unhinged rantings about <a href= "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-proposes-delaying-the-presidential-election?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning"> delaying the election</a> and <a href= "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/trump-says-he-will-ban-tiktok-through-executive-action-as-soon-as-saturday.html"> banning TikTok</a>, the DoJ's plans to "<a href= "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-portland-american-repression_n_5f231c9cc5b68fbfc8809a1d">surge</a>" federal officers into black and Latino neighborhoods sounds a lot like what the NYPD has been doing for decades, and the very bad idea to <a href= "https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-could-send-florida-off-coronavirus-cliff-with-school-reopenings?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning"> open schools back up</a>, while Conservatives go full <a href= "https://news.yahoo.com/trump-says-he-doesnt-think-herman-cain-caught-coronavirus-at-the-tulsa-rally-203746698.html"> denialist</a>  about how Coronavirus is spread.</p> <p>In good news: Jeffrey Epstein's victims get to <a href= "https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-and-ghislaine-maxwell-accuser-virginia-giuffre-says-bill-clinton-partied-on-pedophile-island?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning"> name names</a> — including Bill Clinton and Alan Dershowitz — in unsealed court documents, Ellen's <a href= "https://jezebel.com/ellen-degeneres-apologizes-to-staff-about-toxic-racist-1844566765"> downward spiral</a> continues, medical workers have gotten <a href= "https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/8/21317128/improved-covid-treatment-hospitals-remdesivir-dexamethasone"> very good at treating</a> Covid patients, and John Lewis' powerful <a href= "https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/john-lewis-pens-letter-to-the-nation/"> last words</a>.</p> <p><strong>Light Treason News is supported by members! To sign up and keep the show going, visit