Help! I've Lost My Voice!

On this episode of "Help! I've Lost My Voice!" we discuss the need for the separation of powers and checks and balances in the government. We also discussed how the actions of Trump, Musk, and DOGE have violated the separation of powers and how Congress and the Supreme Court are failing to properly exercise their checks and balances on the Executive Branch.

On this week's episode, we discussed the free exercise clause of the first amendment. Specifically we discussed what the limits are for a person's free exercise of religion. Once conclusion we came to was that a person's freedom of religion ends when that freedom starts to take away someone else's constitutional rights.

On this episode of Help! I've Lost My Voice! We discussed the establishment clause of the first amendment, which states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion...". We also discuss how legislating or using executive orders to make a certain religion's beliefs into laws is a violation of the establishment clause.

On this week's episode, we discussed climate change. Specifically we tried to counter some of the arguments that we've heard from climate change deniers on why they don't think climate change is real.

In this episode, we discuss a few of the things that the US Department of Education does as well as what some of the consequences would be of dismantling or otherwise crippling the Department of Education. We also discuss student loans and the problems with trying to privatize the loans as President-elect Trump has said he wants to do.

In this episode, we discussed President-elect Trump's cabinet picks. Trump's selections are very clearly political favors for those who have been most loyal to him. Even though it has often been done the same way in the past, it does beg the question: Why can't we have a president who will select cabinet members based on experience, expertise, and qualifications instead of loyalty to the president...

On this episode, we talk about reactions to the presidential election, our reactions and reactions that we've seen from others. We also briefly discuss the Electoral College and why it made the election seem less close than it actually was. Finally, we talked about what we think people should focus on after the election, being kind and helping others, especially marginalized groups.

Even if we don't like the results of an election, it's important to accept the results, especially once all legal challenges are exhausted. Continuing to insist that an election was stolen when there's no evidence is bad for everyone. If there are issues with the voting system, we should try to fix them, not just fight about them.

On this episode we discuss both major presidential candidates' proposed economic policies and what effects they would have on the economy, including inflation, cost of living, the housing market, etc.

Since election day is rapidly approaching, we figured we should probably take this opportunity to talk about voting. We have the right to vote, but we should also remember that we have a responsibility to vote to make our voice heard and that we should accept the results of the election even if it doesn't turn out in favor of our preferred candidates.

TW: Although it is not the subject of the episode, we do briefly discuss abortion. I was always taught growing up that equal opportunity in education already existed and that every student in America had the same opportunity to succeed as long as they put in enough work. I later learned how wrong I was in believing that. More needs to be done and the solutions exist.

As promised in the previous episode, we're discussing the presidential debate between Trump and Harris. Since it has already been widely discussed, we tried to focus on things that haven't been discussed as much, including the missed opportunities from both candidates.

Crazy things have happened in the realm of politics since our last episode, so we decided to talk through some of the craziness and try to find some calm in the chaos.

Neither major political party has or really even cares about a real solution to immigration. The far left wants fully open borders and the far right wants fully closed borders. As usual the solution involves compromise and working together.

We were planning on discussing other topics this week, but we figured we needed to discuss the recent felony conviction of former President Trump, in particular the hypocrisy of both sides relating to the discussion of the justice system following the verdict.

In this episode, we explore the importance of listening to the experts, even if they're occasionally wrong.

The caucus and convention system and the primary elections exclude people from the voting process, either intentionally or unintentionally. Open primaries and having all presidential primaries on the same day could be solutions to the problem.

The biggest lie that Americans are being told by the two major political parties is that it has to be one way or the other. There is another option: compromise.