America Needs You w. MN Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan

<p>Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota Peggy Flanagan joins Hysteria to share about the tragic shootings in her state and honor the legacy of her friend and colleague, State Representative Melissa Hortman. Erin and Alyssa also discuss the latest on RFK Jr.'s vaccine quakery, new (bad) discrimination rules in VA hospitals, and their skepticism of Amy Coney Barrett’s drift to the left. They wrap up with a petty conversation about shopping cart etiquette and the atrocious styling in Ryan Murphy’s latest adaptation. </p><p>For a closed-captioned version of this episode, <a href="https://youtu.be/q9XfjO-RY5A">click here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.</p><p> </p><p>Southern Baptists move to end same-sex marriage in the US (<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyr4v032z7o">BBC 6/11</a>)</p><p>‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/va-doctors-refuse-treat-patients">The Guardian 6/16</a>)</p><p>!RFK Jr. replaced everyone on the CDC's vaccine panel. Here's why that matters (<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5429604/cdc-rfk-acip-vaccine-committee">NPR 6/13</a>)</p><p>Baby of Georgia woman who was kept on life support has been delivered: Report (USA Today (<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/17/georgia-woman-life-support-abortion-law-baby/84240583007/">USA Today 6/17</a>)</p><p>A ‘formidable public servant.’ Who was Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota state representative assassinated in her home? (<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/us/melissa-hortman-minnesota-assassination">CNN 6/14</a>)</p><p>The suspect in the shooting of 2 Minnesota lawmakers had a 'hit list' of 45 officials (<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s1-5433748/minnesota-shooting-suspect-vance-boelter-arrested-melissa-hortman-john-hoffman">NPR 6/16</a>)</p><p>How Amy Coney Barrett Is Confounding the Right and the Left (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court.html">NYT 6/15</a>)</p><p>Supreme Court upholds Tennessee’s youth transgender care ban (<a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5356897-supreme-court-tennessees-youth-transgender/">The Hill 6/18</a>)</p>