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The Capture of Maduro, the Inauguration of Mamdani, What’s Ahead in Abortion Laws in the New Year and Adult-Child Estrangement

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John Stonestreet Maria Baer Politics & Government Marriage and Family Abortion/Value of Life
The Capture of Maduro, the Inauguration of Mamdani, What’s Ahead in Abortion Laws in the New Year and Adult-Child Estrangement

 

Authors: John Stonestreet and Maria Baer

John and Maria talk about the daring raid that captured Nicolas Maduro and Zohran Mamdani taking office in New York. A look ahead to where the abortion debate is headed in 2026 and a discussion about the growing trend of adult children cutting their parents out of their lives. 

 

Recommendations 

Liberty Kids 

Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout 

 

Segment 1 – Maduro Capture, Mamdani Inauguration 

The Daily podcast on Maduro 

World article on Mamdani

 

Segment 2 – Abortion in 2026 

Reuters article 

Wyoming Supreme Court Decision 

Justin Banta TX 

Christopher Cooprider TX 

Hassan Abbas OH 

Emerson Evans IN 

Breakpoint article on Union Gospel Mission 

 

Segment 3 – Adult-Child Estrangement 

New Yorker article 

Legacy Coalition 

Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing by Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis 

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