After taking some time off to process Roe being overturned, Kieryn and Eve dive back in to Ginni Thomas’ role in the Jan 6th attempted coup and how tolerating unethical behavior lead to this moment. 

Show Notes:

• https://puck.news/whos-afraid-of-ginni-thomas/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/untold-story-ginni-thomass-anti-cult-activism-was-deprogrammed-rcna22131
• https://freebeacon.com/courts/exclusive-ginni-thomas-sets-the-record-straight-on-january-6/
• https://deadline.com/2022/06/ginni-thomas-january-sixth-committee-interview-1235048088/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/ginni-thomas-lawyer-wants-better-justification-giving-testimony-jan-6-rcna35901
• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ginni-thomas-clarence-wife-mark-meadows-texts-2020-election-overturn/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/15/ginni-thomas-john-eastman-emails/
• https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/groundswell-rightwing-group-ginni-thomas/
• https://www.americanoversight.org/ginni-thomas-republican-connections-raise-ethics-concerns-for-scotus
• https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6540403-HHS-Records– Regarding-Anti-Abortion-Influence-on#document/p633
• https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06/chuck-grassley-last-act
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Watch
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/06/10/ginni-thomas-election-arizona-lawmakers/

Turns out, Lifespring was not the only cult Ginni Thomas has been a part of. Ginni’s mom was an active part of Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Forum, and never left that cult. Instead, she grew up to enact its agenda with Clarence’s support as an “Equally Yoked” partner. WTF does that all mean? find out.

Notes:

NYT Expose: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/magazine/clarence-thomas-ginni-thomas.html
Politico on Ginni/Clarence/Eastman: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/26/ginni-thomas-west-wing-trump-john-eastman-00020675
CRHE ED Position:https://responsiblehomeschooling.org/about/employment/

In this first part of a multi-episode series on Ginni Thomas, Kieryn and Eve talk about what draws people into cults, why it isn’t weird that Ginni Thomas was in one, and compare and contrast the Lifespring cult to experiences in the church. 

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Potential_Movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhard_Seminars_Training
https://www.gq.com/story/one-month-in-los-angeles-cult-of-betterness
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1987/10/25/i-cried-enough-to-fill-a-glass/c75b0dda-e8ea-46f9-8aea-8e4afdd0cfbe/