This is an episode that was recorded on June 4. Jessica forgot to upload it due to...you know, MENOPAUSE!

Rachel joins the pod this week, and things are getting sweaty- literally and politically! Jen and Rach are melting in an AC battle with their husbands, Katie jumped into a lake to survive the heat, and Jess once again forgot to upload last week's episode. We're talking about the upcoming No Kings Rally and why we're nervous and how it all awkwardly lands on Trump's birthday- and yep, there's a military parade.

Menopause is real, and so is Jess's confusion after realizing she sponsored an entire golf tournament she has no memory of. This week the memory fog is thick, but we do our best to cut through it and catch you up on all the political chaos that's unfolded since Memorial Day. Spoiler: It's a lot. From the courtroom drama to Trump's meltdowns, we're breaking it all down with our signature perimenopausal blend of rage, jokes, and memory losses.

This week perimenopause heel pain isn't the only thing throwing us off balance- our train of thought has completely left the station and is crashing...just like the authoritarian regime that is now the US government. We attempted to stay on track while covering Trump settling with Ashli Babbit's family for $5M (once again rewarding an insurrectionist), Kristi Noem's legal illiteracy, USDA cuts and food bank shortages, Harvard losing its international students and Trump's personal Qatari Jet that is going to be refurbished on our dime. There is no tidy them here, folks. Just rage, confusion and the dulcet tones of our exhaustion. Buckle up- or don't. We're off the rails either way!

In this week's chaotic cocktail of Pausing Democracy, the menopause squad dives headfirst into America's latest constitutional hot flash. We unpack the Supreme Court's flirtation with ending birthright citizenship and how Trump's immigration preferences now apparently include being white. Then it's on to his beef with T-Swift and The Boss because nothing says "presidential" like attacking beloved Grammy winners. He's giving off preschool recess vibes this week!

In this episode, Jen is convinced her son is about to be drafted, Jess thinks she can open a DIY dog grooming salon, and as usual, we are all outraged by the situation we find ourselves in.

Meanwhile. the Trump administration continues its full blown decent into cartoon villiany with its foreign money and crypto scams, billionaires buying influence like its a clearance sale a Mar-a-Lago. The corruption is so blatant it makes our hot flashes fee subtle.

Are we going crazy or is it just menopause, late stage capitalism and the collapse of democratic norms all at once. Either way, we're all in this together!

This week the girls are spiraling! We talk GLPs and weight loss injections. Meanwhile, Katie's menopause fueled anxiety about her 12K birthday race in Carmel has everyone googling whether "menxiety" is real...

On the national front, Trump is in a full gaslight and grift cycle, blaming Biden for his own disastrous economy while simultaneously trying to claim credit for the good times we had under Biden. With the lowest approval rating of any president ever, even MAGA is getting quiet. Turns out, alternative facts don't pay the bills, and the biggest victims of his con might just be the folks who voted for him.

Grab your electrolytes and political despair because we're sprinting though the end of times like a 5k runner in a 12K...or something like that.

This week we dive into the wild world of the federal government (i.e. Elon Musk) offering a $5,000 baby bonus. Meanwhile, the FDA is being gutted and surprise: there's been a secret E. coli outbreak that they definitely don't want you to know about. As usual its complete chaos and unfortunately, the government hiding a food safety crisis from the public is not surprising!