295: Who Owns The Moon
#SistersInLaw
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4.9 • 10.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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In this episode of #SistersInLaw Sidebar, Barb McQuade and Kimberly Atkins Stohr answer your questions on everything from space exploration to gender affirming care and more. Together, they discuss who has the rights to the moon and other resources in space, whether bans on gender affirming care violate the 1st Amendment to free expression, what it will take for Republicans to join future efforts for impeachment, the basis for the DOJ opening an investigation into Cassidy Hutchinson, the right to strike, and issues with Todd Blance going into his possible confirmation as Attorney General.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of Sister Sidebar with Barb McQaid and me, Kimberly Atkins |
| 0:10.0 | Store. If you have a question for us, please email us at Sistersin-law at Politicon.com or tag us on |
| 0:17.0 | social media using the hashtag Sisters-in-law, but you don't have to just type your questions. |
| 0:23.4 | We want to hear your voice because your voice is important. |
| 0:27.2 | So you can send a voice note. |
| 0:29.7 | And every week, we play some voice memos that we receive and we answer your questions right here on sister Sidebar. So you can send that voice memo |
| 0:39.9 | to Sisters in Law at Politicon.com. Before we get started, we are delighted to announce that we are |
| 0:48.2 | doing some live shows. Denver, Colorado, we are coming to the Sivanti's masterpiece on April 23rd. And in Atlanta, |
| 0:57.0 | we will be at the Bucket Theater on May 3rd. You can get your tickets at politicon.com |
| 1:04.2 | slash tour. But get them fast because I don't know if you've heard, but our live shows sell out |
| 1:09.8 | and you don't want to miss out on it. |
| 1:11.7 | And we don't want to miss out seeing you in Atlanta and in Denver. |
| 1:16.0 | So let's get started with these questions, shall we? |
| 1:20.0 | Barb, let's start with a question for you from Cynthia in Minnesota. |
| 1:26.6 | Joyce said with great confidence that the Senate would not confirm Todd Blanche if he was the nominee. |
| 1:35.0 | I'm just wondering where she's finding her optimism on that, and I'm hoping there's some good news in there that I may be missing. |
| 1:42.9 | Well, thanks, Cynthia. That is an interesting question. |
| 1:46.1 | I know Joyce said that she thinks that the Senate would not confirm Todd Blanche. |
| 1:51.7 | I'm not as certain as she is, but she does have a point, and there are a few things, I think, |
| 1:57.9 | that are against Todd Blanche on the ledger. |
| 2:03.0 | I mean, number one, he really became the face of the Epstein files, the rollout of that, making a declaration as far back as July, |
| 2:08.7 | that he thought no one else would be charged in the Epstein case. I think that if he were to come |
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