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It’s hot, it’s June, and there’s mayhem in a major American city, this time Los Angeles. Nancy lived through the Rodney King riots, and though LA will hopefully not explode thusly, Nancy is heading there to cover the action. Want to help her? You can.

In other news, the Musk-Trump bromance imploded last week. Sarah has theories about the timing of certain tweets and deletions, in addition to what might come next. She catches us up on the Manhattan re-trial of Harvey Weinstein, who did not take the stand in his defense, though he did give a news interview. Verdict incoming — maybe this week!

Also discussed:

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* Nancy’s had it with the Trump nicknaming

* Looking for some conspiracy theories? We got ‘em

* “Green troll hair on the sour cream”

* No dramatic hyperbolic yelling, please, Sarah’s still waking up

* Jared Leto: Ick or hot?

* Citizen: Protect the World app sounds kinda cool

* Benjamin Franklin was a lot of things, but he was not a bangin’ father

* “Women with broken dreams …”

* Changing the names of battleships is hard, explained

* Please don’t mention Faces of Death

Plus, big love for The Dumb Zone, props to the brotherhood of the foxhole, another installment of “Let’s Be the Judge!” and more!

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