On this week's episode: WAR! Are we sure it's good for anything? Because it feels like we're gonna have a lot ... John Bolton and a carpenter trick a bunch of clams ... And Mark Zuckerberg explains to the US Senate how to redeem their 50 free hours on AOL.

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Headline Sources:

FBI raids Michael Cohen's office: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/politics/fbi-raids-office-of-trumps-longtime-lawyer-michael-cohen.html

US Coalition attacks syria over chemical weapons attack: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/world/middleeast/trump-strikes-syria-attack.html

Zuckerberg questioned by Senate regarding Cambridge Analytica and data usage: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-zuckerberg-testimony-20180410-story.html

Paul Ryan sees writing on the wall: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-speaker-paul-ryan-will-not-seek-reelection-he-tells-friends-and-colleagues/2018/04/11/0d2719e4-3d83-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371ccstory.html?utmterm=.9ca28451dc3d

Comey book to be released this week: https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602106492/in-a-higher-loyalty-james-comey-describes-an-unethical-untethered-president

Somebody finally explains the TPP to Trump and he wants back in: http://time.com/5238220/donald-trump-rejoin-trans-pacific-partnership/

Roundup Sources:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/102837654/exicebreaker-owners-sold-business-for-288-million

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43762251

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-admin-hits-putins-circle-sanctions-russian-oligarchs/story?id=54294201

https://news.sky.com/story/worlds-oldest-man-revealed-as-112-year-old-masazo-nonaka-11324957

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/05/conor-mcgregor-ufc-media-day-ruckus

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2018/04/01/ntsb-unhappy-with-tesla-release-of-investigative-information-in-fatal-crash/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.607f64c76e67

http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/news-wire/topless-protester-charges-at-bill-cosby-as-retrial-begins/article_3971bc7d-70e9-54cf-95f4-9191950c1b54.html

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liberman-says-idf-will-not-change-open-fire-policy-on-gaza-border

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/06/live-export-ship-banned-from-leaving-dock-unless-welfare-conditions-met

http://tass.com/world/998892

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/03/us/indiana-firefighters-plane-collision/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/12/holocaust-remembrance-day-americans-forgetting/511320002/

https://www.sbnation.com/golf/2018/4/7/17209958/masters-2018-live-scores-leaderboard-sunday-highlights-news

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/eurostar-london-amsterdam-direct-train-live-latest-updates-st-pancras-service-launch-netherlands-a8287041.html

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Bathroom-Hand-Dryers-Spread-Fecal-Bacteria-UConn-Study-479721513.html