In Which We Discuss:

1. Some breaking Russia news that's so breaking we don’t have a quip yet!

2. Trump decides Putin is the perfect person to help us solve our cybersecurity problems since, you know, he’s been ordering all the hacking

3. Jerry Brown attends the G20 as the president of California and the rest of non-Trump America

4. For the first time in history, hosting the Celebrity Apprentice may be the key to solving our North Korea quagmire. That’s right, it’s time to call up former contestant Dennis Rodman.

5. Healthcare is Either Dead or it’s Not: An Opera

6. Democrats are desperate to unlearn the lessons of 2016 in any way they can. Free trade anybody?

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