A 19-year-old busted with a car full of guns and explosives was seriously considering killing Joe Biden. Colorado’s wildfires are only getting worse and, shocker, it might be because of climate change. Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat sequel is out on Amazon Prime, and the film’s star had a special message for Rudy Giuliani. Matthew McConaughey turned down an obscene payday after he decided he was done with romcoms for good. Ariana Grande has us wondering what it would really be like if she were president. Also, her new song is good. And, BuzzFeed News’ DC Editor Sarah Mimms & Congressional Correspondent Paul McLeod talk about last night’s debate, and ponder whether Mitch McConnell’s large hand bruise is actually a plague sent by Ruth Bader Ginsberg. 

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Iran is allegedly circulating some weird emails to American voters. Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination before the Senate is official while Democrats boycotted it. Barack Obama’s new stump speech should be a Netflix standup comedy special. ABC really should have given Shonda Rhimes that Disney pass she wanted. And Jezebel’s Joan Summers joins us to talk about Chris Pratt maybe being a Republican or not.

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The Senate is for sure not going to be passing COVID-19 relief ahead of the election. Mama mia! — Pope Francis says he’s okay with same-sex civil unions in a new documentary. Dolly Parton made Stephen Colbert — and us! — cry with an impromptu serenade. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar raised awareness about voting while playing the smash game “Among Us” on Twitch. And BuzzFeed News reporter Clarissa-Jan Lim joins us to talk about six women who chose to have children despite the pandemic still raging in the US.

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The Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against Google this morning, saying the tech giant is clinging to its monopoly on search and search advertising. Uber really wants Californians to vote against making them treat their employees like employees. Jeff Bridges went full The Dude to share some bummer news on Twitter. And Caroline Giuliani, daughter of Rudy Giuliani, talked with us about her fire piece in Vanity Fair last week announcing her support of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

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Rudy Giuliani’s push to embarrass Biden before the election includes...texts that show how much he loves his son. Dr. Anthony Fauci gave his honest opinion about the country’s COVID-19 response and the president was not a fan. Issa Rae absolutely killed it in her Saturday Night Live debut. A Zamb-, er, an ice resurfacer caught fire and what a metaphor for this year. And BuzzFeed News’s Scaachi Koul is with us to talk about how the response to a picture of a totally normal looking Billie Eilish shows just how broken our society is.

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Trump and Biden’s dueling town halls were...pretty dang different, let’s put it that way. The White House has turned down California’s request for disaster aid despite last month’s fires being the most destructive in state history. Stevie Nicks said that if it she hadn’t had an abortion, there would be no “Fleetwood Mac.” And BuzzFeed’s own Stephen LaConte is with us to dole out even more of his world-class advice in a new “DM 911.”

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Joe Biden’s campaign is rolling in dough — but Sen. Kamala Harris is quarantining after two members of her staff tested positive for the coronavirus. Poverty has risen big time as the economic impact of the pandemic hits some people harder than others. Rose McGowan says her criticism of the “Charmed” reboot has nothing to do with race and...sure, Jan. And we have Andy Slavitt, the former head of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare and host of the “In the Bubble” podcast, with us to talk about the number of COVID-19 infections in the US, which are on the rise — again.

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Breonnna Taylor’s boyfriend gave his first interview about what happened the night Louisville police killed her. The Supreme Court says that the Trump administration can wrap up its census count in the next few days. We’re getting a prequel for “Mad Max: Fury Road” and the cast looks amazing. What happens when a second grade class is left alone on Zoom when their teacher disconnects? Listen to find out! And yes, everyone is talking about Netflix’s “Emily in Paris,” no we can’t quite figure out why. So we enlisted the help of BuzzFeed pop culture editor Shyla Watson to help unravel the mystery.

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The race for a coronavirus vaccine hit a slight snag as Johnson and Johnson paused its Stage 3 trial in the US. California’s GOP has placed illegal ballot drop-off boxes — but can’t say where or how many. Megan Thee Stallion wrote an op-ed calling on folks to stand up for Black women. The stars of the OG “Charmed” are mad at the stars of the reboot of “Charmed” and we have to say, we are not charmed. And host of “The Bachelor” franchise Chris Harrison is here to tell us what to expect from “The Bachelorette” premiere tonight.

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Day one of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings went about as well as one could expect. Thousands of North Carolina ballots are in limbo following a federal court ruling there. “Saturday Night Live” this weekend has left us utterly broken, in both good and bad ways. And BuzzFeed News White House reporter Kadia Goba talks to us about working at the White House when it’s ground zero of a coronavirus outbreak in the nation’s capital.

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