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President Trump only paid $750 in income taxes in 2016 and 2017, according to the New York Times. (Yes, that is $750, not $750 million or even $750 thousand.) Judge Amy Coney Barrett is Trump’s third pick for the Supreme Court and the Senate is set to hit the pedal to the floor to confirm her. (You can read all about her recent rulings here.) Mariah Carey was secretly doing vocals for an alt-rock band in the 1990s and we’re kinda shook. And we’re joined by BuzzFeed News’s Anthony Cormier and Azeen Ghoryashi to talk about the “Suspicious Activity” podcast and the way banks are letting illicit funds flow through their systems. 

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President Trump announced a plan to give old people free money for their prescriptions. (The money will supposedly arrive just before the election, two things that are totally not related.) Immigrant women in ICE detention say a doctor performed gynecological procedures on them without their consent. Lizzo is actually pretty done with the “body positivity” movement and we can’t really blame her. And these Hungarian-Canadian wrestler twins on TikTok absolutely made our week — and they say that they’re in on the joke.

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Protests broke out across the country, along with waves of sadness and exhaustion, with the news that nobody would be charged for Breonna Taylor’s death. Former “RuPaul’s Drag Race” contestants would like the fans to please, if they could, be less racist, that’d be great. We believe that everyday should be Bi Visibility Day, and so we bring to you our Salute to Bisexuals. And there’s a lot of lurid things about the Jeffrey Epstein abuse scandal — enough so that his actual victims are often forgotten. Tara Palmeri, host of the podcast Broken: Seeking Justice, joined us to talk about her attempt to change that.

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None of the cops that shot Breonna Taylor were charged over her death. The Senate GOP investigated the Bidens actions towards Ukraine and found...nothing new. BTS fans have been breaking records donating to public radio stations after the group played NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert. And Anne Helen Peterson, author of the new book “Can’t Even: How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation,” is here to talk about why we’re also so damn tired. 

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Today marked 200,000 US deaths from COVID-19. The UN General Assembly started up today and Trump spent a good chunk of his speech dunking on China. Ellen Degeneres’ opened up the new season of her show with an apology and it didn’t go over very well with current or former staffers. A Senate ad in Georgia is absolutely the most bonkerballs political spot of 2020 so far. And we got the chance to speak with former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro about his new podcast — ”Our America” — and the eviction crisis the pandemic has sparked. 

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing was a major loss and a political earthquake. Senate Republicans seemed to have changed their mind since 2016 and think a new Supreme Court justice should be seated ASAP. Meanwhile, “Schitt’s Creek” swept the Emmys’ comedy categories, proving that Moira’s favorite season — (“awards”) — is the correct answer. BuzzFeed News’ Zoe Tillman gives us the rundown of Ginsburg’s legacy and how her loss may affect pending SCOTUS cases. And we’ve got a preview of tomorrow’s interview with former Housing Secretary Julian Castro — he gives us his thoughts on RBG’s passing and what Democrats should do about the seat she left open.

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A federal judge ordered the US Postal Service to reboot its services back to July. The president will be launching the “1776 Commission” to finally teach kids that the US has never done anything wrong in its life ever. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston shared the most awkward scene possible during a table read, with an assist from Morgan Freeman. Paris Hilton is using her real voice from now on. And we made the horrible mistake of asking you, the audience, what’s in Red Lobster’s Mountain Dew Margarita. Ugh. 

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The Department of Justice reportedly looked into charging officials in Portland and Seattle this summer as protests were ongoing. The newest “American Girl” doll is from the distant past aka 1986. We’ve discovered the new-ish kids movie “Anastasia: Once Upon A Time” and it’s broken our brains. And we talked with Dr. Jenn Conti — co-host of “The V-Word” — about why it’s still so hard for women to get treated for their medical needs. 

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President Trump held a town hall last night and it went...well, it went. Hurricane Sally decided that she was going to linger on the Gulf Coast and is already doing tons of damage. Madonna is going to be co-writing and directing her own biopic. Cardi B and Offset are donezo after three years of marriage. And the Department of Health and Human Services usually lets the CDC just do its thing. But as Politico healthcare reporter Sarah Owermolhe tells us, that’s not the case right now — and the dysfunction is spilling over into the pandemic response. 

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Louisville has agreed to pay Breonna Taylor’s family $12 million in a settlement that also includes police reforms. The family of Carol Baskin’s missing husband bought an ad that aired during her first episode of “Dancing With The Stars.” Chris Evans finally said something about that picture...you know the one. You have the chance to “help” Hayes and Casey drink homemade Dew-garitas. And we talk with Dr. Ayana Johnson, co-host of the Gimlet podcast “How To Save A Planet,” about how they’re trying to balance the doom and gloom with solutions for the future.

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