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00:00 — Donald Trump’s hush money trial is destroying his carefully coiffed tough-guy image

10:32 — House Freedom Caucus launches committee, doesn't realize acronym for it is “FART”

12:34 — Congress would rather ban TikTok than pass a privacy protection law

15:00 — Marjorie Taylor Greene gets 2 more co-sponsors to remove Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House

17:29 — Trump’s presidential campaign is so desperate for cash that he’s demanding Republicans pay him 5% of all their revenues

19:37 — Tesla forced to recall thousands of Cybertrucks for dangerous gas pedal design

22:03 — The science is settled: Tucker Carlson says evolution is not real

29:33 — Heineken beer is making a flip phone

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11 — Opening for Todd Barry in the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival. @ Dynasty Typewriter, Los Angeles

12— Opening for Todd Barry at the Improv, Ontario, CA 

May 28-June2: Brad Garrett’s comedy club @ MGM, Las Vegas

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