Today our theme is "laugh so you don't cry" – we're covering some of the ridiculous things happening in our world, and while things are looking bleak, we're going to laugh at the absurdity. First, China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Putin met last week to ... take over the world? Meanwhile, in the U.S., the cast of "Ted Lasso" visits a White House press briefing (because we have time for that apparently), Joe Biden still can't seem to read from a prompter, and Vice President Kamala Harris sends a formal letter congratulating Dylan Mulvaney on 365 days of pretending to be a girl. We also take a look at a list of things that are now apparently racist, including coffee, ballet, and highways, and discuss Robin DiAngelo pushing for segregation.

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Timecodes:

(04:44) Putin and Xi Jinping meeting

(12:00) Ted Lasso at White House press briefing

(13:28) Biden can't read a poem

(15:29) Jill Biden is frustrated with Joe

(20:50) Propaganda from CCP and Soviet Russia

(24:24) Things that are apparently racist

(34:45) Robin DiAngelo pushes for segregation

(41:35) Pentagon diversity chief

(46:39) VP Harris sends letter to Dylan Mulvaney

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Links:

CBS: "China's leader Xi Jinping meets Putin in Moscow days after Russian leader charged with war crimes" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-news-vladimir-putin-china-russia-meeting-icc-war-crimes/

Daily Mail: "Keeping busy Kamala? VP sends trans activist Dylan Mulvaney a one-year 'birthday' note congratulating her on 365 days of 'living authentically' - 7 days after Drew Barrymore knelt at her feet in fawning interview" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11886801/amp/Keeping-busy-Kamala-VP-sends-trans-activist-Dylan-Mulvaney-one-year-birthday-note.html

Afru: “Is coffee racist? How drinking coffee perpetuates white supremacy” https://afru.com/coffee-industry-racism-white-supremacy/

NY Times: “Peanut Butter, Jelly and Racism” https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000004818663/peanut-butter-jelly-and-racism.html

Kaiser Health News: “Civil Rights Groups Say School Lunch Programs’ Dairy Emphasis Is Racist” https://khn.org/morning-breakout/civil-rights-groups-say-school-lunch-programs-dairy-emphasis-is-racist/

WaPo: “American cycling has a racism problem” https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/16/american-cycling-has-racism-problem/

Medium: “Running Is Too White. It Doesn’t Have to Be.” https://level.medium.com/running-is-too-white-what-can-we-do-about-it-8a65f0aeaf3d

ABC: “America's national parks face existential crisis over race” https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/americas-national-parks-face-existential-crisis-race/story?id=71528972

Fox News: “Loyola professor claims organized pantries are rooted in ‘racist and sexist’ social structures” https://www.foxnews.com/media/loyola-professor-organized-pantries-rooted-racist-sexist-social-structures

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