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Ep 195: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) recs all the terrible Cats reviews and Unfriended: Dark Web and Allison recs Watchmen, Don't F**k With Cats, and anti-recs A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

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In bad news: Another fucking Democratic debate, Jane Lynch calls mild criticism "ugly class war," J.K. Rowling is a TERF, and ICE is collecting data from adults picking up migrant kids from shelters

In good news: The House impeached Trump, Meghan McCain really, really did not understand Game Of Thrones, and prominent Conservatives are abandoning Trump

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Ep 194: Allison and Erek (@erek_smith) read a Patreon rec for Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Wheel Of Time and rec A Marriage Story, Astronomy Club, and Allison also recs Honey Boy

In bad news: Biggest Conservative victory since Margaret Thatcher, the Golden Globes snub female directors, and officials say Jersey City shooters targeted Jewish people at a time when Trump declares Judaism is a nationality

In good news: Dems approve two articles of impeachment against Trump, federal appeals court blocks Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban, and PUT FEATHERED DINOSAURS IN MOVIES, YOU COWARDS

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Ep 193: Allison recs: Knives Out (SWEATER!!!), Watchmen, Ford Vs. Ferrari, His Dark Materials, and anti-recs The Irishman

In bad news: Joe Biden's toxic masculinity, Trump's toilet obsession, the double standard treatment of Kamala Harris, and the Navy air base shooting committed by a Saudi aviation student

In good news: Nancy Pelosi announces the House will proceed with articles of impeachment (and it's ok to hate racist rapists), world's leading men talk shit about Trump, the hero who ended a terror rampage in London is a convicted killer, and R. Kelly has been charged with making bribes for a fake ID to marry Aaliyah when she was 15

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Ep 192: Erek (@erek_smith) talks about calligraphy and #penlife and Allison recs going greyscale and The Crown s3, End Of The Fucking World s2, Watchmen, SNL with Harry Styles, and The King

In bad news: The impeachment hearings were symbolically important but the GOP will ultimately vote with its tribe, a Giuliani associate helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for Devin Nunes, so why was he allowed to participate in the House committee hearings?, Pete Buttigieg's weird rise, and Joe Biden continues to be the worst

In good news: Elon Musk's ugly car also has poorly made windows and Scott Warren, the activist who left water for migrants in Arizona, was acquitted

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Ep 191: Allison wonders if she should get Disney+ and recs Doctor Sleep (some spoilers), Castle Rock, Under The Silver Lake, and s5 of Schitt's Creek

In bad news: Media bemoans lack of "pizzazz" in Impeachment hearings, transcript shows White House made up details of Trump's Zelensky call, White House backs Stephen Miller amid white nationalist emails, another mass shooting this time at a Santa Clarita high school, and the Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change

In good news: Marie Yovanovitch's brave testimony was punctuated by applause in the hearing room, Roger Stone is found guilty on all counts, making him the sixth Trump associate to go down for his crimes, and protesters absolutely wreck Brett Kavanaugh's speech

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Ep 190: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Criminal Minds, Fever Pitch, Rounders, and The Seven Five, while Allison recs HBO's Watchmen and FKA Twigs' MAGDALENE

In bad news: The NYPD brings Broken Windows to the subway, Trump has now appointed one out of every four appeals-court judges, Rand Paul outs the Ukraine whistleblower, and T.I.'s weird policing of his daughter's hymen is unfortunately an American tradition

In good news: Election night! Democrat Andy Beshear claims victory in Kentucky's governor's race, Democrats flip both chambers of the Virginia legislature, and the woman who flipped off Trump's motorcade won her bid for local office in Virginia

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Ep 189: Allison and Meredith rec Parasite, The Lighthouse, and Jojo Rabbit (some spoilers)

In bad news: Harvey Weinstein's Actors Hour fiasco and the illusion of "cancel culture," Trump's fanfic version of the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killing cannot be confirmed, Rudy's secret Ukrainian meeting, and Devin Nunes' aide is leaking the Ukraine whistleblower's name

In good news: Dems prep next impeachment phase, Trump gets booed at Game 5 of the World Series, Warren leads tight Iowa race as Biden fades, and protesters rally in wake of confrontations between NYPD officers and civilians

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Ep 188: Allison recs the Succession season finale (SPOILERS), Harry Styles' Lights Up video, and is very pumped about the WB's Batman casting

In bad news: Video showing the violent executive of his political opponents shown at Trump's resort, grieving parents "ambushed" by Trump, who had teen's killer waiting at White House, Mick Mulvaney's admission, Hillary Clinton and Tulsi Gabbard's public feud, and Allison felt nothing looking at that viral Nancy Pelosi photo

In good news: Some Republicans are finally jumping ship after Mulvaney's admission, Chicago teachers are on strike for better conditions for their students, and congrats to Holly, who won the Fat Bear contest!

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Ep 187: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Gary Gulman's The Great Depresh and Allison anti-recs Joker (Erek disagrees) and recs Phoebie Waller-Bridge on SNL, Between Two Ferns: The Movie, The Righteous Gemstones, and El Camino (particularly the late, great Robert Forster)

In bad news: Trump says U.S. troops have quit Syria (it's not true), while ISIS rears its head, Matt Lauer is a predator, and we should issue a national apology to Ann Curry.

In good news: Shep Smith's final moment of clarity, Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine henchmen arrested over Trump group donation, ousted Ukraine ambassador tells Congress Trump removed her over "false claims," CNN's LGBT forum featured a sick burn from Warren and badass trans rights activists

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Ep 186: Allison asks if she's doing her Artist pages right and recs 90 Day Fiancé, Big Mouth s3, the Great British Baking Show, the new trailer for Richard Jewell, and is excited about watching the new season of Peaky Blinders

In bad news: Judge hugs and gives a bible to Amber Guyger, new revealed Trump admin texts on Ukraine appear to show clear Quid Pro Quos, and Bernie Sanders takes campaign break after heart procedure

In good news: House subpoenas White House for Ukraine docs in impeachment inquiry, Jewish American activists observe the high holidays with protests against ICE, NASA's first all-female spacewalk is back on after cancellation, and these states are considering reparations in apology for slavery

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