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  • Episode 23 - Welcome to the Biden Administration

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    Class-action lawsuit filed against Robinhood for restricting trading

    Adam Pritchard said the lawsuits are very unlikely to gain traction. 

    Massive buying likely created a cash flow issue that could have put Robinhood out of compliance with very basic regulatory rules 

    AOC murdered Ted Cruz with words.

    Biden issued a bunch of executive orders

    Lots of companies have stopped supporting the Republican party since the Jan 6th storming

    Trump issued 143 pardons on the way out

    Cop ran over street drag-racers. 

    Quent Cordair - My Kingdom

     

    NFL announced that they would be giving away free Super Bowl tickets to 7,500 vaccinated health care workers

     

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 22 - Slow News Week

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    News Discussed:

    Newark NJ, where no cops fired a shot last year, reports Overall crime was also down 6% 

    Several Republican have claimed to be in fear for their lives if they cross Trump

    WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app

    Twitter takes down Sci-Hub account

    Parler destroyed in 24 hours

    “It has not escaped my attention that the day social media companies decided there actually IS more they could do to police Trump’s destructive behavior was the same day they learned Democrats would chair all the congressional committees that oversee them.”

    Jared & Ivanka wouldn’t let secret service use their bathroom

    Zvi’s latest Covid News

     

    Happy News!

    Lone Capitol Police Officer Lured Rioters Away From Senate Chambers

    UK building Geothermal Plant - Two deep, directional wells have successfully been drilled

     

    Schwarzenegger 2024




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    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 21 - Something Other Than Georgia on our Minds

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    News Discussed

     

    12 Republican senators are planning on refusing to vote to certify the election results

    Trump called the Georgia Secretary of State to ask him to “find 11,780 votes.”Paul Manafort pardoned, and Trump might be trying to give him his money back?

    The Blackwater murderers were pardoned 

    Rep. Devin Nunes has been awarded the Medal of Freedom 

    Trump finally signed the covid relief bill, after demanding $2,000 checks

    Mitch McConnell blocked a Senate vote

    “Secret Congress” passed a climate bill

    Congress gave Trump his first veto override… to fund the military

    New covid-19 strain is spreading all over the world

    Large Numbers Of Health Care And Frontline Workers Are Refusing Covid-19 Vaccine. han 6 years to get Biden promises 1M per day in his first 100 days. 

     

    Happy News!

     

    QAnon + PredictIt = Profit!

    Newark police: No officer fired a single shot in 2020, thanks to de-escalation program

    Dominion is going to sue Sidney Powell for defamation

    Buttplug.io has launched V1!

     

    Any Senator can call for a vote at any time

    Any Senator can file a “motion to discharge”



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    57 min
  • Episode 20 - Zombie Campaigns and Zombie Mink

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    News Discussed:

     

    Bill Barr resigned (and wrote a nauseating resignation letter)

    Multiple federal agencies and Fortune 500 companies hacked

    ZOMBIE MINK! 

    Russia and the French military used fake Facebook and Instagram accounts to wage a covert disinformation campaign in the Central African Republic ahead of elections there this month 

    Related: Facebook is being sued for antitrust

    Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned 

     

    Happy News!

    Church rebrands as strip club for Corona 

    Gene-editing cures Sickle Cell Anemia! 

     

    Troop Deployments:

    Yule 

    Dan Crenshaw’s insane campaign ad



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    52 min
  • Episode 19 - To Forgive or not to Forgive (student loans)

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    This week, we discussed Trump’s continued lack of concession, whether student loan forgiveness is a good idea, and the racial wealth gap. Also, finally, some unambiguous good news!

    News discussed:

     

    Trump still hasn’t conceded, but is planning a “grand finale”

    Trump pardoned Michael Flynn

    Flynn is calling for martial law and re-vote

    News rules to fight shell companies 

    Joe Biden wants congress to forgive $10K+ in student loans to everyone 

    Iran’s top nuclear scientist assassinated (probably by Israel)

    Matt Yglesias on the racial wealth gap

     

    Happy News!

     

    The usual scolds (including Fauci) are hand wringing about UK approval of the Pfizer vaccine 

    Neurons in mice “rejuvinated” to reverse blindness

    Lab grown meat approved for sale in the UK

    Deepmind solves protein folding problem

    China turned on its “artificial sun” fusion reactor

    Slate Star Codex is coming back in January!



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    59 min
  • Episode 18 - Trump Still Hasn't Conceded

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    This episode, we talk about Trump’s refusal to concede the election and covid cases shooting upward, but then balance that out with a healthy dose of happy news including vaccine progress, anti-aging research, and Trump finally doing something right! 

     

    News Discussed:

     

    Federal Judge finds that DACA was unlawfully suspended

    Zvi’s latest covid News

    More evidence that Vitamin D deficiency is a huge factor

    Danish Agriculture Minister Resigns Amid Criticism For Ordering Mink Cull 

     

    Happy News!

     

    Pfizer EUA filed on Friday

    20 Million should be vaccinated this year!

    Cuomo hates human life, loves viruses! 

    Possible evidence that aging can be reversed

    We are leaving Afghanistan! (sort of)

     

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    56 min
  • Episode 17 - Biden Wins!

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    News discussed:

    Biden plans “flurry of executive orders”

    Rudy Guiliani held a press conference at “Four Seasons Total Landscaping”

    Potential criminal charges against Trump when he leaves office

    AOC is creating an enemies list? 

     

    Happy News!

    Vaccine getting close, looks to be 90% effective 

    Drugs win the drug war

    Two new species of glider discovered in Australia

    Mississippi has new flag (but sadly it’s got Jeebus)

    The Patriot Act has expired 

    Police body cameras might work?

    Champ Biden is the first shelter-adopted first dog 



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    1 hr
  • Live Election Show!

    A recording of our live election coverage! It was much more exciting in person, but give it a listen if you'd like! There has been very little editing in order to recreate the experience of being there. Enjoy!



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    1 hr 16 min
  • Episode 16 - One Week Left!

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    We’re going to be doing a live show on election night! Join The Bayesian Conspiracy Discord server to listen live!

     

    News discussed:

     

    Europe catches COVID

    Another study says government policy didn’t affect transmission rates

    The US Government has given up trying to contain the virus

    FDA allows AstroZeneca trial to resume

    SSC’s story about medical ethicists

    Twitter banned any links to unfavorable news article on Hunter Biden

    Justice Department Sues Google for antitrust 

     

    Happy News!

     

    The DoE has approved a cost-share award for construction of the first NuScale reactor in the USA. 

    Solar power is now the cheaper than all other energy

    Libertarian Mayor of Plymouth, Ohio dismisses all speeding tickets (is this happy news?)(yes)

    Blooomington, Indiana Captain Kathryn Janeway monument

    THE CHOSEN ONE IS FOUND! WE’RE SAVED!

     

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 15 - President Plague Walker

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    News discussed:

    California wildfires may be more due to global warming than fire suppression

    Global map of fires 

    But see USA Today’s claim that Canada has experienced wildfires

     

    Trump got treatment that isn’t FDA approved. Is it wrong if I ask for the same?

    Also, he was talking about trying to pull a Willy Wonka leaving the hospital!

    He’s having a rally tonight

    By the time of the debate, Trump was well into second-week symptoms

    He showed up late to avoid a pre-debate covid test

    CDC (because they’re terrible) said it was safe for Pence to participate in VP debate

    Libertarian candidate actually has a chance in Arkansas

    Trump and Pelosi are making a deal on Covid relief?

    Armed militia was plotting to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer

    Global poverty is rising for the first time in decades

    New study suggests that mask mandates cut new covid cases by 25% in Canada

    Coinbase is trying to de-politicise their office

    Bundy’s group taking over Oregon wildlife refuge

     

    Happy News:

     

    Fivethirtyeight has Biden at 86% to win the election

    And 69% to take the Senate

    Honey bee colonies are coming back

     

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    1 hr 8 min

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