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On this week's episode: We’ll try to to get the image of Sarah Huckabee Sanders's WAP into your head ... Donald Trump will lie about telling the truth about lying ... And we learn that Trump voters are tragically stupid rats on a literal sinking ship.
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Headline Sources:

Bob Woodward Revelations Re: Trump downplaying the virus: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump/2020/09/09/0368fe3c-efd2-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html

Nine Drug Companies Pledge to ‘Stand With Science’ on Coronavirus Vaccines: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/health/9-drug-companies-pledge-coronavirus-vaccine.html

Trump gets a Nobel nod and also adds Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton to SCOTUS nominee list: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/09/trump-supreme-court-list-names-410919

America is on fire: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/12/oregon-fire-california-wildfires/

Trump told SHS to take one for the team: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/01/donald-trump-sarah-sanders-take-one-for-the-team-kim-jong-un-wink-book

Christian Right thinks failed MAGA boat parade was a conspiracy: https://deadstate.org/maga-blogger-boats-that-sunk-at-trump-boat-parade-were-probably-hit-by-terrorists/

This week, Andrew Torrez joins us to recap the Republican National Convention and all the federal crimes it entailed.
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On this week's episode: Eli sings a BRUTAL rendition of Karma Chameleon in a blind stab at a Kamala pun ... Kevin Costner’s 1997 disaster “The Postman” turns out to be shockingly prescient ... And Heath tries unsuccessfully to say "side" without a diphthong.

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Headline Sources:

Kamala Harris chosen to be Biden's running mate: https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53728050

Trump steps up attacks on the Post Office: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-democrats-post-office-campaign/2020/08/14/390f8b82-de4d-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7wk9z/the-post-office-is-deactivating-mail-sorting-machines-ahead-of-the-electionhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/usps-states-delayed-mail-in-ballots/2020/08/14/64bf3c3c-dcc7-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html

SV Date asks Trump an honest question:https://heavy.com/news/2020/08/sv-date/

Trump's interview with Jonathan Swan: https://www.vox.com/2020/8/4/21354055/trump-axios-interview-jonathan-swan

Iowa gets shit beat out of it by land hurricane: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/iowans-struggle-to-find-help-strength-after-powerful-storm-devastates-homes-farms/2020/08/14/f55d0508-de57-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html

COVID vaccine is coming:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/14/the-us-has-already-invested-billions-on-potential-coronavirus-vaccines-heres-where-the-deals-stand.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker.html

On this week's episode: Donald Trump will hold an election when he’s good and goddamn ready thank you ... Liberals make gun-nuts look like cowards by turning back a fascist government with leaf blowers ... And the Senate is worried that sending everyone a bootstrap is gonna make us lazy about bootstrapping a bootstrap.
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Headline Sources:

US Economy sees biggest GDP drop in recorded history: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/30/896714437/3-months-of-hell-u-s-economys-worst-quarter-ever

Herman Cain is Dead of COVID-19: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/herman-cain-dies-coronavirus/index.html

Trump wants to postpone the election in November: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53597975

Federal troops withdraw from Portland: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/31/portland-protests-latest-peaceful-night-federal-troops-withdrawal DHS was compiling intelligence reports on journalists and protesters: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-official-whose-office-compiled-intelligence-reports-on-journalists-and-protesters-has-been-removed-from-his-job

The Senate's not in town as $600 unemployment benefits are set to expire: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/31/politics/stimulus-negotiations-state-of-play/index.html

Lawmakers From Both Sides Take Aim at Big Tech Executives: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/07/29/technology/tech-ceos-hearing-testimony

On this week's episode: Donald Trump sends Donald Trump dangerously off the rails ... The White House starts giving out COVID numbers in broad ranges like they did with the PPP data ... And Kim Kardashian lets her husband run for president to get him out of the house a little.
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Headline Sources:

Trump accidentally filibusters himself during press conference: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/trump-news-conference.html

White House tells hospitals to bypass CDC on COVID data reporting: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/507321-white-house-tells-hospitals-to-bypass-cdc-on-covid-data-reporting

Unidentified government goons hold people without charges in Oregon: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/us/portland-protests.html

Kanye West is still running for president and now he's officially filed with the FEC: https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2020/07/08/kanye-west-says-hes-done-with-trump-opens-up-about-white-house-bid-damaging-biden-and-everything-in-between/#7277617b47aa

Bari Weiss cancels herself so she can be on The Blaze in a year in a half promoting her new book “Triggered”: https://newrepublic.com/article/158535/self-cancellation-bari-weiss

Mary Trump’s book confirms family was messed up: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/17/trump-mary-book-niece-368520

On this week's episode: JK Rowling comes up with a worse idea than wizards shitting on the floor of Hogwarts ... "Not civil enough for Reddit" turns out to be a thing after all ... And geologists discover that Mount Rushmore slowly inched about 10 feet backwards somehow and started gazing in all different directions.

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Headline Sources:

White House pivots to a “Rub Some Dirt On It” message on COVID-19: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/we-need-live-it-white-house-readies-new-message-nation-n1232884 and https://apnews.com/1e44ece4bdb023fbcd7de93def02c475

Redskins consider changing their name cause it’s crazy racist: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/03/washington-redskins-launch-review-controversial-team-name/

Reddit removes "r/The_Donald" from the site: https://theconversation.com/reddit-removes-millions-of-pro-trump-posts-but-advertisers-not-values-rule-the-day-141703

Russians “vote” to amend their “constitution”: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/01/europe/russia-referendum-putin-power-2036-intl/index.html

JK Rowling is a terfy bigot: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/jk-rowling-harry-potter-fan-sites-trans-views-mugglenet-leaky-cauldron-a9601231.html

Trump's ridiculous Mount Rushmore speech: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-mount-rushmore.html

On this week's episode: Brad Parscale insists he was dropping pins all through that rally and nobody heard them ... The Trump administration tries to sue John Bolton into herding cats back into a bag ... And someone in the federal government will finally stand up to…nope, sorry, nevermind.

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Headline Sources:

Trump tries to block Bolton from publishing memoirs: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/us/politics/john-bolton-book-hearing.html

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/what-we-know-about-john-boltons-tell-all-book.html

Barr tries to fire yet another guy investigating Trump: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/geoffrey-berman-us-attorney-william-barr-trump/2020/06/20/fcbfa3b4-b30f-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/geoffrey-berman-us-attorney-william-barr-trump/2020/06/20/fcbfa3b4-b30f-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html

Facebook removes Trump ad over Nazi hate symbol: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53098439

Trump holds Corona-fest 2020: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-a-time-of-national-crisis-and-division-trump-chooses-to-prepare-for-a-fight/2020/06/20/5ebf3306-b296-11ea-856d-5054296735e5_story.html

Ted Cruz challenges actor Ron Perlman to wrestle Jim Jordan after attack on Gaetz: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/502747-ted-cruz-challenges-actor-ron-perlman-to-wrestle-jim-jordan-after-attack-on

Brazil set to take over world Covid-19 leader despite faith healer’s garlic: https://www.vox.com/2020/6/20/21297786/brazil-coronavirus-cases-deaths-bolsonaro

On this week's episode: Trump will heroically overcome his bone spurs for a walk all the way across the plaza ... Disney World uses stormtroopers in riot gear to enforce crowd control because they're tone-deaf idiots ... And the Bezos-Musk kerfuffle gets one step closer to the giant mech battle we know it’s gonna end in.

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Headline Sources:

Trump was just inspecting his bunker, y’all: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/donald-trump-bunker/index.html

Steve King, House Republican With a History of Racist Remarks, Loses Primary: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/us/politics/steve-king-iowa-primary.html

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/06/04/racist-gop-rep-steve-king-may-be-replaced-by-another-christian-nationalist/

Incel blows himself up: https://www.thedailybeast.com/cole-carini-virginia-man-inspired-by-incel-killer-elliot-rodger-was-making-bomb-feds

Elon Musk Calls for Amazon Breakup in Latest Spat With Jeff Bezos: https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-calls-for-amazon-breakup-in-latest-spat-with-jeff-bezos-11591305297

Deadly pandemic still killing the fuck out of us: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html

Murals and statue removals are not the fucking point: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52941254 https://www.newsweek.com/us-marines-confederate-flag-racism-monuments-protests-1509148 https://www.whsv.com/content/news/Virginia-mayor-who-requested-Confederate-monuments-resigns-571058931.html

On this week's episode: We’ll cross “cannibal rat hordes” off our 2020 bingo card ... Andrew will make you nostalgic for one of the best uncredited guest musical appearances of all time ... And Donald Trump tries to bluff his way out of a losing hand in the game of disease poker.

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Headline Sources:

Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine:https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/5/18/21262889/trump-taking-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirusTrump dismisses hydroxychloroquine study as a “Trump enemy statement”: https://www.vox.com/2020/5/19/21263989/trump-hydroxychloroquine-study-enemy-statement-fda

Thousands flock to beaches in Maryland and Virginia: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/thousands-from-coronavirus-hotspots-flocked-to-maryland-and-virginia-as-parts-of-the-states-reopened/2020/05/20/c34172b6-99e7-11ea-89fd-28fb313d1886_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_the_daily_202&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_daily202

US to withdraw from “open skies” treaty: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52760420

Flouting Norms, Trump Seeks to Bring Independent Watchdogs to Heel: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/us/politics/trump-inspectors-general.html

ADT Sued For Employee Invasion of Privacy: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2020/05/21/569543.htm

ROUSes latest evidence that 2020 is the Fire Swamp: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/05/23/with-restaurants-closed-cdc-warns-increasingly-aggressive-rodents-looking-new-food-sources/

On this week's episode: Michael Flynn walks free ... Ahmaud Arbery doesn’t ... And we'll discuss how literal murder hornets might affect your weekend.

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Headline Sources:

Ahmaud Arbery story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/07/killing-ahmaud-arbery-draws-condemnation-calls-prosecution/

Storm builds around Barr over dropping of Flynn case: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/496895-storm-builds-around-barr-over-dropping-of-flynn-case

Trump responds to Bush's call for bipartisan unity with a plague poem and listing his enemies:https://www.vox.com/2020/5/3/21245726/trump-tweets-bush-coronavirus-bipartisan-unity-plaguehttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/mitt-romney-hazard-pay-patriot-essential-workers/

Weird ass effort to kill Maduro:
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-venezuela-security/us-veteran-behind-failed-venezuela-plot-says-two-american-mercenaries-detained-idUKKBN22G2O6

Canada is giving their essential workers a pay raise they deserve: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/world/canada-essential-workers-raise/index.html

And now we're dealing with murder hornets: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/just-how-dangerous-is-the-murder-hornet/