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129: Skepticrat129 - Oxford Kamala Edition Aug 17, 2020

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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-election https://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

128: Skepticrat128 - Electile Dysfunction Edition Aug 03, 2020

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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

127: Skepticrat127 - Bari the Lead Edition Jul 20, 2020

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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

126: Skepticrat126 - Jingo Unchained Edition Jul 06, 2020

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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

125: Skepticrat125 - Memoiry Lapse Edition Jun 22, 2020

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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

124: Skepticrat124 - Bunker Boy Edition Jun 08, 2020

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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

123: Skepticrat123 - Floo Fighters Edition May 25, 2020

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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/

122: Skepticrat122 - A Flynnocent Man Edition May 11, 2020

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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-plague https://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/

121: Skepticrat121 - Running-Kruger Edition Apr 27, 2020

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On this week's episode: Georgia values bowling over voting ... When one billionaire criminal appoints another to administer a slush fund, somehow most of that money gets “lost” ... And Donald Trump gives a coronavirus briefing sponsored by ForHims.
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Headline Sources:
Large public companies are looting relief funds for small business payroll: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/21/large-public-companies-are-taking-small-businesses-payroll-loans.html https://seekingalpha.com/news/3562741-publicly-traded-companies-raided-ppp-pantry
Trump tells his supporters to drink bleach: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/24/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-disinfectant-sunlight-science/index.html
It was hard to get it aroused but Trump got it aroused (and other coronavirus briefing highlights): https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/20/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-task-force-sunday/index.html
Trump administration is hiring fundamentalist Christian teenagers to run major sections of the executive branch: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/democrats-blast-trump-federal-workers-coronavirus-199026 https://catalog.liberty.edu/undergraduate/colleges-schools/arts-sciences/history/history-ba-bs/history-ba-resident/
Brian Kemp opens Georgia back up:https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/21/politics/georgia-governor-coronavirus-backlash/index.html
ACU rankings for Biden:http://acuratings.conservative.org/acu-federal-legislative-ratings/?year1=2008&chamber=13&state1=21&sortable=1

120: Skepticrat120 - Sheeple Steeple Edition Apr 13, 2020

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On this week's episode: The Governor of Florida will find out you can get COVID-19 no matter WHAT beer you drink ... We’ll point out that frying the brains of 5G conspiracy theorists wouldn’t make a difference anyway ... And Fox News gets taken to court for felonious Fox Newsing.
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Headline Sources:
Fox News murdered people with coronavirus lies and they're getting sued for the murdering: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/fox-news-prepares-coronavirus-misinformation-lawsuits
Gov. DeSantis Says Kids Not Dying From COVID-19; CDC Says Not True: https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/coronavirus/2020/04/10/ongoing-coronavirus-reporting
YouTube deletes videos blaming 5G for coronavirus after UK vandalism: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/05/youtube-to-suppress-content-spreading-coronavirus-5g-conspiracy-theory
Bernie Sanders drops out of primary: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/politics/bernie-sanders-concession-speech.html
Smoking weed and coronavirus: Even occasional use raises risk of Covid-19 complicationshttps://www.cnn.com/2020/04/10/health/smoking-weed-coronavirus-wellness/index.html
Trump signs EO urging the US to mine the moon for minerals: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/07/trump-mining-moon-executive-order

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