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109: Skepticrat109 - Ayatollah So Edition Nov 11, 2019

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On this week's episode: We’ll celebrate our nation’s relative lack of bone spurs ... Matt Gaetz is removed from a congressional hearing, yells "YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD", and goes to his room ... And we’ll finally get that elderly white rich democratic candidate America’s been calling for.
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Highlights from impeachment investigation and kicking out Matt Gaetz: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/08/adam-schiff-matt-gaetz-deposition-068041 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/us/politics/republican-strategy-impeachment-trump.html
Bloomberg wants in: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/billionaire-and-ex-new-york-city-mayor-michael-bloomberg-is-taking-steps-to-run-for-president/2019/11/07/79db371e-01ae-11ea-9518-1e76abc088b6_story.html
Iran very publicly enriches uranium: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/iran-breaks-crumbling-nuclear-deal-191104110945872.html
Donald Trump Jr. releases new book: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/07/visit-arlington-cemetery-reminded-donald-trump-jr-all-his-familys-sacrifices-he-writes/ https://www.indy100.com/article/donald-trump-jr-triggered-book-cover-prank-swap-good-liars-jason-selvig-davram-stiefler-9196271
NYC adopts ranked-choice voting: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/5/20948376/new-york-election-results-ranked-choice-voting

108: Skepticrat108 - Pay as You Brexit Edition Oct 28, 2019

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On this week's episode, Michael Marshall joins us to discuss all the various new ways to fail that Boris Johnson has discovered over the last couple of months.
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107: Skepticrat107 - Electoral College Dropout Edition Oct 14, 2019

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On this week's episode: Heath pits Eli against Andrew in what many are calling the fairest debate ever ... The far right proves that Liz Warren has the stamina we need to be our next President ... And the White House consults with Dr. Evil and Serpentor about homeland security.
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Headline Sources:
Trump wanted to reinforce his border wall with a trench of snakes and alligators: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/trump-border-wars.html
Text of the surprise witness’s letter: https://www.wonkette.com/wingnut-grifters-hold-stupid-presser-about-liz-warrens-marine-boy-toy-lets-laugh-at-them The best headline ever: https://splinternews.com/worlds-biggest-dipshits-hilariously-mangle-hit-job-on-e-1838750767 Liz Warren’s epic Tweet: https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1179851099978846209
Vaping is Bad...or IS it? Probably? Who cares: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/03/mayo-clinic-vaping-study-chemical-fumes-blame-lung-illnesses/3850859002/

106: Skepticrat106 - Ukraine Technique Edition Sep 30, 2019

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On this week's episode: Everyone gets super into peaches ... Noah finds out that he learned what 'prorogue' means for nothing ... And a VERY LITERAL explosion of semen.
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Headline Sources:
Ukraine whistle blower: www.any-headlineproduced_in_thelast-96.hours
Senate votes to kill national emergency declaration along southern border: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-votes-to-kill-national-emergency-declaration-along-southern-border/
UK Supreme Court rules that suspending Parliament was unlawful: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49810261 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-32816450
Trump supporters set out to find the whistleblower: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/27/sounds-like-criminal-democrats-rip-trump-whistleblower-spy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/28/amateur-pro-trump-sleuths-scramble-unmask-whistleblower-your-president-has-asked-your-help/
Greta Thunberg Addresses New York's Climate Strike: https://time.com/5682318/nyc-global-climate-strike/
Semen explosion after blaze hits bull artificial insemination facility: https://www.newsweek.com/fire-bull-semen-explosion-farm-australia-1459673

105: Skepticrat105 - Intellectual Master Debater Edition Sep 16, 2019

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On this week's episode: Andrew Yang will give you 50 bucks right the fuck now ... We’ll round up the urinal suspects ... And if you tape Sharpies to your fingers, that counts as having very big hands.
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Headline Sources:
Highlights from the primary debate: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/us/politics/democratic-presidential-debate-recap.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Tasteless asshole whose family member died on 9/11 uses it as a chance to take political shots: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/11/man_blasts_rep_ilhan_omar_at_911_memorial_ceremony_some_people_did_something_why_your_confusion.html
Bolton out: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49655279 and https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/boltons-departure-allegedly-pegged-to-disagreement-over-lifting-sanctions-on-iran/2019/09/14/98f7f096-d6f3-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html
Underwater observatory vanishes: https://gizmodo.com/large-underwater-observatory-disappears-without-a-trace-1837897180/amp?__twitter_impression=true
YouTube un-bans/apologizes to far right channels: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/youtube-reverses-course-apologizes-to-far-right-channels-unbans-them/
Solid gold toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace, birthplace of Winston Churchill: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/uk-blenheim-palace-gold-toilet-scli-gbr-intl/index.html

104: Skepticrat104 - Deal or No Deal Edition Sep 02, 2019

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On this week's episode, Michael Marshall joins us to discuss the impending collapse of society on his side of the Atlantic to distract you from the impending collapse of society on our side.
Check out Marsh's show, Be Reasonable.
Check out Marsh's other show, Skeptics with a K
Give us money on Patreon
To check out our sister show, The Scathing Atheist, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/scathing-atheist
To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/

103: Skepticrat103 - Greenland New Deal Edition Aug 19, 2019

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