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69: Skeptricrat069 - Nice and New and Smart Edition Apr 16, 2018

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On this week's episode: WAR! Are we sure it's good for anything? Because it feels like we're gonna have a lot ... John Bolton and a carpenter trick a bunch of clams ... And Mark Zuckerberg explains to the US Senate how to redeem their 50 free hours on AOL.

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Headline Sources:

FBI raids Michael Cohen's office: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/politics/fbi-raids-office-of-trumps-longtime-lawyer-michael-cohen.html

US Coalition attacks syria over chemical weapons attack: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/world/middleeast/trump-strikes-syria-attack.html

Zuckerberg questioned by Senate regarding Cambridge Analytica and data usage: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-zuckerberg-testimony-20180410-story.html

Paul Ryan sees writing on the wall: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-speaker-paul-ryan-will-not-seek-reelection-he-tells-friends-and-colleagues/2018/04/11/0d2719e4-3d83-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371ccstory.html?utmterm=.9ca28451dc3d

Comey book to be released this week: https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602106492/in-a-higher-loyalty-james-comey-describes-an-unethical-untethered-president

Somebody finally explains the TPP to Trump and he wants back in: http://time.com/5238220/donald-trump-rejoin-trans-pacific-partnership/

Roundup Sources:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/102837654/exicebreaker-owners-sold-business-for-288-million

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43762251

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-admin-hits-putins-circle-sanctions-russian-oligarchs/story?id=54294201

https://news.sky.com/story/worlds-oldest-man-revealed-as-112-year-old-masazo-nonaka-11324957

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/05/conor-mcgregor-ufc-media-day-ruckus

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2018/04/01/ntsb-unhappy-with-tesla-release-of-investigative-information-in-fatal-crash/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.607f64c76e67

http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/news-wire/topless-protester-charges-at-bill-cosby-as-retrial-begins/article_3971bc7d-70e9-54cf-95f4-9191950c1b54.html

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liberman-says-idf-will-not-change-open-fire-policy-on-gaza-border

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/06/live-export-ship-banned-from-leaving-dock-unless-welfare-conditions-met

http://tass.com/world/998892

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/03/us/indiana-firefighters-plane-collision/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/12/holocaust-remembrance-day-americans-forgetting/511320002/

https://www.sbnation.com/golf/2018/4/7/17209958/masters-2018-live-scores-leaderboard-sunday-highlights-news

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/eurostar-london-amsterdam-direct-train-live-latest-updates-st-pancras-service-launch-netherlands-a8287041.html

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Bathroom-Hand-Dryers-Spread-Fecal-Bacteria-UConn-Study-479721513.html

68: Skepticrat068 - Dodd-Frankenstein Edition Mar 19, 2018

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On this week's episode: High schoolers practice leaving school ALIVE for a change ... Noah will be sick of the term "Blue-nami" even before he hears anyone say it ... And the Senate decides to deregulate piggy banks up to $250 billion in holdings.

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Headline Sources:

Senate votes to roll back Dodd-Frank regulations on all but the largest banks: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43409985

Students hold walkout day in protest of weak-ass gun control: http://abcnews.go.com/US/students-country-world-part-national-school-walkout-today/story?id=53712013

Trump just making shit up during Trudeau meeting about trade balance with Canada: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/theamericas/after-trumps-misleading-remarks-to-trudeau-canada-restates-the-facts/2018/03/15/c4ee54ee-286a-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bcstory.html? https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/politics/trump-trudeau-trade-meeting/index.html

McCabe latest administration dropout: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/politics/andrew-mccabe-fired/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/17/politics/mccabe-memos-trump/index.html

Conor Lamb wins special election in PA-18: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/politics/pennsylvania-congressional-race-conor-lamb-trump.html

Roundup Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/15/myanmar-willing-to-take-back-fewer-than-400-rohingya-refugees-bangladesh

http://abcnews.go.com/US/helicopter-crashes-east-river-york-city/story?id=53673315

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-duterte-icc/duterte-to-withdraw-philippines-from-icc-after-outrageous-attacks-idUSKCN1GQ0MA

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/15/media/iheartmedia-bankruptcy/index.html

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/03/technology/youtube-ads-infowars-alex-jones/index.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43352078

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-say-investigation-found-no-evidence-russia-trump-collusion-n855986

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/09/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/us/texas-austin-blasts/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/03/14/toys-r-us-to-close-all-800-of-its-u-s-stores/

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/billionaire-sebastian-pinera-inaugurated-as-chile-s-president

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43369490

http://wgntv.com/2018/03/04/scientists-find-huge-secret-colony-of-penguins/

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/5/17080796/facebook-policy-survey-pedophilia-sexual-pictures-mistake-apology

67: Skepticrat067 - Trade Warrior Poet Edition Mar 05, 2018

Show notes

On this week's episode: Vladimir is Putin on the Ritz ... It turns out that Chinese guy's name is NOT Eleven Jinping ... And we're pretty sure Smith & Wesson is about to end their relationship with the NRA.

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Headline Sources:

Kushner's clearance downgraded after we learn that several foreign intelligence groups were gonna blackmail the shit out of him: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/politics/jared-kushner-manipulation-mexico-israel-china-uae/index.html

Trump gets another fraudulent nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/01/someone-forged-a-nobel-peace-prize-nomination-for-trump-norwegian-officials-say/?utm_term=.a3a4186eef6c

Trump wants to arm teachers with guns: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/21/politics/trump-listening-sessions-parkland-students/index.html

Trump starts trade war: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/03/02/the-real-reason-trump-wants-to-start-a-trade-war/?utm_term=.6fca226d316d

Putin is going to nuke us: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/world/europe/russia-putin-speech.html

Mona Charen gets booed at CPAC for saying things that seem impossible to disagree with: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/25/politics/mona-charen-cpac-comments/index.html

Roundup Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/24/politics/mexican-president-cancels-white-house-trip/index.html

https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/news/goodnight-pyeongchang-2018-the-winter-games-comes-to-an-end-after-an-incredible-closing-ceremony

http://www.businessinsider.com/delta-nra-georgia-casey-cagle-threatens-retaliation-2018-2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-public-spat-trump-taunts-sessions-ag-doesnt-keep-quiet/2018/02/28/b92936f4-1d09-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_story.html

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-43197048

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/25/xi-jinping-to-cement-his-power-with-plan-scrap-two-term-limit-china

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/27/trump-names-campaign-manager-for-2020-reelection-bid.html

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/22513517/ncaa-denies-louisville-appeal-rules-cardinals-vacate-2013-national-title

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/instead-of-filling-cavities-dentists-may-soon-regenerate-teeth1/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/28/politics/hope-hicks-white-house/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/26/politics/stacey-dash-files-paperwork-congressional-run/index.html

https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/news/oar-take-gold-in-overtime

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43269186

http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/22495546/austin-dillon-wins-daytona-500-no-3

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-shooting-downtown-puerto-rico-comerio/

66: Skepticrat066 - After Nunes Delight Edition Feb 19, 2018

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On this week's episode: Carl the Pugapegacorn starts shilling for the US government ... Fox News pines for the good old Olympic days of 1936 ... And Donald Trump calls "Memo tag, no backsies, no double stamps, timeout I twisted my ankle."

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Headline Sources:

Nunes memo gets released; rebuttal memo gets blocked: https://www.npr.org/2018/02/02/582666768/trump-leans-into-attack-on-fbi-as-clock-ticks-toward-release-of-nunes-memo https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/09/donald-trump-blocks-democrat-nunes-memo-russia

That's 4 school shootings in the US in 2018 alone: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/us/school-shootings-in-2018/index.html

Fox News column about too many negroes and gays in the Olympics: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-spt-fox-news-olympics-diversity-column-pulled-20180210-story.html

Michael Cohen's new story about the Stormy Daniels payment: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-time-to-clear-the-air-about-stormy-daniels/2018/02/14/15803f4e-11be-11e8-9065-e55346f6de81story.html?utmterm=.cf91fae3bbee

Trump’s infrastructure plan is stupid: https://slate.com/business/2018/02/trump-infrastructure-plan-you-pay-for-it.html

Trump wants to replace SNAP with Blue Apron for poor people: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/opinions/trumps-blue-apron-type-plan-is-crumbs-to-the-poor-filipovic/index.html

Roundup Sources:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43092085

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/08/bermuda-repeal-same-sex-marriage

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-iran/israel-shoots-down-iranian-drone-strikes-iranian-targets-in-syria-army-idUSKBN1FU07L

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43091248

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-20180206-story.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/police-recommend-israeli-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-be-indicted-corruption-bribery-n847616

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/cold-poor-south-korean-mountains-winter-olympics-begin-52952010

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43039928

http://www.businessinsider.com/kim-jong-un-impersonator-walks-through-north-koreas-olympic-cheer-squad-2018-2

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42976858

http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/29/news/companies/chief-wahoo-cleveland-indians/index.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/17/americas/mexico-helicopter-crash/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ireland-politics-sinnfein/mcdonald-succeeds-gerry-adams-as-sinn-fein-president-idUSKBN1FU0QV

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/think-commas-don-t-matter-omitting-one-cost-maine-dairy-n847151

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/12/egypt-bans-satirical-saturday-night-live-arabia-tv-show-for-being-inappropriate

http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/13/son-concorde-plane-fly-london-new-york-three-hours-7309260/

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42942921

65: Skepticrat065 - State of the Union Special Edition Feb 05, 2018

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On this week's episode: We watched the State of the Union and it was none of those words ... Trump made it super clear that he wants to fuck a hydrocarbon ... And if you order your copy of the Nunes Memo in the next 10 minutes, you'll get a free set of jingly keys.

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Source Links:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/us/politics/fact-check-sotu.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/30/us/politics/state-of-the-union-2018-transcript.html

64: Skepticrat064 - Eyes Wide Shutdown Edition Jan 22, 2018

Show notes

On this week's episode: Donald Trump is long, strong, and can’t keep the government on … The Patriots all die in a fiery plane crash over and over again forever … And everyone's being super judgmental about eating pods of laundry detergent.

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Headline Links:

Walmart faking trickle down: http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/13/opinions/sams-club-walmart-corporate-greed-tasini-opinion/index.html <> https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/01/11/walmart-boosts-minimum-wage-11-hands-out-bonuses-up-1-000-hourly-workers/1023606001/

Government shuts down: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/government-shuts-down-after-senate-bill-collapses-negotiations-fail/2018/01/20/dca0d7e0-fda6-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html

Trump's lawyer paid off porn star to stay quiet about affair: https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/everything-to-know-about-the-stormy-danielstrump-scandal.html <> http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/16/media/fox-news-stormy-daniels-trump/index.html

New California: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/01/16/new-california-declares-independence-california-bid-become-51st-state/1036681001/ <> https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/01/17/new-california-five-times-californians-failed-split-golden-state/1040314001/ <> https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/720c6a07-3594-44b7-8098-94fc11bae240/downloads/1bs7g2fao_444861.pdf

All of Africa, El Salvador, and Haiti are shitholes: http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/12/politics/donald-trump-slur-racial-politics/index.html

Man shoots at church for being alien spaceship for reptiles: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/01/15/man-shoots-at-church-because-its-an-alien-space-ship-for-reptiles/

Roundup Links:

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/16/politics/trump-black-approval-rating/index.html

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-deploys-s400-division-crimea/28973635.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42752298

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42687970?SThisFB

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201801161060796179-muslim-clerics-forbid-suicide-attacks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42731112

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/isro-launches-its-100th-satellite-into-space/article10027585.ece

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42668841

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-21/key-day-could-yield-fast-deal-or-long-impasse-shutdown-update

http://www.miningmx.com/news/diamonds/31327-gem-share-flies-910-carat-whopper-recovered-letseng/

https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2018-01-16/eu-parliament-calls-for-ban-on-electric-pulse-fishing

http://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/17/asia/north-south-korea-olympics-flag-intl/index.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42703888

http://en.brinkwire.com/90379/study-identifies-brain-circuit-controlling-social-behavior/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-media/philippines-orders-further-probes-into-news-site-that-angered-duterte-idUSKBN1F61J1

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-immigration-7-eleven/u-s-immigration-operation-targets-7-eleven-stores-in-17-states-idUSKBN1EZ2S4

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-dow-hits-26000-20180116-story.html

63: Skepticrat063 - Fire and Furry Edition Jan 08, 2018

Show notes

On this week's episode: The Trump administration crumbles under the pressure of "a guy listening to what they said" ... The President double dog dares a hostile nation to nuke us AGAIN ... And he also demands that DARPA make him a bomb cyclone button.

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Headline Links:

Trump freaking right the fuck out over new Michael Wolff book: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-free-speech-libel-law-michael-wolff-fire-fury-mental-state-latest-a8145741.html

Sarah Huckabee Sanders wants everyone to stop lying: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/tapper-hits-huckabee-sanders-with-damning-list-of-trump-lies-after-she-claims-people-are-not-entitled-to-their-own-facts/

Trump’s climate change denial tweet: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/12/29/donald-trumps-climate-tweet-is-a-reminder-that-the-gop-embraces-science-denial/

Jeff Sessions weakens protections for legal weed: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/06/jeff-sessions-marijuana-legalization-congress-216251

The hole in the ozone layer is fixing itself: http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-hole-earths-ozone-layer-finally-closing-humans-did-something-771922

Gwyneth Paltrow releases her 2018 detox guide on Goop: https://goop.com/wellness/detox/the-beauty-wellness-detox-guide/ AND: https://quartzy.qz.com/1173239/the-zaniest-products-on-gwyneth-paltrows-2018-goop-detox-list/

Roundup Links:

https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-government-supporters-hold-large-rallies-/4193848.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-fire/blaze-destroys-hundreds-of-cars-melts-floors-of-liverpool-parking-garage-idUSKBN1EQ163

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42553818

https://www.apnews.com/e85f4cbac73a475286d9c091d1e42a29/Ethiopia-to-release-all-political-prisoners,-close-camp

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42532776

http://time.com/5083272/donald-trump-pakistan-tweets/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-flake-says-theres-no-evidence-cuban-government-attacked-american-diplomats/

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alaska/articles/2018-01-01/alaskas-criminal-bail-changes-to-point-based-system?int=news-rec

http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/03/news/companies/disney-do-not-disturb/index.html

http://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/01/02/hatch-will-hang-it-up-after-this-term/

http://time.com/5069621/twitter-white-nationalist-new-rules/

http://www.newsweek.com/penis-whitening-laser-procedure-goes-viral-thailand-770962

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/18/571717566/charlottesville-va-police-chief-retiring-after-unite-the-right-rally

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/17/french-sailor-francois-gabart-fastest-solo-circumnavigation

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/31/us/un-secretary-general-2018-message-intl/index.html

Abuse Your Words:

My nuclear button is bigger than your nuclear button: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42549687

62: Skepticrat062 - Moore Than Meets the Eye Edition Dec 18, 2017

Show notes

On this week's episode: The Senate unveils the tax plan equivalent of welshing on a hooker … Roy Moore will start his very own senate across the street from theirs and his will be way better … And the Republican Party is trying to steal our orgasms.

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Headline Links:

Republicans pretty sure they’re ready to go with tax bill: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/12/15/the-final-gop-tax-bill-is-complete-heres-what-is-in-it/

White House forced to withdraw two heinous judicial nominations: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/white-house-withdraws-two-controversial-judicial-nominations/

FCC gets rid of net neutrality: http://www.businessinsider.com/fcc-to-vote-on-net-neutrality-repeal-2017-12 https://www.wired.com/story/read-fcc-net-neutrality-dissent/

Rex Tillerson thinks maybe nuclear war would be bad, but nevermind: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/north-korea-talks-latest-new-rex-tillerson-trump-walks-backs-claims-white-house-contradiction-a8113136.html

Hard-hitting news story about Star Wars movie: http://www.seriousjournalism.com

Roundup Links:

http://www.newsweek.com/california-wildfires-thomas-fire-now-third-largest-state-history-750468

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42308121

https://sports.yahoo.com/russia-banned-2018-winter-olympics-pyeongchang-183735604.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/10/sars-virus-bats-china-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome

https://www.ft.com/content/ffcbc7ea-df59-11e7-a8a4-0a1e63a52f9c

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-12-04/supreme-court-allows-third-trump-travel-ban-into-effect

https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/philippines-duterte-wins-extra-year-martial-law-powers-doc-v43kn3

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/health/liver-initials-surgeon-simon-bramhall-intl-trnd/index.html

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/12/13/tina-smith-al-franken-senate/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/14/aung-san-suu-kyi-has-freedom-of-dublin-award-revoked

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42353545

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-space/trump-wants-to-send-u-s-astronauts-back-to-moon-someday-mars-idUSKBN1E51QP

http://abcnews.go.com/International/International/marine-corps-apologizes-aircraft-part-falls-2nd-japanese/story?id=51760688

http://www.pcgamer.com/rip-aim-remembering-how-we-used-to-talk-on-the-internet/

https://apnews.com/841ff18ab80644d78a88a5d7d5101ba7

61: Skepticrat061 - Rapid Detax Edition Dec 04, 2017

Show notes

For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit http://bit.ly/2qQRi8G and enter skepticrat30.

On this week's episode: We mourn a tremendous cut to our taxes ... We'll give the three famous guys who never sexually assaulted anybody a high five ... And Mike Flynn rolls over like he was about to get a happy ending.

To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat

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Headline Links:

Tax Bill: http://www.businessinsider.com/gop-tax-bill-senate-budget-committee-vote-2017-11 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/12/01/winners-and-losers-in-the-senate-gop-tax-bill-a-running-list/?utm_term=.35a26ced0a6f

Trump makes Pocahontas joke at Navajo veterans' event: http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/27/politics/trump-pocahontas-navajo-code-talkers/index.ht

Mulvaney takes over CFPB in mini-coup: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/28/judge-rules-mick-mulvaney-remain-interim-headin-leadership-fight-consumer-financial-protection-burea/902173001/

Literally everyone is a rapist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weinstein_effect

North Korean ICBM can hit all of US mainland: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42160227

Michael Flynn pleads guilty and Trump accidentally tweets about obstructing justice: http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/02/politics/trump-tweet-flynn-firing-fbi-reaction/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/michael-flynn-charged/index.html

Prince Harry is gonna marry an American https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/royal-wedding-looms-prince-harry-meghan-markle-announce-engagement-n817901?cid=emlnbn20171127

Roundup Links:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/20/media/att-time-warner-deal-lawsuit/index.html

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/11/28/russian-weather-satellite-and-18-secondary-payloads-feared-lost/

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42160227

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/dec/01/south-australia-turns-on-teslas-100mw-battery-history-in-the-making

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/nov/29/un-war-crimes-defendant-claims-to-drink-poison-at-trial-in-hague-slobodan-praljak

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-29/euthanasia-passes-parliament-in-victoria/9205472

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/105thGreyCup

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ara-san-juan-latest-submarine-argentina-search-rescue-crew-over-news-a8085911.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-politics/japans-abe-re-elected-prime-minister-after-big-election-win-idUSKBN1D13LP?il=0

http://fortune.com/2017/12/01/bitcoin-price-cme-cftc-futures/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-blast-toll/death-toll-from-somalia-truck-bomb-in-october-now-at-512-probe-committee-idUSKBN1DU2IC

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/us/brock-turner-appeal.html

https://qz.com/1120731/paradise-papers-a-guide-to-the-major-revelations/

60: Skepticrat060 - Collusion Course Edition Nov 06, 2017

Show notes

On this week's episode: We deal with collusion confusion ... Sean Hannity is pretty sure he's awesome ... And Sarah Huckabee Sanders forgets that the highest tax payers also get to be billionaires.

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Headline Links:

Rick Perry says fossil fuels can prevent sexual assault: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41854358

Sarah Huckabee Sanders makes worst analogy for taxes ever: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/10/31/sarah-sanderss-questionable-argument-that-paying-taxes-is-like-buying-beers/?utm_term=.970269bb4dec

Sean Hannity declares himself Oscar-eligible: www.nolink-but-it's/an/amazing.story/anyway