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Central Casting
Mary Wilson with today’s rundown: The Mar-a-Lago WiFi security needs some work, Robert Mueller’s bona fides, and a harsh burn about the KitKat bar.
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Russia, Can We Borrow Your Notes?
Mary Wilson with today’s rundown: Vladimir Putin offers Congress his own Russian intelligence in lieu of American records, can we print “schmuck” in the paper?, and a neo-Nazi publication branches out.
1 min
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He’s Just Not That Into Zoo
Mary Wilson with today’s rundown: How the president’s latest spill is playing in Russia, Judge Merrick Garland probably won’t replace Jim Comey, and a jokewriter’s case against Conan O’Brien will go to trial.
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The Hack Comes Home to Roost
Mary Wilson with today’s rundown: Ivory Coast soldiers are revolting over unpaid bonuses and Russians are irked by the global ransomware attack.
1 min
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Trump's Newest Tweetstorm
Mike Pesca with the rundown: President Trump tells Comey he *might* have tapes of their conversations; Another public tragedy in Venezuela; Robert Mugabe's not sleeping, he's just resting his eyes.
1 min
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The Real Constitutional Crisis
Mike Pesca with the rundown: Forget Comey, the census mess is a real crisis; Trump wants to investigate voter fraud; Cellino and Barnes are breaking up, proving that nothing lasts forever and all happiness is fleeting.
2 min
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Comeypalooza
Chris Berube with three facts about the firing of FBI director James Comey.
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Moon Jae-in, Mr. Payback
Chris Berube with the rundown: Jared Kushner's sister makes a sketchy decision; Moon Jae-in is the new president of South Korea; A horrifying, nightmarish, gross, super-interesting fact about parasites
2 min
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Perilous Rooftop Driving School Edition
Chris Berube with the rundown: A golf journalist drops a huge Trump allegation; Uber is being probed by the DOJ; A very dangerous Chinese driving school meets its fate.
2 min
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Dangerous Minds
Mary Wilson with today’s three things: El Chapo gets no sympathy from a U.S. judge; exam fraud, engineer style; and an Army general declares war on fast food.
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We’re Here All Week, Try The Bidouillage
Mary Wilson with today’s three things: Dust is choking northern China, Mr. Washington goes to Langley, and French insults pour tout le monde!
1 min
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Hotel (Pending Litigation)
Mary Wilson with today’s three things: The Eagles say the jig is up for Mexico’s Hotel California, a U.S. commander asks to beef up forces in Europe, and hard day in Balch Springs, Texas.
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“A Good Shutdown”
Mary Wilson with today’s three things: Members of Congress subtweet the president in the negotiated spending plan, President Trump wants the Senate to forsake the legislative filibuster, and Kansas City Catholics shun the Girl Scouts.
1 min
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Game Over, Man
Chris Berube with the rundown: How Donald Trump celebrated 100 days; Sebastian Gorka is out at the White House; Aliens will probably kill us all.
2 min
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Bunghazi
Chris Berube with the rundown: Trump administration staffing update, 100 Days edition; The other little red button in the White House; Another twist in the mysterious death of Simon, the enormous rabbit.
2 min
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Tanks, But No Tanks
Chris Berube with the rundown: Why Marine Le Pen could win, troubling news about Ivanka's clothing brand, and a Shark Tank star ends a very short political career.
2 min
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Blame Canada
Chris Berube with the rundown: Canadian fury over new lumber tariffs; How much will Trump supporters get in child care support?; Yet another United Airlines PR disaster.
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Mar-a-Lago Awareness Week
Chris Berube with the rundown: Chaos on the German far-right; The State Department promotes Mar-a-Lago; The single funny thing about Alex Jones.
2 min
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Make Mexico Pay For It, Or Not, Whatever
Chris Berube with the rundown: Trump's popularity 100 days in; Who IS going to pay for that wall?; A French May-December romance in the spotlight.
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Operation Vandelay Industries
Mike Pesca with the rundown: Bird-hunting hostages freed in Iraq; Cameroon has the internet again!; A real-life Seinfeld plot is resolved.
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We Have a Math Museum?
Mike Pesca has today’s rundown: The “Mother of All Protests” demonstrates on an empty stomach in Venezuela, the Commerce Department eyes steel imports, and the Math Museum takes a look at Star Trek deaths.
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North Korea’s Mind Games
Mary Wilson has today’s rundown: Commercial satellites pick up images of a North Korea nuclear test site holding volleyball games, Rep. Jason Chaffetz won’t run for re-election, and Victoria Beckham accepts Queen’s honors.
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SEAL Team Sex
Mary Wilson has today’s rundown: It’s election day for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, Turkey President Erdogan has harsh words for critical election monitors, and the Navy investigates a SEAL for moonlighting as a porn actor.
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Trump’s Reading List
Mary Wilson has today’s rundown: Russian state TV turns on Trump, Alex Jones goes to court for custody of his kids, and the President makes a book recommendation.
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Space is the Place
The Bad Astronomer himself, Phil Plait, answers our three questions about commercial space travel.
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