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Erasing Franken
Evangelical leaders aren't turning on Roy Moore in Alabama. PBS has edited Al Franken out of tonight's Mark Twain Prize broadcast. Paul Hollywood (of Great British Bake Off fame) says his marriage is toast.
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American Vandal, Navy-Style
Josh Voorhees tells you what you need to know about the GOP tax plan—and about a giant penis in the sky.
5 min
128
USO-No, Not Al
Josh Voorhees has everything you need to know about the new allegations against Al Franken—and what could happen next.
5 min
129
‘Lenny Bernstein’ Calling
Josh Voorhees tells you about a dirty robocall in Alabama, how liberals are reckoning with Bill Clinton’s past, and points you to a Trump tweet that, sadly, perfectly illustrates America’s mass shooting problem.
5 min
130
Alabama Mall Rat
Josh Voorhees has the latest on the Roy Moore scandal, the early takeaway from Jeff Sessions' congressional testimony, and a musical climate protest at a U.N. conference.
5 min
131
More on Moore
Josh Voorhees has the latest on the Roy Moore scandal, Trump’s new pick for HHS, and the Iran earthquake.
4 min
132
There’s Always Moore
Josh Voorhees tells you what you need to know about the latest reports of powerful men doing horrible things to women—and then gives himself a needed lesson in how to properly pronounce the name of Japan’s prime minister.
4 min
133
It’s a Trap!
Josh Voorhees tells you about the ongoing GOP exodus in Congress, explains the story behind the AT&T-Time Warner merger, and points out an unlikely highlight from Trump’s trip to Japan.
4 min
134
The Sad Trombone
Josh Voorhees highlights two particularly promising results from Election Day 2017—and then promptly rains on his own parade.
5 min
135
Laissez-Faire Landscaping
Josh Voorhees points you to a local election today that could have a global impact, tells you about a Trump cabinet member who seems to have been wildly inflating his own net worth, and details Rand Paul’s laissez-faire attitude toward landscaping.
4 min
136
Lost in Translation
Josh Voorhees has the latest on the Texas gunman’s possible motive, tells you who may be the next person indicted by Robert Mueller, and corrects the record from a messy weekend online.
4 min
137
Eleven Minutes in Heaven
Josh Voorhees unpacks a big new development in the Mueller investigation, tells you about Bowe Bergdahl’s sentence, and relives that brief but glorious window last night when Trump’s twitter account disappeared.
3 min
138
‘DEATH PENALTY!’
Josh Voorhees tells you how Trump’s NYC-terror tweets could cause headaches for prosecutors, how the Mueller investigation cost a Trump ally his new job, and about the not-so-subtle message James Comey is sending with the title of his new book.
3 min
139
American ‘Beauty’
Josh Voorhees unpacks Donald Trump’s response to the NYC terror attack, details the latest allegations of sexual misconduct in Hollywood, and marks an important day for Obamacare.
3 min
140
Russian Tea Leaves
Josh Voorhees looks for clues for the next big break in Robert Mueller’s investigation, and tells you about John Kelly’s dubious retelling of Civil War history.
3 min
141
Indictments!
Josh Voorhees tells you what you need to know about the two major developments in Robert Mueller’s Russia investigations.
4 min
142
A Constitutional Crisis and a Comment Interrupted
Josh Voorhees tells you about: dueling votes in Spain and Catalonia; the latest on Whitefish Energy’s sketchy Puerto Rico deal; and an accidentally charming NYT comment everyone is talking about.
5 min
143
Drugs, ‘Dirty Jokes’, and Dog Whistles
Josh Voorhees on the White House’s leader-less opioid strategy, new accusations of sexual assault against George H.W. Bush, and Trump’s latest thoughts on the Confederacy.
4 min
144
The Return of the Steele Dossier
Josh Voorhees tells you about the latest on the infamous dossier, and explains you why it matters—and why it doesn’t. He also has the latest on an undocumented Jane Doe and an NAACP travel warning.
5 min
145
The #AlertTheDaycareStaff Edition
Josh Voorhees explains the president’s latest Twitter tantrum, tells you about the highly questionable deal Puerto Rico made in hopes of restoring its power grid, and follows up on the story of the missing Trump condolence check.
5 min
146
Gold Star Criticism and Bone Spurs
Josh Voorhees has the latest on: Trump’s ongoing fight with an Army widow, Amazon’s search for a second home, and John McCain’s war of words with the president.
4 min
147
Paper Shortages and Cheeky Receptions
Josh Voorhees tells you why having the votes might not be enough to fix Obamacare, how an African government ran out of office supplies at an inopportune time, and about the cheeky reception the president’s motorcade got last night in D.C.
4 min
148
Emolument Hotdogs and #FakeMelania
Josh Voorhees tells you about the tasty emolument metaphor served up by a federal judge, a father of a fallen soldier who was promised a personal check from the president, and what you need to know about #FakeMelania.
5 min
149
‘I Guess It Hurts Anyway’
Josh Voorhees has the latest on: an Obamacare fix winding its way through the Senate and Trump’s travel ban getting blocked (again) in court. And he also unpacks the president’s, um, unusual way of talking to Gold Star families.
4 min
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McCain’s Revenge
90 Seconds: McCain’s Revenge
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