E51: Jim Acosta Accosts a Garbage Panda!

A day late and a Euro short, here we are with our first-ever trans-Atlantic #Nope, recorded in Duck, North Carolina and Lisbon, Portugal. In a week that was reminiscent of a Hieronymus Bosch etching, we vomit over the White House’s decision to release a doctored propaganda video from Infowars to back up the lie that CNN’s Jim Acosta assaulted an intern (he didn’t). We also question the wisdom of Nevada’s selection of a Republican corpse for their state assembly. Rachel reports live from Web Summit, describing the imminent disruption of the popcorn-industrial-complex. Also on the docket: a five-year-old’s 15-page resume sends China into a social media panic; raccoon and mixed-animal cafes sprout up in Korea; the U.S. Embassy throws an Australian cat pajama party to improve relations; and a New Jersey therapist winds up in jail after hiring an ex-con patient to disfigure a foe “so he can’t do push-ups” (her words, not ours.) 

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Big #YUP to…

Lucy McBath, a former flight attendant and gun-control activist in Georgia, for beating Republican Karen Handel in Georgia’s 6th, a district that was once was represented by Newt Gingrich.  

Watch McBath’s inspiring campaign ad here (bring tissues): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiZQ-JU9zbw 

Jennifer Wexton, for unseating incumbent Republican Barbara Comstock in Virginia’s 10th district, making this the first seat to flip from R to D on Tuesday night. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/comstock-vs-wexton-virginias-10th-congressional-district-race/2018/11/06/f3d406ca-deb6-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html?utm_term=.7ba6fdf26f26