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170: Skepticrat170 - KBJ FTW Edition

Mar 28, 202246 minEp. 170
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On this week's episode: Vladimir Putin fights for a different kind of TERF ... A South Carolina man proves you can save someone from drowning on a technicality ... And Ted Cruz thinks he might be turning Japanese - he really thinks so.

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Headline Sources:

KBJ confirmation hearings: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-ketanji-brown-jackson-hearings-takeaways/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/us/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-woman-definition.html https://www.npr.org/2022/03/24/1088217548/hawleys-attacks-on-ketanji-brown-jackson-fuel-a-surge-in-online-conspiracy-chatt 

Putin Goes Into Battle on a Second Front...Culture: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/world/europe/putin-cancel-culture-rowling.html
Ginni Thomas did a bunch of sedition texting: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/ GOP Senator Mike Braun says Ginni and Clarence's marriage should be illegal in some states: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/opinion/mike-braun-loving-virginia.html

Trump endorsements don’t seem to matter: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-03-23/trump-endorsed-candidates-struggle-idaho-governor-little-mcgeachin

Shitty dude gets shot by guy rescuing him: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10649259/Teen-jet-skier-shot-dead-Lake-Keowee-Good-Samaritan.html

FBI and Anonymous hacktivists fucking with Russia:
https://www.rawstory.com/r-2656999569/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/fbi-trolls-russian-embassy-with-geotargeted-ads-for-disgruntled-spies/
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