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The Democrats Have Lost the Plot
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Meet the Censored: Me?
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The Slow-Motion Assassination
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House Democrats Have Lost Their Minds
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The American Press Is Destroying Itself
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News Blackout in Effect
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The Pardon Arms Race Escalates
As talk about "preemptive pardons" heats up, one Senate Committee has rekindled searches for pandemic answers, while the transition is also preparing…
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Listen to This Article - Pardon Me, But This Is Bullshit
Narrated Version | Joe Biden or whoever is running the White House can absolve anyone they please, but Anthony Fauci needs to stand tall before the man…
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Matt Taibbi
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"The Mask of the Red Death"
Short story excerpt from America This Week episode 114, "The Masque of the Red Death," by Edgar Allan Poe
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Matt Taibbi
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Walter Kirn
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36:35
Listen to This Article - Note on the FBI
Narrated Version | Kash Patel will be the focus of scrutiny now, but the Bureau needs to look in the mirror. How J. Edgar Hoover's legacy was revived in…
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Matt Taibbi
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Racket Staff
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Transcript - America This Week, December 06, 2024: "The Immaculate Pardon"
A trial balloon floats presidential pardons no one asked for, no one knows anything about, and no one needs, but will be done anyway. Plus, the "Masque…
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Matt Taibbi
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Walter Kirn
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Apologies to Afroman
I didn't know, I swear!
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Matt Taibbi
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America This Week, December 06, 2024: "The Immaculate Pardon"
Watch now | A trial balloon floats presidential pardons no one asked for, no one knows anything about, and no one needs, but will be done anyway. Plus…
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News and features by best-selling author and reporter Matt Taibbi, in an independent package molded after I.F. Stone's Weekly. The site contains investigative journalism, satirical commentary, and the America This Week podcast with novelist Walter Kirn.
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