Show Notes
Monday, October 16th, 2023
House Democrats refuse to help the GOP as Jim Jordan schedules a Speaker vote for Tuesday; a former IRS contractor pleads guilty to stealing tax returns and giving them to the press; the DoJ has decided to re-try a health care fraudster for six counts the jury was hung on after Trump pardoned him; Judge Beryl Howell has awarded more sanctions against Giuliani in the Ruby Freeman/Shaye Moss defamation suit; the Truth Social media partner is returning $1B of investments after many asked for their money back; Lauren Boebert spent campaign cash at her Beetlejuice boyfriend’s bar; the US Labor Relations Board says Elon Musk illegally fired a Twitter employee; an Illinois man has killed a six-year-old muslin boy and stabbed his mother in a hate crime; Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a press conference in Cairo about President Biden’s newly appointed a special envoy to lead humanitarian efforts in Gaza; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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