238: Skepticrat238 - Lame Duck Dynasty Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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On this week's episode: Our nation prepares for a second Trump insertion ... 77 of the smartest people in the world are standing like that disappointed cricket guy meme with their hands on their hips ... And you can smell like steak and ketchup for one easy payment of $199.

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Another amazing word of the day from Susie Dent:
https://twitter.com/susie_dent

Headline Sources:

FBI Director Chris Wray to resign: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/11/politics/fbi-director-chris-wray-steps-down/index.html
Kash Patel set to take over FBI: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/politics/who-is-kash-patel-trump-fbi-director/index.html
Amazon and Meta donate $1M each to Trump's inauguration fund: https://apnews.com/article/trump-meta-zuckerberg-inauguration-donation-c540bf7c638def11b8428e633965c718
John Fetterman joins Truth Social and calls for Trump pardon: https://www.newsweek.com/john-fetterman-truth-social-donald-trump-pardon-1999420

Trump Backtracks On Campaign Pledge To Bring Down Grocery Prices: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-walks-back-prices-down_n_675af8f3e4b04606476ba6cd

Rep. Nancy Mace says she was 'physically accosted' on Capitol grounds: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/politics/nancy-mace-says-she-was-physically-accosted/index.html

More than 75 Nobel laureates urge Senate to reject RFK Jr: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5031298-nobel-laureates-oppose-rfk-jr/

Why Google’s Quantum Computer Chip Willow Is A Game Changer: https://www.forbes.com/sites/timbajarin/2024/12/13/why-googles-quantum-computer-chip-willow-is-a-game-changer/

Trump uses photo of himself with First Lady Jill Biden to announce new fragrance line: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fragrance-jill-biden-fight-fight-fight-perfumes-cologne/

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0:00.0	It's Monday.
0:13.6	It's December 16th.
0:15.2	And the word of the day is strewthious,
0:17.9	which means prone to ignoring unwelcome facts
0:20.6	and letting a situation worsen without any intervention.
0:24.0	Using a sentence, low information voters put the truth IOUs in Struthius.
0:30.1	Oh, Bravo, no notes. Cheers.
0:32.3	I thought Struthius was the band of the teeny tiny violin I'll be playing for Trumpers when the next COVID comes around.
0:41.0	I'm Cissel something Italian.
0:42.8	I'm I'm I'm Heathenright.
0:44.9	In broadcasting delayed from America's Far Center, we are the skeptocrats.
0:48.9	On this week's episode, our nation prepares for a second Trump insertion.
0:53.2	77 of the smartest people in the world are standing like that disappointed cricket guy meme with their hands on their hips.
1:00.0	And you can smell like steak and ketchup for one easy payment of $199.
1:05.0	Oh no.
1:06.0	But first, the rest of the intro music.
1:22.1	Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow skeptic rats, Cecil something Italian, and Eli Bosnick.
1:28.2	Gentlemen, we have a pre-lead story and actually have some good news.
1:35.1	Last week, Joe Biden pardoned 39 people who were mostly convicted of nonviolent drug offenses,
1:41.3	along with commuting sentences for about 1,500 more people, the biggest one ever.
1:46.6	And we're done with the good news, especially considering that over Thanksgiving weekend, President Biden gave a blanket pardon to his son Hunter for any crime ever in the last 10
1:52.6	years that Hunter may have done, including the two crimes he already got convicted for. So to be
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