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Happy Wednesday. Welcome to Breaking Points. Emily, how you doing?

Doing well. Ryan, we've got a big show, lots of developments at the Middle East to cover.

And we have such a packed show. We were going to actually, and I'm not even joking this time,

and I know it's hard for people to tell when I'm joking or not, we were going to have Dr. Turtle

boy on to cover the Karen Reed verdict. We were going to have Dr. Turtle Boy

on to cover the Karen Reid verdict. We're so close. The verdict did not come yesterday. It should

have. The judge screwed it up. It's probably going to come this morning. It's going to be not

guilty, I'm telling you now. Maybe they'll get her on the OUI thing, the drinking and driving. It's a really important

case for not just police abuse, corruption, but also the First Amendment because Dr. Turtle Boy

was charged with a bunch of different crimes for reporting on the case, literally for reporting

on the case. And so far he's been victorious in all of those cases.

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