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And it's not safe for work. And as we transition from our wet, hot indictment summer to a cool, crisp indictment fall,

today we're looking back on a blockbuster scandal from 1974, one that set the

beltway tongues a wagon and typewriters at Typen, a scandal that 50 years ago changed the

course of American politics forever.

We are, of course, referring to the Title Basin Bombshell Affair.

All I'm trying to do is to launch a career.

Don't you think this looks bad for you personally as a married chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, though?

My wife's in on it.

And you say, you've never heard of this before?

The Title Basin Affair? The title basin affair?

The Argentine Firecracker?

Well, you have definitely come to the right place.

So let us, your no fair remembering stuff, docents, lead you through some of the scandal timeline of 1974 to that forgotten gem.

That's right.

Beetle juice, eat your heart out.

First, we need to quickly drop in on the summer of 1973.

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