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This is cognitive dissonance.

Every episode we blast anyone who gets in our way.

We bring critical thinking, skepticism, and irreverence.

To any topic that makes the news, makes it big or makes us mad.

It's skeptical, it's political, and there is no welcome at today is Thursday July the I'm guessing 11th

Not looking at a calendar, but I think that's about right. It's about that time. You know what today should be

Cecil but it's not Thursday July 11th should be sentencing day but it doesn't

look like that's gonna happen's going to be sentencing day.

So if you're listening to this, we're sorry,

sorry that it's not sentencing day.

If it was up to us, it would be.

I think if it was up to us, if we had the power.

Yeah, if it was up to us, we would screw that case up bad.

That's for sure.

Worse than it's already been?

Worse than the Supreme Court.

Worse.

Worse, Tom. Works did it? Yeah.

What we want to talk about today is a few long-form articles that $2 patrons have the ability to

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