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It's episode 112 of all that's going on in the world right now, Jack.

What's your chosen headline? It's a quotation. I collect people, my own people. I can damage people. Jeffrey Epstein.

Okay. Tell us more. So let that just linger out there. Earlier this month,

the Washington Post reported, and I'm quoting, Russia is providing Iran with targeting

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