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Trump's Impeachment Spin, Layoffs at Sports Illustrated, and the WWE Goes to Fox | The Press Box

The Press Box

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4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker cover the impeachment spin presented by Donald Trump (03:00), the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week (17:00), grim times at 'Sports Illustrated' (21:00), WWE’s move to Fox (36:15), and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.1

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0:09.6

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0:15.0

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0:18.1

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0:23.1

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0:27.6

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0:35.2

David, in a company meeting, the leak to the media, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg told co-workers

0:43.2

it would quote, suck if Elizabeth Warren became president. What I want to know is, who is the best

0:52.2

political enemy you could have right now?

0:58.3

I mean, this is a week where Joe Biden has relished in being the person in Trump's line of fire.

1:05.4

Right? Joe Biden has finally found purpose in his campaign by being that, what did he say this week?

1:12.8

I just want to say something to you Donald, I'm not going anywhere.

1:15.8

You think you were going? That wasn't what was at stake here, you know?

1:19.5

I think he thought he was on the WWE consmacked and I was like, what better position, I mean,

1:24.3

like, how could he possibly get luckier than to have Donald Trump come after you

1:28.8

pretty directly? And then news breaks that off in an off the record, whatever meeting,

1:35.2

Mark Zuckerberg went after Elizabeth Warren. I'm like, oh, I think we found a better villain.

1:40.3

Donald Trump had like 19 perfect enemies this week. There was Adam Schiff, who he kept calling

1:45.1

Schiff D Schiff. That was the thing, right? He also, who else did he name his enemy this week?

1:50.5

I mean, I think it was basically everybody Nancy Pelosi. That was a big one, right? Because she

1:54.4

was, she unlike Paul Ryan would approve subpoenas for just about anything. Oh, yeah. Paul Ryan

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