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Timestamps:

• (00:00:00) A lot of stick shaking this episode
• (00:05:23) Have you tried gatorwine?
• (00:06:33) Right-wing influencer network Tenet Media charged by the Department of Justice for hiring influencers to spread Russian disinformation in exchange for $10 million, the influencers says they are the victims and didn’t know
• (00:12:49) Hunter Biden pleads guilty to all nine federal tax charges brought by special counsel David Weiss
• (00:17:47) FBI raids NYC homes of two top Mayor Eric Adams aides, NYPD phones subpoenaed
• (00:23:30) FBI arrests musician for streaming fraud, claiming he collected $10M from hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs using bots to rack up streams
• (00:33:10) Six porn shop employees say North Carolina GOP nominee Mark Robinson was a regular, loved porn
• (00:41:02) Commanders fire VP of content after derogatory comments about players, fans caught on camera

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