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The COP29 team had a productive discussion with the OECD Deputy Secretary-General, Mary Beth, Goodman at the G7, Report informs, citing the official X account of COP29.

The radical Palestinian movement Hamas is considering a new proposal from Egypt on releasing 33 hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, CNN reported, citing sources, Report informs.

Hunter Biden is threatening to sue Fox News for defamation, exploitation of his image and publication of hacked photographs, according to a letter obtained by Axios that was sent to the news channel last week, Report informs.

Episode 166 has been uploaded.

Preview is a short today.

YouTube, later.

A-Block

• SPECIAL COMMENT: We need a special counsel to investigate the six conservatives on the Supreme Court.
• We know Harlan Crow spent thousands on Clarence Thomas — for what precise purpose We know somebody paid off Brett Kavanaugh’s debts — who? When? Why? We know Leonard Leo’s gang spent millions to put Gorsuch and the others in place — what did they get in return? We know the Trump appointees all lied to the Senate and said Roe-v-Wade was settled, then voted to overturn it — were they paid to? We know the conservatives looked at the 14th Amendment, which states when, why, and how to appeal disqualification from the ballot, and ignored the Constitution. To what end?
• We know those conservatives have now signaled that they will countenance a coup, or presidentially-ordered domestic assassinations, or anything, so long as they can pretend they were official acts, and so long as they don’t have to rule until and unless Trump is president again. What inducement could make even conservatives — even conservative lawyers — prostitute themselves? And most of all we know, that if the polarity was reversed — if this was a Republican administration now and that was an utterly corrupt and criminal DEMOCRATIC president on trial — and a 6-3 LIBERAL Supreme Court impeding and slowing and obstructing justice — we KNOW that the Republican administration would do: There would be a Special Counsel investigating the Court.
• There are lesser solutions. Joyce Vance suggests Jack Smith empty his January 6th evidence at a hearing to determine what might be subject to ‘Presidential immunity.’ Brian Beutler suggests something stronger. The gist is: we — I mean all of us who have a faint hope that there’ll be representative government in this country a year from today — WE must stop assuming that being right about everything DECIDES everything any more (if it ever did). The Biden campaign is going to have to stop assuming that the President being right and good and Trump being the worst person in this country’s history is going to be enough. We need to go on OFFENSE and the goal has to be to metaphorically GUT the bastard — and to metaphorically GUT all the OTHER bastards in his gang. As said by the character of the prime minister in “House of Cards” — the good version — we need to put a bit of stick about.
• ALSO: There’s little new left to say about the psychopathic monster Kristi Noem. Yet I actually found something. It’s not good. And it’s from her alleged boyfriend.

B-Block

• THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: The lovely celebrity columnist Cindy Adams just turned 94. Somebody leaked her birthday party guest list and it’s the twelve people you meet when you get to hell. The New York Times is so strung out over Politico’s reveal that its publisher A. G. Selzburger is altering the news to punish Biden for not doing an interview, that it has issued a furious denial about journalism and principles and THE STATEMENT IS ANONYMOUS.

My advice to the New York Times:

• And unfortunately not only did Nancy Pelosi call out my ex Katie Tur for being a Trump apologist but based on her reaction she has no idea that everybody agrees she’s a Trump apologist.

C-Block

• THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: Well it ain’t Thursday but it IS Tur-Day. Since I’m already talking about my ex, face planting on MSNBC every afternoon, I might as well tell you the rest of the story. About her jumping the political shark. About her book. And about how she deceived me. And the New York Times. And the Washington Post. It’s exhausting.

Good morning, good afternoon, good night, and good luck!

Episode 166 has been uploaded.

Preview is a short today.

YouTube, later.

A-Block

• SPECIAL COMMENT: We need a special counsel to investigate the six conservatives on the Supreme Court.
• We know Harlan Crow spent thousands on Clarence Thomas — for what precise purpose We know somebody paid off Brett Kavanaugh’s debts — who? When? Why? We know Leonard Leo’s gang spent millions to put Gorsuch and the others in place — what did they get in return? We know the Trump appointees all lied to the Senate and said Roe-v-Wade was settled, then voted to overturn it — were they paid to? We know the conservatives looked at the 14th Amendment, which states when, why, and how to appeal disqualification from the ballot, and ignored the Constitution. To what end?
• We know those conservatives have now signaled that they will countenance a coup, or presidentially-ordered domestic assassinations, or anything, so long as they can pretend they were official acts, and so long as they don’t have to rule until and unless Trump is president again. What inducement could make even conservatives — even conservative lawyers — prostitute themselves? And most of all we know, that if the polarity was reversed — if this was a Republican administration now and that was an utterly corrupt and criminal DEMOCRATIC president on trial — and a 6-3 LIBERAL Supreme Court impeding and slowing and obstructing justice — we KNOW that the Republican administration would do: There would be a Special Counsel investigating the Court.
• There are lesser solutions. Joyce Vance suggests Jack Smith empty his January 6th evidence at a hearing to determine what might be subject to ‘Presidential immunity.’ Brian Beutler suggests something stronger. The gist is: we — I mean all of us who have a faint hope that there’ll be representative government in this country a year from today — WE must stop assuming that being right about everything DECIDES everything any more (if it ever did). The Biden campaign is going to have to stop assuming that the President being right and good and Trump being the worst person in this country’s history is going to be enough. We need to go on OFFENSE and the goal has to be to metaphorically GUT the bastard — and to metaphorically GUT all the OTHER bastards in his gang. As said by the character of the prime minister in “House of Cards” — the good version — we need to put a bit of stick about.
• ALSO: There’s little new left to say about the psychopathic monster Kristi Noem. Yet I actually found something. It’s not good. And it’s from her alleged boyfriend.

B-Block

• THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: The lovely celebrity columnist Cindy Adams just turned 94. Somebody leaked her birthday party guest list and it’s the twelve people you meet when you get to hell. The New York Times is so strung out over Politico’s reveal that its publisher A. G. Selzburger is altering the news to punish Biden for not doing an interview, that it has issued a furious denial about journalism and principles and THE STATEMENT IS ANONYMOUS.

My advice to the New York Times:

• And unfortunately not only did Nancy Pelosi call out my ex Katie Tur for being a Trump apologist but based on her reaction she has no idea that everybody agrees she’s a Trump apologist.

C-Block

• THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: Well it ain’t Thursday but it IS Tur-Day. Since I’m already talking about my ex, face planting on MSNBC every afternoon, I might as well tell you the rest of the story. About her jumping the political shark. About her book. And about how she deceived me. And the New York Times. And the Washington Post. It’s exhausting.

Good morning, good afternoon, good night, and good luck!

Episode 166 has been uploaded.

Preview is a short today.

YouTube, later.

A-Block

• SPECIAL COMMENT: We need a special counsel to investigate the six conservatives on the Supreme Court.
• We know Harlan Crow spent thousands on Clarence Thomas — for what precise purpose We know somebody paid off Brett Kavanaugh’s debts — who? When? Why? We know Leonard Leo’s gang spent millions to put Gorsuch and the others in place — what did they get in return? We know the Trump appointees all lied to the Senate and said Roe-v-Wade was settled, then voted to overturn it — were they paid to? We know the conservatives looked at the 14th Amendment, which states when, why, and how to appeal disqualification from the ballot, and ignored the Constitution. To what end?
• We know those conservatives have now signaled that they will countenance a coup, or presidentially-ordered domestic assassinations, or anything, so long as they can pretend they were official acts, and so long as they don’t have to rule until and unless Trump is president again. What inducement could make even conservatives — even conservative lawyers — prostitute themselves? And most of all we know, that if the polarity was reversed — if this was a Republican administration now and that was an utterly corrupt and criminal DEMOCRATIC president on trial — and a 6-3 LIBERAL Supreme Court impeding and slowing and obstructing justice — we KNOW that the Republican administration would do: There would be a Special Counsel investigating the Court.
• There are lesser solutions. Joyce Vance suggests Jack Smith empty his January 6th evidence at a hearing to determine what might be subject to ‘Presidential immunity.’ Brian Beutler suggests something stronger. The gist is: we — I mean all of us who have a faint hope that there’ll be representative government in this country a year from today — WE must stop assuming that being right about everything DECIDES everything any more (if it ever did). The Biden campaign is going to have to stop assuming that the President being right and good and Trump being the worst person in this country’s history is going to be enough. We need to go on OFFENSE and the goal has to be to metaphorically GUT the bastard — and to metaphorically GUT all the OTHER bastards in his gang. As said by the character of the prime minister in “House of Cards” — the good version — we need to put a bit of stick about.
• ALSO: There’s little new left to say about the psychopathic monster Kristi Noem. Yet I actually found something. It’s not good. And it’s from her alleged boyfriend.

B-Block

• THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: The lovely celebrity columnist Cindy Adams just turned 94. Somebody leaked her birthday party guest list and it’s the twelve people you meet when you get to hell. The New York Times is so strung out over Politico’s reveal that its publisher A. G. Selzburger is altering the news to punish Biden for not doing an interview, that it has issued a furious denial about journalism and principles and THE STATEMENT IS ANONYMOUS.

My advice to the New York Times:

• And unfortunately not only did Nancy Pelosi call out my ex Katie Tur for being a Trump apologist but based on her reaction she has no idea that everybody agrees she’s a Trump apologist.

C-Block

• THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: Well it ain’t Thursday but it IS Tur-Day. Since I’m already talking about my ex, face planting on MSNBC every afternoon, I might as well tell you the rest of the story. About her jumping the political shark. About her book. And about how she deceived me. And the New York Times. And the Washington Post. It’s exhausting.

Good morning, good afternoon, good night, and good luck!

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