01:00 The Big Tech Takeover of American Politics, https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/the-big-tech-takeover-of-american-politics
11:00 Comedian Adam Carolla Talks About the Los Angeles Wildfires, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3MEr441LKs
20:00 Last Boys at the Beginning of History – Thymos comes to the capital by Mana Afsari, https://thepointmag.com/politics/last-boys-at-the-beginning-of-history/
30:40 LAFD: “Design For Disaster” – The Story of the Bel Air Conflagration | 1962, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxnC1WW95XE
34:00 Ross Douthat: How the liberal cathedral cracked up, https://www.nytimes.com/column/ross-douthat
45:00 NYP: Jerry Springer Show’ producer claims he acted as ‘pimp’ for iconic host, dismisses new Netflix doc: ‘Whitewash’, https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/entertainment/jerry-springer-show-producer-claims-he-acted-as-pimp-for-host/
55:00 Jerry Springer despoiled my precious Kendra Jade
1:02:30 Vanity Fair on Democratic Party infighting, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/inside-the-democratic-partys-epic-hangover
1:05:00 How a Dose of MDMA Transformed a White Supremacist, https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-a-dose-of-mdma-transformed-a-white-supremacist
1:10:40 How POLITICO suppressed Biden stories, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm3XiIKD910
1:13:00 Mark Halperin on Trump’s First 100 Days,, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7t_CoA7WqU
1:16:00 Trump’s Comeback (full documentary) | FRONTLINE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VbdLehKFQY
1:25:00 Rumblings About Barack and Michelle Obama Divorce (and Jennifer Aniston) Getting Louder, w/ Ruthless, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdge3FAat7o
1:33:00 Kamala Harris & Doug Emhoff having troubles, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14306237/kamala-harris-blames-doug-emhoff-political-setbacks-marriage-turmoil.html
1:35:50 MAGA mad at Bank of America for debanking conservatives
1:38:00 Climate change caused our recent disasters in LA fires?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158727
1:40:00 Trump’s Anti DEI Blitz, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158736
1:44:00 Silicon Valley anecdote about a company crafting a memo for employees on George Floyd
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