01:00 The Democrats needed every bit of their buffered identity to stay unmoved during last night’s Trump event, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=149512
16:00 Mark Halperin on Smerconish, https://www.smerconish.com/podcasts/the-smerconish-podcast/
32:00 The r-word, https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/the-r-slur-inner-circle-and-outer
39:00 Lenny Skutnik moment, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Skutnik
41:00 Trump’s skillset matches Bill Clinton’s
44:00 Trump doesn’t pussy foot around, he goes hard without euphemisms, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQiTYYD_NsM
45:50 What made Dems think they could out-troll the Troll Master Donald Trump?
56:30 12 Simple Things Men Do With Their Bodies That Women Just LOVE! , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB16v9EUFhc
57:20 Ann Coulter talks to Mark Halperin, https://anncoulter.substack.com/p/video-interview-with-mark-halperin
1:00:00 Great actors, speakers, presenters don’t give away their neck
1:02:00 Who ran the Biden White House?
1:03:00 Accomplished Public Speakers Tend To Not Move Their Heads, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=51658
1:13:00 The Best Reality TV Is Actually in the Oval Office, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-reality-tv-is-actually-in-the-oval-office/id1570872415?i=1000697606779
1:16:00 Christopher Caldwell describes the Ukraine war as a border conflict
1:30:00 How Musicians can benefit from the Alexander Technique, https://bodylearning.buzzsprout.com/382/episodes/25174-how-musicians-can-benefit-from-the-alexander-technique
1:36:40 Your Hands are Intelligent and Creative | Pedro de Alcantara, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C5nzsON8WI
1:46:00 Alexander technique lesson with Diana Devitt-Dawson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXqIuvav5hY
1:48:00 Adam Carolla: AOC has lost her fastball and Jasmine Crocket is meeting the crazy void
1:51:00 Douglas is cancelled, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Is_Cancelled
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