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News Catch-Up: A Government Heave?, Clavicular and the 2026 Census
Season 1, Ep. 436
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This week Carl Kinsella takes us through the week's news, including the latest from the Middle East, updates on what's been going on with the government vote of confidence and Michael Healy Rae's defection from government, we also talk about Trump's mental state, Daniel Kinahan's reported arrest and Clavicular's overdoes.
Read Ed Caesar's New Yorker piece on Daniel Kinahan here.
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