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News Catch-Up: Trump and Netanyahu, School Phone Bans Don't Work and Sentencing for Violence Against Women

Season 1, Ep. 249

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Carl Kinsella and I hit possibly our highest level of incredulity yet as we discuss Donald Trump and Netanyahu, Elon Musk's continued assault on the U.S. government, why a recently re-elected senator has resigned from Fine Gael and why it's so difficult to make sense of sentencing.


Apologies for going relatively hard on the bad language this week guys, it felt unavoidable.


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