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Chinooks Don't Recline

Chinooks Don't Recline

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This week's "Who Said It" is about a ballroom — and once you hear who said it and why, the rest of the episode starts to make a lot more sense.

Elon just got a $114 billion payday courtesy of the courts, and we actually have some thoughts on this one that might surprise you. Ukraine hit the Tuapse oil refinery for the third time — Putin had some environmental concerns to share about that, which we found very rich coming from the man who flew a drone into a nuclear reactor's protective shell. Sunday was also the 40th anniversary of Chornobyl, so we revisit why that place is relevant right now in ways it really shouldn't be.

A sanctioned Russian oligarch's half-billion dollar yacht just sailed through the Strait of Hormuz — the heart of the US-Iran conflict — without a hitch. Nobody's explaining how that happened, but we have a theory.

Spirit Airlines is apparently on the bailout wishlist, and the history of what happens when Trump gets his hands on an airline is genuinely one of the funniest cautionary tales in American business history. We tell it in full, including the part about the Chinooks.

The White House ballroom fight is back, and Lindsay Graham wants your tax dollars for "military stuff" and a teacup set. Then a very convenient security incident popped up at the White House Correspondents' Dinner that raises some eyebrows — we break down exactly what people caught on camera, including a human shield, a champagne grab, and someone who just kept taking pictures through the whole thing.

We close with a thought on what to do with the Trumpers who are finally starting to have regrets — and our answer might just bring everyone back together.

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