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The Skepticrat

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  • 262: Skepticrat262 - Klanifest Destiny Edition

    262: Skepticrat262 - Klanifest Destiny Edition
    Jan 12 2026

    On this week's episode: We’ll talk about the most dangerous ICE on the roads ... Elon Musk will show us what he really meant about making Twitter the everything app ... And the original 6-7 is a sex thing that came from Monica Geller on Friends.

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    Headline Sources:

    ICE agent Jonathan Ross executes Renee Good: https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010631041/minneapolis-ice-shooting-video.html
    https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/09/us/ice-shooting-minneapolis-renee-good-cell-phone-invs
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/trump-minnesota-ice-shooting-video.html
    We took Venezuela:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/politics/trump-capture-maduro-venezuela.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/09/trump-machado-meet-peace-prize/

    Elon Musk’s Grok Apologizes After Generating Sexual Image of Young Girls: https://www.newsweek.com/grok-apology-deepfake-images-sexualized-young-women-pornography-11297025
    Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid X users after deepfakes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do

    Betty Boop and Blondie enter the public domain:
    https://apnews.com/article/public-domain-2026-betty-boop-40cb2f7a30ba9d7aec0bfc9191ab02c1

    Trump says he's taking Greenland too: https://ground.news/article/us-weighs-paying-greenlanders-up-to-100-000-to-leave-denmark-reuters_076ad6
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/americas/trump-greenland-annex.html

    Ten found guilty of cyber-bullying Brigitte Macron: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78v6z7597yo

    Viral ‘6-7' tops 2025 list of overused words and phrases: https://apnews.com/article/2025-words-slang-phrases-list-university-67-59f896e28b7b16edfdfcc453a8af388a
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    56 mins
  • 261: Skepticrat261 - Butter Emails Side Down Edition

    261: Skepticrat261 - Butter Emails Side Down Edition
    Dec 15 2025
    On this week's episode: Kash Patel calls shotgun ... We will be shocked to find out what a young Nigel Farage thought about jews and brown people ... And Eli's a narc about medical marijuana.

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    Headline Sources:

    Kash Patel is giant embarrassment who wouldn't leave his plane without an FBI jacket: https://nypost.com/2025/11/30/opinion/damning-report-labels-fbi-rudderless-ship-under-kash-patel-with-he-and-dan-bongino-more-concerned-with-building-personal-resumes/
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-probe-fbi-director-kash-patel-fbi-gulfstream-jet/
    https://people.com/fbi-director-kash-patel-directed-security-detail-to-drive-girlfriend-friend-home-report-11862942

    Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/04/farage-turns-on-broadcasters-racism-allegations-bbc

    Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/indiana-senate-redistricting-republicans.html

    Feds bring woman to US to face charges, then say she's here illegally:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/12/10/extradition-deportation-belarus-russia/

    The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a cupboard: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/05/the-liz-truss-show-review-hapless-ravings-from-a-closet
    Beware the Liz Truss chatshow - viewers will require survivor therapy: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/06/welcome-to-the-liz-truss-chatshow-but-beware-viewers-may-end-up-in-survivors-therapy

    Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/health/medical-cannabis-benefits.html
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    49 mins
  • 260: Skepticrat260 - Bubba Trump Pimp Company Edition

    260: Skepticrat260 - Bubba Trump Pimp Company Edition
    Nov 17 2025
    On this week's episode: The Epstein files completely ignore Trump’s golf score ... Donald Trump hides his declaration of war behind a lace fan ... And Andrew Cuomo just keeps losing elections to the same guy.

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    Headline Sources:

    New emails released from Epstein files:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/epstein-emails-trump.html
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/business/media/epstein-trump-emails-conservative-media.html
    Trump summons Boebert in order to pressure against Epstein files release: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-epstein-vote-boebert.html

    Democrats cave on shutdown: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/held-democratic-voters-support-party-after-shutdown-ends/story?id=127542740

    Trump would like to go to war with Venezuela, please: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-venezuela-sort-of-made-up-mind-after-top-officials-spent-3rd-day/

    Big wins on Election Day: https://apnews.com/article/virginia-new-jersey-trump-election-democrat-republican-fad109893cfd4be5b49a5bb1b0138d8d

    Drinking is cool: https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/heavy-drinking-youth-career-success-b92scqwdh

    Russian robot faceplants in its debut: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/technology/ai-robot-russia-falls.html
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    52 mins
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