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The Looming Lunacy of Laura Loomer
Arby's On The Brain
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Welcome to The Gist List
A new roundup of the top headlines and “wait, what?” stories that I can't stop thinking about.
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Governor Reply Guy
Plus: RFK demands med schools to update nutrition curriculum, the Cracker Barrel crackdown & can hairy legs be workplace harassment?
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Grave News
Plus: Green burials aren’t dirt cheap, trust but don’t verify with Russia, the FBI is lowering its recruiting standards & Kilmar Abrego Garcia is facing…
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Phlegm Fatale
Plus: Get a leg up on horrific leg-lengthening procedures, self-deportee gets deported & the famine in Gaza.
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Thanks, Obama
Plus: LAHOOTS, windowless window seats, zombie spiders. All that and a bag of chips (containing a bribe).
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Mike, Why Are You Too Easy on Israel?
How I cover Israel, and why context matters.
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Coyote Snuggly
Plus: The cold war with Russia is getting colder, what Putin really wants in a land swap & Oklahoma’s anti-woke test.
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The Walrus Nobody Loved
Plus: A disgraced former president’s phantom campaign, how a round of golf changed Trump’s mind on Putin & why the Pacific Northwest had so many serial…
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The Expert and the Mark: How Gambling Works (and doesn't )w/ Isaac Rose-Berman and Mike Pesca
A recording from Mike Pesca's live video
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Fyre Festival, But Make It ICE
Plus: Georgia will require universities to publish their syllabi, what airlines are really making money on & people who are really good at counting…
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Washington, D.C.: Democracy Convulses
Plus: The repatriation battle over a Martian meteorite, a never-ending carjacking story & how Navalny almost got released on a U.S. prisoner swap.
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The CDC Shooter Wasn't Misinformed Into Murder
The CDC under fire and the perils of simple explanations.
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Mike Pesca x Isaac Rose-Berman LIVE
I’m going live with Isaac Rose-Berman on Wednesday, August 13 at 6 p.m. ET.
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