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Nov 2023
31m 57s

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Elon Musk files a facially ludicrous lawsuit and Trump argues that sexual assault doesn't count on airplanes

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After promising a thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters, Elon Musk showed up to court with a string of claims that would fail under his own recitation of facts. Meanwhile, Donald Trump takes aim at the Federal Rules of Evidence in a bid to undermine the E. Jean Carroll case and Stephen Miller goes after Macy's in a cheap publicity stunt.

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