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Dec 2023
1h 55m

#434 - Crazed Conspiracies, Moral Mullig...

Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
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* The editorial board of the Washington Post

* What what wrong with the cease fire

* On culpability

* Can there *be* a negotiated settlement?

* Is it really “the occupation”?

* That wild 2022 video from Jenin that Moynihan mentioned

* You’re going to be defrocked

* Being handcuffed by “the Nahkba”

* The insane rape conspiracy theories—and why they exist

* Are all these people pro-Hamas?

* Mrs. Gay Goes to Washington

* Choose different words, dummies

* Are you allowed a moral mulligan?

* The Calvin Principals

* And much, much more



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