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Jul 2024
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Getting Out (with Brent Lee and Sander v...

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Brent Lee went deep down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories then climbed himself out. Too much of it didn’t add up, especially the idea of crisis actors faking mass shootings and the election of Trump. 

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