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Jul 2024
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Kamala won the nomination but what's wit...

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Kamala Harris won the US Democratic nomination this week but the internet is full of memes about coconut trees. So what's that all about and can she win the Presidency? Also Jules and Jeremy were stuck on air with no computers or autocue last Friday when the CrowdStrike tech outage happened. So how did it happen?

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Jeremy's pick: I was actually there

Julia's pick: All Fours

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