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Nov 2020
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Episode 6 - Post Election Aftermath

Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook
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In this episode, Josh and Comfortably Smug discuss the results of Tuesday's election, starting with how the media and polls were wrong while Ruthless listeners knew exactly what would happen. Smug then brings up the post election Cocaine Mitch rally in the markets and later, Josh goes in on the Lincoln Project.  Ladies and gentlemen, let's get Ruthless.

 

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