1. Test your human desire to root for the underdog in sports against the reality of 9/11, the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, decades of systemic human rights violations, and the recent OPEC+ slap in the face as you watch these essential viewing highlights of Saudi Arabia’s historic World Cup upset of Argentina, with all the offside baiting and mind-boggling goal-line stands:
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3. While you wait to listen live to my 10am weekly radio hit with Michael Smerconish on SiriusXM later this morning, please enjoy this week’s The Road to Now podcast, on which I am hosted by Dr. Benjamin Sawyer and Bob Crawford, on an episode that is now included in Wikipedia under “no-holds-barred conversations.”
This is more than 45 minutes of listening enjoyment!
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The King of All Media talks with….Howard Stern…..
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Essential reading: The Associated Press on Donald Trump’s slow-starting presidential efforts, which aides say will ramp up after the Georgia Senate runoff. Super interesting to see if Mr. Trump goes to, say, Iowa or South Carolina anytime soon, and, if so, what those events (and potential staff hires and endorsements) look like. And maybe some serious in-state polling.
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7. For those covering the Biden vacation: It is always “on” Nantucket, not “in” Nantucket.
For the Bidens: Juice Bar doesn’t open until 1pm today, per Google Maps.
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8. You need to accept that Ted Cruz is funny.
