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This week, we look back at the best and worst moments of the year and what we are leaving in 2023 and taking with us in 2024.

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Former prime minister David Cameron is back from the political wilderness—and his appointment as foreign secretary reveals much about the state of the ruling Conservative party. We ask how Israel has kept its airspace open during the conflict in Gaza, even as the threat of missiles has grown (10:11). And China’s long-suffering delivery drivers fight more quietly to improve their lot (17:04).

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(41:21) Jason’s advice for Dani Carbonari

(47:25) Trump’s return to Twitter + Trump SPAC insider trading debacle

(57:03) Police forces using autonomous vehicle footage to prosecute suspects

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Krystal and Saagar discuss the Fed stunning with an interest rate pause, shocking polls showing $20 dollar minimum wage overwhelming popular, a huge push for adding Ukraine to NATO, Russia deploys nukes closer to Ukraine, Cornel West flips to Green party, Biden panics over 3rd party bid, Alien UFO whistleblower stonewalled by Media, Amazon locks Smart Home for "Racism" Allegation, the Truth about "Hot Girls" in College Sports, and our first Panel in the new studio on Trump v Desantis with Samuel Mangold-Lennet and Ryan Girdusky.

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Robert is joined by Margaret Killjoy to discuss Peter Nygard.

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Sweden and Finland are joining NATO, Desi Lydic examines the origins and evolution of Pride Month, and writer and podcaster Van Lathan Jr. discusses his memoir "Fat, Crazy, and Tired."

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Krystal and Saagar talk about the Amazon labor union, media manipulation, Starbucks workers, Elon's Twitter play, regime change failures, Obama humiliating Biden, Chris Smalls' next steps, and more!

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Krystal and Saagar talk about Julian Assange, Pelosi's defense of corruption, Twitter censorship, student debt cancellation, Gen Z digital activism, punchbowl news corruption, Amazon workers dying, Omicron madness, defending Taiwan, and more!

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Child labor is no laughing matter. Even though we've taken care of it in the USA (mostly), it's still an issue around the globe. Listen and learn!

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If you thought police were deadly up till this point, wait until you hear about what unionization did to the U.S. police (hint: it got a hell of a lot of the rest of us killed.)

FOOTNOTES:

1. The History of Policing in the United States
2. Study finds misconduct spreads among police officers like contagion
3. The End of Policing 
4. How Police Unions Became Such Powerful Opponents to Reform Efforts
5. The unjust power of police unions
6. How Police Unions Enable and Conceal Abuses of Power
7. Minneapolis Police Union President Allegedly Wore a “White Power Patch” and Made Racist Remarks
8. Police chiefs are often forced to put officers fired for misconduct back on the streets
9. How a 50-year-old study was misconstrued to create destructive broken-windows policing
10. In New York, major crime complaints fell when cops took a break from ‘proactive policing’

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