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The Tory racism row exposed the Prime Minister's weakness.

It's been another "torrid" week for the Conservatives, with a row over alleged racist comments made by their largest donor overshadowing the announcement of new extremism rules.

Rachel Cunliffe is joined by George Eaton and Freddie Hayward to discuss how Rishi Sunak's response to Frank Hester's alleged comments exposes his weakness as leader - and the impact this might have on the next election.

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The federal deficit is growing, and a former U.S. Treasury secretary is offering a solution: raising taxes! We’ll get into why talking tax hikes is a big no-no in Congress and why spending cuts may not cut it this time either. And, foreign nationals aren’t allowed to contribute to U.S. elections. But a loophole is seemingly allowing some foreign-influenced companies to do just that. Plus, the story of an astronaut and a dangerous ultimatum.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• • “Joe Manchin’s debt crusade” from Politico

• • “Rubin Says US In a ‘Terrible Place’ on Deficit, Urges Tax Hikes” from Bloomberg

• • “All these government shutdown close calls cost money” from Marketplace

• • “Foreign-Influenced Corporate Money in State Elections” from Open Secrets

• • “Jon Stewart Returns to ‘Daily Show’ as Monday Host, Executive Producer” from Variety

• • “What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he’s not coming back?” from Ars Technica

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The next election is set to be the most expensive in history. But why are people giving so much to the Conservatives when the party is in chaos? Does the party with the deepest pockets win? And was the Ed Stone a cold hard waste of cash?

Matt Chorley asks election masterminds Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein about the role of money in politics, and whether they think the chances of an early election are rising.

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Krystal and Saagar look at the war crimes in Ukraine, media warmongering, Chomsky's comments, Obama humiliating Biden, Amazon Labor Union updates, Black Lives Matter corruption, CNN+ pathetic numbers, Stacey Abrams grifting, more recession indications, and the case against regime change with Matt Taibbi!

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Planned Parenthood plans to spend 50 million dollars to get Democrats elected. Planned Parenthood has exposed itself once again as a money laundering operation for Democrats. So why didn't Republicans defund it when they had the chance? Also, explosive new allegations against Matt Lauer, but is there reason to be skeptical? And we'll check in on the latest stupid conspiracy theory concocted by people on the internet. Date: 10-10-2019

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