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Hurricanes, Ghosts, and the Power of Teen Stories

2024/10/9
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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Chapters

Reports reveal that during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, then-President Trump discreetly provided COVID-19 testing equipment to Russian President Putin. This act occurred while Trump publicly downplayed the virus's severity and suggested unproven treatments to Americans.
  • Trump sent COVID tests to Putin while downplaying the virus in the US.
  • This act raises questions about Trump's priorities and his relationship with Russia.

Shownotes Transcript

Jordan Klepper unpacks Trump’s latest political spin. Michael Kosta interviews Marlene Bourne, a self-proclaimed ghost and the source of Fox News's voter fraud claims, to uncover her strange connection to their $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. Bestselling author Jason Reynolds talks to Jordan about his new novel “Twenty-Four Seconds From Now...” and the importance of representing teens in literature.

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