Performative Politics
AOC’s fake cuffs, the New Yorker gets its own Feliciz Sonmez, and it turns out many Americans are consuming no news.
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AOC’s fake cuffs, the New Yorker gets its own Feliciz Sonmez, and it turns out many Americans are consuming no news.
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00:24 - Introduction
02:43 - Front Page
32:00 - Obsessions
45:06 - Reader Mail
51:21 - Favorite Item of the Week
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