With President Trump turning up the cruelty by tying deportations to El Salvador’s mass incarceration, we figured it’s a good time to remind y'all who the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele really is—and what it feels like to live under a police state.

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Listen, sometimes ya just need a brain break! Let's talk to Mangesh Hattikudur, co-founder of Mental Floss and Kaleidoscope and co-host of the Part-Time Genius podcast.

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Let's officially define tariffs. It's basically like having to check in when you come to LA. We'll discuss what Trump THINKS will happen, what the financial experts who actually know how the economy works think, and what the clap back has been so far.

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Everyone knows the group chat is sacred space. And the person who started the chat must make sure that everyone who's in there, should be in there. No one wants the content of your group chat exposed, especially when it's filled with classified military plans! Sheesh! Today we discuss how the editor of The Atlantic ended up on a Signal group chat about an active military strike in Yemen.

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Sometimes, things that seem outrageous and random turn out not to be either. Why would anyone wanna buy a frozen island with 59,000 people on it? Allow us to explain why Trump is obsessed with trying to buy Greenland.

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USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, is something that, if it weren't in peril, wouldn't ever cross the public's radar. But after Elon and his DOGE team shut down USAID amid sweeping federal cuts, it's been in the public eye more than ever before. Today we talk about its origins and the concept of soft power.

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When Trump decided to get up on Beyoncé's internet during his joint address to Congress and crush the soul of fact checkers everywhere, he also revealed to us what he fears most and what we should be putting our own focus on in the coming days.

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The second White House crash out happened last week when Ukrainian President Zelenskyy sat down with President Trump in the Oval Office to discuss a deal for rare minerals in exchange for continual protection during the war with Russia. And as you know, the meeting went totally off the rails. Today we talk bout the build up, the set up, the expectation and the crash out.

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