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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
On Tuesday, two attendees at blank's town hall were tased with stun guns.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
That's right. According to new data, millions of people in Sweden are currently glued to their TVs watching blank. Hockey? Watching 24-hour live coverage of this year's moose migration. On Tuesday, director Chris Columbus said he wishes he could remove blank's cameo from Home Alone 2. Trump. Right.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
This week, a woman went viral because she refused to take off a Zoom filter that made her face look like a plate of breakfast during blank. A meeting? Well, specifically, she refused to stop using that filter that made her face look like a plate of breakfast during a job interview.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
Doing it over Zoom, she left the breakfast filter on entirely, her eyes superimposed over fried eggs, her mouth on a slice of toast. She explained to the somewhat confused interviewer that she was, quote, not feeling well today and using the filter to help. That's one way to be memorable.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
Imagine, if you will, a show from NPR that's not like NPR, a show that focuses not on the important but the stupid, which features stories about people smuggling animals in their pants and competent criminals in ridiculous science studies, and call it Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me because the good names were taken. Listen to NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
Yeah. Bill, how did Alonzo do in our quiz?
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
All right. Well, how many then does Dulce need to win the game? Five to win. Here we go, Dulce. This is for the game. They're on your side. Here we go. On Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg took the stand at an antitrust trial to defend his company, Blank. Facebook? Yeah, meta, but Facebook as well. According to a new study, blanking faster could reduce risk of abnormal heart rhythms.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
Walking faster. This week, an election debate in Canada was delayed two hours so that it didn't interrupt blank. Right. On Monday, the Vatican announced they were putting architect Antony Gaudi on the path to blankhood. Sainthood? Right. This week, Twinkies announced that they were now shifting their marketing away from families and towards blank.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
No. Stoners. Single men! Twinkies is embracing its destiny and going right for the stoners. They announced the creation of the Munchiemobile, which will tour the country's dispensaries and hand out free snacks to the customers there. It's like the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile if the Wienermobile kept forgetting to pick its little brother up from middle school.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
Yes, that is what it is called, wherever you get your podcasts.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
Now it's time for our final game, lightning fill-in-the-blank. Each of our players will have 60 seconds in which to answer as many fill-in-the-blank questions as they can. Each correct answer now worth two points. Bill, can you give us the scores?
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
Dulce, you're clearly in the lead. Alonzo is in second, and Adam is in third place. So, Adam, we start with you. Here we go. Fill in the blank. On Wednesday, a federal judge threatened to open a contempt inquiry against the blank. Trump administration. Exactly. On Tuesday, researchers in Texas said funding cuts have slowed that state's response to the blank outbreak. Measles. Right.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
On Thursday, the Supreme Court said they'd hear arguments on Trump's plan to end birthright blank. Citizenship. Right. On Monday, the FAA announced plans to test a new system made to detect unregistered blanks.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
Right. This week, authorities in Kenya caught two teens trying to smuggle blank out of the country. Four giraffes. No, 5,000 ants. On Thursday, NASA confirmed that the James Webb Telescope has detected a possible sign of blank on a distant planet. Life. Right. On Wednesday, a judge dismissed a lawsuit against the New Orleans Blanks for their use of a fleur-de-lis. Um, Saints? Yeah, the Saints.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
After his wife explained that money was tight and they couldn't afford their annual family holiday, a man in the UK came up with an ingenious solution and blanked. Uh, took him on the vacation he had when he was a kid? No, he booked the vacation anyway with the kids, but not his wife.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
His wife said that this extensive house renovation they had just done meant they wouldn't have the money to all go on vacation. The husband said, I guess you're right, went ahead and booked one for him and the kids and not her. It's a really smart financial decision because from now on, he'll never have to worry about going on vacation with his wife ever again or even living with her.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
Bill, how did Adam do with our quiz? I think he did rather well.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations; Imprisonment in El Salvador; US-Iran Nuclear Talks
All right. Alonzo, you are up next. Fill in the blank. On Wednesday, the White House confirmed tariffs of up to 245% on some products from blank. China. Right. On Tuesday, blank gave his first public remarks since leaving office. Biden. Right. This week, officials in Puerto Rico said the cause of an island-wide blank is still unclear. Blacka. Right.