43. How To Solve a Problem Like Candace Owens?

We weren’t thrilled by the idea of covering Candace Owens’ new documentary on George Floyd. Sarah was so nervous to log onto Daily Wire, you’d think she was downloading porn. Nancy scoffed at giving 90 minutes to a provocateur she detests. “The Greatest Lie Ever Sold” is flawed, but it also raises questions the media has largely ignored, introducing us to Floyd’s two roommates, who carried the financial burden of his death but never saw a dime of the $90 million raised by Black Lives Matter. A refusal to cover inconvenient truths — the grifts of BLM organizers, the complicated realities of Floyd’s life and death — is how conspiracies grow.

“It shouldn’t be this hard to talk about things,” comedian Dave Chappelle lamented in his “Saturday Night Live” monologue, a watertight fifteen minutes that might have satirized Jewish stereotypes but also might have normalized them. Whatever your perspective, we dare you to beat Chappelle’s description of Trump as an “honest liar” and Melania as “the kind of chick James Bond would smash but not trust.”

Meanwhile, Twitter convulses as Elon Musk takes over, a mess that’s also a bit fun. Sarah stans for “Infamous” comedian Andrew Schulz, and Nancy gives the view from Israel, along with a story about a Holocaust survivor that leaves us both wiping tears.

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