5/16/23: Rudy & Trump accused of selling pardons, DeSantis weasels out again

May 16, 2023

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-- On the Show:

-- Christopher Key, notorious advocate of urine therapy and other unproven "treatments," joins David to try to defend his claims that drinking or injecting urine is effective for treating or preventing COVID-19

-- Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's former attorney, is accused in a lawsuit of trying to sell presidential pardons, demanding sex from a staffer, and much more

-- Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani are accused of trying to sell presidential pardons for $2 million each, but is that actually illegal for Trump to do?

-- Elon Musk., who claims to be in favor of "free speech," is accused of bowing to pressure from Turkish President Erdogan and silencing dissenting voices during the recent Turkish election

-- Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis won't answer whether Donald Trump won or lost the 2020 election, saying that "Biden became President"

-- At an event held at Donald Trump's Doral resort, Dr. Peter McCullough suggests that vaccines cause autism, and autism causes people to become transgender, which is not based in any currently accepted science

-- Even Fox News host Larry Kudlow tells Republican Senator Ron Johnson that it simply doesn't appear there is evidence of Joe Biden having committed any crimes

-- Radical, repugnant Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says that the now-missing "whistleblower" will end Joe Biden's presidency

-- Voicemail caller The Eggman points out that "catering to delusions," which Republicans use to refer to transgender people, could also be applied to literal Christian Bible beliefs

-- On the Bonus Show: Paul Gosar faces questions over staffer's far right links, IRS tests free e-filing system, Vice Media files for bankruptcy, much more...

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