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Did JD Vance write about exploring his sexuality with the assistance of a rubber globe and a couch? No, he did not. Despite that, does JD Vance possess some essential quality of a couch fucker? We discuss the origin of this false internet rumor and what it can tell us about the nature of truth on social media. 

Plus  we go over newly revealed details about Trump’s failed assassin and some of the conspiracy theories and speculation about the event itself.

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REFERENCES

Snopes: No, 1st Edition of JD Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy' Doesn't Mention Couch Cushion 'Eroticism'
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jd-vance-hillbilly-elegy-first-edition-couch-erotica/

Business Insider: The author of the viral joke post about JD Vance having sex with a couch breaks his silence
https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-couch-sex-joke-author-speaks-2024-

Four Key Questions Still Loom Over the Trump Shooting
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/trump-shooting-bullet-shrapnel-motive-conspiracy-theories/

Trump has given no official info about his medical care for days since an assassination attempt
https://apnews.com/article/trump-shooting-transparency-db2f4437237ad03d3b04b0b5f1573977

Speculation Swirls About What Hit Trump. An Analysis Suggests It was a Bullet
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/26/us/politics/trump-shooter-bullet-trajectory-ear.html

The Thrill of the Chaise (Premium E254) Sample

We zoom in on the would-be-assassin caught in the bushes of Trump’s golf course. Ryan Routh, as told by others, himself (in his book) and his life choices.

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SOURCES

Routh, Ryan. Ukraine's Unwinnable War: The Fatal Flaw of Democracy, World Abandonment and the Global Citizen-Taiwan, Afghanistan, North Korea and the end of Humanity (Kindle Edition Published February 28th, 2023)

https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/09/17/suspect-trump-assassination-attempt-has-st-louis-county-ties/
https://www.wflx.com/2024/09/17/ticking-time-bomb-nurse-says-she-reported-ryan-routh-homeland-security/
https://greensboro.com/crimefighting-pays-police-organization-honors-super-citizen/article_d76ccec9-b1cf-5618-aa7c-46a0a25d1d01.html  
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/crime/who-is-ryan-routh-digging-into-trump-suspects-ties-to-greensboro/83-7c20e4ad-05f6-4a61-b1d2-dd0951cb8524  
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/16/politics/ryan-routh-trump-suspect-invs/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/16/nx-s1-5113801/trump-shooting-assassination-attempt-suspect-ryan-wesley-routh 
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/cop-says-ryan-routh-got-more-aggressive-and-cocky-after-runins/83-27d25ac5-3c42-4189-80bd-a99c9ac7d3b3 
https://greensboro.com/skateboard-park-closed-skate-park-violates-zoning-laws-guilford-officials-say/article_15bf8f1b-acb7-5a19-a9fe-cc4bdc6ee5bb.html 
https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-courts/ryan-wesley-routh-greensboro-hawaii-florida-trump-international-golf-course/article_73b2d722-7475-11ef-8d95-0bedfc013a0d.html#tracking-source=mp-in-article 
https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-courts/ryan-wesley-routh-life-greensboro-north-carolina/article_518d3ccc-7462-11ef-961e-072c1c4b5b33.html

Another Day, Another Assassination Attempt  (E295)

BRICS plans to challenge US dollar dominance and transform the international monetary and financial system by developing infrastructure for cross-border payments using local currencies. Russia made a detailed proposal for the October Kazan summit. Ben Norton analyzes the report, explaining how the US-dominated financial system benefits rich Western countries at the expense of the Global South -- which is why BRICS is pushing to change it.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pHr5yzLEHA

Topics
0:00 US dollar hegemony
3:57 BRICS plan to transform international monetary & financial system
10:39 What are BRICS' goals?
13:22 New International Economic Order (NIEO) & G77
15:32 Dedollarization
20:02 Summary of BRICS report on financial system
31:59 West controls IMF & World Bank
36:34 Global economy has changed, but financial system hasn't
42:07 How rich countries drain capital from poor ones
45:16 Challenging the US dollar monopoly
47:29 Correspondent banks & SWIFT system
51:10 Central bank reserves & US Treasury securities
55:50 Triffin's Dilemma
57:54 Sanctions & US freezing countries' assets
1:00:18 Proposals for new cross-border payment architecture
1:03:15 Blockchain, DLT, & CBDCs (mBridge & Project Dunbar)
1:10:01 BRICS Cross-Border Payment Initiative (BCBPI) & BRICS Clear Platform
1:15:54 Dedollarizing foreign exchange reserves
1:18:22 New Development Bank (NDB) & BRICS Digital Investment Asset
1:20:10 Overview of Russian proposal
1:21:58 Will there be a BRICS currency? SDR (Special Drawing Rights) is a start
1:30:59 Conclusion

Goodbye, dollar dominance: BRICS plans 'multi-currency system' to transform global financial order

As the NATO-Russia proxy war in Ukraine escalates, the US Army is funding research on "the impacts of nuclear weapons on farm systems" in Eastern Europe. Numerous scientific studies warn that this would cause a nuclear winter that would starve billions and kill off the majority of the human population. Ben Norton discusses the extreme dangers.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV8rCGchY-k

94% of Americans want to end Ukraine war, but US rejects China peace deal, opposes talks with Russia: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/06/08/end-ukraine-war-us-china-peace-deal-russia/

Topics
0:00 Intro
0:27 Doomsday Clock is 90 seconds to midnight
2:09 US Army studies effects of nuclear weapons on agriculture
3:47 Scientists say nuclear war would kill billions
5:46 Nuclear winter
6:47 Escalation of Ukraine proxy war
7:48 Ukraine (and NATO) is losing
8:58 Most Americans want to end Ukraine war
10:03 US nuclear war strategy
11:37 USA spends trillions on nuclear weapons
14:39 Donald Trump tore up Russia arms treaties
17:37 Trump gave Ukraine lethal weapons
18:23 (CLIP) Trump boasts of Ukraine arms shipments
18:40 Trump is not anti-war
19:11 Bipartisan US war drive
20:19 Outro

US military studies if nuclear war on Russia would starve billions of people

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