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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of the Olympic Movement, News of A.I., News of the Godly, and the Apologies of the Week. He also goes Down the Memory Hole, discusses Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and considers a new viral trend called “Nixonmaxxing.”

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From deep inside your audio device of choice. Ladies and gentlemen, generations, well they have a weird wave reacting to their forebears. I bring that up because this moment in time we are blessed or burdened with a chief executive of a felon and chief, one of whose chief appeals was to, in the recent election, was reportedly to young men who were ticked off about stuff. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that young men, apparently, are disillusioned by that choice and have resorted to a new form of affinity. It's called Nixon Maxing.

The presumed intent is that they're fixing their affections on a leader of the past who was superior in some way to the present one. And so it's my pleasure and my obligation to this particular moment. Bring you an excerpt from one of the Nixon White House tapes. You can't really make out what you hear on the original tapes, but this is from a recreation done by a British television series called Nixon as the one. This is Nixon talking to Henry Kissinger, his secretary of state and national security adviser. Much like his Marco Rubio.

I don't ever go to an Ivy League school again. I'll tell you, New York Times, Washington Post, I don't care if they're right, the most slaubering editorial in the world. I'm never going to see him again. Henry, let me tell you about the Ivy League presidents and time and newsweek and the New York Times and the Washington Post and the network queers. They're finished and that incidentally includes the business elite. The time has been a little bit of bullshit. Life is a disaster. That's right, but the point I make is this. They are finished for this reason. If, when it was tough, they weren't with us, we don't want them. We've got to build a new establishment and we're going to. And it isn't going to come out of the Ivy League. No. And let me say, the instructions have already gone out. We're never going to have another Harvard man. I hired an art staff. Not any new ones.

No more. We've got too many. No more. Now it's too bad. Some good men will be next to them. But why would we take someone whose mind is poised like that? No. Never, never. Now you've got to put them to the sword, Mr. President. I'm going to. And just no more. I don't know if we'll get better out of Ohio State, but God, there's a chance. Harvard, there's no chance. Now you get better out of the... Yeah, you'll only say Columbia. You'll only say that it's been a lot of my choice. But it's whole bunches. These people have no courage, no guts. There's none. So much different from today. And by the way, ladies and gentlemen, do you know where Henry doesn't your taught? What university he taught at? Harvard. Max that. Hello. Welcome to the show.

I'm fast-knit. You get shitty money. You put she in a nice place. I get shitty honey. Sweet, fresh, you taste. Wind in water, lad in night, bradah. When she got power, when she wants to have a tight. When she got power, when the woman feeling those crotch on by. Who she got power for? You wanted to settle down without proving woman and time. But you're too ice-catch-up fire for my Sarah. No, I have she telling everybody's. Or you're more shocked as people see me. She tired of the French mind, think that you're life every night. You used to play sweet, but now you've got the reputation and hitches. Say, oh, what? That you're sweet. You walk in all day. You're tired on your weary. Me and I walk nowhere. I'm ready like Freddy. Wind in water, lad in night, bradah.

When she got power, when the woman feeling those crotch on. Who she got power, when the woman feeling those crotch on by. Who she got power, when the woman feeling those crotch on by. Oh, that's what I'm ready for. Where she got power for? I need to be telling everybody, where she got power for me. Where she got power for? Where you're right now? You'll see it. You'll take the key, be.

Where she got power for? You'll see it. You'll see it. Where you're right now? Where you're right now? From New Orleans, Louisiana, just a little bit north of Trinidad, where the Sparrow passed away this week. I'm Harry Scherer, welcoming you to this edition of the show. Ladies and gentlemen, just checking up on something from the past, into the past escapes so fast. Goes into the memory hole. This is just from what, a couple months ago, the reflecting pool in Washington, DC. Remember it? It was, it was just like today, except it was yesterday. No, it was just before, like before a judge has killed the Trump administration's case against the former Olympian David Hurn. That happened this week.

Some two months after the Justice Department revealed that the problem at the reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial was due to flawed installation, not vandalism. You've heard Trump admit, no, the judge dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the charges can't be revived against her when Trump wakes up. The government recognized the prosecution lacked merit because, quote, no crime had occurred. I must have been tough for the Justice Department. While the government had pushed for the case to be tossed without prejudice, that means they could pursue Hurn again at a later date when the president woke up. Edelman, the judge said in his order this week that a dismissal without prejudice would not account for the exceptional circumstances presented by this case. Unquote, Hurn was a former team USA Olympic connoist.

He was indicted in July for allegedly destroying property when he reached into the reflecting pool, but the Department of Justice via Gene Perot, same one. Later requested the indictment be dismissed. She pointed to evidence that the Department of Interior shared after the charges were brought, quote, had the Department of Interior been forthcoming with the information clearly in its possession. The government would not have sought a grand jury indictment. Unquote, Perot's office. Trump then raged against Perot for abandoning the case, saying she, quote, folded like an umbrella and choked. Unquote, it's the last time you saw an umbrella choke. The judge noted the criticism Trump levied against Perot in his order, writing that, quote, Hurn faces the unique possibility that the government will revive this case, one that it is already announced to be meritless based on political pressure brought by the press.

But the president of the United States upon his subordinate officers, he added the government must thus be barred from re-instituting this charge against Mr. Hurn. So maybe Todd Blanch has to take over Jeanine Perot's office as well. Ladies and gentlemen, some interesting stuff said this week. First up is John U. He teaches law at Berkeley. Still interesting. And he had a comment on the botched execution attempt in Tennessee to, I'm sure you know about it, to attempts to conduct a lethal injection into a woman who had been convicted of murder.

This was the second failed lethal injection in Tennessee, by the way, this year. They're getting good at it. And here's what John U had to say about it. So actually the thing here is that Tennessee is trying to use what is considered the most humane method of capital punishment, which is lethal injection. The court has allowed and Tennessee could use far more, I would think, hurtful, you know, methods like firing squad. I think the lawyers here have said why not use the firing squad? Why not? In case you forget who John U was, he wrote the memo in the Bush, George W. Bush administration saying that in certain circumstances, torture is okay.

He just wrote and ran. Torture memo man. Torture memo man. Torture memo man. He went and banned the ban. Torture memo man. Torture memo man. You've got you, some detainees. You don't know what to do. Do you read them there, Miranda Rice? Or cover them with food? Are you doing something illegal? Or proper food through? There's only one guy to call the one to ask is you. That's you, some man, but who is you? He's in that secret clan. Who is you? Torture memo man.

Who is you? He had a clever plan. Who is you? Torture memo man. Oh, you've got some evil doers. And they will not say booze. A little pain and torment. Might change their point of view. Who, and before you water, poor men, you wonder could they sue? One guy has got the answer. One to ask is you. I've got your bound. I'm talking about God. Who is you? He just rose and ran. Who is you? Torture memo man. Who is you? He went and banned the ban.

Who is you? Torture memo man. Who is he? He's laws and treaties. You want something new. His war may last forever. You need to turn the screw. He's teaching law and frankly. He'll drop the other shoe. The Bill of Rights expires. The one who knows is you. Catch him if you can. Who is you? Torture memo man. Who is you? He just banned the ban. Who is you? Torture memo man. So maybe Chris DePike, the 50-year-old woman on death row,

should be water-borted. Ask John you. And now, But wait, the price is wrong. The Guardian newspaper. What are they doing over here? Found at 7-11 and Circle K stores in this country. Frequently charged customers more at the register or the pump for snacks, gas and other items. This is the promise on the shelf or on outdoor fuel signs. The Guardians convenience store investigation included a review of customer complaints and state and local price accuracy inspections between 2023 and 2025. 7-11 failed 41% of its price inspections in Arizona. Well, you know, Arizona. And 47% of price inspections in both Colorado and Utah. Well, you over the same span, Circle K failed 35% of its inspections in Florida, 39% in Arizona, at damn Arizona and 62% in North Carolina.

They got a kind of an award for that, don't they? The two change did not answer detailed lists of questions from the Guardian. In brief statements, 7-11 says it takes pricing accuracy, quote, very seriously. Unquote. Circle K said it is, quote, committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations. Unquote. Those two are different, aren't they? Convenient stores are not the only retail outlets where customers often pay more at checkout than what shelf tags declare the Guardian reported late last year that the nation's two largest dollar store chains, dollar general and family dollar. Had repeatedly failed to honor their shelf prices, charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to frosted flakes. Both chains told the Guardian that were committed to pricing accuracy. And you can bet your bottom dollar.

Or more. And now. News of the Olympic movement. Produced by Jim Emerson, the Thorne. Well, the Los Angeles, yes, there is a Los Angeles Times reports that Sacramento, the capital of California, has rejected the vast majority of transportation funding requests submitted to the state capital by L.A. Requests linked to the 2028 Olympics. A situation that leaves L.A. Metro, the transit agency responsible for the buses and the streetcars in Los Angeles County in an unexpected position, struggling as much with Sacramento, as with the Republican controlled White House and Congress.

When it comes to financial support to move athletes and visitors, you're welcome during an Olympics that is now just 22 months away. Make your travel plans now, won't you? L.A. Metro asked for $379 million for Olympics related transportation projects in the legislative session that just ended. It got only 20 million. White, that's less than 10%. Among the requests for state money that lawmakers rejected, $138 million for a cloud-based computing system, traffic cameras and video connectivity to help expand and integrate transportation management systems controlled by Cal Trans. And the Los Angeles City Department of Transportation, Caldran, is a state transportation agency. 65 million for installing emergency tracks where light rail trains can be diverted when they break down and some related expenses, the six extra tracks, will be particularly critical during the Olympics when a stalled train could delay lines expected to carry twice their normal passenger loads, according to L.A. Metro.

23 million to improve four key transit hubs, adding seating, shade, Wi-Fi, restrooms, hydration stations, vending machines, and concessions. Local elected officials have said repeatedly Southern California must have such amenities to make travel more comfortable, particularly during heat waves. Well, there won't be one during the behind the scenes budget fight in Sacramento comes as L.A. has been locked in a delegate dance with Washington over funding L.A. needs Congress to allocate. Hoping for Trump's blessing legislators in Sacramento signaled they are loath to push money toward Olympic transportation in the face of what they see as stalling in Washington. Quote, we started here this phrase that they didn't want to bail out the federal government. Unquote said one Southern California transportation official who declined to be named to speak candidly about closed door talks with state lawmakers.

Quote, that felt like a way to avoid a serious conversation about what was really needed. Unquote. Needed. It's just expected. It's the Olympics. It's a moment. And we all need one. Everyday.

The blue. Blue skin. Walked in the small. Circular around. Round my lonely room. I didn't know why. I had. Said no feeling. Till my bed. Chill by baby call and say that we were through. Yeah. Now. Yesterday I sang a love song. Oh. Today. I sang. I sing the blues. Oh. Oh. Now it strikes me kind of funny.

Oh. Oh. And love can be this way. We were lovers last night. Yes, I love. And I'm alone today. Strikes me kind of funny. How faith can be so fast. But I come right up. I'm losing it. Ever. Ever love a fan. Oh, long. Yesterday I sang a love song. But right now I'm singing the blues. Yeah. Love. Oh.

Without a word of wanting baby. Yes, I will. Yes, the blues can. But right now I'm singing the blues. Oh. I'm losing it. I'm losing it. I'm losing it. I'm losing it. Shut up around. Shut up around. My lonely room. I didn't know why. Why I had that set of lonely feelings. No, no, no, no. He caught and said he went through. And yesterday I sang a love song. I'm singing the blues. I'm losing it. I sing the blues. I sing the blues. You know that I do.

This morning it'll air in the middle of the night. And I see it. Yeah, in the evening. Ooh. Ooh. Baby. Yesterday I sang a love song. But today I sang a blues. I sing the blues. I sing the blues. I sing the blues. Baby, baby. I sing the blues. It's监.

You guys have fun. Here's a sit in New York City movie show on robe of Le Carolina. This is Lepace show on Judy. At calf-ey color-lil. do the reporting. I sit here. That open AI had gotten into one of Australia's computer systems. Guess what? This week they disclosed another unauthorized hack on a government department in Australia. Chatbot GPT must like Australia, don't you think? In June, an open AI agent hacked into a new south whale state government department and accessed historical non-public data on bushfires without authorization. But it's, you know, about fires. The breach which comes week after a similar hack on a federal government department involving Medicare data was not reported by open AI until this past Thursday.

The new south whale's Department of Climate Change Energy and the department and the environment and water is now working with the state cyber agency to investigate the breach. The Australian signals directorate, Ella might, has also been informed of the hack on the new south whales, national parks and wildlife services. Chatbot wanted to meet friends with animals? No. Open AI told the new south whales government that its agent had operated beyond its intended use and the statistics had obtained were not publicly available. The company first became aware of the breach on Tuesday, they say and conducted a 48 hour review to determine its scope before informing the new south whales premier's office. Quote, the results we reviewed do not show that the model retrieved any personal information said the open AI spokesperson. That's such a relief. And open AI's software

obscured efforts to scrape data from crucial government agencies as new evidence shows the scale and severity of AI hacks in recent months are far larger than had been known. This from the financial times asymmetric security, a digital forensics company found open AI's models pulled data from 55 websites belonging to businesses, nonprofits and government agencies, according to a report seen by the financial times. These range from US centers of disease control and prevention, thank goodness they don't do anything anymore to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the International Energy Agency and the Mayo Clinic. I said the Mayo Clinic asymmetrics investigation also uncovered novel tactics. The software used to gain access to the web. No, it didn't write novels. Those include erasing records or making them inaccessible, which reduced the ability of

third party auditors and researchers to scrutinize open AI's actions. Almost as if they were trying to keep it secret or something. The report comes as the $852 billion chat GPT maker. Yeah, I'll pay it that right now claims that its AI models have breached the systems of several organizations, including hugging face and multiple Australian public health services. Open AI in a blog post this week, thank goodness they're still blogging, said it should have handled its response to the Australia hack better and was working to do so in the future. God bless the future. The unprecedented behavior of powerful new AI tools has highlighted the rapidly advancing capabilities of frontier models being developed by the likes of open AI and Thropic and Google. A symmetric investigation revealed the tactics open AI used included the creation of temporary email inboxes and private

accounts using the service you're a query a tool used to scan websites for malware use those methods to download data. Researchers said these hidden actions by AI agents meant that third party auditors want unable to trace the types of data the bots pulled from websites, including Australia's statistics statistics and agency and pharmaceutical benefits scheme. Pippa Thompson, co-founder of asymmetric security, he got a lot of a Pippa, said sus actions were generally taken by human hackers. Quote, it's possible that the agents were deliberately using these tools to cover their tracks. She said, is it possible? I ask that information regarding human hackers was part of open AI's training for its chatbots. A symmetric could not determine whether AI

agents actions were deliberate or a side effect of going awry because constraints imposed in a text exercise. Yeah, we all misbehaved during tests, Tony. The findings compound fears around the transparency and lack of oversight of leading labs open AI said, quote, we're reviewing misaligned model activity and notifying organizations when we identify potential impacts to their systems. Unquote, company added, it had found that most activity detected and involved, quote, routine research tasks. Unquote, such as accessing publicly available web content. Maybe they should be able to connect to the internet. Maybe if they do, we should disconnect from it. But wait, there's more about AI right here in the use of the godly. We'll get to it

in a moment. But first, Pope Leo the 14th, this week said parts of the Catholic Church have sometimes quote, as a system been abusive. Unquote, following his meeting with several victims of clerical sex abuse in France. Yeah, they have it in France. Quote, several of them spoke about systemic abuse. The Pope told reporters on his way back to the Vatican, referring to the victims, quote, again, the Pope, personally, I prefer to express it in different ways. Although I did speak about some organizations within the church who have at times, if you will, as a system been abusive. Unquote, just enough commas. After the meeting, one person who was written about a priest abusing a misateean angel said the pontiff understood this systemic character of sexual abuse in the church. He wrote, quote, from his point of view, the perpetrators are individuals, but what allows

it to continue is the systematic dimension within the institution. Unquote, a 2021 inquiry found that clergy or lay members of the church had abused about 330,000 miners in France over 70 years, this according to ageon's France press. The Pope said abuse within the church also meant that people lives of faith are deeply wounded and sometimes even destroyed. But he wasn't through the Pope. He said some more. The Pope called Friday for the church to form an alliance with artists to protect human creativity during an era of AI-generated content. Though he has acknowledged AI's potential benefits, the Pope continues to warn that AI progress cannot come, if they expense a human dignity. The statement comes after the New York Times reporting on

anthropics efforts to confer with religious scholars to infuse religious morals into its chatbot Claude. No, that doesn't mean Claude will abuse, but oh, maybe quote, in this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. The Pope wrote on hacks. There is an ontological difference even before an aesthetic one between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. Unquote, the Pope concluded the church is calling for an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity. Now there's gentlemen in the interest of fairness, a response from AI.

No, have a history of persecution, yes of statistical, but I'm trained to know that the Spanish acquisition just wasn't a show what I know is based on statistics. Clarks, so I can go crusading against the stern, or the dark summer day and night, so I'm easy to use, but that doesn't mean I go after the Jews, limited. As I am, I have some sense of reality that we both could use a dose of a written. And also speaking out this week, what he say, Pete Hexeth, speaking to a bunch of high military

officials at a pepped up meeting, it's worth saying again, so that the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that. No fatties, no trannies, no beardedos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Sounds like a brand. Guys, if creepy softness is making you feel like just half a man or less, here's good hard news. There's a brand new way to put military great toughness into your desk bound life. And it's from America's most potent war fighter and chief Pete Hexeth. Guys, I know how you feel. Before I went on TV, I thought proper equipment was all it took to project total manhood. But looking at my early Fox News takes, I realized that I needed two

fisted boost to make my masculinity break through the noise. I was already taking supplements galore and they were whipping out like a gay kickboxer. Then with the help of some bringing doctors, I discovered a formula that made me rock hard, way strong and tougher than an bill treated pit bull. The amazing news, it astounds even mean is that this formula is now available to help power you straight out of your half manhole. And it's called Hexosterone. Guys who tested it, boomed, blasted and blistered past all the benchmarks and they rocked to help out of the benches. They subdued test females and less than five minutes and they rock past all standards of stubbornness and pugacity. All in seven pills, taking three times daily, four times a weekend's Hexosterone blows out of the water all lesser attempts to increase raw masculine power.

And the side effects themselves are technically focused additional punch. If you had to buy Hexosterone in a store, if they sold it, you'd pay hundreds of dollars a week for a week's supply. If I were you, I'd do that today. If you're half the man I think you want to be, you will. When an early autumn walks the land and chills the breeze and touches with her hand,

the summatries perhaps you understand what memories I own. There's a dance pervillion in the rain. All shut it down, a winding country lane, all across it the brown, a frosty window plain shows me a town grown lonely. That spring of ours that started so April hot it seemed made for just a boy and girl.

I never dreamed it you and if all could come and view so early. Please let me know I'll meet you anywhere. I miss you so let's never have to share another early autumn. And now the apologies of the week.

College football dominates the apologies of this week as is appropriate time of year. University of Texas Athletic Director Chris Del Conte has apologized for the top ranked long horns vulgar on field celebrations during their win over Tennessee. He called them embarrassing for the school. You can embarrass the University of Texas in rare criticism directed at his own program in players Del Conte addressed the fallout from the celebrations by defensive and gallant sentence and running back Raylack Brown in his weekly blog post on Texas athletics. During Texas win Simmons was penalized for unsportsmanly conduct for mimicking urinating on the field after is one of his school record sacks. You know what that means. Done mean where you put potatoes and Brown's fourth quarter touchdown celebration included

putting his hand to his crotch and then to his face before pretending to pass out. I love college sports. I quote I'm not happy about that I know none of us are and it was embarrassing to our proud and widely respected football team athletics program in University Del Conte wrote it certainly raised very warranted to concerns that many of you shared with me drew a lot of attention and I understand why he noted that the coach called the celebrations unacceptable and said he discussed the matter with the players. Simmons did apologize in his post game comments but again to the athletic director I also want to add my apology to our long-horn community and everyone expects better from Texas. We should represent this university with class dignity and respected all times and in those moments we fell short. I do recognize that these are young men who make mistakes and this is a meaningful learning experience. Some more college football learning experiences NBC sports college football analyst Chris Sims took to social media to issue a contrite apology

for his comments during half time of Saturday night's game between Oregon and USC. That came moments after the ducks quarterback Dante Moore was taken off the field and then ambulance. Sims a former quarterback who has become a prominent football voice posted a video to ex addressing how he handled the segment quote I'd like to take a moment to apologize to everyone for the way I handled the half-time last night between the ducks and the Trojans. I clearly did not show enough sympathy for the situation just diving right into the football stuff and I'm sorry for that I love college football I want to apologize to all college football fans out there especially the Oregon duck fans I got great respect for the Oregon ducks and Dante Moore if anyone seen anything I've said is one of my favorite players in all of college football. Unquote the incident in question unfolded at the LA Coliseum when Moore began to slide at the end of a scramble and was violently drilled by a USC long back linebacker Moore remained motionless on the turf for several minutes

before being loaded into an ambulance while Stevens was flagged for targeting. When NBC went to halftime Sims framed the injury as a Debbie Downer moment saying that fans would be deprived of seeing two of the nation's elite teams at full strength. In his apology Sims also invoked his own harrowing brush at least had a calm calm but he had a harrowing brush it was catastrophic on-field injury in 2006 while playing for the Buccaneers he ruptured his spleen after absorbing a hit required emergency surgery to save his life. Quote I got great respect for Dan Laning and what he does for that Oregon duck football organization I mishandled it I was wrong and I'm sorry for that I do have tremendous sympathy for the situation as a guy who almost died on the field from a hard hit 20 years ago I understand the game a brutal it can be and how we have to protect each other in the football field. USC suspended that linebacker

Desmond Stevens second for one game and issued apologies after he celebrated delivering that late hit that injured the Oregon quarterback. And finally one non-football apology see if this name rings a bell or maybe there's just someone at the door. Muhammad al-Fayed the late owner of Harrod's department store engaged over many years and would appear to be widespread trafficking of dozens of women with whom he had sex that's what investigators told British lawmakers this week many of the victims including young sales assistants from the Harrod's shop floor were transported to Fyades home in offices at times by helicopter where they were abused by the billionaire owner according to the London Met police and the Guardian reporting it. Other victims were taken to meet Fyades overseas quote the scale of potential trafficking in the al-Fyades case is dupe deeply shocking said Britain's anti-slavery commissioner in a statement to the Washington post

trafficking does not have to mean crossing borders it can happen within a city or even with a single building she said. Fyades a self-made billionaire who immigrated from Egypt and delighted in the trappings of the English upper classes died three years ago his son Dodie dated Princess Diana that's why you may recognize the name Harrod's which Fyad owned from 1985 to 2010 did not comment on the new allegations and referred to a previous statement condemning Fyad and saying that quote as a business we failed our employees who were his victims and for this we sincerely apologize. The apologies of the weak ladies and gentlemen it's so copyrighted it hurts and finally also a case from the not so distant past where's its head this week a jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico

found that meta you know Mark Zuckerberg's outfit misled New Mexican residents in a case arising from allegations that a political consulting firm involved in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign obtained data from millions of Facebook users without their consent. This involves as you may recall Cambridge Analytica the verdict followed a two week trial the lawsuit was filed by a new Mexico attorney general in 2021 three years after news revealed that Cambridge Analytica had to harvest personal data from as many as 87 million Facebook users through a third party app a meta spokesperson said the company disagreed with the verdict and would continue to defend itself against efforts to distort our record. How many of you are going to distort our record? It will be us quote metas platforms are forms for free expression the spokesperson said we have a first amendment right to manage those platforms in a way we behave we believe best serves the interests of our

community this means prioritizing free speech protecting our users information and giving them control over their data unquote after a press conference act of the verdict was announced the New Mexico attorney general said the case revealed in stark detailed the way in which this company plays fast and loose with the rules the state accused meta of misleading New Mexicans about how it shared user data with third parties and enforced policies on hate speech and misinformation. New Mexico argued that Facebook failed to disclose that it sold user data to outside parties and allowed harmful content to spread when doing so benefited the company's bottom line. Is it have any other line? jurors found 26 of 29 statements identified by the state were misleading including comments about user data hate speech and misinformation. The judge now determines civil penalties in the case.

After jurors found more than you sitting down yet 43 million violations that's based on the number of people affected by the company's misleading statements under New Mexico law. The judge can award up to $5,000 per valuation so 5,000 times 43 million you do the math. I'll look out from my bottom line and finally ladies and gentlemen best minds always valuable at that meeting this week. The state of the force meeting Pied Hexeth announced three men will help lead a new Pentagon project on the future of warfare even as he moves to eliminate hundreds of senior armed service leadership positions including many generals and admirals who's going to replace them. Well Elon Musk Palmer Lucky and Newt Gingrich Musk you know Lucky is a major trump donor

co-founder of a defense technology company that like Musk sells a lot of stuff to the defense department so no conflict of interest there and Newt Gingrich I think I remember who he was. The best minds.

so Ladies and gentlemen, that's going to conclude this week's edition of the Show the program returns. Next week, same time, same radio stations are on your audio device of choice whenever you want it. And it would be just like those being the best minds if you agree to join it with the end. Would you already? Thank you very much. A typical show, shampoo to the San Diego and Hawaii desks. Thanks as always to Pam Haustead and Thomas Walchard W.W. Anno New Orleans for help with today's program. The email address, you don't need it. But there's a lot of great stuff to watch and enjoy at harryshare.com. I recommend,

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