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#434 - Crazed Conspiracies, Moral Mulligans, and Indecent Ivies (w/ Shadi Hamid)
* The editorial board of the Washington Post
* What what wrong with the cease fire
* On culpability
* Can there *be* a negotiated settlement?
* Is it really “the occupation”?
* That wild 2022 video from Jenin that Moynihan mentioned
* You’re going to be defrocked
* Being handcuffed by “the Nahkba”
* The insane rape conspiracy theories—and why they exist
* Are all these people pro-Hamas?
* Mrs. Gay Goes to Washington
* Choose different words, dummies
* Are you allowed a moral mulligan?
* The Calvin Principals
* And much, much more
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