168: Skepticrat168 - Ukraine or Shine Edition

On this week’s episode, we’ll try to make the opening salvo of WWIII funny, we’ll find out if Ketanji Brown Jackson has been boofing with Squee, and Andrew Torrez will be here to see if Elon Musk can feel shame.

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Headline Sources:

Trump praises Putin for Ukraine invasion: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/13/timeline-how-the-ukraine-russia-crisis-reached-the-brink-of-war and https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/politics/elise-stefanik-biden-putin-russia-ukraine-invasion/index.html and https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/25/how-republicans-moved-reagans-evil-empire-trumps-praise-putin/ and https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/business/fox-news-russia-ukraine.html

VOX profile of KBJ:

https://www.vox.com/2022/2/25/22912842/supreme-court-nominee-ketanji-brown-jackson-biden

Williamson hit piece in TNR:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/02/against-judge-jackson/

And yes, Williamson’s amazing Mitt Romney cover story

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2012/08/27/boss/?pg=1

COVID is over…OR IS IT? 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/health/cdc-covid-metrics-mask-guidance/index.html

Space junk hitting moon update: https://www.space.com/china-denies-moonbound-rocket-stage

Starlink active in Ukraine

https://teslanorth.com/2022/02/26/spacex-starlink-internet-now-live-in-ukraine-says-elon-musk/

Nathan Robinson, ”Surely We Can Do Better than Elon Musk?” Current Affairs, April 7, 2021

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/04/surely-we-can-do-better-than-elon-musk

S. Derek Turner, “Broadband Boondoggle: Ajit Pai's $886M Gift to Elon Musk,” Free Press, December 14, 2020

https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/insights-opinions/broadband-boondoggle-ajit-pais-886m-gift-elon-musk

Starbucks unionization: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/business/starbucks-union-vote-mesa-arizona/index.html