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Potentium – Episode 398 (9/21/23)

Vegas teen animals run over cyclist for fun

Russell Brand accused of rapes & sexual assaults (10:35)

CO officer who left suspect in car on train tracks gets probation/Coffee City, TX Chief fired/Seattle officer’s bodycam (16:45)

Injured hiker left behind by his friends (30:30)

Giuliani sued by his former lawyer (33:50)

Mitt Romney on GOP politicians’ true feelings about Trump (36:05)

Trump – Mar A Lago aid talks to Special Prosecutor/Trump says it was his decision to go ahead with election fraud actions (47:50)

Patriots fan dies after fight at Gillette Stadium/The Bears still suck/Aaron Rodgers says the sound of dolphins humping will help him heal/ND (58:35)

Ahsoka (1:08:10)

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Potentium – Episode 397 (9/14/23)

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Migrant crisis

Lauren Boebert kicked out of performance of “Beetlejuice” (16:05)

Tucker Carlson has career on criminal that says he smoked crack with & had sex with Obama (20:45)

Ramaswamy on DACA (25:50)

WI GOP & their tactics (30:20)

Biden – Impeachment inquiry/Gaetz threatens McCarthy on House floor/McCarthy flops again (35:15)

Trump – Zip tie guy from jan 6th sentenced/Peter Navarro guilty of contempt of Congress/Grand Jury report/Fani Willis scolds Jim Jordan/Jeanine Pirro in 2016 on Presidential candidates under investigation (53:00)

Slack-eyed Aaron Rodgers done for the year (1:13:30)

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Potentium – Episode 396 (9/7/23)

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Invited back to the pool room…Again

You Tube “tough love” mom charged with abuse & neglect (8:00)

NYC drones (12:30)

TX drunk driving law (19:55)

The unreal Coffee City, TX PD & it’s dumbass Chief (24:00)

The Proud Boys aren’t so Proud anymore (46:00)

Trump liable for defaming E. Jean Carroll…Again (55:00)

ND/Coach Prime (59:25)

Jimmy Buffett dies (1:04:50)

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Potentium – Episode 395 (8/31/23)

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KY hospital patients dumped on the street

JAX Dollar General shooting (15:45)

EPA removes federal wetland protections after SCOTUS ruling (25:50)

Judge rules for abortion pill restrictions in WV (28:20)

Tuberville residency (30:30)

Mitch McConnell freezes again (33:30)

Judge rules against Giuliani in defamation case (38:10)

Trump – Insurrectionist held in contempt of court/Trial date set for DC case/GA arraignments (39:40)

Biden – Drug price negotiations/Bryan Tyler Cohen – Biden accomplishments/The GOP & the working class (52:20)

Notre Dame crushes Navy/Noah Lyles pisses of the NBA/Simone Biles wins 8th world title after two years off/Bears (1:05:55)

Bob Barker dies (1:10:10)

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Potentium – Episode 394 (8/24/23)

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Orca Lolita dies in Miami “Seaquarium”

United pilot wields ax in airport parking lot (10:30)

Maui emergency Chief resigns (14:35)

School bus driver shortage nationwide (21:35)

CA pride flag murder (26:35)

MS Fed Ex shooting declared a mistrial (32:30)

Proud Boy now a fugitive from Jan. 6th justice (36:35)

Trump – Mar A Lago employee appears to have flipped/Trump cancels big press conference/Giuliani arrested/GOP debate/GA arrest & mugshot (39:15)

Sha’Carri Richardson wins 100M World Championship (1:16:20)

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Potentium – Episode 393 (8/17/23)

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Football player featured in the movie “Blind Side” blindsided by adoptive family

Unprecedented absenteeism in American schools (10:30)

NM teen sues hospital after putting newborn in garbage can at hospital (18:45)

GA baby decapitated during birth (26:55)

NC father shoots, and steals truck of driver who accidentally ran over his son (31:45)

IL SC upholds gun bill (36:20)

Trump – Judge gives specific orders/GA indictment/Conservative reactions/Republican voting machine breach/Matt Gaetz wants to protect Trump & take D.C. “by force”/Cultist nut job arrested for making death threats to Judge/The cult posts the names & addresses of Grand Jurors (41:35)

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Potentium – Episode 392 (8/10/23)

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AL boat doc brawl

CA 7-11 owners beat burglar with a big stick (10:30)

OH pig charged with murder (20:30)

MS pigs plead guilty to torturing two black men (26:30)

CO officer only charged with misdemeanor after train hits woman handcuffed in her car on tracks (31:00)

Clarence Thomas received MILLIONS in gifts from GOP donors (36:35)

Mitch McConnell booed ferociously in his home state of Kentucky (42:55)

Trump – MI Trump ally indicted for tampering with voting machines/Ridiculous “free speech” defense/Mike Pence/Ken Chesebro & the fake electors memo (49:55)

FBI kills domestic terrorist after he threatened to kill President Biden (1:09:30)

Hawaii on fire (1:13:40)

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Potentium – Episode 391 (8/3/23)

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AR book law blocked by Judge

GOP’s big witness in Hunter Biden investigation says no business ties to Joe Biden (8:35)

Trump – Indicted for the third time/Loses CNN defamation lawsuit (15:10)

Ron DeSantis agrees to debate Gavin Newsome (26:10)

Tribute to Siskel & Ebert (29:00)

Lizzo sued by ex employees over hostile work environment (1:12:05)

Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) dies (1:15:30)

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Potentium – Episode 390 (7/27/23)

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OH pig sicks police dog on unarmed, compliant perp against orders

Vet paralyzed by CA pigs gets $20 million (8:15)

CA school district & Harvey Milk/Ron DeSantis, Bud Light, & the “benefits” of slavery (14:15)

AL defies SCOTUS ruling on redistricting (24:25)

Giuliani admits to lying about & defaming GA election workers, but says it didn’t affect their lives (28:35)

Jan 6th sentences – AR flag pole asshole/McConnell freezes during press conference/Trump State Dept. appointee (33:40)

Trump releases another Bizarro World video/Brian Tyler Cohen/More charges in Mar A Lago case/Kari Lake’s attorneys fined for frivolous lawsuits (41:15)

Jason Aldean “Try That in a Small Town” dust up (1:00:05)

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Potentium – Episode 389 (7/20/23)

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NY serial killer caught after more than ten years

Strange case of AL disappearance of woman who says she found a toddler on the highway (12:15)

FL “mother” gives baby Fentanyl in his bottle, but hey…She thought it was only cocaine (19:50)

Las Vegas cop caught after robbing a string of casinos (27:35)

Italian judge acquits groper because the groping lasted less than ten seconds (33:55)

US troop appears to defect to N. Korea on the spot (39:50)

RFK’s latest nut job conspiracy theory (45:20)

Trump – Target of Jan. 6th Grand Jury/MI Attorney General arrests 16 in fake electors scheme/GA SCOTUS denies request to dismiss case/Asa Hutchinson booed by the cult at GOP event (53:00)

Justified: Primeval City/What We Do in the Shadows (1:07:55)

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