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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 384 (6/15/23)

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Four kids survive in the Amazon for 40 days after plane crash

Hawaii man drowns and thieves rob widow (7:20)

Unabomber commits suicide in prison (11:35)

IL Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs a bill banning book banning (19:30)

Gavin Newsome schools Hannity (21:15)

Trump Indictment fallout – Hillary hypocrisy/Bill Barr/Jim Jordan’s wriggling stupidity/Kari Lake wants to shoot anyone who tries to arrest Trump/GOP candidates react to Trump’s indictment/Chris Christie (28:45)

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1:22:05)

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Potentium – Episode 312 (1/20/22)

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Asteroid 7482 disappoints

MI Judge berates 72 year old cancer patient for unkept shrubbery/IL Judge releases teen rapist after less than 5 months in jail/MA Christian flag battle on government property & the SCOTUS (5:55)

Sirhan Sirhan denied parole by CA Gov. Gavin Newsome (21:55)

DirecTV drops OAN (24:45)

Oath Keepers charged with Sedition for Jan. 6th attack/Kevin McCarthy & Lindsey Graham flop again (27:15)

Voting rights bill/Trump on the big lie in AZ/NY AG report on Trump Inc. (44:55)

Novac Djokovic/Wild Card Weekend/Cowboys & Niners/Bears (1:01:30)

Spider-Man: No Way Home/The Book of Boba Fett/The Matrix: Resurrections/Ghostbusters: Afterlife/Being the Ricardos/1883/Dexter: New Blood (1:08:25)

Tool’s recent set lists are a dream (1:14:55)

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Potentium – Episode 311 (1/13/22)

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Fl zoo tiger killed for being a tiger…Because of an idiot

NH dog saves owner & friend after car accident (16:30)

Omicron/Dr. Fauci vs. Rand Paul & Roger Marshall (21:55)

GOP flops regarding Jan. 6th/Sean Hannity’s texts/Tucker Carlson whips Ted Cruz into submission/Trump cultists comment on Jan. 6th (32:10)

Biden pounces on Trump in Jan. 6th memorial speech (1:13:00)

Bears/Raiders, Chargers & Steelers (1:19:05)

Betty White, Bob saget, Sidney Poitier & Ronnie Spector die (1:22:35)

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Potentium – Episode 290 (8/12/21)

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Homeless man committed to Hawaii mental hospital for two years over mistaken identity

UN report on climate change (10:20)

Andrew Cuomo resigns (16:55)

Judge rules Dominion lawsuits against My Pillow Guy, Sydney Powell & Rudy Giuliani can continue/My Pillow Guy now says China hacked Dominion machines…Even though they aren’t connected to the internet (22:50)

Covid – FL mask Mandates/Widespread stupidity (39:00)

Rand Paul suspended from You Tube/Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended from Twitter for the 4th time/Says people can shoot door to door vax volunteers/Has no idea what HIPAA rights are (45:15)

Biden – Infrastructure bill passes the Senate (1:02:20)

Olympics – Damian Warner/Molly Seidel/Baseball/Basketball/Ping Pong/Badminton/Hamstrung Tokyo (1:07:55)

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Potentium – Episode 240 (8/20/20)

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CA’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturns high capacity mag ban

Coronavirus – Anderson Cooper & the moronic “My Pillow Guy” (6:45)

VA Mayor says Biden picked “Aunt Jemimah” as running mate/“The Truth is the Truth” responds (13:05)

Trump – Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russia/Attacks Harris/Another birther conspiracy/New Zealand’s “surge” in Covid cases/Post office shenanigans/Former DHS Chief of Staff Miles Taylor/Post office reversal/Wants a “redo” of 1st term/QAnon/Lying to the public/Lyndon Johnson ad from ’64 (19:00)

Michelle & Barack Obama’s speeches at the DNC (1:06:30)

Breaking – Steve Bannon arrested (1:34:00)

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Potentium – Episode 227 (5/21/20)

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Almost every wolf is killed by trappers on Alaskan island (5:20)

MI dams break (12:45)

“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli denied release from prison (16:35)

NC Senator Richard Burr steps down as Chair of Intelligence Committee after insider trading investigation launches (18:20)

Coronavirus – Illinois following CDC guidelines for re-opening/Rep. Darren Bailey removed from House floor for refusing to wear a mask/Costco member kicked out for not wearing a mask (21:15)

Trump – Touts “warp speed” vaccine as he takes Hydroxychloroquine/William Barr says neither Obama nor Biden will be investigated by DOJ/Fires 4th IG in 6 weeks/Non-existent mail-in voter fraud/Pelosi calls Trump morbidly obese/Trump Jr. Calls Biden a pedophile/Eric Trump says virus is a hoax (34:15)

The Last Dance – Steve Kerr, Michael Jordan & the murders of their fathers/Michael talks about him being regarded as a “tyrannical” teammate (1:01:25)

Mike McCaskey, Phyllis George & Fred Willard die (1:22:40)

Have a good Memorial Day folks & thanks for listening!

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Potentium – Episode 197 (10/24/19)

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Transgender woman wins cycling championship

House passes animal cruelty bill (10:10)

Apple Watch saves fallen hiker’s life (14:05)

New car! (19:25)

The Lunch Break Bandit (22:50)

Chicago mobster Joey “The Clown” Lombardo dies (25:15)

AZ, NM & CA police incidents (28:00)

Paid family leave in the US (36:15)

Toxic baby food (41:45)

Woman arrested for murder of her daughter/Munchausen by proxy (45:05)

TN City Commissioner Warren Hurst & his redneck, homophobic comments (49:30)

The State of California passes more than a few inspiring laws (54:20)

Trump – Anonymous book/Turkey, Syria & Russia/Impeachment & lynching/Bill Taylor testifies/Ridiculous GOP stunt…with pizza/The wall…In Colorado (56:20)

Hillary Clinton cleared of email scandal/Calls Tulsi Gabbard & Jill Stein “Russian assets” (1:30:40)

Chicago sports – Cubs/Blackhawks/Notre Dame/Bears (1:34:35)