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top. It was rather rogue right-wing elements of the CIA. So the CIA leadership, no problem. They weren't involved. But rogue right-wing elements of the CIA. What does that remind you of? The rogue right-wing elements. Does it sound a lot like the military looking for the white supremacists in the military? Oh it does, doesn't it? Yeah. Because then the military can be good but the white supremacis…

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m record levels of poor mental health. You think this is going to work? I don't know. You know I always say insurance is the only thing that predicts. So if Meta wins the suit then I guess there's no insurance implication. But what if this science showed that young kids are actually injured? And what if some enterprising lawyers find a way to tie any one kid's suicide or mental health problem to the platform? You know, sort of like cigarettes tied to smoking. Will any lawyer be able to tie mental health of children or any bad outcomes to the platforms? And if they tied it to more than one platform would it still work? You know, could they say well it's not one platform. It's a combination of TikTok plus this. And would that still work? I don't know. I'd keep an eye on the insurance angle to see what kids will be able to do. Because I feel like an adult would not be able to sue so well because they kind of know what they're getting into. Whereas, you know, much like cigarettes you can't really sue a cigarette company for giving you cancer because it says that it gives you cancer right

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on the package. You know, so adults know what they're getting when they do social media. Kids don't. So you can imagine that maybe you could sue on behalf of a kid where it'd be harder on behalf of a parent who was more aware of the real situation. So I think it's all going to come down to insurance companies. All right. So Senator Fetterman, Democrat, continues to rack up topics which Republican…

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