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don't think that we should have billionaires. And then he talked about fairness. If some people are billionaires, that's obviously a sign of an unfair system. Now, do you remember what I always say about fairness? I've been saying this for years. Fairness is a concept that was invented so that idiots and children have something to talk about. Smart people don't really start with fairness as their…

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w. So they got into his phone and they knew who he was looking for, you know, who his informants were. And then they could see him actually on the street and who he met with. And that allowed them the confirmation to go out and kill the informant. I don't know if they successfully killed any, but that was a risk. That's one of those stories I read about a serial killer who got away with it for decades and had a torture thing built in his backyard underground. And I think, well, you know, I certainly can't approve of the serial killer, but I got to say he's got some good work ethic there. So this hacker, I have the same feeling. I do not approve of him breaking into phones, and I don't approve of his hacking, and I certainly don't approve that he's helping the cartels kill informants. But I have to admit, that took some skill. It was a lot of skill to do those two things. So there's that.

I guess the Duke Law School Law Journal, they sent a secret memo to minority applicants telling them they'd get extra points if they write about their race. So they were being coached on how to do DEI without DEI. So they presumably are not allowed to ask what's your race and then take that into account for admissions, but they would be allowed to read an essay that all the applicants have to write. So they

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're saying if you're going to write the essay, you might as well put something in that essay about your race. Why? Don't ask why. Just put it in there. Trust us. We'll take care of it. So they're in trouble. The Free Beacon is reporting on this. All right, ladies and gentlemen. It's a lazy summer Monday and the regular news is boring because the big beautiful bill. I'm so tired of that damn thing…

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