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National Rifle Association boss Wayne LaPierre rails against the elites trying to take real Americans\\u2019 guns Meanwhile, the NRA is taking gun-owners donations\\u2014to fund LaPierre\\u2019s ultra-lux lifestyle. That\\u2019s the crux of New York Attorney General Tish James\\u2019 landmark lawsuit against the NRA. \\u201cAnd it looks like they\'re in a ton of trouble,\\u201d The Beast\\u2019s Harry Siegel tells Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson on the latest episode of The New Abnormal. \\u201cTish has the receipts\\u201d\\u2014from the 107-foot yachts to the complimentary safaris to the private charters to the gazillion-dollar wardrobe. Then! Rebekah Jones, the former Florida state government data geek and whistleblower, talks about how she was pushed to juke the COVID stats by Ron DeSantis\\u2019 cronies. \\u201cWe changed how we count cases. We changed the criteria itself. So pneumonia was originally one of the surveillance criteria\\u2014we had ER, data for pneumonia, influenza, and COVID-like illness. And one of the first things they did was cut out pneumonia. It was too high,\\u201d she says. Jones is convinced a similar game is going on throughout the country. \\u201cWe really don\'t know how many COVID cases we have in America; we\\u2019ll probably never really know.\\u201d Plus! Molly rolls out a new campaign slogan: \\u201cVote for Trump, even if we kill you.\\u201d Rick opines on drool buckets. And Alexa orders a rat stick for Molly.

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