About this episode

The episode discusses horrific murders from ICE, the scramble for a Maine Senate candidate, and a lawsuit regarding a major merger in the entertainment industry.

More horrific murders from ICE, an exhausting scramble to find a candidate to replace Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race, and a massive lawsuit to stop the Paramount/Warner Brothers Discover merger. The news doesn’t slow down, so we can’t either. This week, Adam is joined by David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect, and David Weigel, national political editor at Semafor.  -- SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/adamconover SEE ADAM ON TOUR: https://www.adamconover.net/tourdates/ SUBSCRIBE to and RATE Factually! on: » Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/factually-with-adam-conover/id1463460577 » Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0fK8WJw4ffMc2NWydBlDyJ About Headgum: Headgum is an LA & NY-based podcast network creating premium podcasts with the funniest, most engaging voices in comedy to achieve one goal: Making our audience and ourselves laugh. Listen to our shows at https://www.headgum.com . » SUBSCRIBE to Headgum: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadGum?sub_confirmation=1 » FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/headgum » FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/headgum/ » FOLLOW us on TikTok…

People in this episode

Host: Adam Conover

Guests: David Dayen, David Weigel

Topics covered

• ICE murders
• Maine Senate race
• Paramount merger
• politics
• current events

Keywords

• ICE
• Maine Senate
• David Dayen
• David Weigel
• Paramount merger
• politics
• current events

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The American Prospect, Semafor, Paramount, Warner Brothers Discover

Places: Maine

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