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Senators Never Asked Blanche the Most Obvious Epstein Question (w/ Andrew Weissmann) 92%
By Sarah Longwell91%
7/18/2026, 9:37:49 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Burden of Proof, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 59.3% saturation with 121 hits. Analysis detected 627 faulty-reasoning hits from 204 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 86.8% and a BS Rank of 92% (1,596 of 18,365 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 91.30% of the article peer group.
On a week that tested both of them, Sarah and Andrew discuss: Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing, and Trump's prime-time speech on election interference.
Andrew walks through the cross-examination Senate Democrats didn't run—the statements that went unchallenged, the follow-ups nobody asked, and the one question about the withheld Epstein files that Blanche has still never answered.
Then: why he thinks dismantling the government's election-security apparatus isn't neglect, but the point.
Also discussed: the $1.776 billion payout, the document absolving Trump of tax liability, what Blanche told the Epstein victims that simply isn't true, and why Andrew keeps calling BS.
show notes:
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