It’s been a crazy summer, but at least we had the World Cup! Oh, and also a fresh crop of AI satire to get us through it. This week, David Shuster counts down five clips that cover the waterfront: Spain’s big win gets an ending nobody at FIFA saw coming, a Lego AI walks through the poll numbers that have the White House sweating, and Steve Scalise—who insists you can’t get pasta at Olive Garden without a photo ID—finds out what that policy feels like in practice.
Then Mr. Neuberger delivers a doo-wop tribute to Todd Blanche, the man tasked with making the Epstein files disappear, and four very familiar voices close the show with a barbershop number you’ll be humming into November. Six minutes, five clips, and one assignment: check your voter registration, because many states cut it off 30 days before the midterms.
Watch to the end.
Cliff’s Note:
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—Cliff
