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Not gonna lie, this one is pretty raw. Todd and Kerouac rehash some of the biggest ongoing trends and news stories of the last year. If you were on Earth for the last year, you know that none of it was good.

You know what is good, though? Donating to abortion funds at //abortionfunds.org/

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You know what is good, though? Donating to abortion funds at //abortionfunds.org/

The year that was (awful)

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