Transcript of Opening Arguments Episode 314 – The Supreme Court and Trump’s Asylum Rules

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Transcript of Opening Arguments Episode 313 – Devin Nunes Is A Crazy Cow Farmer

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Transcript of Opening Arguments Episode 312 – Gerrymandering in North Carolina

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Thomas:         Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments!  This is episode 312, I’m Thomas Smith, that over there is Andrew Torrez.  How ya doin’ Andrew?

Andrew:         I am doing fantastic.  We just finished up our OA Fantasy Football draft, I figured I’d mention that now so that we would lose several thousand listeners who are like “I don’t want to hear about your fantasy football team” But-

Thomas:         Well the other ones are just sad that they couldn’t get in.

Andrew:         That’s right. [Laughs]

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Transcript of Opening Arguments Episode 311 – Opioids are a Nuisance!

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Thomas:           Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments this is episode 311, ooh, 3-1-1, is that something?  Or am I thinking of 4-11? [Laughs]  

Andrew:          Yeah, all the things that end in 11 I think are actual.  3-1-1 is that non-emergency police?  I don’t know.

Thomas:           Oh, maybe that’s it, yeah.  Well that’s good for this, this is a non-emergency but still very important!

Andrew:          Yeah! [Laughs]  

Thomas:           I’ve taken my opioid.

Andrew:          This is a 3-11 episode, there we go!

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Transcript of Episode 310 – Citizenship and the Military and…

OPENING ARGUMENTS EPISODE # 310

Citizenship and the Military and…

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Thomas:           Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments this is episode 310, I’m your host Thomas Smith, that over there is Andrew Torrez.  How you doin’ Andrew?

Andrew:          I am fantastic Thomas, how are you?

Thomas:           I am doing great!  We got so much to talk about, oof!

Andrew:          [Laughs]

Thomas:           Big news week!  There is so much to cover we are surely not going to be able to accomplish it, but some announcements first, probably mostly related to what we can’t do, [Chuckles] or don’t have time to do.  So I have a note here that we’re doing opioids on Tuesday?  So I guess the news cycle’s gotten that we’re just out with it?

Andrew:          [Laughs] Yeah!  That’s right!

Thomas:           Alright!

Andrew:          You and I are gonna sit in a room and take as much Oxy and – no.  We’re going to discuss the landmark opioid trial-

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