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Cheat on the news with Hard Factor. Satirical daily news podcast, not hyper-polarizing and depressing like all the others. Drops at Midnight Eastern, 5 Days a Week, 24/7/365. Follow the pod on social @HardFactorNews. Hosts: @hardfactorMark @hardfactorPat @hardfactorWes @hardfactorWill.
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Cheat on the news with Hard Factor. Satirical daily news podcast, not hyper-polarizing and depressing like all the others. Drops at Midnight Eastern, 5 Days a Week, 24/7/365. Follow the pod on social @HardFactorNews. Hosts: @hardfactorMark @hardfactorPat @hardfactorWes @hardfactorWill.
Full video episodes: YouTube.com/HardFactorNews
Join our community: patreon.com/hardfactor
Voicemail Line: 512.270.1480

    Plus-Sized Model Wins Miss Alabama Sparking Huge Controversy | 6.10.24

    Plus-Sized Model Wins Miss Alabama Sparking Huge Controversy | 6.10.24

    Episode 1479 - Brought to you by:

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    Timestamps:


    (00:00:00) Listener Hosted Trivia Night - JOIN US
    (00:02:01) Mark had an awesome weekend
    (00:03:03) LET’S HEAR IT WES! 🎤😂 The Man With The Golden Voice
    (00:03:41) Pat living the high-class $900 wagon life
    (00:05:07) Tensions boil over at New York City’s Upper West Side after posh $64,000-a-year prep school kids move in on newly beautified public housing playground
    (00:19:16) New Mexico police arrest 11-year-old boy on allegations of monthlong crime spree
    (00:28:54) Police departments are getting on the weed train
    (00:29:18) The Man With The Golden Voice REVEALED!
    (00:31:15) Las Vegas Sphere rescinds ban on man who took a bong hit during a Phish show
    (00:32:31) Miss USA Controversy: 3X Miss Alabama winner Sara Milliken sparks debate on pageant titles, and most notably weight as Marine's wife Bailey Anne Kennedy becomes first trans woman to be crowned Miss Maryland
    (00:41:18) Texas library must reinstate books with 'butts and farts,' 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas rules
    (00:45:35) Don’t be MAD!



    Thank you for listening and HADFD!! Spread the word!





    PS… Wes’ sultry audio mode was turned on by mistake and the guys finally made it all the way into an episode without letting him find out… You’re welcome.

    • 46 min
    French Organizing ‘Poop In River Protest’ To Ruin Macron's Olympics | 6.7.24

    French Organizing ‘Poop In River Protest’ To Ruin Macron's Olympics | 6.7.24

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    (00:00:30) On the agenda for today’s episode! 💩👮


    (00:01:55) Alec Baldwin vs. Mel Gibson drunk off




    (00:04:40) French protesters plan to 'poop in Seine' River as President Macron pledges to take a swim ahead of Olympics after the government pledged $1.5 billion for a cleanup effort to enable open-water events in the river




    (00:16:29) Phish fan permanently banned from every MSG property after becoming first person to rip a bong at the Las Vegas Sphere



    Poopdate:


    (00:26:27) South Korea vows retaliation against North Korea over its launch of trash balloons


    (00:27:45) Biden drops a bomb in Normandy ahead of 2024 Elections 💩




    (00:32:45) Michigan man who went viral for joining zoom court hearing while driving on a suspended license arrested again after its found he never had a drivers license to begin with




    (00:37:49) Alec and Hilaria Baldwin accused of exploiting their 6 kids for new reality TV show

    • 42 min
    Crime-spree-international-U.S.-mercenary-muder-soldiers | 6.6.24

    Crime-spree-international-U.S.-mercenary-muder-soldiers | 6.6.24

    In Episode 1477, Craig Austin Lang and Alex Jared Zwiefelhofer, two U.S. soldiers went on an insane crime-murder-mercernary-coup-spree and the details are just too strange. Also, a juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people ⁠charged with stealing⁠ more than $40 million. Also,

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    (00:00:00 - 00:01:38) Teasers! 🗣️🐮🐶



    Animal Corner


    (00:01:39 - 00:07:14) ‘My heart stopped’ Giraffe snatches toddler from truck at drive-thru safari in Texas, then drops her into mom's arms


    (00:07:15 - 00:12:55) Giant venomous flying spiders with 4-inch legs to invade the New York area in 2024 as they spread across East Coast, experts say


    (00:12:56 - 00:18:04) Virginia animal breeder Envigo fined record-setting $35 million for torturing 4,000 Beagles



    Breaking


    (00:18:05 - 00:19:17) Mexico and the WHO have reported the world’s first human case of H5N2 bird flu in a 59-year-old man who has now died


    (00:19:18 - 00:21:13) Nvidia is officially in the $3 trillion market cap club, surpassing Apple as the 2nd most valuable company in the world - Nvidia is up nearly 1,000% in just 20 months



    Business Ideas


    (00:21:14 - 00:22:13) Chick-Fil-A business idea 


    (00:22:14 - 00:27:38) Brazil unveils record-setting $4 million supercow Viatina-19 FIV Mara Movéis, she’s twice as meaty as others of her breed weighing in at more than 2,400 pounds


    (00:27:39 - 00:33:24) Two ex-U.S. soldiers turned foreign fighters face charges in Florida after going on 'international crime spree,’ being extradition from Ukraine



    ⚡Lighting Round⚡


    (00:33:25 - 00:35:44) Juror says someone left her a bag with $120,000 cash and the promise of more if she’d vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million


    (00:35:45 - 00:36:30) Retired NASCAR driver and son arrested for alleged assaults on police during Jan. 6 riot


    (00:36:32 - 00:38:08) A Colorado woman who was handcuffed in a police car hit by a train receives an $8.5M settlement


    (00:38:09 - 00:39:32) Man sentenced to 40 years to life for killing mother after argument over video game volume


    (00:39:32 - 00:40:34) 83-year-old woman gored by bison at Yellowstone National Park

    • 40 min
    China Now Owns The Moon | 6.5.24

    China Now Owns The Moon | 6.5.24

    In Episode 1476, China dominates moon exploration and colonization. You can now buy used tampons online. An Amazon tribe finally got the internet via Elon Musk’s Starlink and they are all now addicted to porn and a woman in Nebraska came back to live at a funeral home.

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    (00:00:00) - On the agenda for today’s episode


    (00:04:52) - 74-year-old Nebraska woman declared dead at nursing home discovered breathing at funeral home 2 hours later, she died hours after the error was discovered at the local hospital


    (00:13:15) - Elon Musk’s Starlink connects remote Amazon tribe to the internet for the first time. Internet access has led Brazil’s Marubo People to become hooked up on porn, and addicted to social media.


    (00:18:05) - ‘Lucrative business’: Online shop is selling used tampons to strangers


    (00:26:35) - China's Moon probe launches back toward Earth with sample from far side of lunar surface


    (00:33:43) - Biden signs executive order drastically tightening southern border


    (00:35:10) - Five hesitant hitmen jailed over botched assassination plot in China


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    HAGFD!

    • 39 min
    Fauci Now On Board With Lab Leak Theory?!? | 6.4.24

    Fauci Now On Board With Lab Leak Theory?!? | 6.4.24

    On Episode 1475 - Brought to you by:

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    (00:00:00) We’re on the MOVE! Let us know if you encounter any issues with the pod, and make sure to turn on auto-downloads to help out the show 💪
    (00:03:09) New Fat Boy Summer and logo merch just dropped: https://store.hardfactor.com/ 
    (00:03:22) Teasers! 🧑‍⚕️💉
    (00:04:26) Fauci grilled by lawmakers on masks, vaccine mandates and lab leak theory in first testimony before Congress since leaving government
    (00:15:31) RIP: Prince King, 81-year-old 'serial slingshot shooter' dies days after his arrest in California
    (00:17:03) Jury selected as Day 1 of Hunter Biden gun trial wraps, Judge blocks key evidence and witness in blow to defense
    (00:27:29) Boonsboro, Maryland high school senior denied chance to walk on graduation stage due to makeup 'concerns'
    (00:35:41) Man who went viral for driving with a suspended license during court zoom hearing was innocent, due to a clerical error his suspension wasn’t lifted 2 years ago
    (00:37:17) Louisiana man, 31, who was given five years probation for faking physical and mental disabilities to get female caregivers to change his soiled diapers for his sexual arousal is busted for doing it again

    HAGFD!

    • 41 min
    Philly Pride Parade Blocked By Pro-Palestinian Protesters | 6.3.24

    Philly Pride Parade Blocked By Pro-Palestinian Protesters | 6.3.24

    Episode 1474: This weekend, the Philly Pride Parade ran head-on into the Free Palestine Protestors. There was also an incident or two in NYC during the Israel Day parade. A Welsh couple was arrested for continuously dining and ditching. Mormon crickets are taking over the West Coast. A family pranked out of their cruise vacation. The luckiest magnet fishers in the world and much more…

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    (00:00:00) - We’re on the MOVE! Let us know about any issues and make sure to turn on auto-downloads!


    (00:01:46) - Teasers! 🏳️‍🌈🎣🚢


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    Pride x Palestine


    (00:05:08) - Philly Pride Parade blocked by pro-Palestinian protesters


    (00:07:43) - Chaos at NYC Israel Day Parade as masked protester storms procession holding 'kill hostages now' sign


    (00:09:19) - Maldives to ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza


    (00:10:56) - President Biden unveils and endorses details of a new Israeli cease-fire plan as Israel digs deeper into Rafah, Netanyahu aide says Israel agreed to the plan



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    (00:14:19) - New York City couple finds safe stuffed with $100,000 cash while magnet fishing at a lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens




    (00:25:20) - “A full-blown panic”: Kentucky family’s $15K Carnival Cruise vacation canceled just 2 days before the ship was set to sail after they accidentally shared their booking number on Facebook



    Oddities


    (00:37:21) - "Sludge" from Mormon cricket invasion causes multiple crashes in Nevada


    (00:39:52) - 'Dine and dash' UK couple jailed after racking up restaurant bills totaling more than $1,200, they reportedly used more than 40 names and 18 birth dates between them




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    MOST Importantly… Get out there, and HAGFD!!!

    • 43 min

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