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What if you could? Today's number, $313 million. That's how much a Minecraft movie made in its opening weekend, the biggest video game film opening ever. Ed, a rabbi, a priest, and a stripper walk into a bar. What does the bartender say? What? I don't know, but Donald Trump is a fucking idiot.
I just made that up. I'm proud of that. That's good. That'll get the people going. And for those of you who think I have Trump derangement syndrome, I have this thing called capitalism and democracy addiction syndrome. I really love Netflix and I love... you know, living somewhere nice. And I love rule of law. And I love people who make smart decisions and prosperity.
I'm just so into this whole prosperity and rights thing. And I've gotten so used to it. So Megyn Kelly is super easy to find. If you're looking for people to justify, like say he's playing 4D chess, right? No, he's not even playing fucking Jenga or checkers. He's playing Russian roulette. with everyone's prosperity. I am in a bad mood today, Ed. I can tell.
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