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Who Called It: Desmond Howard picked Miami over Notre Dame. He was wrong Fri, Nov 13 Desmond Howard Wrong
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Who Called It: Kirk Herbstreit picked Minnesota over UCLA. He was wrong Fri, Nov 13 Kirk Herbstreit Wrong
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Three Takes: Is this historic clemency, or an end-run around the voters? Fri, Nov 13 Left PBS NewsHour A98 Center NewsNation A92 Right Fox News B82
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Three Takes: Is the letter a constitutional warning, or a threat to block oversight? Fri, Nov 13 Left ABC News B86 Center The Hill B87 Right Fox News B88
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Who Called It: Pat McAfee picked Ole Miss over Georgia. He was wrong Fri, Nov 13 Pat McAfee Wrong
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Three Takes: should a new member of Congress have to call Iran an adversary? Thu, Nov 12 Left CNN B89 Center The Hill B89 Right Newsmax D69
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Three Takes: is Donald Trump done with the Iran war? Thu, Nov 12 Left The Young Turks F59 Center NewsNation B89 Right Newsmax C72
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Who Called It: Mick Mulvaney said Susie Wiles would leave. He was right Thu, Nov 12 Mick Mulvaney Correct
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Three Takes: should Chuck Schumer lead Senate Democrats? Thu, Nov 12 Left The Young Turks C76 Center NewsNation A97 Right Fox News C78
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Who Called It: Ryan Fournier said the Hegseth impeachment was DOA. He was right Thu, Nov 12 Ryan Fournier Correct
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Megyn Kelly gave Joe Biden a week. It took 18 days Thu, Nov 12 Megyn Kelly Wrong
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Three Takes: the Pete Hegseth impeachment is blocked Thu, Nov 12 Left ABC News B89 Center Breaking Points C78 Right Timcast IRL F59
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Three Takes: Donald Trump on deportations, "too tough" or "hasn't changed"? Wed, Nov 11 Left CBS News B89 Center NewsNation C77 Right Newsmax C74
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Three Takes: Jensen Huang, the alleged spy, and Donald Trump's "honorable guy" Wed, Nov 11 Left ABC News B87 Center NewsNation B80 Right The Washington Times B81
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Three Takes: Thomas Massie moves to impeach Pete Hegseth Wed, Nov 11 Left CBS News B81 Center NewsNation B80 Right Newsmax D64
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