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Episode #1063: WWDD
First Broadcast: 9/7/26
Since we're coming up on the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, it seems only natural to ask, "Was Mayor Giuliani just as awful a person back then as he is now?" And to answer that, I would point out that stickers that said "GIULIANI is a JERK" were near ubiquitous in New York City during his two terms for a reason. Sure, he acted somewhat compassionate for a few months in the aftermath of 9/11, but, as I pointed out at the time, "Why can't we have a mayor who's compassionate year round, instead of one who only sheds tears after cancer, a divorce, and six thousand people die?" [The estimated death tolls were still on the high end in the immediate weeks afterwards.] Indeed, Giuliani ended up making 9/11 his entire personality, with, as Joe Biden famously summarized, every sentence out of his mouth becoming "a noun, a verb, and 9/11." It took the rest of the country another two decades to catch on to his true colors, revealed by his slavish devotion to promoting the lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 Presidential election, a devotion that led to a jury finding him liable for defamation to the tune of $148 million in 2023, and ultimately his disbarment in 2024. I guess times have changed! Do you think commercials urging people to buy things they don't need after a disaster would fly today the same way they did in 2001? Can anything be done to cease Republicans' efforts to stop people from voting? Can anyone stop Trump from stupidly renaming things? What Would Dolly Do? She would be kind, no doubt.
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last updated August 30, 2026
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