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  <title>The National Review’s Defense of Todd Blanche Is So Bad It's Confusing</title>
  <description>VR35 - In this episode released on the 54th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, the Vapid Response team raids the archives of the New York Times to retrieve one of the single worst (and worst-timed!) contemporary takes on the scandal which would end Richard Nixon’s Presidency. We then return to a time in which a Watergate-style burglary would be a fun diversion to see how at least one conservative legal writer is defending Trump’s nomination of his former defense attorney to serve as Attorney General.   “Comeback Time,” William Safire, &amp;amp;nbsp;The New York Times (4/19/1973)   “Todd Blanche is Unfit for Office,” The Editorial Board, The New York Times (6/15/2026)   “Blanche and the New York Times,” Michael Fragoso, National Review (6/15/2026)   Opening Arguments Linktree (Patreon, socials, and more): https://linktr.ee/openingarguments </description>
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