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Limbaugh Ups The Ante On Long-Debunked Petrobras Conspiracy Theory: Now It's "$10 Billion To Brazil"

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 01/26/11 4:10 PM EST

From the January 26 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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