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James Talarico: I Know EXACTLY Why Voters Stopped Trusting Democrats | The Bulwark Podcast
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico argues that Democrats lost voter trust by taking communities for granted, failing on border security and cost of living, and alienating faith-based voters through cultural insensitivity.
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Trump’s Half-Baked Border Plan Collides With Legal Reality (w/ Andrew Weissmann) | Illegal News
Legal experts dissect how Trump's politically motivated legal strategies, from targeting Jerome Powell to fabricating border trespassing charges, consistently collide with judicial scrutiny and legal precedent.
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