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Trump Staffer LEAKS Secret “If I Die” Letter to JD Vance (w/ Jack Cocchiarella)
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Trump Staffer LEAKS Secret “If I Die” Letter to JD Vance (w/ Jack Cocchiarella)

A White House staffer's leak about Trump's 'death letter' to JD Vance and a new counterterrorism strategy targeting 'left-wing extremists' (including Tucker Carlson) reveal the weaponization of government power, while a 'pay-to-play' scandal exposes the financial incentives driving right-wing media.

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Sen. Raphael Warnock on Trump, Redistricting Chaos, and the Midterms
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Sen. Raphael Warnock on Trump, Redistricting Chaos, and the Midterms

Senator Raphael Warnock discusses the intersection of faith and politics, critiquing the 'poverty of moral imagination' in current American governance and advocating for a 'revolution of values' to address issues from voting rights to mass incarceration.

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Regulating A.I. Within a Broken Political System Under Trump (w/ Sen. Bernie Sanders)
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Regulating A.I. Within a Broken Political System Under Trump (w/ Sen. Bernie Sanders)

Senator Bernie Sanders details the existential and economic threats of unregulated AI and the corrupting influence of big money in politics, while Peter Hamby discusses the rise of political violence rhetoric and conspiracy theories across the political spectrum.

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Trump’s BIZARRE Response to Assassination Attempt
Political ViolencePolitical RhetoricConspiracy Theories

Trump’s BIZARRE Response to Assassination Attempt

This episode dissects Donald Trump's bizarre and politically opportunistic reactions to an assassination attempt, the subsequent conspiratorial discourse, and features an in-depth interview with California gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter on her policy proposals and political strategy.

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