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The episode, read by Michael Moss in place of Heather Cox Richardson, delivers a scathing editorial on the unraveling of democratic norms under President Trump’s second term, highlighting his false claims about vandalism at the reflecting pool, reckless foreign policy with Iran, and the s
The episode, read by Michael Moss in place of Heather Cox Richardson, delivers a scathing editorial on the unraveling of democratic norms under President Trump’s second term, highlighting his false claims about vandalism at the reflecting pool, reckless foreign policy with Iran, and the s
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Heather Cox RichardsonMichael MossDonald TrumpFaiza PatelWilliam CrystalChuck SchumerRachel KahnEd O'Keefe
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Reuters-IpsosThe BulwarkThe Brennan CenterThe New Republic
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