Best Adam Sommer Podcasts (2025)

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S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming 1:11:50

13h ago1:11:50

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Because Donald Trump's stupid trade embargo has us reading shipping charts, we now know that 40% of containership traffic between Asia and the U.S. has been canceled. That means a shortage of consumer goods, which will push prices higher. At the same time, the business environment is too unpredictable for companies to plan. Meanwhile, Trump is reor…

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S2 Ep1035: Bill Kristol: A Reckless, Tin-Pot President 49:19

1d ago49:19

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Trump 2.0 is showing so little concern for his political standing that even Fox made primetime room for Karl Rove to vent about how he's failing at the fundamentals. Our aspiring Gaddafi doesn't care that tariffs aren't popular or that he sounds like Mr. Scrooge when he says kids should have fewer toys. And while belt-tightening is good enough for …

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S2 Ep1034: Derek Thompson: Trump's War on Dolls 1:05:19

4d ago1:05:19

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Just imagine Fox's histrionics if a President AOC had said that American kids have too many dolls and that she's raising the price on them. Now the supposedly pro-family administration is doubling down on 'just pay more’ for toys, while it waits for China to blink on tariffs—an unlikely event given that it makes a lot of the things the world needs …

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On Venus Cycles 38:00

5d ago38:00

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In this little solo pod, I reflect on 16 years (2 Venus cycles) of podcasting and doing astrology. It’s been a journey. The show is part educational and a moment to check in with you all. A lot has changed in the 16 years of doing these, and I do feel there will be another 8, yet for now, I’m still pupating…. enjoy, adam to learn Astrology: ....to …

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S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists 50:12

6d ago50:12

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Marco Rubio was supposed to be one of the only adults in the room, and now he's become a shell of himself executing Trump's unwinding of the US role in the world. Meanwhile, Pam Bondi just can't keep her blubbering sycophancy under wraps. Plus, Mike Waltz's ouster at NSA, our shakedown of Ukraine with a minerals deal, Trump's pettiness is getting l…

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S2 Ep1032: Tony Blinken: America Alone 1:01:05

7d ago1:01:05

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For 80 years, the United States built strong economic, military, and political alliances around the world. But in just 100 days, that trust has been dismantled, and our friends are now working without us to forge new relationships. Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins Tim to discuss how hard it will be to rebuild after what Trump has done…

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S2 Ep1031: Joe Weisenthal: Everything Screams Recession 52:49

8d ago52:49

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The markets may be hanging in there but they also held strong in early 2020—right up until Covid hit New York. Meanwhile, tariffs are driving consumer confidence down, firms are talking about cutting back on hiring and investments, and Goldman Sachs is predicting that the U.S. will have the highest inflation and lowest growth of any developed econo…

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S2 Ep1030: Bill Kristol: Creepy and Wrong 49:46

9d ago49:46

49:46

The Trump administration keeps showing it's sooo tough on immigration that it deported three U.S. citizen children, arrested the wife of a member of the Coast Guard because her visa expired, and perp-walked an allegedly immigrant-concealing Wisconsin judge in handcuffs—instead of showing her the kind of deference Trump received over the course of h…

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S2 Ep1029: Beto O'Rourke: Never Lose Hope 1:00:12

12d ago1:00:12

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Since this country's founding, we have been tested. And the Americans before us somehow stood up and fought the good fight. We can't be the generation that loses it all 249 years into this experiment. But that doesn't mean we can't laugh about the stupid clowns—like Trump showing once again that he has no idea how tariffs work. Plus, RFK's dangerou…

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S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis 52:41

13d ago52:41

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Donald Trump is trying to foist the worst peace deal in the last 100 years on Ukraine, as he gets repeatedly played by foreign leaders on the world stage. At home, he's turned JFK's "Ask not" upside down to 'Ask what you can do for Donald Trump.' But when will the cowardly law firms or CEOs groveling for a tariff exemption stand up for patriotism, …

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The Diamond King 28:39

13d ago28:39

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After two years of work, The Diamond King releases to the public on April 25, 2025. The documentary tells the story of Dick Perez, the artist behind the Donruss Diamond Kings, Hall of Fame Heroes, and the classic Hall of Fame postcards. In this episode I interview Marq Evans, the film maker behind the movie and Dick Perez himself. Check out TheDiam…

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S2 Ep1027: Jonathan Rauch: Focus On the Corruption 57:12

14d ago57:12

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Trump may be brilliant at assaulting us with his daily distractions, but Democrats need to relentlessly target his corruption because that may be his weak spot. He is running the government in a pre-modern way—like it's his own personal piggy bank. And he has replaced rules-oriented bureaucrats with mostly incompetent loyalists who are only there t…

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S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters 1:00:00

15d ago1:00:00

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Trump and the people around him are trying to weaken our constitutional protections like due process. But the administration is getting rattled, because people see that the Abrego Garcia story is not about the man, but our rights, and because people keep protesting. We have to keep gumming up the works. Meanwhile, why aren't the Chamber of Commerce…

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S2 Ep1025: Bill Kristol: Hegseth Keeps Proving his Unfitness 52:16

16d ago52:16

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Republican senators could have insisted on someone who was even minimally competent to run our military, but because of their spinelessness, we've now got a SecDef who can't resist texting top secret war plans. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court shows it doesn't trust the Trump administration, and judges on lower federal courts have stopped believing wha…

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S2 Ep1024: Anne Applebaum: Everything Is a Game to Trump 48:32

19d ago48:32

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Sen. Van Hollen showed that Congress actually does have agency, and a federal judge finally scorched the administration in crystal-clear language about how it's violating the essence of our constitutional republic. But the White House is just treating the whole Abrego Garcia affair like it's a joke. Meanwhile, Trump is elevating his own businesses …

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S2 Ep1023: Ben Wittes: Sorry, We Still Have Due Process 56:52

20d ago56:52

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The White House is doubling down on justifying its extra-judicial actions around Abrego Garcia by trying to incriminate him in the court of public opinion. But the government still can't pluck people off an American street and send them to a concentration camp without due process. Plus, Judge Boasberg is not letting Stephen Miller off the hook for …

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S2 Ep1022: Stephanie Ruhle: Only Trump Is Happy 50:37

21d ago50:37

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Manufacturing orders are down, stocks are down, and mortgage rates are up. But Trump and his family are wealthier than they've ever been. He's got his Ponzi-like crypto scheme, his meme coin, and a boatload of big money types showing up at Mar-a-Lago trying to curry favors from him for some cold, hard cash. Meanwhile, Trump is play-acting like he h…

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S2 Ep1021: Josh Barro: Total Idiocy 1:13:04

22d ago1:13:04

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Trump & company want to turn us into Taiwan circa 1985. But the brilliant minds behind the idea of intentionally weakening the dollar are prioritizing making America a good place to manufacture rather than a good place to live. If the administration stays on this track, this country will have lower incomes, higher inflation, and weaker buying power…

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S2 Ep1020: Bill Kristol: Staring Down the Barrel 46:19

23d ago46:19

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We are here: Trump is openly defying the Supreme Court while sitting side-by-side with a Latin American strongman who openly mocked our judicial system from inside the Oval Office. Trump so badly wants his one-man rule and Republicans keep helping him, while corporate America keeps trying to get on his good side. Meanwhile, the intimidation is chil…

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Ep. 11: Trade Chaos, Voter Suppression SAVE Act, MO Voters Ignored Again 24:03

23d ago24:03

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Sources used https://www.worldometers.info/gdp/gdp-by-country/ The SAVE act The Bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22 USA Today summary piece: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/11/what-is-save-act-2025/83042307007/ https://newrepublic.com/post/193868/democrats-save-act-bill-harder-married-women-vote htt…

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S2 Ep1019: David Frum: It's Too Late to Stop the Pain 51:44

26d ago51:44

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Trump has effectively imposed a trade embargo on China, which means that after the inventory runs out, American retail will soon dry up. And since Europeans are already bypassing U.S. military contractors to beef up their defense spending —El Salvador is our only ally now— Trump is likely to do something desperate, like firing the Fed chair or seiz…

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S2 Ep1018: Andrew Weissmann and Patrick Gaspard: Naked Corruption 1:19:08

27d ago1:19:08

1:19:08

Just before he paused the tariffs on Wednesday, an unusual spike in activity on the S&P 500 prompted speculation that Trump was orchestrating an insider trading scheme. After the markets closed, he joked with *the* Charles Schwab about how the financier had made $2.5 billion in trades that day. Meanwhile, Trump ordered the DOJ to investigate two fo…

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S2 Ep1017: Catherine Rampell: Trump's Tariffmageddon 1:20:09

28d ago1:20:09

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The White House is pumping out a lot of happy talk about countries wanting to make deals over the tariffs, but the tumult Trump has created has spread to the bond market. And that may be a sign that he has people so spooked about the U.S. economy that our Treasuries are no longer seen as a safe bet. Meanwhile, China has a lot of leverage here and m…

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S2 Ep1016: Jonathan Cohn and Mark Lilla: Lobotomizing America 1:07:18

29d ago1:07:18

1:07:18

When it comes to biomedical research, America is already great. We are the world's leader in the field. But the Trump administration is gutting research and innovation on things like cancer, Alzheimer's, and arthritis—and the amputation of our scientific expertise under RFK, Jr. has been about as thoughtful as the tariffs rollout. Meanwhile, when i…

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S2 Ep1015: Bill Kristol: The High Cost of Stupidity 56:59

30d ago56:59

56:59

Part of the reason for the market bloodbath is because the finance wizzes didn't factor in that Trump would actually do the truly moronic thing he kept saying he would. Their shock over his recklessness is intensifying the crash. Meanwhile, a trio of administration fools trying to defend the tariffs—Lutnick, Bessent, and Hassett—showed there is no …

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I Tried Live Selling? 13:59

1M ago13:59

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I did it, I tried live selling on DibDitCards.com. Ivan Lovgren @watchthebreaks and Cary from American Arbitrage finally convinced me to give live selling a try. In this episode I discuss how my first few shows went! I also discuss my process of doing some “spring cleaning” in my eBay store. If you want to check out DibDit cards on the District mar…

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S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire 53:21

1M ago53:21

53:21

It's been great to live in America since World War II, but Trump is in the process of blowing up that whole order. Even Canada is looking to lead a new alliance, because how can other countries trust us after voters put the stupidest convicted American back in charge? And never forget that Russia is not on the tariff list—despite the fact that the …

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S2 Ep1013: Mallory McMorrow and Tracy Alloway: A Self-Inflicted Crisis 1:06:42

1M ago1:06:42

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The market plunge is just pure Trump chaos, and perfectly matches his record as a businessman. From his numerous bankruptcies and many failures—including his airline, his casinos, his university, his water, and his steaks—he's been running one long con. And the supposedly smart people who should have known better put him back in power, somehow thin…

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S2 Ep1012: Sam Stein: Elon Is Toxic 54:37

1M ago54:37

54:37

Musk was so high on his own supply that he thought he and his money were magic—but Wisconsin voters turned out in droves to prove to him just how toxic his brand and DOGE are. Meanwhile, the Dem base is looking highly engaged as they keep showing up for special elections in numbers Republicans used to deliver in off-cycle races. Plus, Cory Booker's…

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S2 Ep1011: Susan Rice: This Is Bloody Serious 1:06:12

1M ago1:06:12

1:06:12

The administration admits it mistakenly sent a Maryland father with protected status to the Salvadoran penal colony—but at the same time, it says the federal courts have no jurisdiction over him because he is now in a foreign country. If some of us have no due process, that opens the door to none of us having due process. Meanwhile, Trump's adminis…

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Ep. 10: March Against Oligarchy 20:12

1M ago20:12

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Dan Brigman Substack Host: Adam Sommer Find Adam on tik-tok (maybe) and bluesky as "midmapdadenergy" - follow The Process on instagram. JOIN PATREON FOR MORE “Change The Conversation” Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium http://www.americanaquarium.com/ Nothing on this channel is to be taken as legal advice for any jurisdiction. …

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S2 Ep1010: Bill Kristol: Stiffen Your Spines, Democrats 48:31

1M ago48:31

48:31

If Joe Rogan is the voice in the wilderness on the disappearing of migrants to El Salvador, then the Democratic leadership really needs to rethink its cautiousness. Meanwhile, the Bluffer-in-Chief is musing about a third term and Elon seems to be skirting the law in Wisconsin over an election he claims will determine the fate of civilization. Plus,…

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S2 Ep1009: Amanda Carpenter: Daddy? No, Manny Trump 58:52

1M ago58:52

58:52

Trump is siccing the thought police on the Smithsonian, he's got an FBI task force set up to protect Elon's car company, and he's turning random tattoos into gang insignia—unless they're on Pete Hegseth. Meanwhile, Greenlanders did not come to play, Elise Stefanik gets benched, the DOJ won't do its real job, and next week's elections are making Rep…

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S2 Ep1008: Jon Lovett: A Worst Case Scenario Comes Into View 1:00:56

1M ago1:00:56

1:00:56

Trump so far is not delivering on his promised spike in deportations, but he is creating a permission structure where we lock up people without due process in a foreign gulag—and where masked, plainclothes officers in unmarked cars can grab an international student off the street because of her speech. Meanwhile, a Rolex-wearing Kristi Noem is shoo…

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S2 Ep1008: Michael Weiss, Ben Smith, and Annie Karni: Radioactively Stupid 1:00:13

1M ago1:00:13

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No matter how hard Republicans try to spin the sharing of top secret military attack plans on an insecure app, the colossal f***up of an administration that claimed it was rooting out incompetence is plain on its face. And while Jeffrey Goldberg told Tim Tuesday that he was mulling over releasing the Signal messages, he went ahead and did so after …

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S2 Ep1007: Jeffrey Goldberg and Peter Wehner: What's Going on with Our National Security? 1:00:46

1M ago1:00:46

1:00:46

Senior members of Trump's Cabinet got caught sharing attack plans—down to details of who they were planning to kill, and with what kind of weapons, while also wishing Godspeed to our soldiers—and now they'll say anything to get out of the jam they put themselves in. Also, JD Vance openly questioned the judgement of the president in front of those v…

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S2 Ep1006: Live from Phoenix 42:36

1M ago42:36

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Bill Kristol joined Tim Saturday in Arizona to rip the atrocious behavior of our government—depriving even lawful Venezuelan migrants of due process, and shipping them off to a mega-prison in San Salvador where they may be being tortured. Any Democratic politician failing to speak out on this is wrong politically, morally, and ethically. Meanwhile,…

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S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones 1:00:46

2M ago1:00:46

1:00:46

Trump loves to complain about the deep state while Elon claims he's rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse with all his mass firings. But DOGE should be looking higher up the food chain to target the graft: for example, the South African immigrant whose car company would not have gotten off the ground without the taxpayer money he still collects. In c…

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S2 Ep1004: Wes Moore: The System Doesn't Work for a Lot of People 49:17

2M ago49:17

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Trump is a vessel for frustration over the status quo, but he is not a vehicle for a solution—since he has no idea about how to make things better for anyone besides himself. He's made clear that his personal interests come before the country's, and he's willing to trade away the superpowers that made America the globe's Dream Team. The Democrats n…

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Lunar Standstills with Gemini Brett pt. 2 1:19:06

2M ago1:19:06

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In this episode, Gemini Brett returns for the 2nd part of our little astronomy discussions. It's an essential lesson around the lunar standstill. Something clicked for me in this conversation. I hope it does for you as well. enjoy, adam his site: https://geminibrett.com to learn Astrology: ....to support my work and learn astrology all at the same …

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S2 Ep1003: Ben Wittes: Putin Makes A Fool of Trump, Again 55:57

2M ago55:57

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The Art of the Deal guy gave a master class on how to get worked over by Putin: First, wait around for an hour like an obedient puppy only to have your ceasefire proposal summarily rejected. Then, watch the Kremlin issue a statement that flatly contradicts your claims of what transpired during the phone call on Ukraine. Will there ever be a point w…

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S2 Ep1002: Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov: The Cheap Whore at the White House 1:02:10

2M ago1:02:10

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The fastest growing demographic class in America is billionaires—we've gone from 500 to 2,500 in the past 10 years. And they know the cheapest, easiest way to get richer: Give a million bucks to Mr. Pay-to-Play in the Oval Office. Meanwhile, maybe just maybe POTUS's confidant in Moscow deposited some cash in his Swiss bank account AKA TrumpCoin, an…

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S2 Ep1001: Bill Kristol: Give Back the Statue of Liberty 51:35

2M ago51:35

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Trump is taking liberties with our country's role in the world as a land of hope and opportunity by summarily locking up and deporting law-abiding immigrants—including people with legitimate asylum claims, people here on proper visas, and people with minor errors in their paperwork. And it's all being done with intentional cruelty to convey the mes…

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Ep. 9 "Women's Work" 29:05

2M ago29:05

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Story Links https://missouriindependent.com/2025/03/13/repub/judge-orders-rehiring-of-thousands-of-fired-probationary-federal-employees/ https://missouriindependent.com/2025/03/13/repub/democratic-attorneys-general-sue-trump-over-u-s-education-department-layoffs/ https://www.missourinet.com/2025/03/14/bid-to-scrap-missouris-minimum-wage-paid-sick-l…

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S2 Ep1000: David French: Trump Admits He's Violating the Constitution 1:06:01

2M ago1:06:01

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Trump & company aren't even attempting to create a pretext for why they're punishing the free speech of political opponents. They are basically confessing in writing to violating the First Amendment. At the same time, the administration claims it's throwing a Hamas supporter out of the country in the name of fighting antisemitism—while giving jobs …

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