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The episode highlights President Trump's increasingly erratic behavior, marked by a barrage of inflammatory social media posts, while underscoring systemic failures in accountability, from military overreach to tax and justice system manipulation. It reveals how power is being used to pro
The episode highlights President Trump's increasingly erratic behavior, marked by a barrage of inflammatory social media posts, while underscoring systemic failures in accountability, from military overreach to tax and justice system manipulation. It reveals how power is being used to pro
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TrumpHeather Cox RichardsonBarack ObamaBrian FinucaneRosaAlexander AcostaPam BondiJustin J. PearsonJustin Jones
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