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Aug 2022
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Episode #114 - Joaquin Flores and the Se...

TOM LUONGO
About this episode
Journalist Joaquin Flores joins me to discuss what we are both seeing just over the horizon three months out from the US mid-term elections and six weeks out from Italy's snap elections.

There are a number of issues out there that all seem to be coalescing around the late September period which could substantially change the trajectory of global politics.

For the better or worse is anyone's guess

Joaquin on Telegram: https://t.me/NewResistance
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Blog: www.tomluongo.me
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