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Jan 2023
38m 8s

Republicans caught scheming to cut Socia...

BRIAN TYLER COHEN
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Brian interviews Senator Bernie Sanders about how to protect Social Security, his response to Republican fear mongering about the “army of 87,000 IRS agents,” and how to get the government to keep prescription drug prices down. 
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