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Jul 2023
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About Affirmative Action, Gay Websites, ...

Andrew Heaton, Jen Briney, Justin Robert Young
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On this addition of the program the crew discusses the Supreme Court cases decided. Additionally, we process declining national pride and ask the important question: are any of us proud to be Americans?













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