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Feb 2024
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The Taylor Swift Super Bowl Conspiracy T...

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This NFL season, popstar Taylor Swift has been a mainstay at the Kansas City Chiefs games cheering on her boyfriend Travis Kelce. Now far-right Donald Trump-supporting conservatives are and circulating conspiracy theories about Swift, the 2024 election and Kelce's participation in the Super Bowl.

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, political correspondent Susan Davis, national political correspondent Don Gonyea, and correspondent Shannon Bond.

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