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Nov 2024
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Scandals, Stocks, and Surveillance | Ron...

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Desi Lydic dives into explosive new allegations against Matt Gaetz. Michael Kosta offers a guide to profiting during Trump’s second term, from prison stocks to climate-driven investments. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow joins to discuss his HBO documentary Surveilled, exposing the dangers of spyware technology and its chilling effects on democracy, journalism, and free expression.

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