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Dec 2024
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Episode 518: Donald Jeffries on Trump 2....

TIMOTHY KELLY
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Donald Jeffries returns to Our Interesting Times to discuss the incoming Trump 2.0 Administration, and a his most recent article “Going Postal in the Land of Lunacy: Criminals, vigilantes, and good Samaritans.”

Donald is the author of many books including the most recently published American Memory Hole: How the Court Historians Promote Disinformation.  His Substack page is here





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