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Jan 2025
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When a President Drops Out: What Biden C...

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*This episode originally ran on July 4, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss*  On our nation’s 248th birthday, Joe Biden faced the wrath of a thousand pundits. The whole world watched the elected leader of the world’s oldest republic befogged, slack-jawed, and mentally vacant in a debate he had to win. A poll from CBS showed that after Biden’s infamous debate p ... Show More
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