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Jan 2025
28m 49s

Trump 2.0: Bans, Purges and Retribution

The New York Times
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This week, President Trump has banned diversity, equity and inclusion programming in the federal government, punished former aides by taking away their security detail and celebrated the release of hundreds of Jan. 6, 2021, rioters and planners. The New York Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Maggie Haberman, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and David E. Sanger try to ma ... Show More
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