Aug 2025

15m 33s

What The Hell Is Happening In DC?

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Trump deploys the National Guard to Washington, D.C. to crack down on out-of-control crime as Democrats and the media claim it’s a non-issue and cry “authoritarianism”. Let’s talk about it.

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