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What Next - SchadenFriday: Cabinet Crash...

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The Trump administration is, let’s say, experiencing a bit of turnover this spring. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out and Kash Patel has reached the “embroiled in scandal and suing the press” zone. 


Guest: Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent for The Nation.


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