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Episode 1188Jun 24, 2024

The conservative push to weed out anti-Trump federal workers

Plus, a weird story about men doing nothing.

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TOPSHOT - Supporters of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cheer as he arrives to speak at a campaign event in Racine, Wisconsin, on June 18, 2024.
TOPSHOT - Supporters of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cheer as he arrives to speak at a campaign event in Racine, Wisconsin, on June 18, 2024.
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Groups aligned with former President Trump are hunting through information to come up with a list of federal employees who might be resistant to a second Trump administration. We’ll discuss the push to reshape government. Plus, is the urban/rural divide a myth? And, a viral voicemail pep talk from a testing center worker makes us smile.

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