Episode 49: The Government Shutdown - Blake's Takes

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On this episode, we dove into a few topics surrounding what is now the longest government shutdown in the history of the United States. We talked about a variety of issues including how statistics show Trump's tax cuts only benefited corporations, Trump's "wall or bust" mentality to ending the shutdown, Putin being an evil genius, the likelihood Russia rigged our election and if it will come to light, the vulnerability of the dated American voting system, and much more!

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This episode was published on January 17, 2019.

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On this episode, we dove into a few topics surrounding what is now the longest government shutdown in the history of the United States. We talked about a variety of issues including how statistics show Trump's tax cuts only benefited corporations,...

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