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Blue Wave Update

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Trial Balloon · Ep. 191: Blue Wave Update

A Modern Day Rosa Parks?

April 28, 2023 · 6:00 am ET · Leave a Comment

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We take mailbag questions on the debt ceiling showdown, the possibility of a John Roberts power move at the Supreme Court and whether there is a modern day John Scopes or Rosa Parks out there.

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