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Trump's Racist Somali Remarks, Signalgate Report, CDC Vaccine Meeting

12/4/2025 • 12 min

President Trump leans into a familiar political strategy of attacking immigrant communities as he intensifies racist comments about Minnesota’s Somali population and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.A Pentagon watchdog report finds Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth endangered U.S. troops by sharing classified strike plans over Signal, directly undercutting the White House’… Play episode

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