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They Don’t Want You to Ask Why Hegseth Is Firing Generals…David Cay Johnston Joins 5/6/25
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2:11:45Now PlayingFour-Star Generals and Admirals are next in line to face DOGE. Pete Hegseth reportedly wants a 20% cut to the U.S. military. That includes active duty military brass and general officers in the National Guard. He’s calling the move “Less Generals, more GIs.”
The new Prime Minister of Canada will be at the White House today, working on a trade agreement with Trump. Already, some Trump allies, like Howard Lutnick, are calling Canada socialist and casting doom on the meeting before it even starts.
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We’ll run it all past our friend and Pulitzer Prize winning author and investigative journalist David Cay Johnston.
There’s a new organization called Nature is Non-partisan working to bring people of different political ideologies together in support of shared environmental ideals. From hunters to tree huggers, the goal is to protect the planet. We have Meg Haywood Sullivan stopping by to give us details.
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Prof. David Cay Johnston at RIT, Pulitzer Prize winning Author & Investigative Journalist
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