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GOP Senator Says They Have NO CONTROL Over Trump (feat. David Cay Johnston) - 8/4/26
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1:47:34Now PlayingPresident Trump issues a stark warning for Iran during an Oval Office signing event, declaring that this represents Iran's "last chance" to negotiate a deal with his administration. Is that just another back-and-forth or is time running out for Trump to end his war with Iran?
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David Cay Johnston is a regular Tuesday delight on The Mark Thompson Show. Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize winning author and investigative journalist. He is a professor at the Rochester Institute of technology and the founder of DC report.
Christopher Armitage is an author whose work focuses on governance, institutional resilience and public policy systems. You can find him at
Christopherarmitage.com or on his substack
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