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Trump's Stunning Ignorance (with John Bolton)

Eric welcomes John Bolton, former Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor to Donald Trump. They discuss why Trump is so susceptible to the blandishments of foreign dictators like Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un as well as his abysmal level of basic knowledge of how the U.S. government actually works and international affairs more broadly.
Eric Edelman
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As Brown v. Board turns 70, we still have work ahead to make schools equitable for all

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the unanimous Supreme Court ruling declaring that racial segregation in public schools violated the U.S. Constitution. To honor the moment, teachers of color from the Kansas City area will gather in Topeka, where the case was filed, to reflect on the progress and promise of education for people of color.
Gerard Robinson
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The end of Florida as a swing state

2024 appears to have brought a decisive end to Florida’s status as a swing state. While Trump won the state in 2020, it was by a tight margin of just over 3 percentage points. This year, the gap is roughly 13 points, 56.2 to 42.9 percent. That’s a decisive shift.
Cristina Lopez-Gottardi Chao
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Recriminations, and deep structures

The coming weeks will provide ample opportunity for detailed analysis of exit polls and returns, but two things seem clear on this morning after the election: First, the education divide and unhappiness about the economy likely drove Harris’s loss; second, those two factors are deeply related.
Guian McKee
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‘Trump’s America’: Comeback Victory Signals a Different Kind of Country

“The Trump presidency speaks to the depth of the marginalization felt by those who believe they have been in the cultural wilderness for too long and their faith in the one person who has given voice to their frustration and his ability to center them in American life,” said Melody C. Barnes, the executive director of the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia and a former adviser to President Barack Obama.
Melody Barnes