Why, America? with Leeja Miller

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Get your free, 30-second personalized assessment TODAY at https://PDSDebt.com/miller. | The Trump administration issued new rules last month that would gut Head Start programs across the country. The move is not to empower parents or states, like the regime claims, but instead to eviscerate the only federal program that provides holistic services to impoverished children and their families.
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Get your free, 30-second personalized assessment TODAY at https://PDSDebt.com/miller. | The US just slapped new 50% tariffs on imports from Canada, and Canada has promised to do the same. This comes on the heels of over a year of Trump threatening to annex Canada as the 51st state in the union. Turns out, Trump is just using a playbook that's older than the republic.
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0:00 Intro
13:32 Cuba & The Colonies
15:15 Industrialization
18:02 Cuban “Independence”
24:50 The Rise Of A Dictator
28:15 The Rise Of A Revolution
30:19 Cozying Up To The USSR
33:32 A Crisis Unfolds
38:50 The Fall of the Soviets
42:28 Cuba In The 21st Century

BUT FIRST: Primary results in Minnesota and Wisconsin, Karoline Leavitt steps down, Todd Blanche is officially AG, Trump cuts vaccines for kids, droughts and wildfires across the world, ICE wants shock gloves, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo evidence, and a third death at Delany Hall. This is your Friday roundup.
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