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Half the Answer #25: Still Talking About Epstein

Caitlin M. Green, Trent R. Nelson, Greg Sargent

05 Aug 2025 — 1 min read

Trent and Caitlin talk to Greg Sargent, journalist and podcaster with The New Republic, about recent stories including the striking failure of the president to be cool about the newest round of Jeffrey Epstein news, the bizarre time dilation of being a conservative, and the childish insistence that every bad thing on the right is because of an overreach on the left.

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Greg's article: https://newrepublic.com/article/198247/trump-epstein-fiasco-ron-wyden

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