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Barack Obama: International Problem Solver

There’s only one ex-president with the courage, hope, and vision to raise awareness about the issues!

All Barack Obama wanted to do was relax in his $12 million mansion on Martha’s Vineyard, writing more memoirs and pitching the occasional Netflix series with his family. It’s the simple things in life, after all. But when he caught wind that people around the world were—gasp!—beginning to question the neoliberal consensus he’s spent his entire career defending, he knew there was no time to waste…

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an investigation into the Department of (In)justice, a deep-dive into Milton Friedman’s neoliberal hellscape, and a journey with America’s modern-day train-hoppers. We revisit forgotten cinema, celebrate Ferdinand the bull’s birthday, and review an unlikely communist-flavored video game. Join us for a road trip down Route 66, then read a firsthand report from the occupied West Bank exposing the horrors of escalating settler violence. Finally, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Adam McKay exposes the climate lie threatening civilization—and Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, joins us for an exclusive interview.

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