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How Questionable Claims Led Trump to Attack Somali Minnesotans

We follow the right-wing pipeline that led to Donald Trump’s attacks on Somali Minnesotans, including trying to revoke protected status for some residents. Minnesota Reformer’s Editor-in-Chief Patrick Coolican joins the show to debunk the City Journal article “Minnesota Welfare Fraud: Some Funds Went to Al-Shabaab.” What should we expect from our political leaders, and what can we as Twin Citizens do? Plus, contributor PaviElle French shares some great events, like an elder-led jazz show at the Capri Theater.

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