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Donald Trump and JD Vance have sparked panic over immigration in Springfield, Ohio. This week, the hosts talk about why our country’s immigration debate is now focused on a distraction instead of the core of the issue.
Plus, Ross is hot and cold about a particular pet obsession.
(A full transcript of this audio essay will be available within 24 hours of publication in the audio player above.)
Recommended in this episode:
“How the Trump Campaign Ran With Rumors About Pet-Eating Migrants — After Being Told They Weren’t True” by Kris Maher, Valerie Bauerlein and Tawnell D. Hobbs in The Wall Street Journal
The Real ‘Border Czar’ Defends the Biden-Harris Record, “The Ezra Klein Show”
“Go West” by Lily Lynch in The Baffler
“Melting Pot or Civil War? A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders” by Reihan Salam
“Chimp Crazy” on HBO
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