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Jeff Merkley: “I am struck by a conversation I had with a group of my wife's friends who said, 'how do we know what is real in…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2023
I am struck by a conversation I had with a group of my wife's friends who said, 'how do we know what is real in political discourse?'
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Highlights concerns about trust in political information.

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