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WTF America?!

The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy

by Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas ...

Narrated by Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look at how the United States and the world arrived at this dangerous moment—with authoritarian movements gaining ground and democratic institutions under relentless attack—and, more importantly, how we can fight our way back and reclaim the ... Read more

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From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look at how the United States and the world arrived at this dangerous moment—with authoritarian movements gaining ground and democratic institutions under relentless attack—and, more importantly, how we can fight our way back and reclaim the
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The Conspiracy to End America

Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy

by Stuart Stevens ...

Narrated by Jeff Bottoms ...

Unabridged

5 hours 53 min

Lincoln Project adviser and bestselling author of It Was All a Lie, Stuart Stevens offers an ominous warning that the GOP is dragging our country toward autocracy—and if we don’t wake up to the crisis in our system, 2024 may well have been our last free and fair election.Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement ... Read more

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Lincoln Project adviser and bestselling author of It Was All a Lie, Stuart Stevens offers an ominous warning that the GOP is dragging our country toward autocracy—and if we don’t wake up to the crisis in our system, 2024 may well have been our last free and fair election.Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement
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How Democracies Die

by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The urgent and influential guide to the forces that have undermined democracies across the globe—forces running rampant in the United States today—hailed as “a touchstone” (The New Yorker) that “comes at exactly the right moment” (The Washington Post)“Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)“[Levitsky and ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The urgent and influential guide to the forces that have undermined democracies across the globe—forces running rampant in the United States today—hailed as “a touchstone” (The New Yorker) that “comes at exactly the right moment” (The Washington Post)“Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)“[Levitsky and
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Hiding in Plain Sight

The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America

by Sarah Kendzior ...

Narrated by Sarah Kendzior ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

**New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior documents the truth about the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump since the 1980s and how the erosion of our liberties made an American demagogue possible.This program is read by the author.**The story of Donald Trump’s rise to power is the story of a buried American history – buried because people in power liked it that way. It was visible ... Read more

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**New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior documents the truth about the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump since the 1980s and how the erosion of our liberties made an American demagogue possible.This program is read by the author.**The story of Donald Trump’s rise to power is the story of a buried American history – buried because people in power liked it that way. It was visible
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A People's History of the United States

Highlights from the Twentieth Century

by Howard Zinn ...

Narrated by Matt Damon ...

Abridged

8 hours 44 min

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLERRead by Matt Damon and Howard Zinn""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official ... Read more

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THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLERRead by Matt Damon and Howard Zinn""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official
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Our Own Worst Enemy

The Assault from within on Modern Democracy

by Tom Nichols ...

Narrated by Tom Nichols ...

Unabridged

7 hours 30 min

Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble—but who is really to blame?In Our Own Worst Enemy, Tom Nichols challenges the current depictions of the rise of illiberal and anti-democratic movements in the United States and elsewhere as the result ... Read more

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Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble—but who is really to blame?In Our Own Worst Enemy, Tom Nichols challenges the current depictions of the rise of illiberal and anti-democratic movements in the United States and elsewhere as the result
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The Open Society and Its Enemies

New One-Volume Edition

by Karl Popper ...

Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

Unabridged

23 hours 17 min

One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of ... Read more

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One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of
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Democracy at Work

A Cure for Capitalism

by Richard D. Wolff ...

Narrated by Shawn Compton ...

Unabridged

6 hours 7 min

Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid-for political establishment. Neither serves the needs of our society. Whether it is secure, well-paid, and meaningful jobs or a sustainable relationship with the natural environment that we depend on, our society is not delivering the results people need and deserve.One key cause for this intolerable state ... Read more

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Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid-for political establishment. Neither serves the needs of our society. Whether it is secure, well-paid, and meaningful jobs or a sustainable relationship with the natural environment that we depend on, our society is not delivering the results people need and deserve.One key cause for this intolerable state
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Invisible Rulers

The People Who Turn Lies into Reality

by Renée DiResta ...

Narrated by Anna Caputo ...

Unabridged

15 hours

**An eye-opening look at the small communities of propagandists revolutionizing politics, culture, and society.“Essential and riveting reading.” —Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation**Invisible Rulers is about a profound transformation in power and influence that is altering our politics, our government, and even our relationships with friends and neighbors. Today, online propagandists ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

**An eye-opening look at the small communities of propagandists revolutionizing politics, culture, and society.“Essential and riveting reading.” —Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation**Invisible Rulers is about a profound transformation in power and influence that is altering our politics, our government, and even our relationships with friends and neighbors. Today, online propagandists
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Not Today, Fascists

The Lies That Got Us Here, and the Truths That Will Reunite Us

by Jennifer Welch ...

Narrated by Jennifer Welch ...

Unabridged

7 hours 50 min

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR"The truth is worth fighting for. And if you want the truth, you want Jen Welch. Period. She’s relentless. She’s credible. She’s fearless.”—Don Lemon**From Jennifer Welch, the host of the wildly popular “I’ve Had It” podcast and a trusted voice in new media, comes a piercing, incisive, no-holds-barred take on the rising threat of theocracy ... Read more

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR"The truth is worth fighting for. And if you want the truth, you want Jen Welch. Period. She’s relentless. She’s credible. She’s fearless.”—Don Lemon**From Jennifer Welch, the host of the wildly popular “I’ve Had It” podcast and a trusted voice in new media, comes a piercing, incisive, no-holds-barred take on the rising threat of theocracy
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The Real Nigel Farage

'Nigel Farage will hate this book almost as much as I liked it' - Alastair Campbell

by John Sweeney ...

Narrated by John Sweeney ...

Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

'It is extraordinary how little proper journalistic scrutiny Farage has received. This book is timely and essential reading from a veteran reporter and troublemaker'Carole Cadwalladr, investigative journalist and co-founder of The Nerve'An encyclopedic account of Nigel Farage's singular awfulness. And a forensic analysis of how he hides it from voters'James O'Brien, LBC presenter and author of How ... Read more

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'It is extraordinary how little proper journalistic scrutiny Farage has received. This book is timely and essential reading from a veteran reporter and troublemaker'Carole Cadwalladr, investigative journalist and co-founder of The Nerve'An encyclopedic account of Nigel Farage's singular awfulness. And a forensic analysis of how he hides it from voters'James O'Brien, LBC presenter and author of How
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The Fight Back

A Citizen’s Guide to Standing Up to Dictators

by Maria Ressa ...

Narrated by Maria Ressa ...

Unabridged

10 hours 40 min

From the 2021 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator, a frontline guide to understanding, defending, and rebuilding democracy in the age of AI, with 10 strategic goals broken down into 100 concrete actions citizens can take right now.The window for saving democracy is closing. If 2024 was the tipping point for elections, then 2025 and 2026 have ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

From the 2021 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator, a frontline guide to understanding, defending, and rebuilding democracy in the age of AI, with 10 strategic goals broken down into 100 concrete actions citizens can take right now.The window for saving democracy is closing. If 2024 was the tipping point for elections, then 2025 and 2026 have
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The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself

The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times

by Robin Reames ...

Narrated by Kim Niemi ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

The discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand years. Only recently has its perceived importance faded.In this book, renowned rhetorical scholar Robin Reames argues that, in today's polarized political climate, we should all care deeply about learning rhetoric. Drawing on examples ranging from the destructive ancient Greek demagogue Alcibiades to modern-day ... Read more

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The discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand years. Only recently has its perceived importance faded.In this book, renowned rhetorical scholar Robin Reames argues that, in today's polarized political climate, we should all care deeply about learning rhetoric. Drawing on examples ranging from the destructive ancient Greek demagogue Alcibiades to modern-day
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Holding the Line

Inside Trump's Pentagon with Secretary Mattis

by Guy M. Snodgrass ...

Narrated by Guy M. Snodgrass ...

Unabridged

7 hours 42 min

**"This is the memoir America wishes Jim Mattis had written." —The Washington PostAn insider's sometimes shocking account of how Defense Secretary James Mattis led the US military through global challenges while serving as a crucial check on the Trump Administration.**For nearly two years as Trump's Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis maintained a complicated relationship with the President ... Read more

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**"This is the memoir America wishes Jim Mattis had written." —The Washington PostAn insider's sometimes shocking account of how Defense Secretary James Mattis led the US military through global challenges while serving as a crucial check on the Trump Administration.**For nearly two years as Trump's Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis maintained a complicated relationship with the President
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Freedom

How We Lose It and How We Fight Back

by Nathan Law, Evan Fowler ...

Narrated by Daniel York Loh ...

Unabridged

6 hours 59 min

A timely manifesto on freedom from Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy activist, Nathan Law, a Nobel Prize nomineeIn this dispatch from exile, Hong Kong political activist Nathan Law explores the meaning of freedom—and shows how easily freedoms can be eroded or dismantled. Freedom is fragile—it is not a given, and each generation must fight to protect it, whether in emerging democracies or in the ... Read more

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A timely manifesto on freedom from Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy activist, Nathan Law, a Nobel Prize nomineeIn this dispatch from exile, Hong Kong political activist Nathan Law explores the meaning of freedom—and shows how easily freedoms can be eroded or dismantled. Freedom is fragile—it is not a given, and each generation must fight to protect it, whether in emerging democracies or in the
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Supercapitalism

The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life

by Robert B. Reich ...

Narrated by Dick Hill ...

Unabridged

9 hours 36 min

Since the 1970s, and notwithstanding three recessions, the U.S. economy has soared. Consumers have been treated to a vast array of new products, while the prices of standard goods and services have declined. Companies have also become far more efficient and the stock market has surged. In short, American capitalism has been a triumph, and it has spread throughout the world.At the same time, argues ... Read more

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Since the 1970s, and notwithstanding three recessions, the U.S. economy has soared. Consumers have been treated to a vast array of new products, while the prices of standard goods and services have declined. Companies have also become far more efficient and the stock market has surged. In short, American capitalism has been a triumph, and it has spread throughout the world.At the same time, argues
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End Times

Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration

by Peter Turchin ...

Narrated by Robin McAlpine ...

Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

**“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But everyone needs to pay attention to the well-informed, convincing and terrifying analysis in this book.” —Angus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in EconomicsFrom the pioneering co-founder of cliodynamics, the groundbreaking new interdisciplinary science of history, a big-picture explanation for ... Read more

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**“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But everyone needs to pay attention to the well-informed, convincing and terrifying analysis in this book.” —Angus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in EconomicsFrom the pioneering co-founder of cliodynamics, the groundbreaking new interdisciplinary science of history, a big-picture explanation for
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Cyberpunk

Das neue totalitäre System

by Asma Mhalla ...

Narrated by Nicole Bösch ...

Unabridged

4 hours 31 min

Der Bestseller aus Frankreich über den Tech-Faschismus der GegenwartAsma Mhalla ist die neue intellektuelle Starautorin Frankreichs. In ihrem Bestseller Cyberpunk widmet sie sich auf bestechende Weise den politischen Entwicklungen unserer Zeit, die sie mit dem Begriff des "Techno"-Faschismus beschreibt. Heraus kommt eine Dystopie, die ihre Anleihen in der Science-Fiction nimmt und die Gegenwart in ... Read more

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Der Bestseller aus Frankreich über den Tech-Faschismus der GegenwartAsma Mhalla ist die neue intellektuelle Starautorin Frankreichs. In ihrem Bestseller Cyberpunk widmet sie sich auf bestechende Weise den politischen Entwicklungen unserer Zeit, die sie mit dem Begriff des "Techno"-Faschismus beschreibt. Heraus kommt eine Dystopie, die ihre Anleihen in der Science-Fiction nimmt und die Gegenwart in
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If You Can Keep It

The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty

by Eric Metaxas ...

Narrated by Eric Metaxas ...

Unabridged

7 hours 11 min

#1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas delivers an extraordinary book that is part history and part rousing call to arms, steeped in a critical analysis of our founding fathers' original intentions for America.In 1787, when the Constitution was drafted, a woman asked Ben Franklin what the founders had given the American people. "A republic," he shot back, "if you can keep it." More than ... Read more

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas delivers an extraordinary book that is part history and part rousing call to arms, steeped in a critical analysis of our founding fathers' original intentions for America.In 1787, when the Constitution was drafted, a woman asked Ben Franklin what the founders had given the American people. "A republic," he shot back, "if you can keep it." More than
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Our Sacred Honor

Stories Letters Songs Poems Speeches Hymns Birth Nation

by William J. Bennett ...

Narrated by William J. Bennett, Philip Bosco, Barry Bostwick ...

Abridged

4 hours 1 min

Millions of American families have turned to The Book of Virtues and The Moral Compass by William J. Bennett for moral guidance in troubled times. Our Sacred Honor offers inspiration and instruction as well -- this time of a particularly American sort.In Our Sacred Honor, Bennett has collected the best that has been thought and said by and about the men and women who founded America. The stories, ... Read more

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Millions of American families have turned to The Book of Virtues and The Moral Compass by William J. Bennett for moral guidance in troubled times. Our Sacred Honor offers inspiration and instruction as well -- this time of a particularly American sort.In Our Sacred Honor, Bennett has collected the best that has been thought and said by and about the men and women who founded America. The stories,
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A vítima tem sempre razão?

by Francisco Bosco ...

Narrated by Francisco Bosco ...

Abridged

6 hours 40 min

A luta política no Brasil se radicalizou, ganhou novas vozes e tomou as ruas e as redes sociais. O livro de Bosco é uma análise sóbria e ponderada – e a quente -- desse novo ambiente marcado por estridência e intolerância. Nos últimos anos, o debate público no Brasil viu o fortalecimento de vozes novas e combativas. Feministas, movimentos negros e LGBTs tornaram-se protagonistas de batalhas por ... Read more

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A luta política no Brasil se radicalizou, ganhou novas vozes e tomou as ruas e as redes sociais. O livro de Bosco é uma análise sóbria e ponderada – e a quente -- desse novo ambiente marcado por estridência e intolerância. Nos últimos anos, o debate público no Brasil viu o fortalecimento de vozes novas e combativas. Feministas, movimentos negros e LGBTs tornaram-se protagonistas de batalhas por
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The Rise of Andrew Jackson

Myth, Manipulation, and the Making of Modern Politics

by Jeanne T. Heidler, David S Heidler ...

Narrated by Molly Parker Myers ...

Unabridged

13 hours 33 min

The story of Andrew Jackson's improbable ascent to the White House, centered on the handlers and propagandists who made it possibleAndrew Jackson was volatile and prone to violence, and well into his forties his sole claim on the public's affections derived from his victory in a thirty-minute battle at New Orleans in early 1815. Yet those in his immediate circle believed he was a great man who ... Read more

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The story of Andrew Jackson's improbable ascent to the White House, centered on the handlers and propagandists who made it possibleAndrew Jackson was volatile and prone to violence, and well into his forties his sole claim on the public's affections derived from his victory in a thirty-minute battle at New Orleans in early 1815. Yet those in his immediate circle believed he was a great man who
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What It Took to Win

A History of the Democratic Party

by Michael Kazin ...

Narrated by Lee Goettl ...

Unabridged

1 hour 22 min

In What It Took to Win, the eminent historian Michael Kazin identifies and assesses the Democratic Party's long-running commitment to creating "moral capitalism"—a system that mixed entrepreneurial freedom with the welfare of workers and consumers. And yet the same party that championed the rights of the white working man also vigorously protected or advanced the causes of slavery, segregation, ... Read more

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In What It Took to Win, the eminent historian Michael Kazin identifies and assesses the Democratic Party's long-running commitment to creating "moral capitalism"—a system that mixed entrepreneurial freedom with the welfare of workers and consumers. And yet the same party that championed the rights of the white working man also vigorously protected or advanced the causes of slavery, segregation,
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No War

Het indrukwekkende verhaal van de vrouw die het opnam tegen Poetin

by Marina Ovsjannikova ...

Narrated by Anne Lichthart ...

Unabridged

5 hours 18 min

Op 14 maart 2022 ging haar foto de wereld rond. Marina Ovsjannikova veroorzaakte een ongekend schandaal op de Russische staatstelevisie: tijdens een spectaculair protest brak ze door de beveiliging in de redactiekamer. Ze vertelde de Russische kijkers live dat ze werden voorgelogen en dat Poetin een meedogenloze oorlog voerde tegen Oekraïne – informatie die de staatspropaganda tot dusver had ... Read more

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Op 14 maart 2022 ging haar foto de wereld rond. Marina Ovsjannikova veroorzaakte een ongekend schandaal op de Russische staatstelevisie: tijdens een spectaculair protest brak ze door de beveiliging in de redactiekamer. Ze vertelde de Russische kijkers live dat ze werden voorgelogen en dat Poetin een meedogenloze oorlog voerde tegen Oekraïne – informatie die de staatspropaganda tot dusver had
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