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President Trump's playbook to go after his enemies is evolving. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) at a press conference on efforts to reform the Department of Homeland Security on January 13, 2026. Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. <...
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- 136 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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Last week federal agents raided Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar's home in Washington, D.C. Omar's currently up for re-election, and on the very same day of the raid, the president of the United States called her... ...the terrible person. He also called her...
...totally crooked. But in that same breath, the president said... But that has nothing to do with me. And that's what we're gonna get into on today's Splain from Vox.
Trump's playbook when it comes to investigating his opponents, be it Ilhan Omar or James Comey or Adam Schiff for John Bolton. The president's in total control. The buck stops with him.
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