Can you buy the midterms?
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Can you buy the midterms?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 17, 202635 min
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Republicans are entering the midterm home stretch with a staggering $1 billion campaign war chest. Will it make a difference? This show was edited by Kasia Broussalian, fact checked by Esther Gim, mixed by Vasilis Fotopoulos, video edited by Christopher Snyder, and hosted by Astead Herndon. Photo caption: President Donald Trump speaks during an election rally for local Republican candidates in Youngstown, Ohio. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) You can also watch this episode on youtube.com/vox. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox m...

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I'm Ina Garten, and each week on Happy Hour, I invite new and old friends for a drink and a fun conversation at my kitchen table in New York City. On this week's episode, I'm joined by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. We talk all about attending a fashion show in Paris together, throwing dinner parties,

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Hey everybody, Sue Bird here. This week on Birds Eye View, I'm thrilled to be joined by none other than Flau'Jae Johnson, AKA Big Four. We talk about what it's like being a young garden league, blocking five-time MVP Asia

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