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July 25, 201901:32
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    'Red, White & Who' takes a look at Healthcare in America

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  • Medicare for All and private insurance for none

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  • What is Medicare for All?

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  • What happens when Utahns want more Medicaid, but their lawmakers don’t?

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  • When the political gets personal

    00:54
  • Is crowdfunding a symptom of a broken healthcare system?

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  • Ethnic Kurds from a small Northern Syria town became brave resistance fighters

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  • ISIS said it was fulfilling a divine mission

    00:49
  • ISIS women played a significant role in the ISIS caliphate

    00:57
  • The Islamic State maybe defeated but it's not the end of ISIS

    00:48
  • 'Headliners: Elizabeth Warren' Nevertheless, She Persists

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  • 'Headliners: Elizabeth Warren' The Senator Puts the Pressure on Government Officials

    00:42
  • 'Headliners: Elizabeth Warren' The Tough Professor

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  • 'Headliners: Pete Buttigieg' Working with Vice President Pence

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  • 'Headliners: Pete Buttigieg' All Kinds of Challenges

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  • The More You Look, the Swampier It Gets...

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  • Dark Money and Secret Donations

    01:18
  • Donations to the President's Wallet

    01:19
  • Are we a democracy?

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  • One of the worst infrastructure problems in the US

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Attack Ads and Dark Money

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US political campaigns today are influenced by massive donations from Super PACs and dark money groups. In this episode of “The American Swamp,” Katy Tur and Jacob Soboroff explore all of the ways that dark money influences our democracy. The pair sat down with political strategist Hank Sheinkopf for a closer look at how special interest groups use attack ads for their own personal gain. Catch "The American Swamp: For the People, Buy the People" this Sunday at 9 P.M. EST.