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Podcast: What Next | Daily News and Analysis
Episode: Time for a Blue-State âSoft Secessionâ?
Description: The government shutdown isnât hitting everywhere equallyâinfrastructure projects that rely on federal funding have been halted exclusively in states that voted for Kamala Harris. Do blue states have any recourse against a federal government that only functions to punish them?
Guest: David Faris, associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University and the author of Itâs Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics.Â
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