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Former DNC president Liz Gilbert and Lincoln Project co-founder Mike Madrid join Ron Steslow to look at some of the most important stories of the week:

(01:41) The fever pitch across America’s school districts as mask and vaccine policies are hotly debated

(15:27) Governor Greg Abbott signs Texas’s anti-democracy bill into law

(31:15) What we can learn about the tradeoffs of direct democracy by watching California’s recall process

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