Ep. 56: Dr. Bret Weinstein, The Best Case Against the Two-Party System

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Ep. 56: Dr. Bret Weinstein, The Best Case Against the Two-Party System

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Dr. Bret Weinstein of the Unity 2020 campaign and the Dark Horse podcast joins The Realignment to discuss his plan to upend the two-party duopoly, why he fears for the country’s future, and uses his background as a biologist to illustrate how corruption evolves.

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Ep. 56: Dr. Bret Weinstein, The Best Case Against the Two-Party System

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