The Dig: Winning Providence w/ Ben Shanahan

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Sep 21, 202602:26:32News & Politics

Featuring Ben Shanahan, the architect of socialist David Morales’ victorious campaign to be the Democratic nominee for mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. The Providence left ran a slate of left-wing candidates that not o...

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