The conservative push to weed out anti-Trump federal workers

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Groups aligned with former President Trump are hunting through information to come up with a list of federal employees who might be resistant to a second Trump administration. We’ll discuss the push to reshape government. Plus, is the urban/rural divide a myth? And, a viral voicemail pep talk from a testing center worker makes us smile.Here’s everything we talked about today:“In This Debate, CNN Is the Decider” from The New York Times“Growing rural-urban divide exists only among white Americans” from Cornell Chronicle“The Number of People Primarily Working From Home Tripled Between 2019 and 2021” from the U.S. Census Bureau“Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans” from AP News“A 3-year-old voicemail goes viral, leads to emotional reunion” from The Washington Post“Why Men Are ‘Rawdogging’ Flights” from GQWe love to hear from you. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART.