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What Next: Conservative Candid Camera in the Darién Gap Slate News

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Crossing the Darién Gap, a 66-mile stretch of jungle in Panama, was hard enough before right-wing influencers began showing up with cameras, trying to bait would-be migrants into providing pro-Trump soundbites. 

Guest: Ken Bensinger, New York Times political reporter covering right-wing media and national campaigns.

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Crossing the Darién Gap, a 66-mile stretch of jungle in Panama, was hard enough before right-wing influencers began showing up with cameras, trying to bait would-be migrants into providing pro-Trump soundbites. 

Guest: Ken Bensinger, New York Times political reporter covering right-wing media and national campaigns.

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