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Episode #423: Dick Durbin’s 44 Years Of Service — Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Chicago Tribune political correspondent Rick Pearson sums up the career of Dick Durbin, the Illinois Democrat who is retiring after five terms in the Senate. PLUS: George Santos can continue to lie, only this time in prison … Remembering Donald Trump’s tirades against Barack Obama for his executive orders and golf playing … A farewell to our old friend Alan Simpson … and looking back at the final days of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, now 50 years after the evacuation. Music in this Episode: Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic Time Is Running Out by Muse Don’t You (Forget About Me) by Billy Idol Friends by The Beach Boys We Gotta Get Outta This Place by The Animals