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Scott is joined by Ibra Taher, a Republican who has co-founded an antiwar coalition called Antiwar Oregon. The coalition has members from all over the political spectrum and is working to remove Oregon politicians who have been bad on the wars. He and Scott talk about the strategy and identify some of the challenges the coalition has faced. They also discuss the potential of the Defend the Guard movement.

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Ibra A Taher is an activist and congressional candidate from Oregon. He is a cofounder of Antiwar Oregon and the chairman of the Republicans Liberty Caucus of Oregon. Follow him on Twitter @Ibra_Taher.

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