I'm Dyer Oxley, and on the latest episode of Meet Me Here, find out how Dungeons and Dragons could save the nation.

With lies on social media traveling faster than reason, could this nerdy role-playing game be the answer to combating disinformation?

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In news today, Washington State's top education official is speaking out against President Trump's

executive order calling for the dissolution of the U.S. Department of Education.

Sammy West has the story.

The long-awaited order calls for the closure of the Department of Education and to return authority to states and local communities.

It also says that current services and programs will continue uninterrupted.

State Superintendent Chris Rake-dahl called the order in a legal overreach that, quote,

underscores the president's disregard for public education and civil rights.

He also says state lawmakers should be

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