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LessAspin

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 10:55 PM Jan 2021

The Open Mind : The Strongman in the USA

This originally aired on PBS right after the election. I just watched it re-aired this weekend. It's the toughest piece I've ever seen about Trump on PBS..
https://www.thirteen.org/programs/the-open-mind/the-strongman-in-the-usa-h5jml2/

THE OPEN MIND

The Strongman in the USA
11/30/2020

Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat discusses Trump’s defiance of the 2020 election results and the authoritarian playbook.

https://www.pbs.org/video/the-strongman-in-the-usa-h5jml2/


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The Open Mind : The Strongman in the USA (Original Post) LessAspin Jan 2021 OP
Trump was defeated only in the election, but authoritarianism is by no means dead in this country. Thomas Hurt Jan 2021 #1
'They' are saying, 'we', are armed, and they are. Arne Jan 2021 #2

Thomas Hurt

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1. Trump was defeated only in the election, but authoritarianism is by no means dead in this country.
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 10:57 PM
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