This Is Exactly Who We Are: Political Violence Is Built Into America’s DNA
Political violence isn’t an aberration in American democracy — it’s a defining trait. From the Boston Tea Party to January 6, it’s how we settle our differences.
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Political violence isn’t an aberration in American democracy — it’s a defining trait. From the Boston Tea Party to January 6, it’s how we settle our differences.
I read his whole 85-page $15 billion claim so you don’t have to.
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A decades-long trail of money and kompromat that isn’t just scandal — it’s a threat to the world order and to democracy itself.
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Do we dare to dust off that old moral lens?