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We’re in completely unprecedented territory. Never had a president who intentionally tried to divide America. Never has a presidency been this corrupt. But the Founding Fathers warned us. They studied how democratic republics die. They knew about demagogues—people who inflame populist passions, divide people to seize power, then undermine...

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