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Part One: Roy Cohn: The Man Who Made Donald Trump

Behind the Bastards

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The House Un-American Activities Committee

The House Un-American Activities Committee, or WHOAC, was established in 1938 by a congress fuck named Martin D's. In short order, Roy became the senator's right hand man as the red scare kicked up into high gear. The list of people in Hollywood that WHOAC investigates is just fundamentally absurd. Humphrey Bogart made the list as did Clark Gable and 10 year old Shirley Temple. She's dancing with the blacks. But she's a carmy badge. Didn't you know? Yeah, because she's hiding all the secrets in each one of her individual curls.

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