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Behind the News: A Slow Civil War w/ Jeff Sharlet

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The Family of Trump

I wrote a book called the family about this sort of old very influential Christian nationalist group that goes back to 1935. They decided the new deal was sort of a punishment from God and they brought together this businessman's alliance. The top priority was breaking the power of organized labor which working with a number of congressmen. But it lacked certain elements of fascism in particular the cult of personality which is so central to fascism, he says.

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