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

Behind the Bastards

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What's That Code For?

In the 1950s, actors and screenwriters were accused of being communists. They refused to answer questions from a committee led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy. The blacklist included stars such as Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney or Catherine Hepburn. Tim O'Brien: It's not cool that all this happens during World War II.

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