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8. How Do We Save Democracy from Donald Trump? (And a proper dissection of the terms “culture wars” and “identity politics”)

Is This Democracy

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Is There a Civil War in the United States?

In an op-ed in the New York Times, Linker says he does not think criminal charges should be brought against Donald Trump. He argues that prosecution would undermine conservative trusted institutions and lead to a massive increase in political violence. The January 6 committee was trying to provide incontrovertible evidence for indicting Trump, but many of his supporters are just reflexively defending him,. That's also very bad for democracy.

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