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20. Walter Huss and the History of Republican Radicalization, From the 1950s to Today – with Seth Cotlar

Is This Democracy

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The Polarization of Politics in America

I grew up in the 80s, and politics were just not a thing that we talked about in school. And part of what's happened since Trump is that there's just been this real rift in the community. It was very much a one-way street where myself and other folks were trying to be kind of civil about it...And the response was just angry rejection. I mean, it's not unprecedented, but it feels new in my lived experience.

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