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Part Two: The Rush Limbaugh Episodes with Paul F. Tompkins

Behind the Bastards

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Hillary Clinton's Personal Demonization

Limbaugh was unquestionably the single most influential American conservative from about 1989 to at least 2008. Limbaugh also led the charge on demonizing and denying global warming and climate change. He lampooned Al Gore and scientists who warned about climate change as quote, a few hardline doomsayers who are sticking to their thermostats. The floodgates of right wing racism have now opened wide in the U.S., with anti-black groups rising by 755%. It's pretty shocking when you actually look at the number of hate groups open up today.

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