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

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The Failure of Hillary Clinton's Campaign

A big part of Trump's performance is sketch comedy, dramatic readings and performances. fascism isn't aesthetic one of the problems I was talking to in New York Times reporter a little while ago who was really denying that we could use the word fascism. It's completely impossible to cross some kind of cultural boundary to understand the aesthetic that binds these folks together it's my own appreciation for cheesy appreciation for kitchen Americana as a reporter writing about right wing movements for 20 years.

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