Episode 1: Riot at the Gates (Again)
Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà News
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The Smedley Butler Business Plot Story
The story of Smedley Butler and the business plot that failed to overthrow FDR resurfaces every few years. The Washington Post in particular re-told the story a week after January 6th. If something very much like January 6th has happened before, does that help us? Would it be comforting to know that this really wasn't the first time? Or would we be just even more weirded out about it?
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