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Demagoguery
October 2, 2020
Dan Kaufman
The Real Legacy of a Demagogue
A new biography of Joseph McCarthy does not reckon with the devastating effects of anti-communism.
January 28, 2016
Richard Ashby Wilson
Why Trump Emphasizes Emotion Over Facts
Trumps demagoguery puts him in the same class as dictators and war criminals.
April 14, 2014
Brian Beutler
Democrats Need to Start Blaming the GOP for the Death of Charlene Dill
How liberals should talk about the Medicaid expansion

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