rbreich ,
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The lies that undermine America https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-lies-that-undermine-america?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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"These are not small lies. They are not political hyperbole. They are lies that cut to the core of our entire system of self-government. They undermine belief in our democracy and system of justice.

It is one thing for Donald Trump – a pathological liar and sociopath – to conjure up these lies. He is nuts...

But for an entire political party to wittingly repeat these lies amounts to organized treason."

Text from article: These are not small lies. They are not political hyperbole. They are lies that cut to the core of our entire system of self-government. They undermine belief in our democracy and system of justice. It is one thing for Donald Trump – a pathological liar and sociopath – to conjure up these lies. He is nuts. It has been America’s great misfortune for him to emerge at a time when the nation was already distrustful and disdainful of politics. But for an entire political party to wittingly repeat these lies amounts to organized treason. How can lawmakers who presumably know how dangerous these lies are nonetheless seek to convince the public they’re true? Is their love of power so great that they would sell out our democracy for it? If so, what do they get from unprincipled power?
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    'The Grifting of America.'
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    cowboyminer ,
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    Doesn't remind you of the villain in The Stand?

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