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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcCarthyism has returned to America
What we are witnessing right now is full unleashed McCarthyism where politicians are using their office to "investigate their political opponents.
Graham is the new McCarthy!
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McCarthyism has returned to America (Original Post)
liberal N proud
Nov 2019
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Golden Raisin
(4,608 posts)1. Things are horrendous and scary when rogue Barr is
the "Chief Law Officer of the Land" and running the "Justice" Department. We are in deep, deep shit.
maxrandb
(15,324 posts)2. It's never left America
It just moved to AM Radio.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)3. Then fox was born
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)4. Amen to that. I'm going to start referring to extremist news that way.
Last edited Sat Nov 23, 2019, 01:06 PM - Edit history (1)
Sen. Joe McCarthy (R-WI) paranoid politician who drove Anti-Communist trials during the early Cold War, 'Red Scare' period, late 1940s-1950s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,329 posts)6. 'Twas ever thus.