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Nevilledog

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 11:07 AM Jul 2021

Timothy Snyder: Elements of Trump's Big Lie sound alarms for students of history (video)



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"A failed coup is practice for a successful coup... We're now working within the framework of a Big Lie... so long as we're in that framework of a Big Lie, we can expect one of the parties to try to rig the system."

Elements of Trump's Big Lie sound alarms for students of history
Timothy Snyder, professor of history at Yale University and author of "On Tyranny," talks about why chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, was concerned about a potential Donald...
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8:02 AM · Jul 18, 2021


https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/elements-of-trump-s-big-lie-sound-alarms-for-students-of-history-116923973793
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Timothy Snyder: Elements of Trump's Big Lie sound alarms for students of history (video) (Original Post) Nevilledog Jul 2021 OP
He and others are ringing alarm bells. But too many deaf people around. triron Jul 2021 #1

triron

(21,999 posts)
1. He and others are ringing alarm bells. But too many deaf people around.
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 11:25 AM
Jul 2021

I really fear for our 'democracy' such as it is.
Even SCOTUS is either hard of hearing or they are complicit (some of them).

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