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Essay: 'Damage Bigly' - On the pervasive destructive of Trump and the GOP - by James Mann 

Essay: 'Damage Bigly' - On the pervasive destructive of Trump and the GOP - by James Mann  | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
The greatest damage done during Trump’s first year concerns neither domestic nor foreign policy, but something far deeper: it is the harm he has caused to America’s political system and to the democratic norms that underlie it. No evaluation of the impact Trump has had as president could be complete without addressing his attacks upon the rule of law, upon notions of political and racial tolerance, upon national unity, upon the freedom of the press, upon civil discourse, upon truth itself. The result has been to fray the bonds that hold American society together.
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It is a mistake to think that Trump has been causing damage only to a few specific regulations or areas of policy. The effects have been pervasive.
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How Amazon reviews became the new battlefield of US politics

How Amazon reviews became the new battlefield of US politics | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
In the vexatious realm of online opinion, history has begun to be written not so much by the victors as the customer reviewers
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American History & Biography: In ‘Friends Divided,’ John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Beg to Differ

American History & Biography: In ‘Friends Divided,’ John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Beg to Differ | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
The historian Gordon Wood traces the very long, very complicated relationship between two extraordinary men.
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US Politics: 'Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and the Storming of the Presidency' by Joshua Green - How one right-wing extremist invigorated Trump’s campaign and influenced the presidency

US Politics: 'Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and the Storming of the Presidency' by Joshua Green - How one right-wing extremist invigorated Trump’s campaign and influenced the presidency | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
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