Bill Press
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a deep dive into the crises and emergencies facing the country with the people trying to solve them
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âThe Republican party has managed to garner power since the 1960âs, but taking off with the election of Reagan, by dividing the American people. There is literally a memo from Pat Buchanan to Nixon saying that this is what they should do.â- Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) billpresspods.share-a-link.top/fxmpbq
âBy 1986 Republicans recognize their tax cuts, cuts of regulation, which meant cuts in social services, were not popular. They needed to find more voters: Evangelical Christians of that period who disliked the idea of women's rights.â- Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) billpresspods.share-a-link.top/fxmpbq
âRace has always been America's wedge issue. Always. Because is enables authoritarians to divide that popular consensus that the government should work for ordinary Americans.â- Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
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âAmerican society is a constant struggle between people who believe that people aren't equal. On the other hand, people who say âwe are all created equal.â Those 2 strands have really been part of American history since the very beginning.â- Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
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âThe construction of an idea of a Biden Crime Family is clearly designed to distract from the fact that there actually is a Trump Family organization that has in fact been found guilty of fraud and has been in all kinds of legal trouble.â- Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) billpresspods.share-a-link.top/fxmpbq
âWe have Trump saying he would gut civil service, use the military against his political enemies, silence the press, use the Justice Dept. against people he perceives to be his enemies. Those are hallmarks of an authoritarian government.â- Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) billpresspods.share-a-link.top/fxmpbq