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National Security Directive NSPM-7 Outlaws the Beliefs of Over Half of the Country

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Trump and Vought Use Shutdown to Gleefully Inflict Trauma on Public Workers

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Trump Is More the Latin American Caudillo Than the European Fascists of the 1930's

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