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Trump’s Phony Populism Rests on One Big Lie
Shell Game
The confusion of corporate liberty with individual liberty is the missing explanation for the president’s appeal to the white working class.
Jay Michaelson
Published
Jul. 31 2017
1:00AM EDT
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