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The Democrats Have Shot Themselves in the Foot Before
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The Democrats Have Shot Themselves in the Foot Before

But it doesn't have to end as badly as it did then. With Professor Heather Hendershot

A Democratic Party in crisis during an election year. A Republican candidate who believed the president was above the law. Police crackdowns on protests over American imperialism. Surprisingly, I’m not talking about 2024, but 1968, another time that Democrats held the DNC in Chicago. 

To learn more about that summer’s convention, and how infighting tanke…

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Skipped History
Skipped History
Interviews with top historians about their latest work. Mainly educational, often funny. Conveniently, most of the jokes are about people too far underground to punch back.
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