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The Gathering Storm

THIS is how authoritarian governments emerge from 'democracies'. First, the authoritarian creates their own propaganda voice (Fox 'News' or, more correctly now, the Trump News Channel), and, now, this authoritarian 'populist' has his own political party (formerly known as the Republican Party).

The danger to our Republic grows daily.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-national-committee_us_5a749826e4b0905433b3ce32?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=__Politics__020218&utm_content=__Politics__020218+Version+A+CID_03fcd4973b9d1346384e01564f7727b5&utm_source=Email+marketing+software&utm_term=The+RNC+Should+Just+Call+Itself+The+Trump+National+Committee+Now&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__Politics__020218

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