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25 Years of Lies and Obstruction

“The GOP is Sick. It didn’t start with Trump – and won’t end with him.”
This is the title of an opinion piece in the Washington Post of August 4th.

Many of you may hit a paywall when trying to read this essential piece by Dana Milbank. Here is a “gift link” to the original. https://wapo.st/3BRPHaP
Please read it or listen to an audio version included on the page.

If you are of a certain age, you will remember this litany of offenses by a party captured by liars. If you are a bit younger, here is a primer on how a once proud and principled political party – the party of Abe, Teddy and Ike – turned itself into a machine willing to do and say anything – no matter how vile or how false – to gain and retain power. This is right out of a play book that could have been written by Hitler or by Stalin. It is a George Orwell novel come true. It is happening here in the USA.