This New World: The Trump Assassination Attempt and the State of Things
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This New World: The Trump Assassination Attempt and the State of Things
These are dark times for the United States of America. Political violence has been normalized. There are more guns than people in this country. And the most consequential and divisive election of our lifetime is less than four months away.
Whoever the shooter was, whatever their motive may have been, once again, American democracy is the loser.
Whoever the shooter was, whatever their motive may have been, once again, American democracy is the loser.
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