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Tuesday
September 1, 2020

The “Oath Keepers” Are Today’s Blackshirts

In the Obama era, they resisted “presidential tyranny.” Now they want to help Trump crack American skulls in the streets.

By Casey Michel

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	A Sister Souljah Moment to Rule Them All In the most important election of our lifetime, Joe Biden will have to risk everything.By Osita Nwanevu

	The Bush Rehabilitation Trap Democrats’ insistence on redeeming pre-Trump Republicans will corrupt the party’s agenda and spoil the chance for real social reform.By Eoin Higgins

	The Media Is Falling for Trump’s Law and Order Con For the past week, the president has successfully reframed the election as a debate over looting and political violence.By Alex Shephard

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	The Haunting of Joe Kennedy III Can the political scion secure a place in Washington’s firmament before his last name becomes obsolete?By Kevin Mahnken

	Lake Charles Was Destroyed by Hurricane Laura. America Has Already Moved On. Like Katrina before it, Hurricane Laura has exposed disturbing inequalities—and the rest of the nation’s fundamental indifference.By Michael Patrick Welch

	Could the United States Break Up? A new book argues that the threat of secession has never left American politics.By Eric Herschthal

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