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Excellent ep, Fred!

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Posobiec openly called for the end of democracy. Why wasn't that the lead story on every newscast that day? Apart from those who are politically aware, it didn't even get discussed!

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Kevin Kruse is a knowledgeable absolute font of information. Great episode. Thanks for having him on!

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I enjoyed this soooo much. Two of my favorite men, Fred Wellman & Kevin Kruse, bagging on Nazis from past & present. Everyone should read Myth America which is really a series of self-contained mini books by excellent historians. Highly nutritious & packed with info but bite sized. You can do one chapter at a time, anytime.

I hope ppl are realizing that Historians are saving us in this moment. They’ve figured out how to communicate in so many creative ways across multiple platforms, and they’re ALL IN - bc they recognized the peril earlier and better than the rest of us. And I find it sooo cool that they have filing cabinets in their brains all teed up and neatly organized for this very moment, ready to bring The Words, The Facts, The Knowledge and The Lessons, on demand! Kevin Kruse is one of the best, get to know him and take advantage of his knowledge.

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Schlapp and Nazis. Like 45, all lower than slug slime.

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I’m surprised this historian was surprised. Charles Koch took up the organizational aspects of firmly installing “Libertarianism” in the RNC back in the early 70’s. Koch—whose father was a nazi sympathizer to the point of hiring a Nazi Nanny for to raise his kids. Leonard Leo—a Dominionist and Nazi. Is it any wonder that tRump’s first wife spoke of her ex-husband keeping a copy of Mein Kampf at his bedside? tRump’s father was a nazi and a mobster. Hell—Harlan Crowe has a “garden” dedicated to Nazi paraphernalia and there’s a picture of him with Clarence Thomas enjoying themselves there.

I have said over and over again: The RNC is an organized crime syndicate run by Neo nazi fascist billionaires [“The Charles KKKoch Gang], oligarchs, foreign and domestic. They are the puppet masters; EVERY REPUG in office is an installed puppet of these puppet masters.

Did the historian not read Jane Mayer’s book on Dark Money and Nancy MacLean’s book, Democracy in Chains?

The Nazis were there all along.

the RNC is founded upon ideas of fascism that can be traced as far back as John C. Calhoun and the old Confederacy, dedicated to suppression, mass disenfranchisement of voters and banning of labor unions. Traitors begat Traitors. We should have hung them from the start—President Madison thought so, at the time.

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Fred I've come to know you through the MeidasTouch guys and I would really love to sign up for an upgrade, yet I can't. I'm disabled and every penny goes to bills and medicine. Please know that I appreciate your work which is so important especially this year and I enjoy your interviews very much. If my situation changes I will definitely upgrade.

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Of course they're Nazis.

They just put lipstick on their pig.

Nazis are heavy into Holocaust denial. If you remove their sadistic genocidal acts, they become a tough, hard, but viable anti-Communist and nationalist political movement that offers the positives of unity, full employment, spectacular rallies, and a hard line against dissidents and neighboring countries.

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