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Republicans Have Been Selling Us These Lies for Decades

Republican lies have been used for 40 years to raise funds, delegitimize opponents, and protect power, normalized by billion-dollar political donations and media support.

Summary by Alternet
Jack Smith’s testimony before Congress on Thursday was a master class at demonstrating how elected Republicans have become what psychiatrist and author M. Scott Peck termed People of the Lie, in his 1986 bestseller. It was the perfect example for this week being the 16th anniversary of the corrupt Citizens United decision.For most of American history, lying in politics carried a real and immediate cost. Get caught and you’d lose credibility, may…

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