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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

Republicans love to make up fake crises. Here are five of the biggest

‘DeSantis claimed on Fox News that “the woke mind virus is basically a form of cultural Marxism.” What?’
‘DeSantis claimed on Fox News that “the woke mind virus is basically a form of cultural Marxism.” What?’ Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Republican leaders have mastered the art of manufacturing crises to divert the public’s attention from the real crisis of our era – the siphoning of income, wealth and power from most Americans by a small group at the top.

Consider the fake fears they’ve been whipping up:

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