The Oligarchs’ Coup: America’s Democracy Under Siege


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Mar 05 2025 16 mins  

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Timothy D. Synder, professor of history at Yale and author of On Tyranny, among many other books, summarizes the oligarchs’ coup and America’s democracy under siege.

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