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A cancer worse than Watergate is infecting American politics. It has taken decades to metastasize. And the damage done to the nation’s political and social health is potentially existential. One consequence is that America’s government has become incapable of providing equitable governance to all its citizens. And too many Americans are angered and enraged over this failure.
Three intertwined and often incestuous forces form the DNA of this cancer. The first is the demise of trust, fact and candor from politics. The second is the seemingly intractable polarization and politicization of American society that’s inflamed by social media. The third is a Constitution that can work only when civility and compromise thrive, when one party has veto-proof control of both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, or when a crisis unifies the nation. None of these conditions is present.
Moments before the deadly Capitol riot broke out and saw thousands overrun security personnel and ransack the federal building, former US President Donald Trump held a.
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