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The Test We Failed to Study For: Why Trump Was Just the Dress Rehearsal

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Taylor Darcy
Oct 02, 2025
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Most Americans know something is profoundly wrong with our democracy. The numbers tell the story: a majority of us now believe the system is under serious threat, though we disagree sharply on the source of that threat. What we often miss is the nature of what just happened. Donald Trump’s presidency was not the democ…

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