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Benny Gantz

Democracy faces its Greatest Test here and around the World During the Coronavirus

August 27, 2020April 4, 2020 by David Gordon

History has shown that leaders, both enlightened and despotic, have used crises and emergencies to advance their agendas. The Great Depression in the 1930s gave rise to both the New Deal philosophy of Franklin Roosevelt and the Nazism of Adolph Hitler. The Great Recession in 2008 gave rise to Barack Obama and the fringe Tea … Read more

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    yes, that’s him. The Desert Speaks is still on AZPM.org.

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    More info on these writers/authors: Gayle Hartmann, ran for W 6 Council, President of Sam Hughes Neighborhood Assn Robin Hiller,…

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