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The Great American Circus

Another strange election season in the United States introduces a familiar sensation that our country is frozen on the brink of calamity

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Sep 02, 2024
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A crescendoing drumbeat begins to sound around Labor Day every four years. It accelerates in tempo until the day of the election — until the results are announced, finalized, and the new leader assumes office. Once October hits, the alarm bells grow impossible to ignore. Already-hectic news cycles mount and mount un…

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