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Why the right hates history right now

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Why the right hates history right now

Jonathan M. Katz
Sep 2, 2022
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When George W. Bush was getting ready to sell the invasion of Iraq to the American people, he turned to History. It was 2002, and the cable channel was prerecording an interview with the president, scheduled to air after the death of his predecessor, Ronald Reagan, which seemed imminent at the time.

As Michael Isikoff and David Corn…

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