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A Republic, But Only If We Can Keep It
How the Second American Civil War could begin.

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November 19, 2019, 12:01 AM
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As Benjamin Franklin was leaving the Constitutional Convention, he was asked, “What have you given us?” He answered: “A Republic, if you can keep it.” That probably happened, but even if it didn’t, th...

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