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DEMOCRACY NOW!
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By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Independence Day occurs as this imperfect union faces an existential threat. President Donald Trump daily amasses more authoritarian control, unchecked by the Republican majority in Congress and the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority. 
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