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Nixon’s impeachment and the beginning of an era of right-wing backlash; Plus: how Trump stoked white grievance to win the Presidency

0:08 – Impeachment Watch: Lessons of the Nixon Impeachment

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) is a journalist and author of The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan. Yours for a pledge of $125 to KPFA

1:08 – Fund Drive Special: The Great White Hoax, featuring anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise (@timjacobwise), explores how American political leaders have been tapping into white anxiety, stoking white grievance, and scapegoating people of color for decades to divide and conquer working class voters and shore up political support. The film’s primary focus is Donald Trump’s race-baiting 2016 campaign for the presidency. Yours for a pledge of $120 to KPFA. 

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