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When Extremism Goes Mainstream

The Atlantic, Norm Orstein, July 23, 2014

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/when-extremism-goes-mainstream/374955/

" . . . by the new force of political talk radio, which had been activated by the disastrous federal pay raise in 1989-90, . . . "
Really? Offhand, I wouldn't guess this pay raise was responsible for even 20% of the rise of rightwing talk radio.

But perhaps it was.

This proposed pay raise is something relatively unknown, at least from today's perspective. Let's dive into it a little.
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