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Topic: Leo Strauss

Greek philosopher Socrates statues with a MAGA hat (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The MAGA right actually hates America

Mike Lofgren
Taylor Swift performs onstage at 2019 iHeartRadio Wango Tango on June 01, 2019 in Carson, California. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

Gaylor Swift theorists are like QAnoners

Joe Packer
(AP/Mary Altaffer)

Marco Rubio's murderous myth

Elias Isquith
Bradley Cooper in "American Sniper" (Warner Bros. Entertainment)

"Sniper's" sinister philosophy

Robert Gordon
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