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In America, one of our two major parties is dominated by extremists dedicated to destroying the social contract, and the other party has been so enfeebled by two decades of collaboration with the donor class it can offer only feeble resistance to the forces that are devastating everyday people.

Bill Moyers

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Bill Moyers
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: June 5
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