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NANCY MACLEAN ON THE REAL FACE OF THE AMERICAN FAR RIGHT LISTEN TO THIS COMMENTARY BY DR. MCCLEAN. IT WILL STRIKE FEAR INTO THE HEARTS OF AMERICANS WHO CARE ABOUT PRESERVING OUR LIFE AS IT IS. THE NATURE OF THEIR GOALS IS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE FOR ITS’ DEPARTURE FROM WHAT I VIEW AS CIVILIZATION. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5vQFKhaFE Nancy MacLean : The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America 5,715 views • Apr 11, 2018 THUMBS UP   133     THUMBS DOWN 10 Ed Mays 8.01K subscribers DURATION 58 MINUTES Disagreements between the American right and left have led many journalists and activists to investigate the factors at work deep within our political factions. Nancy MacLean, the William Chafe Professor of history and Public Policy at Duke University, joins us with a deep-delving interrogation of the American right and presents a decade of research and insight from her book Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s

NOVEMBER 20, 2019 NEWS AND VIEWS I KNEW THAT MEDICAL RESEARCH ON PHARMACEUTICALS IS OFTEN FINANCED BY THE SAME COMPANY THAT PRODUCES AND SELLS THE DRUG, CREATING AN INCENTIVE TO INFLUENCE THE TRIALS TO SHOW MORE POSITIVE RESULTS THAN ACTUALLY EXIST. THAT IS BAD ENOUGH, BUT APPARENTLY THE REVIEW BOARD (IRB) THAT IS EXAMINING AND GREEN LIGHTING THE PROPOSED RESEARCH MAY NOT BE DOING ITS’ JOB EITHER. ONE ARTICLE REFERRED TO AN IRB AS A “BLACK BOX,” AN IDEA OR IN THIS CASE AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE INNER WORKINGS ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DETECT AND EVALUATE. SOMETIMES I WONDER HOW ANYTHING TURNS OUT RIGHT. FOR THE TEXTS OF THE TWO LETTERS THAT WERE SENT, GO TO THE WEBSITE AND CLICK ON THE LINKS. https://www.warren.senate.gov/oversight/letters/senators-warren-brown-and-sanders-investigate-inherent-conflicts-of-interest-of-private-equity-owned-institutional-review-boards OVERSIGHTLETTERS NOVEMBER 19, 2019 Senators Warren, Brown, and Sanders Investigate “Inherent”