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Most Americans don’t realize it, but the country we call home is actually the SECOND United States of America. What came first was a story of failure, embarrassment, and chaos that gave us some of the weirdest features of the modern-day American government.

Special thanks to:
– Steven L. Taylor, Troy University
– Kirby Goidel, Texas Au0026M University
– Gregory Downs, UC Davis
– Timothy Johnson, University of Minnesota
– Philip Wallach, American Enterprise Institute
– Lee Drutman, New America
– Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
– Jack Rakove, Stanford University

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— VIDEO CHAPTERS —
0:00 Lower-case U
4:16 The revolution
10:45 The sh*tshow
16:53 The convention
20:45 Lessons
29:16 We did it

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About:
Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

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NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html
NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html
Vox Borders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU
NPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745

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