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Dear Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: Hang Tough. History Is on Your Side

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Long before AOC started raising hell with the Democratic establishment—like, oh, a century before—Wisconsin progressive Robert La Follette was proving her critics wrong.

Michael Wolraich
Michael Wolraich
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Michael Wolraich

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