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History Extra for August 30, 2024

Heather Cox Richardson
Aug 31, 2024
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An investigation by the Committee on Government Operations’ Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations doesn’t sound like something that would change history, but in 1954, it did. Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy had made a name for himself accusing the government of harboring communists, and the Republicans’ victory in 1952 saw him riding high in the belie…

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