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What's Next for the 'Civil War Preppers'?

Clashes loom between Trump and Democrat-led states over mass deportations

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Jeff Stein
Nov 12, 2024
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A rebel soldier (Jesse Plemons) in 2024’s “Civil War” flick asks quavering journalists “What kind of an American are you?”

On the eve of last week’s election, Charles Bethea, a staff writer for The New Yorker, wrote a startling piece called “The Americans Prepping for a Second Civil War."

“Many now believe,” it said, “that the U.S. could descend into poli…

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