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The Business Plot Part I: Old Gimlet Eye

Major General Smedley Darlington Butler is a hero to rank-and-file soldiers and a menace to the top brass. Disgusted by his past service as a "racketeer for capitalism,” he has devoted his retirement to speaking out against the misuse of the American military to further business interests. But when he is approached by two veterans who want him to speak at the upcoming American Legion convention, he finds himself staring down a rabbit hole that goes deeper than he can imagine.

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The Business Plot Part II: Un-American Activities

It’s the 1930s. Everyone is broke. A lot of them are angry. Fascism is in the air. For some, President Roosevelt represents hope for a better tomorrow. For others, he is an existential threat to their way of life (and their bank ledgers). A Congressional inquest into American Nazi propaganda yields a very alarming discovery. 
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The Business Plot Part III: A Bad Penny

Like gum on the bottom of a shoe, Smedley Butler just can’t seem to get rid of Jerry MacGuire. His incessant requests for Smedley to write the gold standard into his speeches are one thing, but when MacGuire comes back from Europe with a plan for organizing veterans in America, Butler decides that something has to be done. 

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The Business Plot Part IV: Credulity Unlimited

In the conclusion to the Business Plot, the McCormack Dickstein Committee hears testimony from Butler and MacGuire, but some fish appear to be too big to fry. The newspapers paint Butler as a publicity hound and a fool, but what are the true motivations at play? And what did the committee chairs make of the plot? 
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Phyllis Schlafly Part I: A Curious Woman

A child of the Depression Era, Phyllis Stewart grew up believing that anyone could accomplish anything, so long as they put their mind to it. Intelligent, charming, and determined, it was clear from a young age that she would go far. When she met Fred Schlafly, she was ready to settle down and make a big family she could spend her days taking care of. But would her political ambitions get in the way?

Phyllis Schlafly Part II: I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again

Perhaps it was inevitable that Phyllis Schlafly got into Republican Party politics, but her earliest forays were rough going. Nevertheless, she takes the hits like a champ, dusting herself off and setting her sights on new conservative horizons. And with every defeat, she gathers a few more devoted followers. Nobody was able to turn a loss into a win quite like Phyllis, much to the future chagrin of the political establishment.

Phyllis Schlafly Part III: Tricky Dick

Richard Nixon seemed poised to heal the divisions in the Republican Party after the landslide defeat of Goldwater. He said all the right things to win his party’s nomination, but once in office he proved himself to be a snake in more ways than one.

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Phyllis Schlafly Part IV: More Than Equal

The battle Phyllis Schlafly is most famous for has finally arrived. The Equal Rights Amendment was considered as good as law once it neared ratification. And while it seemed that nothing could drag Phyllis away from bombs and communism, when she found out that women’s libbers wanted to turn us all gay and give our kids to government, she stepped into the ring. Here is Schlafly at her peak performance.

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Phyllis Schlafly Part V: Morning in America

The election of Ronald Reagan may have been a huge victory for conservatives, but that doesn’t mean Phyllis got comfortable. She continued to push for an increasingly conservative agenda on everything from prayer in schools to judicial activism to abortion. All the while, her Eagle Forum grew and her activist network widened its purview from the ERA to all things family values. Reagan broke the mold and set a new standard for conservatism, one that Schlafly would use to judge all future Republican leaders. 

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Phyllis Schlafly Part VI: Make America Great Again… Again

After Reagan, Phyllis had a tough time finding the right leader to champion the conservative cause. The Republican establishment handed them loser after loser, elites who were totally out of touch with the grassroots of the party. After eight years of Obama, during which atheistic socialism threatened the American way of life, Phyllis Schlafly knew it was time to bring real change to the presidency—and she paid a heavy price for it.