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My latest explains how the great American tradition of patent-medicine quackery went from being a Democratic thing ("What Put the Pep in Grandma?" and Marin County anti-vaxxers) to a Republican thing, thanks to Ronald Reagan, the Mormons, and of course Donald Trump. newrepublic.com/article/2120...
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A sleazy Democratic tradition changes sides.
newrepublic.com
When Did Scammy Patent Medicines Become A Republican Thing?
Timothy Noah