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Warning of ‘oligarchy,’ Biden channels Andrew Jackson

  • Written by Daniel Feller, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Tennessee

In some circumstances, a president’s official Farewell Address to the Nation may be an occasion for sunny reflection. President Joe Biden’s, delivered five days before he left office, began that way, with a celebration of America’s promise and of its progress under his tenure.

But midway through, Biden’s tone shifted...

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