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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    George Orwell's '1984' strikes political chord today

    Some people are drawing parallels between President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and the totalitarian government in the novel 1984 . The book recently climbed up Amazon’s best seller list.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 16, 2017 • 1 min read

    Some people are drawing parallels between President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and the totalitarian government in the novel 1984. The book recently climbed up Amazon’s best seller list.

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    1. 0:00What might be in the GOP's Obamacare replacement?
    2. 9:30Why more liberals are falling for conspiracy theories
    3. 16:44George Orwell's '1984' strikes political chord todayYou’re reading this
    4. 27:18How Disney movies changed the life of an autistic boy and his family
    5. 42:11Does antivirus software still work?
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