A 1940s Christian Plot To Overthrow The American Government

Royal Oak, Michigan. A family listening to the radio and reading Father Coughlin's newspaper Social Justice.
Royal Oak, Michigan. A family listening to the radio and reading Father Coughlin’s newspaper Social Justice.

“Sitting members of Congress aiding and abetting a plot to overthrow the government. Insurrectionists criminally charged with plotting to end American democracy for good. Justice Department prosecutors under crushing political pressure. Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra is the all-but-forgotten true story of good, old-fashioned American extremism getting supercharged by proximity to power. When extremist elected officials get caught plotting against America with the violent ultra-right, this is the story of the lengths they will go to… to cover their tracks.”

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