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I'm thinking about folks like Richard Viguerie, Morton Blackwell and Phyllis Schlafly, the movement O.G.'s who slaved for years in the trenches training Republicans to embrace such arcane subjects as "free trade," "individual liberty" and "limited government" — only to have a billionaire demagogue throw that all out the window for libertinism, central planning and vendetta by police state.

In response to Governor Sanders’s letter, the American Beverage Association — which represents companies including Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Dr Pepper — warned that restrictions like these “effectively create a two-tiered system in which the right to personal autonomy around diet is conditioned on income and means,” calling it an affront to “America’s commitment to individual liberty and freedom.”

But Kennedy will probably work well with nominated National Institutes of Health director Jay Bhattacharya, who puts his version of individual liberty above science and public health.

There’s a gap between America’s self-image as a country founded on the idea of individual liberty and the horrific reality of slavery.

Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer Who you are voting for this year: Kamala Harris Why: Because Donald Trump is an aspiring fascist who embraces authoritarianism to suppress democracy and civil rights, while Kamala Harris supports individual liberty, equality, and free elections.