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Today's GOP has no past, present, or future. It's just Trump.

By Michael A. Cohen

In his seminal dystopian novel, "1984," George Orwell wrote "who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."

Suffice it to say, Orwell would have had a field day at the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Indeed, there is no better example of former President Donald Trump's hold over the modern GOP than this week's near-total erasure of the Republican Party's past.

This is a preview of Michael A. Cohen's latest article. Read the full column here.

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