witch hunt 
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SOURCE: Quillette
10/27/19
The Return of the ‘Witch Hunt’ Analogy
by Tony Fels
Clearly, whatever deficiencies exist in the Democrats’ handling of the impeachment inquiry, they pale next to the legal inadequacies of the witch hunting era.
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6/2/19
Witch Hunt! How Europe’s Witch Mania Came to the New World
by Elisa Carbone
Witch hunts in the New World began in Virginia, though Virginia’s alleged witches were imprisoned rather than executed.
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SOURCE: CNN
5-18-18
Which is the greatest 'witch hunt' in US political history?
Trump shares the term "witch hunt" with Richard Nixon, who was reported to have used it about Watergate hearings.
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SOURCE: AHA
4-17-18 (accessed)
"WITCH HUNT!” – What’s the history behind Trump’s tweets?
by Mary Beth Norton
One ion the world's preeminent scholars of the Salem witchcraft trials comments on Trump's glib use of the term.
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SOURCE: History channel
1-10-18
Study by economists suggests a new explanation for the explosion in witch hunts in the 17th century
The explanation? Medieval churches used witch hunts to gain more followers.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
11-15-17
Roy Moore says he’s a ‘witch hunt’ victim
by Avi Selk
Tell that to thousands of women killed in real ones.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
10-18-17
No, there is no witch hunt against powerful men
by Michelle D. Brock
They're the hunters, not the hunted.
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
5-18-17
The Single Greatest Witch Hunt in American History, for Real
by Stacy Schiff
Wild accusations, alternative facts, special prosecutors—the Salem witch trials of 1692 had it all.
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SOURCE: The Los Angeles Times
5-19-17
What's the 'greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history’?
We asked the experts.
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