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Trump Needs Wisconsin to Win, but Biden Is Ahead

John Nichols on Wisconsin, plus David Nasaw on refugees.

Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

September 17, 2020

Donald Trump speaks to the press as he tours an area affected by civil unrest in Kenosha, Wis., on September 1, 2020.(Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)

Voting by mail in Wisconsin will not be thrown into chaos by the state Supreme Court—John Nichols reports on a state Trump needs to win, where Biden is ahead.

Plus: Refugees—after World War II in Europe, and today. Historian David Nasaw explains—his new book is The Last Million: Europe’s Displaced Persons, from World War to Cold War.

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