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We lived through 'Woke 1'. Should you be afraid of 'Woke 2'?

By pages.deseret.com · August 31, 2026 · 1 min read
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Description AOC says "Woke 1 was crazy" — but is laughing off an era of defunding the police, prison abolition and ideological conformity actually enough? 0 and what the party's chaotic 2026 primaries reveal about its identity crisis heading into 2028.

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