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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T21:03:32.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
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  "textContent": "After World War Two, US authorities changed the name of the Department of War to the Department of Defence. In September 2025, the Donald Trump administration changed it back. As elsewhere, President Trump abandoned propaganda niceties as he made brute realities explicit. The US state is a war machine, ruthlessly enforcing global capitalism while leaving […]\n\nBy The Canary",
  "title": "Book shows how the ‘War on Terror’ sank the US into authoritarian extremism"
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