Below is a compelling, hard-hitting column by Esquire’s Charlie Pierce about what it means to turn America into a casino republic, declaring “The United States of America is now nothing more than a place where you gamble.”
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Despite a mountain of evidence, states continue to partner with powerful gambling corporations to promote ever more extreme forms of