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Why I Had to Flee the United States Why I Had to Flee the United States
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We should welcome the humiliation of Trump’s hawkish, neocon national security adviser.
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Politics
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You can’t name Penn Station after Donald Trump. You can’t even joke about it.
Trump’s Poll Numbers Have Collapsed Trump’s Poll Numbers Have Collapsed
After 100 days of chaos, the president’s numbers are in free fall, and that’s emboldening his critics everywhere—even in Alabama.
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Where FDR used his radio addresses to reassure a distressed nation andprovide hope, Trump employs his bully pulpit and social media to shockand appall.
Books & the Arts
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