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We’re Off The Rails, Folks

by Josh Marshall
08.10.16 | 4:04 pm

It’s a logical development based on what happened yesterday. But when the Secret Service has to talk to one presidential candidate about hinting at the assassination of the other candidate … folks, we’ve gone seriously off the rails as a country.

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