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Can He Really Do That?

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October 12, 2017 9:06 a.m.
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Trump’s threats to broadcasters’ “licenses” demonstrates the classic Trumpian one-two punch: deeply alarming and deeply ignorant. Tierney Sneed explains what he can and can’t do.

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