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Trump Thanks ‘Two Great People’: Diamond And Silk

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04.06.19 | 10:10 am

Nicole LaFond is TPM’s deputy editor for news, based in New York. She has also worked as the special projects editor and as a senior newswriter for TPM. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and previously covered education in central Illinois.
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  1. “He’s done more for black people than any other President in our lifetime.”

    sigh

  2. Survival (e.g. making a living) takes many forms…

  3. A hundred bucks sez trump couldn’t come up with their real names.

  5. Or recognize them out on the street.

    Oh my.

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