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Vol 2. No. 49: Shorter Trump: Was That Wrong?

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August 2, 2023 4:15 p.m.

For years we’ve been living in the Trump reality distortion field. Straightforward crimes are somehow no longer straightforward when Donald Trump is the perpetrator. Did he know it was wrong? Did he know it was illegal? When he lies is...

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