I Tried to Make Claims About Election Fraud So Preposterous Trump Fans Wouldnt Believe Me. It Was Impossible.

I was acting as Trump and his minions do: free to say anything, no matter how ridiculous, with no basis in observable fact.


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I Tried to Make Claims About Election Fraud So Preposterous Trump Fans Wouldn’t Believe Me. It Was Impossible.

Jon Schwarz

I was acting as Trump and his minions do: free to say anything, no matter how ridiculous, with no basis in observable fact.

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The Flint Cover-Up: Wiped Phones and the Battle for Evidence in Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s Prosecution

Jordan Chariton, Jenn Dize

Phones belonging to top state health department officials were found with no text messages from January 2014 to October 2015.

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Although right-wing extremists stabbed two demonstrators and clubbed a journalist at the first Wi Spa protest, the LAPD cracked down on left-wing protesters at the second.

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Natasha Lennard

Britney Spears’s struggle is against patriarchal control and economic exploitation — which are core Republican values.

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