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There are some phenomena in our universe that happen with stunning regularity. Our planet completes a trip around the sun every 365.25 days, Halley’s Comet appears in the sky every 75 years (or so), ...

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Donald Trump's inability to stop lying about the state of the economy, and his compulsion to make everything about himself ...

In every contested attempt to gain access to state voter rolls (for the purpose of purging unwanted illegal voters), Trump ...

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