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• [Deseret News] - New acquisitions Ed Davis, Jeff Green excited to help Utah Jazz on quest for NBA championship

  26-07-2019 23:54 via sportspyder.com
  Veteran duo were introduced to local media on Friday, and explained why they chose to join the Jazz roster.
  
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• | @emmanuelmudiay sat down with @aaronfalk to talk about speaking French, watching movies and what he hopes to see more of around Salt Lake City pic.twitter.com/S2xqzUucRC

  26-07-2019 23:43 via twitter.com
  | @emmanuelmudiay sat down with @aaronfalk to talk about speaking French, watching movies and what he hopes to see more of around Salt Lake City pic.twitter.com/S2xqzUucRC
  
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• New acquisitions Ed Davis, Jeff Green excited to help Utah Jazz on quest for NBA championship

  26-07-2019 23:37
  New Utah Jazz forward Jeff Green, left, and center/forward Ed Davis talk to members of the media during a press conference at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 26, 2019.Kristin Murphy, Deseret NewsNew Utah Jazz center/forward Ed Davis talks to members of the media during a press conference at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 26, 2019.Kristin Murphy, Deseret NewsNew Utah Jazz forward Jeff Green and center/forward Ed Davis pose for
  
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• Commentary: Take-aways from Utah Democrats tax reform town halls

  26-07-2019 23:30
  In the most recent session of the Utah Legislature, House Bill 441 — the effort to overhaul Utah’s tax system by expanding sales taxes on services and removing certain exemptions – did not pass because of a failure to educate Utahns about our state’s financial situation and a lack of public input.House Democrats wanted to explain why the legislature was talking about tax reform and listen to what Utahns wanted on this important issue. We hosted seven town halls in Salt La
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Get to know Emmanuel Mudiay

  26-07-2019 23:26 via sportspyder.com
  From speaking French, watching movies to wanting to explore the mountains of Utah—get to know the new Utah Jazz guard and his perspective on playing for the ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Ex-Jazz center turned BIG3 basketballer Al Jefferson says ‘Utah really saved my career’

  26-07-2019 23:12 via sportspyder.com
  Al Jefferson is rolling on the road from Mississippi to Atlanta, having just wrapped his annual basketball camp in his native state and now preparing to fly out to Salt Lake City for his latest game in the BIG3 league.
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Northwest Notes: Murray, Wolves, Jazz, Thunder

  26-07-2019 23:07 via sportspyder.com
  Jamal Murray's new five-year, maximum-salary extension with the Nuggets will start at 25% of the cap if the standout guard …
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Our democracy is under attack. And Republicans clearly do not care.

  26-07-2019 23:00
  “The Russians are absolutely intent on trying to interfere with our elections through the foreign influence.”— FBI Director Christopher Wray“It wasn’t a single attempt. They’re doing it as we sit here. And they expect to do it during the next campaign.”— Special counsel Robert MuellerApologists and flunkies for the administration — like Utah Rep. Chris Stewart — can spin and distract all they want. And they want to a lot.But the simple
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: GOP Secret Weapon

  26-07-2019 22:59
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, July 28, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/07/25/bagley-cartoon-hard/" target=_blank><u>Hard Brexit</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/07/23/bagley-cartoon-mulling/"><u>Mulling Mueller’s Meaning</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/07/22/bagle
  
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• Ex-Jazz center turned BIG3 basketballer Al Jefferson says ‘Utah really saved my career’

  26-07-2019 22:46
  Al Jefferson is rolling on the road from Mississippi to Atlanta, having just wrapped his annual basketball camp in his native state and now preparing to fly out to Salt Lake City for his latest game in the BIG3 league.His impending return to Utah — where he spent three of his 14 NBA seasons — has made him a bit philosophical. While those years weren’t the most statistically prodigious of his career, they did perhaps have the biggest impact upon him.“I feel like Utah reall
  
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• Hitting rewind to watch a rookie Donovan Mitchell take home the Slam Dunk trophy #NBADunkWeek | @spidadmitchellpic.twitter.com/GK1a3dZUfH

  26-07-2019 22:40 via twitter.com
  Hitting rewind to watch a rookie Donovan Mitchell take home the Slam Dunk trophy
  #NBADunkWeek | @spidadmitchellpic.twitter.com/GK1a3dZUfH
  
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• She might be the best center back on the planet, but the Utah Royals’ Becky Sauerbrunn says she’s not satisfied yet

  26-07-2019 22:19
  Becky Sauerbrunn has won at just about every level imaginable. Olympic gold in 2012. Back-to-back NWSL championships with FC Kansas City. Back-to-back Women’s World Cup titles. And throughout her career, the United States Women’s National Team veteran and captain of the Utah Royals FC has shared the field with the best of the best.But when Sauerbrunn hears Royals head coach Laura Harvey, her peers, the media or whoever say she’s the best center back in the world, something insi
  
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• [KSL] - Mayo-makeup: Heinz Ketchup tries to bond with Jazz fans | KSL.com

  26-07-2019 22:19 via sportspyder.com
  There are a few things Utahns hold sacred. With some being pretty superficial. Heinz Ketchup found that out on Thursday.
  
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• Customers of Zions Bank notified of data breach

  26-07-2019 21:58
  Zions Bank sent letters to some of it customers this week notifying them of an online data breach.“We recently learned of unauthorized access to our computer network on or around June 1, 2019,” according to the July 22 letter. ″As a result we believe some personal information of some of our online banking customers may have been improperly viewed or acquired.”The letter did not disclose how many customers were affected. But James Abbott, director of external communication
  
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• McAdams has highest approval rating of Utah’s delegation and Romney the highest disapproval, poll shows

  26-07-2019 21:51
  Forty-three percent of first-year Rep. Ben McAdams’ constituents “strongly” or “somewhat” approve of the job he is doing in Congress, according to a new poll, giving the lone Democrat in Utah’s federal delegation the highest show of support among his Washington peers.The highest rate of disapproval in the poll goes to freshman Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, with 40% of voters objecting to his job performance compared to 38% who support him.The numbers place Romney
  
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• ‘I’ve been shot guys’: Salt Lake City police release video of officer fatally shooting a mentally ill man and injuring another officer

  26-07-2019 21:50
  Almost immediately after officers knocked on the door to room No. 408, it swung open hard and fast.A man inside pushed his arms out first, waving a gun in circles. One woman saw the weapon and ducked down the hallway to get away. An officer started firing.The man, 43-year-old Michael Brand, crumpled to the ground. He was shirtless and still.“He’s been hit,” one officer says and he kicks the weapon — which was later determined to be a paintball gun. Another officer, who ha
  
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• Sarah Ivory: Welcoming newcomers is what makes America exceptional

  26-07-2019 21:30
  Despite all of its pitfalls, I believe in American exceptionalism.We are a nation founded not along boundaries and ethnic lines, but on ideals. It is this, more than anything, that makes us exceptional. Throughout history our diversity — of people, of ideas, of cultures, of geography — has been our greatest strength. Our nation has been moved forward at every turn by people who have left what they know in order to create a better future in this country.The story of migration for the
  
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• Nathaniel Rateliff cooled off, then heated up a packed Red Butte crowd

  26-07-2019 21:11
  Maybe the coolest trick Nathaniel Rateliff pulled off on a sweltering evening was conjuring up a little bit of a rainstorm just as the band took the stage Tuesday. The light sprinkle dropped temperatures considerably and let the sold-out Red Butte crowd ditch the unpleasant late-evening sweats and enjoy a solid performance by Rateliff and his band The Night Sweats. Rateliff & Co. hit the stage to “You Worry Me,” the single from their latest release “Tearing At The Seams,&rd
  
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• Trump team releases Bears Ears management plan to outcry from environmental groups

  26-07-2019 21:02
  The Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service released their long-anticipated management plan and environmental impact statement for Bears Ears National Monument on Friday, outlining priorities and guidelines for the 202,000 acres that remain in the monument since President Donald Trump reduced it to 15% of its original size in late 2017.At 800-plus pages, the plan outlines proposals and potential impacts on everything from recreation areas and human waste to grazing and rights of way for
  
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• Tree-eating beetle gains ground in U.S. West, raising concerns

  26-07-2019 21:00
  Clarkdale, Ariz. • Matt Johnson treks along an Arizona riverbank and picks out a patch of yellow-tinged tamarisks. He sweeps a cloth net across the trees, hoping to scoop up beetles that munch on their evergreen-like leaves.He counts spiders, ants and leafhoppers among the catch and few beetles or their larvae."Their numbers are really low," the Northern Arizona University researcher said.That the tiny beetles brought to the U.S. from Asia in an experiment to devour invasive, water-sucking
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jeff Green and Ed Davis joined the Jazz because it’s ‘a team that has a chance to contend for a title’

  26-07-2019 21:00 via sportspyder.com
  As veteran players Ed Davis and Jeff Green were officially introduced Friday morning as new members of the Jazz, each said his rationale for choosing Utah from among their suitors was actually pretty simple.
  
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• 'I’ve been shot guys’: Salt Lake City police release video of officer fatally shooting a mentally ill man and injuring another officer

  26-07-2019 20:56
  Almost immediately after officers knocked on the door to room No. 408, it swung open hard and fast.A man inside pushed his arms out first, waving a gun in circles. One woman saw the weapon and ducked down the hallway to get away. An officer started firing.The man, 43-year-old Michael Brand, crumpled to the ground. He was shirtless and still.“He’s been hit,” one officer says and he kicks the weapon — which was later determined to be a paintball gun. Another officer holds h
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - The 5 biggest steals of NBA free agency

  26-07-2019 20:54 via sportspyder.com
  This summer has been one of the most exuberant spending sprees in NBA history. With several high-profile players such as Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, and Kyrie Irving changing teams in NBA free agency, the the sport’s landscape was essentially...
  
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• Jeff Green and Ed Davis joined the Jazz because it’s ‘a team that has a chance to contend for a title’

  26-07-2019 20:47
  As veteran players Ed Davis and Jeff Green were officially introduced Friday morning as new members of the Jazz, each said his rationale for choosing Utah from among their suitors was actually pretty simple.“At this stage of my career, I wanted to play on a veteran team, a team that has a chance to contend for a title at the end of the year,” Davis said. “That was the main thing for me.”“Same,” added Green. “With the personnel that they were building on
  
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• New BYU basketball hire, an analytics specialist, is a ‘game-changer’ for the program, Mark Pope says

  26-07-2019 20:33
  New BYU basketball coach Mark Pope said when he was hired in April that he is a big believer in analytics and uses that data a lot in his coaching.He followed through with that promise on Friday by announcing he has hired Nathan Bubes as the program’s coordinator of strategy and analytics. Bubes worked for the Los Angeles Lakers as a coaching associate last season and was with Boston College for two years prior to that as head coach Jim Christian’s graduate assistant.“Nate Bube
  
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• Mosquitoes with West Nile virus found in central Utah

  26-07-2019 20:33
  Aurora • Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been spotted near the central Utah city of Aurora.The Central Utah Public Health Department says officials detected the virus earlier this week. They received test results confirming the virus on Friday.Aurora is the second city in Utah to report infested mosquitoes this year. The virus was detected in Moab earlier this month.According to the Utah Health Department no residents have contracted West Nile virus this year.In 2018 11 residents c
  
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• [NBA] - Veterans Jeff Green and Ed Davis say they had title aspirations in mind when they signed with the Utah Jazz

  26-07-2019 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  They wanted to win.Simple as that.That’s why veterans Jeff Green and Ed Davis were quick to say yes when the Utah Jazz came calling earlier this month.“At this stage of my career,” Davis said, seated
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Ed Davis & Jeff Green are introduced as Jazzmen

  26-07-2019 19:55 via sportspyder.com
  Ed Davis and Jeff Green—two of the Jazz's offseason acquisitions—spoke to the local media Friday for the first time since their signings.
  
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• Khalil Gibran Muhammad: Why police accountability remains out of reach

  26-07-2019 19:51
  Federal prosecutors' failure to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the death of Eric Garner in 2014 has brought renewed attention to police accountability. Prosecutors ruled July 16 that the viral video of the seven-second chokehold and Garner's 11 pleas of "I can't breathe" were insufficient evidence of Pantaleo's willful intent to deny Garner his civil rights. Garner's mother, Gwen Carr, has demanded accountability: "I want those officers fired, the ones who were on the scene that day when the
  
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• Why former BYU star Jimmer Fredette isn’t playing in the TBT this week, and why he’s headed for Europe this season

  26-07-2019 19:46
  West Valley City • Jimmer Fredette knew he would be tempted to play for Team Fredette in The Basketball Tournament this weekend at the Maverik Center after leading the club to the semifinals of the $2 million winner-take-all event last year, so he took some drastic measures to keep himself off the court.He left his basketball shoes home in Denver.“It is not that I can’t play,” Fredette said. “I just decided not to.”Instead, the 30-year-old former college basket
  
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• Midfielder Everton Luiz is settling in to life with Real Salt Lake

  26-07-2019 19:18
  Herriman • In the middle of a rout over the Eastern Conference-leading Philadelphia Union earlier this month, Everton Luiz proved he’s much more than a defensive-minded midfielder. He dispossessed a Union player at midfield and ran to about the 18-yard box before dropping a perfectly weighted pass for Damir Kreilach for the finish.The sequence was different than what Luiz had shown for much of the season. He’s showcased his physical play time and time again, consistently breakin
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - The Jazz remain true to themselves in summer of the superteam | SI.com

  26-07-2019 19:09 via sportspyder.com
  In a summer with unprecedented player movement, the Jazz added a few key cogs of their own. But while they gained new pieces, Utah remained true to itself in the summer of the superteams. 
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Remembering the pioneer children who perished, making a new pitch at Dodger Stadium

  26-07-2019 18:58
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.Nelson at NAACP
  (Courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speaks 110th annual NAACP convention in Detroit on Sunday, July 2
  
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• Beach on Utah Lake closes due to harmful algae, health concerns

  26-07-2019 18:58
  Spanish Fork • Officials have temporarily closed a beach in northern Utah due to dangerous levels of toxic algal blooms in the water.The Utah County Health Department announced a danger advisory for Lincoln Beach on the west side of Utah Lake on Thursday.Authorities said crews observed clumps of bright green cyanobacteria with a cottage cheese consistency and dead fish in the water earlier this week. Tests showed the algal blooms had high toxin levels.Harmful algal blooms can cause rashes,
  
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• Jeff Green on the Utah Jazz: “You’ve got an organization that fights for its players and players that fight for its city and organization."

  26-07-2019 18:45 via twitter.com
  Jeff Green on the Utah Jazz:“You’ve got an organization that fights for its players and players that fight for its city and organization."
  
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• We’re 𝓛𝓘𝓥𝓔 on http://UtahJazz.com  with Ed Davis and Jeff Green — tune in »https://on.nba.com/2Ojb3Xz 

  26-07-2019 18:41 via twitter.com
  We’re 𝓛𝓘𝓥𝓔 on http://UtahJazz.com  with Ed Davis and Jeff Green — tune in
  »https://on.nba.com/2Ojb3Xz 
  
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• Arizona State’s Eno Benjamin likes to mix it up with the Utes and their fans

  26-07-2019 18:11
  Hollywood, Calif. • Arizona State running back Eno Benjamin has lasting impressions of former Utah safety Marquise Blair’s hits and Ute fans’ tweets.Benjamin, once a prime Utah recruiting target from Texas, shredded the Utes for 175 rushing yards and two touchdowns in a 38-21 victory last November. That performance gives him some leverage in the online exchanges he enjoys, while recalling Blair’s impact in that game.“I tried to spin off a tackle and he got me right i
  
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• Catherine Rampell: If ‘socialism’ means government controlling the economy, Trump is the true socialist

  26-07-2019 18:00
  Republicans are right. The scourge of socialism is already upon us. They're just wrong about which party is to blame.Technically, "socialism" refers to a system in which the government controls the means of production. In popular parlance, however, "socialist" has instead become a more generic right-wing slur. To the extent the descriptor signals any substance whatsoever, it's about government handouts, picking winners and losers, redistribution of wealth, or something to that effect.And yes, so
  
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• we can find you friends with good tastehttps://twitter.com/idahobronze/status/1154776731749797888 …

  26-07-2019 17:57 via twitter.com
  we can find you friends with good tastehttps://twitter.com/idahobronze/status/1154776731749797888 …
  
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• [Deseret News] - Q&A: Kyle Kuzma on sharing birthday with Karl Malone, relationship with Donovan Mitchell and Flint homecoming

  26-07-2019 17:53 via sportspyder.com
  In the midst of Kyle Kuzma's Flint, Michigan, homecoming excitement, the Los Angeles Lakers forward sat down with Eric Woodyard of the Deseret News for an exclusive one-on-one interview. Here is...
  
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• Q&A: Kyle Kuzma on sharing birthday with Karl Malone, relationship with Donovan Mitchell and Flint homecoming

  26-07-2019 17:37
  Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma speaks to kids at the YMCA of Greater Flint on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, during his homecoming event, which happened to be his 24th birthday. He also donated $10,000 to the local YMCA in his hometown of Flint, Michigan.Eric Woodyard, Deseret NewsFLINT, Mich. — Roughly 100 or so kids huddled around Kyle Kuzma and YMCA of Greater Flint Safe Places director Moses Bingham in the main gymnasium of the downtown branch on Wednesday evening."We've got a specia
  
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• George Pyle: What we need is a thousand acres of Avenues

  26-07-2019 17:14
  “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” -- Michael KinsleyOr she.Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson suffered through a brief outbreak of truth the other day when she was heard to say that Olympus Hills, the 931-acre mega development eyed for the southwestern corner of the county, is going to be approved.Of course it is. In some form.The demographic and economic pressure to build a house, an office building or a 7-Elev
  
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• Utah can expect rain — and possible flooding — on Friday

  26-07-2019 17:07
  Scattered rain showers and thunderstorms on Friday will give Utah residents a slight break from the summer heat, but heavy rainfall could potentially cause flash flooding in some parts of the state.“A flash flood watch is in effect for portions of central Utah beginning at 2 p.m. and continuing through 10 p.m. this evening,” according to the National Weather Service. Areas where fires have scarred the landscape are the most vulnerable for flooding.“Some of this heavy rain could
  
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• Don Gale: Stillbirth, abortion and miscarriage need compassion, not judgment

  26-07-2019 16:56
  I’ve seen it all — abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth — sometimes too close to home.Stillbirth — carrying a fetus to term or near-term — is the most traumatic. No one talks about it. No lawmakers consider legislation to punish anyone for it. No religious organization condemns it. But the mother, the father, and the immediate family suffer intense pain ... and wonder why they are forced to endure such tragedy.Miscarriage is also emotionally and physically painful for
  
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• Letter: Trump deserves no credit for defending faith

  26-07-2019 16:55
  Hugh Hewitt, conservative talk show host and Republican apologist, wrote in the July 22 Salt Lake Tribune praising President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the U.S.’s Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, for “the courage” to promote religious freedom “in an age of cynicism about faith.”After my incredulity abated, but only slightly, I wondered how in a “Trumpesque Amerika” Hewitt can write that “
  
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