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• "Don't give up, don't ever give up." — Jim Valvano #5ForTheFight | @5ForTheFight_pic.twitter.com/oLjOXWXeVn

  27-09-2019 23:47 via twitter.com
  "Don't give up, don't ever give up."— Jim Valvano#5ForTheFight | @5ForTheFight_pic.twitter.com/oLjOXWXeVn
  
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• Democrats in Trump country, including Ben McAdams, cautious about impeachment

  27-09-2019 23:24
  Oklahoma City • Democrat Kendra Horn surprised even her own supporters in 2018 when the first-time candidate eked out a victory in an Oklahoma City congressional district that had been in Republican hands for nearly four decades and had voted heavily for Donald Trump in 2016. But now the impeachment drive against the president has put her and others like her in a tight spot.She opposes an impeachment inquiry at this time, Horn spokeswoman Chacey Schoeppel said Thursday, but she will listen
  
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• Rush Limbaugh claims Mitt Romney told Nancy Pelosi the Senate would convict Trump. It isn’t true.

  27-09-2019 22:39
  Washington • Syndicated conservative talking head Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed to his massive audience this week that Utah Sen. Mitt Romney told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that enough Senate Republicans would break ranks to remove President Donald Trump from office.Limbaugh, who has a wide following among Trump supporters, said on his Wednesday program that “yesterday and today Sen. Mitt Romney, Republican, Utah, had phone calls or meetings, whatever, with Pelosi and assured her ther
  
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• US probe of vaping illnesses focuses on THC from marijuana

  27-09-2019 22:38
  New York • U.S. health officials said Friday that their investigation into an outbreak of severe vaping-related illnesses is increasingly focused on products that contain the marijuana compound THC.Most of the 800 people who got sick vaped THC, the ingredient in marijuana that causes a high, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But officials said they didn't know if the THC is the problem or some other substance added to the vaping liquid, such as thickeners."The out
  
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• George Pyle: ‘Deaths by despair’ due to a sick system, not sick people

  27-09-2019 22:00
  “Dear Lord, please don’t let me f--- up.”— The Shepard’s Prayer(Alan Shepard, first American in space, May 5, 1961)“The Right Stuff,” Tom Wolfe’s amazing book about the early days of the U.S. space program, is about the pilots who were brave enough to have themselves launched into space atop experimental rockets, every piece of which, in Shepard’s words, was built by the lowest bidder.Outside the fame of the Mercury 7, American test pilots ha
  
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• [NBA] - Utah Jazz announce 2019 training camp roster

  27-09-2019 21:24 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz announced today their training camp roster, comprised of 20 players as part of the 2019 “Road to Tipoff" presented by KUTV2 News. Jazz training camp will open with the team’s annual
  
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• Greta: Grown-ups mock children because world view threatened

  27-09-2019 20:50
  Toronto • Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg said Friday she doesn’t understand why grown-ups and world leaders would mock children and teens for acting on science, responding to jibes about her campaign as students conducted a second wave of global protests demanding action on climate change.When asked about U.S. President Donald Trump and others who have mocked her, the 16-year-old activist said they likely feel their world view and interests are being threatened by the climate activis
  
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• Utah State University fans can expect scoring barrage when Colorado State comes to town

  27-09-2019 20:47
  Memo to the Utah State game operations staff: Make sure you have a surge protector handy for the scoreboard at Merlin Olsen Field on hand Saturday. Odds are, it’s going to see a lot of use.The sixth-best offense in the nation will meet the eighth-best offense in the nation Saturday at Maverik Stadium when the Aggies hosts Colorado State for homecoming. USU is averaging 562.7 yards per game, while the Rams come in with an average of 552.3“The defenses have done some good things at tim
  
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• Toledo gave BYU all it could handle three years ago in Provo; the Cougars are expecting more of the same in the rematch

  27-09-2019 20:33
  BYU coach Kalani Sitake still remembers the first and only time the Cougars played Toledo. It was 2016 — Sitake’s first year at the helm of BYU football and Jason Candle’s first year leading the Rockets.It was also a defensive nightmare.Sitake compared it to the recent UCLA-Washington State game that ended 67-63 in favor of the Bruins.But at the end of the day, there was a positive: the Cougars won, 55-53. It also turned out to be an offensive battle between BYU's Jamaal Willia
  
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• Flying cars? Utah officials are now planning for their arrival.

  27-09-2019 20:23
  During a Salt Lake City conference of transportation experts this week, an audience member asked when Utah should start including flying cars in its long-range transit plans.“Last week,” Jared Esselman, aeronautics director for the Utah Department of Transportation, said Thursday during the Move Utah Summit.“We started thinking about it about two years ago,” he added — including how small flying taxis may travel between transportation hubs, what kind of airspace cap
  
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• Pontifical university takes up sex abuse of nuns by priests

  27-09-2019 20:02
  Rome • A Togolese nun has successfully defended a first-ever dissertation at a Vatican-sanctioned university on the sexual abuse of nuns by priests in the latest evidence of a problem confronting the Catholic Church in the #MeToo era.Sister Makamatine Lembo was awarded summa cum laude at her defense Thursday at the Pontifical Gregorian University and was praised by her examiners for her courage in taking on such a taboo subject.Lembo’s dissertation explores the relational dynamics beh
  
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• Trump condemns religious persecution even as he limits refugees

  27-09-2019 19:57
  New York • President Donald Trump said at the United Nations this week that “protecting religious freedom is one of my highest priorities.” But his promise rings hollow to advocates for persecuted religious minorities seeking refuge in the United States.Trump’s administration already has slashed the nation’s refugee admissions ceiling to a historic low and on Thursday proposed a further cut for next year, to 18,000 — an 84% drop from the cap proposed during the
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jazz Rank: Stanton Kidd takes home Least Valuable Player

  27-09-2019 19:44 via sportspyder.com
  Will he work his way onto the roster?
  
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• Students keep up the heat with worldwide climate protests

  27-09-2019 19:34
  Berlin • Students in Italy symbolically torched a replica of planet Earth on Friday, part of a second wave of worldwide protests demanding swifter action to fight climate change.The demonstrations were sparked by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, with many participants echoing the anger she expressed to world leaders this week at a U.N. summit in New York."How dare you!" read one banner at a rally in Italy's financial hub of Milan, where tens of thousands took to the streets and later gather
  
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• Review: ‘Cagney’ needs work before it’s ready to go from Salt Lake City to Broadway

  27-09-2019 19:29
  There might be a Broadway musical somewhere inside “Cagney,” which is currently playing at Pioneer Theatre Company. But maybe not.The producers of the show — book by Peter Colley, music and lyrics by Robert Creighton and Christopher McGovern — have ambitions to take it to the Great White Way. But they’ve got a lot of work to do to turn what’s sort of a muddled mess into a tight and engaging production that anyone will pay Broadway prices to see.“Cagney&r
  
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• White House attorneys directed sealing of phone transcript

  27-09-2019 19:27
  Washington • The White House on Friday confirmed a key detail in the intelligence whistleblower’s complaint alleging that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office.A senior administration official acknowledged that the rough transcript of Trump’s July 25 phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was moved to a highly classified system maintained by the National Security Council at the direction of attorneys. The motivation and timing of the move
  
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• Utes reach a critical stage of their season, Saturday, even in September

  27-09-2019 19:19
  Utah football fans will wish their team could start over and replay the late-September schedule, if the Utes lose Saturday night's homecoming game in the rain at Rice-Eccles Stadium.Washington State already made one opponents’ star players decide to redo their senior seasons. Houston’s quarterback and a top receiver will exploit an NCAA redshirt rule, stop playing after four games and try again next year after going 1-3 to begin 2018, including a 31-24 loss to WSU.No. 19 Utah’s
  
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• dōTERRA donates $17.7 million to Utah Valley University for sports and academics

  27-09-2019 19:08
  Utah Valley University is getting $17.7 million from therapeutic oils company dōTERRA — the second-largest donation in the Orem school’s history.The donation, which will be spread over the next decade, will go toward academic scholarships and programs and athletics.“At dōTERRA, we feel an affinity with Utah Valley University,” David Stirling, the company’s founding executive and CEO, said in a statement.Not only are about 130 UVU alumni employed at dō
  
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• David Brooks: Yes, Trump is guilty, but impeachment is a mistake

  27-09-2019 18:00
  Donald Trump committed an impeachable offense on that call with the Ukrainian president. But that doesn’t mean Democrats are right to start an impeachment process.Remember, impeachment is a political process, not a legal one. There is no obligation to prosecute. Congress is supposed to do what is in the best interest of the country. And this process could be very bad for America:This will probably achieve nothing. To actually remove Trump from office, at least 20 Republican senators would
  
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• As Republicans face impeachment dilemma, Utah’s Sen. Mitt Romney is a lonely voice of concern

  27-09-2019 16:45
  Washington • As House Democrats push forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Republicans have largely rushed to Trump’s defense, or at least tempered their criticism to avoid his furious reprisals.Among the handful of exceptions, though, there has been none louder or more prominent than Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, a figure who once embodied the essence of the Republican Party before Trump commandeered it, and is now in a lonely category of his own.Since the firs
  
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• Home tour to showcase 1955-era houses from noted Utah architect

  27-09-2019 15:32
  The Parade of Homes in 1955 was a “show of unprecedented size," according to a newspaper article from that time, featuring 30 model homes in Murray and what is now Holladay.The Murray homes at 6400 South and 400 East cost under $15,000, while the “more expensive” living options around 5600 South and west of Highland Drive were designed by innovative Utah architect and University of Utah professor Steven Macdonald and sold for $15,000 and up.While each Macdonald house is unique,
  
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• Tree-cutting ban in Southwest forests hurts heating needs

  27-09-2019 15:20
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • People who rely on wood stoves to heat their homes in the winter are scrambling to find other options after a U.S. District Court halted tree cutting on large swaths of national forests in the Southwest over concern about a threatened owl."We have some elderly people that we have been serving for decades and they totally rely on this wood and on us, and it's causing me to panic wondering if I'm going to be able to keep these senior citizens warm, these widows," said Della
  
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• How the White House and Department of Justice learned about the whistleblower over Trump’s Ukraine call

  27-09-2019 15:14
  Washington • The White House and the Justice Department learned about a CIA officer’s concerns about President Donald Trump around the same time the individual filed a whistleblower complaint that is now at the center of an impeachment inquiry, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter.The intelligence official initially filed a complaint about Trump's dealings with Ukraine with the CIA, which then alerted the White House and Justice. On Aug. 12, the int
  
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• Paul Krugman: Impeaching Trump is good for the economy

  27-09-2019 14:57
  If there’s one thing the tweeter in chief believes, it is that what’s good for Donald Trump is good for America. A little more than a month ago (although it seems like much longer) he told a rally that “you have no choice but to vote for me,” because his electoral defeat would lead to a market crash.But a funny thing has happened over the course of Trump’s latest terrible, horrible, very bad, no good two weeks. Suddenly, impeachment (though not removal from office)
  
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• Robert Kirby: Who’s taking the chance when criminals get a second chance?

  27-09-2019 14:53
  Everyone wants a second chance after screwing up. Ironically, nearly everyone else thinks those people shouldn’t get one. This is especially true of the offended.On Wednesday, I sat through the hearing of a friend at the Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training Council. My friend was trying to get his certification as a police officer reinstated for a misdemeanor mistake in 2015.Because of the circumstances of the case, and the fact that he’s my friend, I thought he deserved a secon
  
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• Political Cornflakes: The whistleblower single-handedly set the stage for impeachment inquiry

  27-09-2019 14:51
  Happy Friday!The whistleblower — a CIA officer whose identity remains secret — painstakingly and methodically assembled the complaint that now has set the impeachment inquiry in motion. Many view the document he prepared as formidable evidence of presidential abuse of power. [WaPost]Topping the news: Utah Rep. Chris Stewart defended the acting National Intelligence director for how he handled the recent whistleblower complaint against the president and called House Democrats “n
  
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• [Forbes] - Kris Dunn Set To Head To Camp With Bulls After Trade Rumors

  27-09-2019 14:34 via sportspyder.com
  The Chicago Bulls tried to trade Kris Dunn this summer, but he's set to report to training camp and be a part of the team.
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Politician’ is nuts. Does this happen at your kid’s high school? (And ‘Transparent’ sucks.)

  27-09-2019 14:00
  Like basically every other show Ryan Murphy has produced (“Glee,” “American Horror Story”), “Politician” looks great, has an amazing cast, and alternates between moments of brilliance and excess. It’s satire, heartfelt drama and over-the-top soap opera — with plenty of pathos.It starts streaming Friday on Netflix with Ben Platt (Tony winner for “Dear Evan Hansen”) starring as Payton Hobart, who believes being elected student body presid
  
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• Letter: Vote for those who help the 99%

  27-09-2019 14:00
  Cherise Udell had a recent commentary published which implored Utahns to become activists regarding climate change, urging us to participate in a climate strike that occurred on Sept 20. She cited an academic paper which says political change doesn’t occur unless at least 3.5% of the population become activists.She encouraged us to talk to people in our social sphere, talk to our legislators, write op-eds, and show up at rallies. She says we who do nothing are almost as bad as climate deni
  
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• Letter: Trump is moving the U.S. to a fascist oligarchy

  27-09-2019 14:00
  Maybe Trump supporters haven’t caught on to the obvious, but Donald Trump, and Republicans, are turning the U.S. into a fascist oligarchy. One party rule is the goal.Regarding the current “whistleblower” scandal, Trump names Democrats, the media and a “partisan” to blame for his phone call to the president of the Ukraine, asking eight times for dirt on Joe Biden’s son.Since when does “dirt” on an opponent’s son qualify Trump to be our guy? &l
  
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• Letter: Inland port should clean up 2100 South

  27-09-2019 14:00
  I see by the Salt Lake Tribune of Sept. 18 that Salt Lake City is cleaning up a lot of trash along a stretch of 2100 South.Inasmuch as this stretch of road is within the boundaries of the inland port, and in view of the fact that the port is collecting virtually all of the revenues being generated, it seems to me that the port board should step up to its responsibilities regarding the areas it has seized from the city and take care of these kinds of things.James King, Salt Lake CitySubmit a lett
  
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• Letter: Have prison inmates sort recycling

  27-09-2019 14:00
  Every so often, I see little notes on the recycle cans of mine or my neighbors. These little nastygrams inform us that we have placed something in the can that cannot be recycled. The list of items that we can’t recycle is much larger than the list of acceptable items.There appears to be a limited amount of sorting that can be done at the recycling facility; makes sense, good help is hard to find everywhere. With the relocation of the prison to across the freeway from the landfill, we have
  
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• Letter: Carbon fee and dividend would reduce damage from fossil fuels

  27-09-2019 14:00
  On Sep. 20, millions of students from around the world, including over 1,000 in Salt Lake City, joined in protests to demand “an end to the age of fossil fuels.”For years, scientists have been warning about the dire consequences of climate change, but the rate at which carbon emissions are being added to the atmosphere has continued to rise.Giving up fossil fuel is not going to be easy but we have to do it. All the nations of the world joined the Paris climate accord and made a commi
  
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• [Forbes] - OK, So Allen Iverson Wasn’t A Fan Of Practice; He Still Ranks As One Of The Most Influential Sixers Ever

  27-09-2019 14:00 via sportspyder.com
  Allen Iverson was the smallest MVP ever, and one of the greatest little men of all time. And Sixers fans will never, ever forget.
  
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• Packers RB Jamaal Williams, a former BYU standout, evaluated for head, neck injuries after helmet-to-helmet hit

  27-09-2019 07:40
  Green Bay, Wis. • Green Bay running back Jamaal Williams was taken off the field on a stretcher Thursday night, after taking a helmet-to-helmet hit from Philadelphia defensive end Derek Barnett on the first offensive play of the game for the Packers.Williams, a former BYU standout, caught a short pass from Aaron Rodgers before being stood up by a swarm of Eagles defenders, and Barnett barreled in at the end. After his helmet banged against Williams’ helmet, Barnett was penalized for u
  
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• Photos: Leaves are changing along the Alpine Loop in American Fork Canyon

  27-09-2019 04:16
  Fall is officially here, and autumn lovers wanting to see some changing colors are in luck. Along Alpine Loop Road in American Fork Canyon, vibrant reds, oranges and golds are starting to come out.Rain is expected this weekend, as well as dropping temperatures. For more weather forecasts, visit www.sltrib.com/weather.
  
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• Packers RB Jamaal Williams, a former BYU standout, leaves game with head, neck injuries from helmet-to-helmet hit

  27-09-2019 03:12
  Green Bay, Wis. • Green Bay running back Jamaal Williams has been taken off the field on a stretcher, after taking a helmet-to-helmet hit from Philadelphia defensive end Derek Barnett on the first offensive play of the game for the Packers.Williams, a former BYU standout, caught a short pass from Aaron Rodgers before being stood up by a swarm of Eagles defenders on Thursday night, and Barnett barreled in at the end. After his helmet banged against Williams’ helmet, Barnett was penaliz
  
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• Utah’s attempt to ban conversion therapy leads to emotional pleas from advocates and opponents

  27-09-2019 02:30
  Justin Utley remembers being told by his therapists that the word gay is a verb and not a noun.“That I would only be gay if I act gay,” said Utley, a Salt Lake City resident who said he survived two years of talk therapy aimed at changing his sexual orientation — or what’s more commonly known as “conversion therapy.”His therapists insisted his same-sex attraction must be related to childhood trauma and told him he was suppressing memories of sexual abuse. Thou
  
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• U.S. vaping illness count jumps to 805, deaths rise to 13

  27-09-2019 02:22
  New York • Hundreds more Americans have been reported to have a vaping-related breathing illness, and the death toll has risen to 13, health officials said Thursday.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 805 confirmed and probable cases have been reported, up 52% from the 530 reported a week ago. At this point, illnesses have occurred in almost every state.The confirmed deaths include two in California, two in Kansas, two in Oregon and one each in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, In
  
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• Eugene Robinson: Pelosi should move to impeach ASAP

  27-09-2019 02:00
  Washington • The impeachment of Donald Trump need not be a long, drawn-out affair. Speaker Nancy Pelosi could bring articles of impeachment to the floor of the House within weeks — or she could leave the president twisting slowly in the wind. Her call.That Trump committed at least one impeachable offense is not in question. He unilaterally withheld $391 million in military aid that Congress had authorized for Ukraine, which is menaced by Vladimir Putin’s Russia. During a July 25
  
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• West Valley City police locate missing man

  27-09-2019 01:41
  West Valley City police asked the public for help Thursday afternoon in locating a missing 59-year-old man who has since been found safe. Wesley Butcher was last seen on foot in the area of 2800 South and 3200 West and went missing early Thursday morning.
  
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• Want to save $10K a year? Utah officials predict future where people dump their cars in favor of transit, scooters, bikes and ride-hailing.

  27-09-2019 00:11
  Utah officials foresee that in the not-distant future, improved smartphone tools will ease the use of transportation options that might just kill off the need for personal cars — or at least help most families reduce from two cars to one.That’s because smartphone apps are increasingly making it easier to plan and use everything from mass transit to ride-hailing, e-scooters, taxis and bicycles in the same trip. Unified apps may allow paying and booking at the same time for multiple op
  
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• Rep. Chris Stewart calls Democrats ‘nuts’ for criticizing official who withheld whistleblower complaint against Trump

  27-09-2019 00:03
  Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, on Thursday offered a full-throated defense of the acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, and castigated Democrats for questioning why Maguire didn’t quickly forward to Congress a whistleblower complaint regarding President Donald Trump.“I will say to my colleagues sitting here: I think you’re nuts,” Stewart said during a House Intelligence Committee hearing with Maguire. “If you think you’re goi
  
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• Clifton H. Jolley: Trump doesn’t even seem to care what is true and what isn’t

  27-09-2019 00:00
  “The rules are simple: they lie to us, we know they’re lying, they know we know they’re lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them.” — Elena Gorokhova, A Mountain of Crumbs“Some liars are so expert they deceive themselves.” — Austin O’Malley, Keystones of ThoughtAs the evidence of wrongdoing mounts and the anecdotes of inconsistency and imbecility accrue, Democrats and pundits have transitioned from describing Pr
  
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