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• State, local governments blast Purdue opioid settlement plan

  04-10-2019 23:49
  Attorneys general representing nearly half the states and lawyers for more than 500 local governments on Friday blasted the terms of Purdue Pharma’s offer to settle thousands of lawsuits over the nation’s opioid crisis in court filings that also said the company had funneled up to $13 billion to its controlling family.Their legal filings said the tentative deal does not contain an admission of wrongdoing from members of the Sackler family, would not stop family members from future mi
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Bojan Bogdanovic can’t contain his enthusiasm about this season’s Jazz

  04-10-2019 23:37 via sportspyder.com
  On the Jazz’s first day of training camp, Rudy Gobert was asked how long it might take for he and his new teammates to get comfortable with one another, and he responded, “Apparently pretty quick. Bojan [Bogdanovic] threw me a lob on the first play.”
  
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• Michael A. Kalm: I dream of a day when all Americans are one

  04-10-2019 23:30
  I grew up smelling the smoke of the Holocaust.Born in 1946, the trauma of Hitler’s genocide was implanted in my marrow, long before I had cognition to understand it.I grew up in safety and privilege. I lived in a Jewish neighborhood. The quota systems from before the war had largely gone away. The best public schools were free to go to. There would be no bar from society to keep me from going to college, to medical school. All Americans were eating bagels. We were accepted.But I never felt
  
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• [NBA] - After 25 years of preparation, new Utah Jazz president Jim Olson 'ready for the challenge'

  04-10-2019 23:16 via sportspyder.com
  On his first day with the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, Jim Olson settled into his cubicle in a cinderblock office, picked up a phone, and started selling tickets. Twenty-five years later to
  
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• Jazz name Jim Olson new team president, who says he’ll prioritize fan experience

  04-10-2019 23:14
  The Jazz appointed a new team president on Monday, but don’t expect sweeping changes.Jim Olson, a 25-year employee of the Larry H. Miller organization, was named the new president of the Utah Jazz and of Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment (LHMSE), it was announced Friday.Olson replaces Steve Starks, who earlier this year was named chief executive officer of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies.Olson most recently served as the executive vice president for LHMSE and as the preside
  
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• Bojan Bogdanovic can’t contain his enthusiasm about this season’s Jazz

  04-10-2019 23:14
  On the Jazz’s first day of training camp, Rudy Gobert was asked how long it might take for he and his new teammates to get comfortable with one another, and he responded, “Apparently pretty quick. Bojan [Bogdanovic] threw me a lob on the first play.”When a reporter on Friday began to ask Bogdanovic about the play, but mis-phrased it as, “Rudy said he threw you a lob,” the sharpshooter’s eyes grew wide, a look of incredulous disbelief spreading over his face.&l
  
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• [KSL] - LHM Group names Jim Olson new president of the Utah Jazz | KSL.com

  04-10-2019 23:11 via sportspyder.com
  On Friday, Larry H. Miller Group CEO Steve Starks announced that Jim Olson has been named the president of the Utah Jazz and Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment.
  
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• The idea that God — or someone — is always watching comes to life with technology

  04-10-2019 23:01
  On his 40th birthday, ad executive Daniel Miller bought himself a BMW to celebrate the happiest day of his life.Then, in a 1990s version of distracted driving, Miller took his eyes off of the road to grab a loose CD and ended up in a fatal head-on collision with a bus.That accident in the opening scene of the 1991 film “Defending Your Life” lands Miller, played by writer and director Albert Brooks, in “Judgment City,” a resort hotel version of purgatory.In a scene that fo
  
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• Luke Garrott: A note to the next mayor about e-scooters

  04-10-2019 23:00
  Salt Lake City Transportation Director Jon Larsen wrote a stern letter to e-scooter companies last month about their customers riding on sidewalks. Larsen threatened more rules, restrictions, even bans, if companies can’t show progress on the issue.I also read his words as a threat to the public.Because it’s us who decide where and how to ride the e-scooters in question. It’s people who sometimes behave badly in traffic.As an experienced transportation engineer, Larsen knows wh
  
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• | “… My job will be to support them. The better we do on the business side, the more opportunities we’re going to give the basketball operations to grow and accomplish their goals.” »https://on.nba.com/2oOiKc3 

  04-10-2019 22:57 via twitter.com
  | “… My job will be to support them. The better we do on the business side, the more opportunities we’re going to give the basketball operations to grow and accomplish their goals.”»https://on.nba.com/2oOiKc3 
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Jim Olson is introduced as the new President of the Utah Jazz, LHMSE

  04-10-2019 22:53 via sportspyder.com
  Jim Olson—previously the President of Vivint Smart Home Arena and an employee of LHMSE for the last 25 years—was announced as Steve Starks' replacement as te...
  
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• ‘I am not on the fence': Ben McAdams throws his support behind Trump impeachment inquiry

  04-10-2019 22:45
  Midvale • Rep. Ben McAdams on Friday offered his most direct assessment yet of the burgeoning impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, saying that while he will not prejudge the outcome, a formal probe is necessary to determine the facts.The Utah Democrat was prompted to clarify his position after initially stopping short of supporting the inquiry during a Friday town hall. McAdams said he had read the “wrong version” of his prepared remarks.“The president’s
  
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• Dwight Shrute Donovan Mitchell beet enthusiastpic.twitter.com/kEl6P6pJAr

  04-10-2019 22:43 via twitter.com
  Dwight Shrute Donovan Mitchellbeet enthusiastpic.twitter.com/kEl6P6pJAr
  
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• Franklin Graham’s tour evokes evangelical support for Trump

  04-10-2019 22:39
  Greenville, N.C. • The Rev. Franklin Graham did not utter the word “impeachment” as he spoke to thousands of Christians here this week, the latest stop on a long-running tour he has dubbed Decision America — a title with political and religious undertones.But evangelicals who turned out to see Graham didn’t necessarily need his warning that “our country is in trouble” to tap into their deep-rooted support for President Donald Trump during an intensifying
  
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• [NBA] - Roundball Roundup: Donovan Mitchell reviews USA basketball and Dante Exum on NBL

  04-10-2019 22:18 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz Podcast Network debuts with Roundball Roundup. UtahJazz.com's JP Chunga tells you what to expect. From interviews to long form storytelling, the network will take you inside the Jazz
  
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• Mitt Romney ratchets up his response to Trump accusations going from ‘troubling’ to ‘appalling’

  04-10-2019 22:18
  Sen. Mitt Romney is one of few Republicans in Congress criticizing President Donald Trump for asking Ukraine and China for help digging up dirt on a Democratic rival while others in Utah's federal delegation are mainly staying mum.Romney, a Utah Republican and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Friday that it “strains credulity” for Trump to argue he’s not acting politically by calling on foreign nations to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden.Trump,
  
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• Trump formally objecting to probe, won’t say he’ll cooperate

  04-10-2019 22:16
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Friday he will formally object to Congress' impeachment inquiry even as he acknowledged that House Democrats "have the votes" to proceed.The White House was expected to send a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arguing that Congress cannot conduct an impeachment investigation without first having a vote to authorize it. The letter was expected to say the administration won't cooperate with the probe without that vote.Trump said the resolution would
  
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• Iranian hackers said to target presidential campaign

  04-10-2019 21:57
  WASHINGTON • Microsoft said Friday that hackers linked to the Iranian government targeted a U.S. presidential campaign, as well as government officials, media targets and prominent expatriate Iranians.Overall, the hackers attempted to penetrate 241 accounts — four successfully — though none of those penetrated was associated with presidential campaigns or current or past U.S. officials, Microsoft said. A company spokeswoman declined to identify those targeted, citing customer pr
  
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• | "There's a lot of different combinations that the coaching staff are trying to put on the floor and I think that's going to be our strength for this season."https://www.nba.com/jazz/video/teams/jazz/2019/10/04/2826664/1570214507408-bojan-2826664?cid=jaz

  04-10-2019 21:46 via twitter.com
  | "There's a lot of different combinations that the coaching staff are trying to put on the floor and I think that's going to be our strength for this season."https://www.nba.com/jazz/video/teams/jazz/2019/10/04/2826664/1570214507408-bojan-2826664?cid=jazz_social_twitter_natural_trainingcamp&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=jazz_social_twitter_natural_trainingcamp&utm_content=natural …
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - BASKETBALL BACK: New look Utah Jazz take on Adelaide 36ers

  04-10-2019 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  Here’s your first chance to check out the new look Utah Jazz!
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Why Bojan Bogdanovic is the key for the Jazz to compete in the West

  04-10-2019 20:58 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz are coming off a 2018-19 NBA campaign in which they won 50 games and were bounced out of the playoffs in the first round, with the Houston Rockets making it incredibly obvious that the Jazz needed more. Well, Utah answered the bell...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Best and worst case scenarios for Jazz players: part 2

  04-10-2019 20:32 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz roster is more solid than we thought
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jim Olson, former Vivint Arena President, to replace Steve Starks as president of the Utah Jazz

  04-10-2019 19:59 via sportspyder.com
  Starks is leaving behind a blueprint for success
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run podcast: Andy and Eric analyze each of the players on the Jazz’s roster as training camp opens

  04-10-2019 19:45 via sportspyder.com
  Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writers Eric Walden and Andy Larsen are back in the same nation for the first time in months, which means it’s Weekly Run time.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz name Jim Olson new team president

  04-10-2019 19:45 via sportspyder.com
  Jim Olson, a 25-year employee of the Larry H. Miller organization, has been appointed the new president of the Utah Jazz and of Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment (LHMSE), it was announced Friday.
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: Andy and Eric analyze each of the players on the Jazz’s roster as training camp opens

  04-10-2019 19:44
  Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writers Eric Walden and Andy Larsen are back in the same nation for the first time in months, which means it’s Weekly Run time.On the first week back, we go down the Jazz’s roster to talk about where they are in training camp, some early impressions on their role, and what we’ve heard about each of them.Here’s a breakdown of the key players discussed:At 2:45: Rudy GobertAt 8:05: Mike ConleyAt 12:23: Donovan MitchellAt 18:05: Royce O’Neale
  
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• Schools for the deaf are suing the Utah Shakespeare Festival

  04-10-2019 19:40
  Three organizations representing deaf students say the executive producer of the Utah Shakespeare Festival dared them to sue. So they did.The Utah School for the Deaf and Blind, the Jean Massieu School of the Deaf and the Utah Association of the Deaf have filed suit against the festival for refusing to provide American Sign Language interpreters for their students.The plaintiffs allege that the Shakespeare festival; its executive producer, Frank Mack; and Southern Utah University are violating t
  
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• Commentary: We talked to both candidates for mayor. We’re still split.

  04-10-2019 19:30
  Salt Lake City mayoral candidate, bank executive, and immigrant, state Sen. Luz Escamilla, told us that she never imagined living in a country where her son would have the opportunity to learn how to play the violin. She also understands, as a Latina woman born in Mexico, the nervousness of being pulled over by a police officer.The other candidate, clean air activist and City Councilwoman Erin Mendenhall, described to us losing at a young age her ingenious father to cancer. After his death, she
  
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• Jazz name Jim Olson new team president

  04-10-2019 19:12
  Jim Olson, a 25-year employee of the Larry H. Miller organization, has been appointed the new president of the Utah Jazz and of Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment (LHMSE), it was announced Friday.Olson replaces Steve Starks, who earlier this year was named Chief Executive Officer of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies.Olson most recently served as the executive vice president for LHMSE and as the president of Vivint Smart Home Arena. He will now oversee the day-to-day operations of th
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Trump thinks the economy makes him impeachment-proof. It might be the opposite.

  04-10-2019 19:08
  President Trump has an impressive defense for why he shouldn't be impeached: The economy is just too darn good!"How do you impeach a President who has created the greatest Economy in the history of our Country?" he tweeted this past weekend before listing other accomplishments that supposedly render him impeachment-proof. It's one of several such recent remarks.Of course, Trump suggests periodically that some good economic indicator insulates him from noneconomic failings (standard talking point
  
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• Diahann Carroll, Oscar-nominated, pioneering actress, dies

  04-10-2019 19:02
  NEW YORK • Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as "Julia," has died. She was 84.Carroll's daughter, Susan Kay, told The Associated Press her mother died Friday in Los Angeles of cancer.During her long career, Carroll earned a Tony Award for the musical "No Strings" and an Academy Award nomination for best actress for "Claudine."But she was perhaps best known for her pioneering
  
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• Diplomats pushed Ukraine to investigate, dangled Trump visit

  04-10-2019 19:00
  Washington • Top U.S. diplomats encouraged Ukraine’s newly elected president to conduct an investigation linked to Joe Biden’s family in return for a high-profile visit with President Donald Trump. It soon escalated into what one diplomat feared was a “crazy” swap that risked vital U.S. military aid.That's according to a cache of text messages released late Thursday by House investigators following a 10-hour interview with one of the diplomats, Kurt Volker , who step
  
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• [KSL] - Donovan Mitchell and Mike Conley are 'jelling a lot faster' than anticipated | KSL.com

  04-10-2019 18:39 via sportspyder.com
  It's been less than a week, but the Utah Jazz's new backcourt's chemistry is already strong.
  
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• Mitt Romney says it ‘strains credulity’ for Trump to argue his calls for Biden investigations are not political

  04-10-2019 18:37
  Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, stepped up his rhetoric toward President Donald Trump on Friday, writing in a tweet that it ‘strains credulity’ for Trump to argue that his calls for foreign nations to investigate a top Democratic rival are not politically motivated.Trump, already facing a House impeachment inquiry over his conversations with the president of Ukraine, added fuel to the fire on Thursday when he publicly called on China to launch an investigation into former vice president an
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jazz Rank: 15th belongs to Jarrell Brantley

  04-10-2019 18:23 via sportspyder.com
  Another 2nd round pick, two-way player off the board
  
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• [Sporting News] - NBA 2019-20: Three training camp storylines to follow

  04-10-2019 18:17 via sportspyder.com
  NBA training camp is underway and teams are determining building rotations and determining strategies as 2019-20 approaches.
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: A pre-General Conference crush of stories; so long, ‘James the Mormon’; new debate about family proclamation

  04-10-2019 18:10
  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 free newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.This week’s podcast: The Russell Nelson era
  (Jeremy Harmon|The Salt Lake Tribune) David Noyce, Peggy Fletcher Stack, Tamu Smith, Jana Riess and Patrick Mason record the 100th episode of the Mormon Land podcast on
  
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• 'Mormon Land’: Examining the Russell Nelson era, a period of rapid, unexpected change

  04-10-2019 18:04
  To mark the 100th episode of our “Mormon Land” podcast, an expert panel discussed how a 95-year-old leader is reshaping The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, overhauling prominent policies and sacred ceremonies, loosening some rules while tightening others, even changing how people refer to the religion.Just Wednesday, he announced a step toward gender equity in the faith, allowing girls and women to act as official witnesses at baptisms and temple sealings.The guest panel
  
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• [NBA] - Jim Olson appointed President of Utah Jazz, LHMSE

  04-10-2019 17:51 via sportspyder.com
  Steve Starks, chief executive officer of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, announced today the appointment of Jim Olson, a 25-year veteran of the organization, as president of the Utah Jazz and
  
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• Jim Olson has been appointed President of the Utah Jazz & LHMSE » https://on.nba.com/2MasOE6 pic.twitter.com/Y3bPpdHJ3G

  04-10-2019 17:35 via twitter.com
  Jim Olson has been appointed President of the Utah Jazz & LHMSE» https://on.nba.com/2MasOE6 pic.twitter.com/Y3bPpdHJ3G
  
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• Utes have gotten creative with their run game in Zack Moss’ absence — and he could return vs. Oregon State

  04-10-2019 17:12
  Everyone involved with Utah’s football program would love to know what running back Zack Moss could have done at USC on the Utes’ drives that reached the 2- and 1-yard lines and produced a total of three points in a 30-23 defeat.Even so, Utah has done a remarkable job of rushing for 419 yards in two games, beyond the 20 yards that Moss gained before injuring his shoulder early in the second quarter in Los Angeles. The Utes are proud of their depth at running back, and Devin Brumfield
  
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• September in Utah: The best photos from Tribune photographers

  04-10-2019 16:59
  From wildfires to the State Fair to football season, summer has ended and autumn begins as The Salt Lake Tribune’s photojournalists were there to capture the most important images headlining the news in September 2019.See their best work below. Keep up with Tribune photographers by following us on Instagram.
  (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) (Francisco Kjolseth/)Caden Terry, 15, does what he can as he joins neighbors in cutting down tall brush as crews battle the Green Ravine Fi
  
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• Utah nanny sentenced to jail after she’s caught on camera abusing infant twins

  04-10-2019 16:51
  A Utah nanny who was caught on camera kicking, hitting and shaking 5-month-old twins will spend 30 days in jail.McKenna Newell, 21, was arrested in January after the twins’ father gave police video of her abusing the infants, including covering their noses and mouths with her hand.Newell was convicted of third-degree felony child abuse in Third District Court. In addition to the jail time, she was placed on probation for three years, and ordered to complete an anger-management course and p
  
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• George Pyle: Too much LDS news? Just turn the page.

  04-10-2019 16:30
  The thing about being a man of a certain age who has always been pretty good at keeping up with the times is that a major function of my Twitter feed and Facebook page is finding out who has retired and who has died.Last week, via a direct message on Facebook, I was told that an old friend and patron of mine had died. His name was Harris Rayl. He was 66. Three years older than I am.That’s happening a lot lately.Harris was the third generation of a family that owned a chain — they pre
  
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• Marina Gomberg: Teachers changed my life, and probably yours, so maybe we should do more than celebrate them for a single day?

  04-10-2019 15:56
  I just learned that Oct. 5 is World Teachers Day and immediately started thinking about what we could do to show appreciation for our son Harvey’s incredible educators. As a longtime teacher fan, my mind wandered, and I started imagining all of the things I really wish we could offer all of the educators in our state.See, my parents moved to Utah in 1977 to share a single teaching internship (for a total of $9,000) after they graduated from Indiana University. They went on to get full-time
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Trump makes uncorroborated claim that drug companies are pushing for his impeachment

  04-10-2019 15:46
  Happy Friday!President Donald Trump has made baseless claims that the pharmaceutical industry is propelling impeachment talks, possibly as payback for his efforts to reduce drug costs. Trump said Thursday that these companies are “very powerful, they spend a lot of money” and conjectured that “the hoax” might have come in part from these industries. He did not offer any evidence to back up his accusations. [Politico]Topping the news: Salt Lake City’s nonprofit bike-
  
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• Robert Kirby: Trump gives new meaning to ‘swearing-in’

  04-10-2019 15:16
  Among the national news this week was a shocking report of President Donald Trump tweeting an obscenity.That’s right. The president of the United States, one of the most powerful people in the world, resorted to an offensive word in a pathetic attempt to express himself.I know many of you will find this offensive, but I am going to use that exact word here so there is no mistaking what it was. Close your eyes, because here we go:“…ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 201
  
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• Paul Krugman: Here comes the Trump slump

  04-10-2019 15:02
  When he isn’t raving about how the deep state is conspiring against him, Donald Trump loves to boast about the economy, claiming to have achieved unprecedented things. As it happens, none of his claims are true. While both GDP and employment have registered solid growth, the Trump economy simply seems to have continued a long expansion that began under Barack Obama. In fact, someone who looked only at the past 10 years of data would never guess that an election had taken place.But now it&r
  
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