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I will never understand why political writers are so concerned about what college students are doing.
Reminder that one-fifth of college students are honest-to-God teenagers.
Straight from the source, folks.
(The real answer of course is that many college students exhibit extreme political actions which tend to reflect a liberal worldview.)
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Philip Bump
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peanut butter cookies
congrats to the fifth of voters with functioning taste buds
Someone let me know that they unfollowed me for this, which is a level of dedication to trash cookies that I very much respect.

Stand by your gritcakes, my man!
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Philip Bump
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Just got an email letting me know that my two-year-old's daycare will have a shelter-in-place drill next Wednesday.
As stressed as I get thinking about this drill, I cannot imagine the strength it must take to actually lose a child. It's literally incomprehensible.
The context is different but it again brings this to mind.
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Trump's former personal attorney is going to prison today in part for federal crimes in which Trump is implicated.
You forgot two!
So apparently Trump's argument is that all the crimes leading to mandatory prison time were on the other side, a group which included Cohen.
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