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Early Addition: Trump Is Just A Performance Artist, It All Makes Sense Now
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 28, 2017
Modified Feb 28, 2017
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- This is one of the best summations of Trump's character I've seen so far: "He's a performance artist pretending to be a great manager."
- Misinformed people are more likely to cling to misinformation when called out than to listen to facts.
- Muslims raised over $130K for desecrated Jewish cemeteries.
- Cuomo wants to be president soooooo badly.
- U.S. tourism is experiencing a 'Trump slump.'
- Not the Onion: Betsy DeVos applauded the Jim Crow education system as pioneer of "school choice."
- Everyone has an opinion on Kellyanne's sitting style.
- Who is running the Trump train, Stephen Miller or Steve Bannon?
- Trevor Noah has gotten an expensive new place in Hell's Kitchen.
- That disastrous and fatal Yemen military raid yielded no significant information, according to intelligence officials.
- Check out a teaser for the exciting new Bong Joon Ho movie.
- Colon and rectal cancer is soaring among Millennials and Generation X.
- And finally, seals have the best belly slaps:
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