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When is an attack called “terrorism”? Plus ethical breakups according to this sitcom, Megyn Kelly’s downfall, and more
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“Political violence,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said of a series of attempted bomb attacks sent through the U.S. mail this week to prominent liberal figures. Why wasn’t the now-apprehended Florida man charged with sending these mailings, Meanwhile, President Donald Trump that these attempted attacks were a deliberate strategy to derail his party’s momentum heading into the November 6 U.S. midterm elections. “The vain hope of Donald Trump ‘becoming presidential’ is

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