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“LIKE TRUMP SAYS ALL THE TIME, ‘I AM YOUR WARRIOR’ — BUT WHAT’S MOST INTERESTING FOR ME, AND I SAY THIS IN THE BOOK, THEY PRETEND TO BE FIGHTING AGAINST THE MAN, TO BE OF THE PEOPLE — BUT THEY ARE THE MAN, THESE RICH PEOPLE ARE ALL THE MAN.”

Kara Swisher doesn’t like all the things lesbians are allegedly supposed to like — that’s if you listen to all the stereotypes. She loves a nice hotel (like the luxurious Aman chain), and she appreciates fashionable apparel. But really, she just laughs at the tropes anyway.

And that’s the Swisher I spent time with: droll, thoughtful, frabjous, straightforward, and

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