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Matt Taibbi

The real problem Trump represented for elite America had less to do with his political beliefs than the unapproved manner of his rise.
Matt Taibbi, ”Will Twitter Become an Ocean of Suck?,” taibbi.substack.com (November 30, 2021).

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and trump is an existential threat to the corrupt state.

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