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The Hermaphrodite vs the Half-Breed

The past is another country; they did negativity better there. Behold, the Election of 1800:

Bravo, Reason, bravo. Next assignment: one of Aaron Burr’s negative ads, please.

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The meeting between Nigel Farage, the property developer Nick Candy and Elon Musk has prompted an all-too-predictable fit among media commentators.  Are we proud, democracy-loving Britons just going to stand by and watch as American billionaires and the radical right buy out our politics? Are we going to let hedge-funders and the real-estate tycoons gut

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