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The Firehose Effect

steady.substack.com · Dan Rather · last updated
It’s a safe bet that many of you lived the last four years trying to forget the previous four. But in less than 24 hours, all the vitriol, narcissism, hate, anger, and retribution that many believed would be vanquished from our politics and our lives have returned with a vengeance.

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