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The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

ITM shares some thoughts on the first few days of Trump's second term.

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Ian Thomas Malone
Jan 22, 2025
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When I was in third grade, my class was having a discussion on the upcoming presidential election. One of my classmates awkwardly raised his hand, and with trepidation in his voice, relayed to the rest of us that his father had informed him that then-President Clinton was a bad man. Predictably, my Catholic school teacher struggled to explain the morali…

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