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The Simple Keywords That Are Setting Trump Off
Season 1, Ep. 455
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This week on The New Abnormal, hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy reflect
on Trump’s disaster of a debate performance. Plus! Founder and author of The Present Age
newsletter Parker Molloy joins us to talk about the media’s efforts to “sanewash” Donald Trump
and why people might not be falling for it. Then, we talk to The New York Times tech reporters
Kate Conger and Ryan Mac about their upcoming book, “Character Limit: How Elon Musk
Destroyed Twitter.”
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