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FIRST NAME |
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LAST NAME |
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DESCRIPTION |
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AUTHORS
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Samizdat - copying & distribution
of literature banned by state. |
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Gobsmacked - utterly astonished; astounded. |
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Steve |
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Bannon |
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Conservative media executive and former Trump Strategist. |
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Roger |
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Ailes |
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Former
Head of Fox News. Fired for sexual improprieties. |
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Donald
John |
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Trump |
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The
President. |
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Alexandra |
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Preate |
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Bannon's
aide. |
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Autodidacts - a self-taught person. |
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Universal Field Theory - attempt to
unify magnetism & gravity. |
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Louche
- disreputable in an appealing way. |
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Avatar - an icon representing a
person in video games. |
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Symbiotic - a mutually beneficial
relationship. |
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Rex |
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Tillerson |
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Formerly
Exxon CEO. Now Secretary of State. |
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Jeff |
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Sessions |
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Formerly
Alabama Senator. Now Head of Justice Department. |
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Jim |
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Mattis |
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Formerly
Marine General. Now Secretary of Defense. |
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Michael |
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Flynn |
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Former
Army General and former National Security Advisor. |
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John |
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Bolton |
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Conservative lawyer who served in several GOP administrations. |
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Bernie |
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Sanders |
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Liberal
Democratic Senator from Vermont. Ran for President. |
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Tea Party - a conservative wing of
the Republican Party. |
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Sheldon |
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Adelson |
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Casino
billionaire and far-right Israel supporter. |
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James |
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Comey |
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Former
FBI Director. Fired by President Trump. |
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John O. |
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Brennan |
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Former
CIA Director. Retired in January, 2017. |
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Susan |
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Rice |
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National
Security Advisor in the Obama Administration. |
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Auteur - a filmmaker with strong
control over the movie. |
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Rupert |
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Murdoch |
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Media
owner of 20th Century Fox, Fox News and others. |
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Kellyanne |
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Conway |
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One of
Trump's campaign managers. |
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Reince |
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Priebus |
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Head of
Republican National Committee (RNC). |
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Katie |
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Walsh |
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Priebus
associate at RNC. |
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Sean |
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Spicer |
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Priebus associate at RNC. |
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John |
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McLaughlin |
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Trump
campaign pollster. |
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Jared |
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Kushner |
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Trump's
son-in-law. |
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Sam |
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Nunberg |
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Trump
aide. Previously worked for Roger Stone. |
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Leitmotif - recurring theme in a
musical or literary composition. |
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Corey |
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Lewandowski |
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Trump's
first campaign manager. |
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Paul |
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Manafort |
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Trump's
second campaign manager. |
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Bob |
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Mercer |
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Right-wing billionaire. |
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Ted |
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Cruz |
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Texas
Senator and Presidential candidate. |
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Rebekah |
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Mercer |
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Bob
Mercer's wife. |
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David |
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Geffen |
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Business
magnate and film producer. |
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Steve |
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Mnuchin |
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Trump
campaign finance chairman. |
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Roger |
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Stone |
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Early
campaign manager and Trump advisor. |
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Hope |
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Hicks |
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Trump
campaign public relations aid. |
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Ivanka |
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Trump |
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Trump's
daughter by first wife Ivana. |
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Billy |
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Bush |
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Trump's
friend. Involved in infamous video. |
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Melania |
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Trump |
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Trump's
current wife, his third. |
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Barron |
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Trump |
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Trump's
son with Melania. |
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Rudy |
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Giuliani |
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Former
New York City Mayor. Trump's friend. |
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Chris |
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Christie |
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New
Jersey Governor. |
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Quid pro quo - a favor granted in
return for something. |
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Oligarchy - small group controlling
country or organization. |
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Oleg |
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Deripaska |
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Russian
billionaire and oligarch. |
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Charlie |
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Kushner |
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Jared's
father. Real estate developer. |
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Don |
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Trump Jr. |
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Trump's
son. aka: Uday. |
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Eric |
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Trump |
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Trump's
son. aka: Qusay. |
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Hillary |
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Clinton |
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Democratic candidate for President. |
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Jerry |
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Hall |
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Murdoch's
new wife. |
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Wendi |
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Murdoch |
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Murdoch's
first wife. |
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Carl |
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Icahn |
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Financier. Trump's friend. |
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Scott |
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Pruitt |
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Oklahoma
politician now head of the EPA. |
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Betsy |
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DeVos |
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Business
woman and politician. Now Secretary of Education. |
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Peter |
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Thiel |
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PayPal
co-founder. Supported Trump's campaign. |
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Piers |
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Morgan |
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British
newspaper man. |
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Tony |
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Schwartz |
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Wrote
book on Trump with Trump. |
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Bill |
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Clinton |
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Former
President. |
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Hoi polloi - the masses. The common
people. |
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Perp walk
- walking in or out of police station or courthouse. |
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John |
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Boehner |
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Former
Speaker of the House. |
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Tom |
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Barrack |
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Trump's
real estate friend. |
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Steven |
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Roth |
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Trump's
real estate friend. |
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Richard |
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Lefrak |
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Real
estate developer in New York. |
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Jeffrey |
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Epstein |
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New York
financier. Served jail time. |
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#MAGA - Twitter code for Make
America Great Again. |
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Ann |
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Coulter |
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Right
wing diva and Trump supporter. |
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Steve |
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Wynn |
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Las Vegas
gaming mogul. |
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Joe |
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Scarborough |
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Former
congressman. Morning Joe host. |
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Scott |
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Walker |
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Wisconsin
governor. Presidential candidate. |
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Opprobrium - harsh criticism, or
public disgrace. |
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Ne Plus Ultra - the perfect example
of its kind. |
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Betes
noires - a person or thing that one dislikes. |
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Stephen |
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Schwarzman |
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Head of
Blackstone Group. Kushner friend. |
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Anna |
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Wintour |
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Vogue
editor. Sought ambassadorship to Britain. |
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Mark |
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Hemingway |
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Conservative writer for Weekly Standard. |
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Epochal - epoch making. |
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Encomiums - highly praising someone
or something. |
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Preternaturally - beyond nature, or
unnatural. |
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Henry |
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Kissinger |
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Former
Secretary of State. A Kushner "Wise Man". |
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James |
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Clapper |
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Former
Director Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). |
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Ben |
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Rhodes |
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Susan
Rice's deputy. |
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Bob |
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Corker |
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Tennessee
Senator. |
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Joie de guerre - joy of a good
fight or battle. |
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Antiwonk
- not preoccupied with details or procedures. |
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Mike |
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Pompeo |
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CIA
Director under Trump. |
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David |
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Halberstam |
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Author -
The Best and the Brightest. |
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Bob |
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Woodward |
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Washington Post writer. |
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Quadrennial - recurring every 4
years. |
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Jon |
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Corzine |
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New
Jersey Governor. From Goldman Sachs |
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Mike |
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Murphy |
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Republican media consultant. Ran Jeb Bush PAC. |
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Edward |
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Bass |
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An oil
heir. |
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David |
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Bossie |
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Bannon
partner in conservative book sale project. |
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Andrew |
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Breitbart |
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Founder -
Breitbart News. Deceased. |
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Svengali
- a person who dominates another. Usually selfishly. |
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Quant - a quantitative analyst. |
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Consigliere - an advisor, especially to a crime boss. |
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Aphoristic - a general truth or
astute observation. |
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Shambolic - chaotic or mismanaged. |
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Stephen |
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Miller |
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Former
Sessions aide, then Bannon assistant. |
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Nativism
- a policy of protecting native-born over immigrants. |
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Sotto voce - speak quietly to not
be overheard. |
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John |
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Kelly |
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Director
of Homeland Security. A former General. |
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EO - Executive Orders. |
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Mika |
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Brzezinski |
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Morning
Joe co-host. |
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Zbigniew |
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Brzezinski |
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President
Carter's National Security Advisor. Mika's father. |
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Josh |
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Kushner |
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Jared's
brother. |
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Solipsism - a theory that self is
all that exists. |
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Realpolitik - practical politics without moral
considerations. |
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Fred |
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Trump |
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Donald
Trump's father. |
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Freddy |
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Trump |
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Donald's
brother. Deceased. |
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Ronald |
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Perelman |
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Billionaire financier and takeover artist. |
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Roy |
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Cohn |
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Trump
advisor. Right hand man to Joe McCarthy. Disbarred. |
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Arthur |
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Carter |
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New York
Observer (NYO) patron. |
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Greydon |
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Carter |
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Started
Spy magazine. Became NYO editor. |
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Peter |
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Kaplan |
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Editor at
NYO. |
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Enrique
Pena |
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Nieto |
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President
of Mexico. |
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Jamie |
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Johnson |
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Johnson &
Johnson heir. |
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Douchebag
- an obnoxious or contemptible person. |
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Bifurcate - divide into two
branches. |
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Dasha |
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Zhukova |
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Wife of
Russian - Roman Abramovich. |
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Dina |
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Powell |
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Goldman
Sachs executive who joined the White House. |
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Hondling
- bargaining. |
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Travis |
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Kalanick |
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Uber CEO. |
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Bob |
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Iger |
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Disney
CEO. |
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Gary |
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Cohn |
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Chief
National Economic Council. |
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Aberrant - departing from accepted
standard. |
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Maggie |
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Haberman |
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White
House reporter. |
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Glenn |
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Thrush |
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White
House reporter. |
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Fatuousness - foolish or inane. |
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Gail |
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Collins |
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New York
Times reporter. |
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Jeff |
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Zucker |
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Head of
NBC. |
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Phil |
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Kent |
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Former
Turner CEO. |
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Sally |
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Yates |
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Justice
Department lawyer. |
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Don |
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McGahn |
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White
House council. |
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Michael |
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Glynn |
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National
Security Advisor. |
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Sergey |
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Kislyak |
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Russian
ambassador. |
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Michael |
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Pence |
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Vice
President of the U.S. |
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FISA - Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court |
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Kafkaesque - oppressive or
nightmarish. |
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Webster |
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Hubbel |
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Figure in
the Clinton Whitewater affair. |
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Franklin |
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Foer |
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Former
New Republic editor. |
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Sycophantically - one who uses
flattery to get what they want. |
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Paucity - something in small
amounts. |
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Tevfik |
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Arif |
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Former
Russian official. Ran Bayrock Group. |
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Felix |
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Sater |
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Worked
for Bayrock. Criminal past. |
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Carter |
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Page |
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Banker.
Spent time in Russia. |
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Edward
Jay |
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Epstein |
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Intelligence community journalist |
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Disintermediate - removal of intermediaries. |
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Michael |
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Anton |
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NSA
official. |
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Shizo |
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Abe |
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Japan
prime minister. |
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Justin |
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Trudeau |
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Canada
prime minister. |
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Omarosa |
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Manigault |
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Trump's
Apprentice (TV Show) sidekick. |
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Phobic - extreme or irrational
fear. |
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Oeuvre - the collective works of an
artist. |
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Mick |
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Mulvaney |
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Director
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). |
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Bête
noir - something or someone who is disliked. |
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Machers
- a person who gets things done. |
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Tropes - figurative use of a word
or expression. |
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Jarvanka
- referencing Jarod Kushner and Ivanka Trump. |
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Karen |
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Pence |
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Vice
President Pence's wife. |
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Outré
- unusual and startling. |
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Subsume - absorb in something else. |
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Allie |
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Hanley |
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Palm
Beach conservative donor. |
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Matt |
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Schlapp |
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Washington
Times writer. President alt-right Institute. |
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Milo |
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Yiannopoulos |
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Alt-right
British man. |
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Sebastian |
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Gorka |
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Former
Breitbart writer. |
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Mercedes |
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Schlapp |
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Matt
Schlapp's wife. |
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Identitarian
- white nationalist movement from France. |
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Wilbur |
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Ross |
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Head of
Department of Commerce. |
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Robert |
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Lighthizer |
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Head of
Department of Trade. |
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Existential - concerned with human
existance. |
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Raconteur - an amusing storyteller. |
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Denegation - deny or say no. |
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Tucker |
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Carlson |
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Fox News
anchor. |
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Ike |
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Perlmutter |
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New York
billionaire investor. |
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Sheldon |
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Adelson |
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Billionaire casino magnate. |
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Benjamin |
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Netanyahu |
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Israel
prime minister. Kushner family friend. |
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Avi |
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Berkowitz |
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Kushner
White House lieutenant. |
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Josh |
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Raffel |
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Kushner White House lieutenant. |
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Cuck
- men who let women do whatever they want sex-wise. |
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Larry |
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Kudlow |
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CNBC
commentator. |
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David |
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Remnick |
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The New
Yorker editor. |
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Tony |
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Blair |
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Former
British prime minister. |
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Gina |
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Haspel |
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Deputy
Director of the CIA. |
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Paul |
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Ryan |
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Speaker
of the House of Representatives. |
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Louise |
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Mensch |
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Former
British politician living in the U.S. |
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Mark |
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Meadous |
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Head of
the Tea Party. |
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Mitt |
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Romney |
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Former
Senator and BOP Presidential candidate. |
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Rectitude - morally correct
behavior. |
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Ad hominem - an argument against a
person - not a position. |
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Obfuscated - render obscure or
unclear. |
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Tom |
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Price |
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Georgia
Congressman. |
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John |
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McCormick |
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Former
Speaker of the House. |
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Tip |
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O'Neill |
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Working
class Democratic, former Speaker of the House. |
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Benighted - intellectual or moral
ignorance. |
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Devin |
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Nunes |
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Chairman,
House Intelligence Committee. |
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Misanthropic - disliking and
avoiding human society. |
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Wendell |
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Wilkie |
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Losing
GOP candidate for President in 1940. |
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H.R. |
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McMaster |
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Former
General, now National Security Advisor. |
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Newt |
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Gingrich |
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Republican Speaker of the House from Georgia. |
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Ethnopopulism - political parties appealing to ethnic
groups. |
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George |
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Soros |
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Wealthy
democratic donor. |
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Joseph |
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Dunford |
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Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff. |
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Penultimate - 2nd to last in a
series of things. |
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Joe |
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Hagin |
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Deputy
chief of staff for operations. |
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Ad hoc - done for a particular
purpose only. |
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Sheryl |
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Sandberg |
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Facebook
CEO. |
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Botlike
- video game. |
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Discursive - digressing from
subject to subject. |
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Robert L. |
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Caslen
Jr. |
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Superintendent of West Point. |
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Bill |
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O'Reilly |
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Fox News
anchor. |
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Hoary - old and white. |
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Troll - mythical, ugly giant or
dwarf. |
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Obeisance - differential respect. |
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Dialectical - logical discussion of
ideas and opinions. |
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Misogynist - someone who dislikes
women. |
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Inchoate - just begun. Not fully
formed. |
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Frank |
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Luntz |
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GOP
polester. |
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Laura |
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Ingraham |
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Conservative cable personality. |
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Schtick
- a performance associated with a particular person. |
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Cruella
de Vil - character from book and Disney movie. |
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Self-abnegation - the denial or
abasement of oneself. |
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Mathew |
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Hiltzik |
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Head of
small PR firm. An active Democrat. |
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F-Troop - satirical wild-west TV
sitcom. |
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Josh |
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Faffel |
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Spokesperson for Kushner in Office of American Innovation. |
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Mike |
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Dubke |
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Republican PR operative. |
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John |
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Dickerson |
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Face the
Nation moderator. |
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Beny |
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Steinmetz |
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Israeli
billionaire with Russian ties. |
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Hagiographic - writing about the
lives of saints. |
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Mark |
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Halperin |
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Political
reporter. |
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Howard |
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Kurtz |
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Fox
reporter. |
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Keith |
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Schiller |
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Trump's
personal security guard. |
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Semiotic - the study of signs and
symbols. |
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Hegemonic - dominant in political
or social context. |
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Robert |
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Mueller |
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Head, FBI
Russia investigation. Former FBI Director. |
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Rush |
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Limbaugh |
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Conservative talk show host. |
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Liz |
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Trotta |
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Former
Fox correspondent. |
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Kimberly |
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Guilfoyle |
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Fox
anchor. |
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Mohammed |
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bin
Salman |
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Crown
Prince of the House of Saud. aka:MBS. |
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Sarah H. |
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Sanders |
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Deputy
Press Secretary. |
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Dan |
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Scavino |
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Social
media director. |
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Zelig
- a person who changes for any situation. |
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POTUS - President Of The United
States. |
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FLOTUS - First Lady Of The United
States. |
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Hamid |
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bin
Khalifa |
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King of
Bahrain. |
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Abdel
Fattah |
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el Sisi |
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Egyptian
strongman and President of Egypt. |
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Lanny |
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Davis |
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Clinton
impeachment lawyer. |
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Julia |
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Hahn |
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Former
Breitbart writer. |
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David |
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Bossie |
|
Trump
political adviser. |
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Nick |
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Ayers |
|
V.P.
Pence's Chief of Staff. |
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Detritus - waste or debris of any
kind. |
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Risible - to provoke laughter. |
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Zeitgeist - defining a period of
history by their ideas or beliefs. |
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Opprobrium - harsh criticism or
censure. |
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Arthur |
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Schwartz |
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PR
consultant |
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Hypermedia - interlocked media
forms - basis of the Web. |
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Jumo
- an offensive slur. |
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Mark |
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Corallo |
|
Trump
legal team spokesperson. Resigned. |
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David |
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Petreaeus |
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Former
Army Commander. |
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Erik |
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Prince |
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Blackwater (Company) founder. |
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Factotum - an employee who does all
kinds of work. |
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Anthony |
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Scaramucci |
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Advisor
to Vice President Pence. |
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Hortatory - tending or aiming to
exhort. |
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Nikil |
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Saval |
|
Liberal
writer for the Guardian. |
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Peter |
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Baker |
|
NY Times
writer. |
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Michael |
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Schmidt |
|
NY Times
writer. |
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Andrew |
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Weissmann |
|
Enron
prosecutor. Now on Mueller's FBI team. |
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Rachael |
|
Brand |
|
Associate
Attorney General. |
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Mark |
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Dowd |
|
Member of
Trump's legal team. |
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Jay |
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Sekulow |
|
Member of
Trump's legal team. |
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Robert |
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Kuttner |
|
American
Prospect editor. |
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Jason |
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Miller |
|
Bannon PR
person. |
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Johathan |
|
Swan |
|
White
House reporter. |
Epi |
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Mitch |
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McConnell |
|
Senate
majority leader. Kentucky Senator. |
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Luther |
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Strange |
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Alabama
Senate candidate (lost). |
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Roy |
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Moore |
|
Alabama
Senate candidate (lost). |
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Colin |
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Kaepernick |
|
Famous
for "Taking the knee" racist protest. |
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Nikki |
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Haley |
|
UN
Ambassador. |
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Charles |
|
Harder |
|
Kushner
lawyer. |