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The would-be assassin Cole Allen is in jail, but "Cole Allen," the political narrative, is running wild.
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I reported Trump '16 and '20 for magazines & in my book THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. I was going to sit '24 out, but the slow civil war is speeding up.
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