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Dr. Fauci's Fights With Rand Paul Are Empty, Moronic TV

Spectacle politics is moronic — which is why morons love it.

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Rafi Schwartz
Jan 11, 2022
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Maybe it's Aaron Sorkin's fault. Or perhaps it's because Donald Trump turned so many people's brains into mush. I suppose a case could even be made that some people are just born hopelessly credulous dummies. Whatever the reason, you may have noticed — as I did recently — a weird uptick in people who become embarrassingly hype…

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