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45,000, not 45. Ugh.

Today saw another episode of bad math. I wrote: “You’ll notice, too, that Trump’s supporters, most of them, are far from outraged by the more than 180,000 Americans dead so far from the novel coronavirus pandemic. (That’s 60 times the number of dead in the US on Sept. 11, 2001; that’s 45 times the number…

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The election is going to pick up pace in a week or so. There’s going to be lots to pay attention to. I’ll do the best I can to cut through the nonsense so you can focus on the important stuff. While we’re working together to create the best country we can, please consider, right…