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DARE: Fake Editions of Washington Post Falsely Claim Trump Steps down
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To watch an Australian TV news crew get clobbered on live television. What you might expect to see in Tahrir Square, Maidan, Causeway Bay or Tehran, but now Washington, DC. We have been brought so low. https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/status/1267662905383596032