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basket of deplorables $1.28 billion border wall contract goes to company with history of fraud and sex crimes Mark Frauenfelder

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trump Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen is in solitary confinement Xeni Jardin

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cops Top Florida Cop instructed officer to act like a "white supremacist" when engaging Black suspect Rob Beschizza

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