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‘The human mind is easily exploited when it’s trying to swim the choppy waters between fact and fiction.’

—Abraham Josephine Riesman

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This week kicked off the new season of Election Madness in America, sure to be the rowdiest, most nauseating yet. If I had the power to make every person in the U.S. read just one article right now, from start to finish, it would be The Best Way to Explain the G.O.P. Is Found in the W.W.E. (NYT Gift Link), the single most insightful thing I’ve ever read about Donald Trump. Perhaps I could persuade you to read it? And please, pass it on.