The ‘Fake News’ Theme Is Itself Fake News. It Can’t Hide the Truth of Why Hillary Clinton Really Lost

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December 26, 2016

Published in National Post
(Canada) on 23 December 2016
by Rex Murphy (link to original link to original)

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