Charles Pierce | The Ship Is Sinking. The Rats Are Scrambling.



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Pierce writes: "I am fully aware that, more than any other occupant of that office, this president* is capable of creating a sturdy bubble in which he is the indomitable and wise master of the universe, all objective evidence to the contrary."
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