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The Wonderful Wizards of White People

Apparently, some people actually believe a felon with six bankruptcies and a Nazi-saluting car salesman will protect them from waste, fraud, abuse ... and Black people.

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Michael Harriot
Feb 27, 2025
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But what a fool believes he sees
no wise man has the power to reason away.
What seems to be
is always better than nothing…
Than, nothing at all

— "What a Fool Believes," The Doobie Brothers

Once upon a time, an immigrant used wealth, fear and racism to become the most powerful wizard in the land.

Born into a family of wealth…

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