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I never thought I’d be nostalgic for that period in the first Donald Trump administration when everyone decided it was the height of humor to joke about Trump’s “love affair” with Vladimir Putin . It was hacky and homophobic, and yet it was also more innocent than the current joke of the moment, which involves the infinitely more disturbing image of Trump performing fellatio on former President Bill Clinton.

Yes, this is where we’ve arrived. The latest intrusive thought comes courtesy of last week’s release of 20,000 previously sealed pages of documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein , the financier, convicted sex offender, and onetime friend of Trump. Amo

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