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Commentary: Family advice from a stranger

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, someone in my extended family will no doubt mention President Trump. There will be an awkward pause ... and then we'll all agree that he's terrible.

That isn't the story you usually hear when you sit down to read a "holiday politics" piece. The genre thrives on an assumption of generational conflict. Thanksgiving in the land of Slate and Mic and countless other publications is a day when you go home, eat turkey and try to convince

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