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Commentary: The trail of receipts dogging Trump

"She must not know the internet keeps all the receipts," the comedian Nick Jack Pappas tweeted the other day, referring to another comedian, Roseanne Barr.

The receipts were evidence of Barr's history of hawking daft notions on Twitter, including Pizzagate. Pappas posted screenshots of Barr's earlier tweets: "#Sessions ... will prosecute #HRC and make arrests over #PedoGate." These "receipts" couldn't be answered by denials, so Barr blocked Pappas.

Receipts are not just the output of cash registers anymore. They're a vital piece of

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