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Nothing Unites a Team Like Getting Disinvited From the White House

Winning the Super Bowl is pretty good, too.
Source: Chris Wattie

Of all the events that were almost unimaginable before Donald Trump took office, the disinvitation of the the Philadelphia Eagles to the White House less than 24 hours before their scheduled visit has to rank high.

Traditionally, NFL games feature paroxysms of patriotism—the fading contrails of fighter jets; American flags the size of small nation-states—and the White House visit of

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