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Howard Schultz: Spoiler or ‘reassuring alternative’?

“Ego-crazed.” “Reprehensible.” “God help us all.”

That’s a sampling of the venom hurled by furious Democrats this week – not at President Trump, but at former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, after Mr. Schultz announced that he is exploring a run

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