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You're a liberal — and your uncle is a Donald Trump super-fan. How to talk politics at holiday gatherings.

You may be tempted to gloss over political differences entirely at holiday gatherings, and that's understandable: The country is deeply divided, and no one wants to see Aunt Edith screaming or Cousin Joe hurling side dishes.

But it is possible to discuss big differences without disaster: The Founding Fathers did it, and more recently, a group of nine Chicagoans gave it a try at the first local meeting of Make America Dinner Again, a grassroots movement in which strangers of different political persuasions get together

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