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My USA TODAY<\/a> oped on the Deep State<\/a> <\/strong>spurred plenty of zippety responses, including the humorous Twitter quip<\/a> below. I replied, “No sweat. Casual attire will be fine.” Jeff Scott<\/a> commented: “I assume there will be a band. And food.” I replied, “Bluegrass & BBQ would be appropriate but it is too soon to book them.” Folks, if I ever meet a mysterious end, trust me – it wasn’t suicide. 😉<\/span><\/span>
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Bryan Baucom<\/a>, after checking about pending developments,\u00a0 commented: “I’ll hold off on making the “Jim Bovard didn’t kill himself” memes then.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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