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Back in the day there was a joke about the worst thing that could happen to you was a knock on the door and outside Mike Wallace and a camera crew from 60 Minutes wanted to chat.
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Back in the day there was a joke about the worst thing that could happen to you was a knock on the door and outside Mike Wallace and a camera crew from 60 Minutes wanted to chat.
Today? "Judd Legum is on the phone and he wants a comment from you concerning you, your company response to ..."
Good job man!
Hoping for updates, but that these companies didn't immediately comment speaks volumes about their priorities.
The three stooges: Trump, Kushner and Kudlow. "We ain't gettin no place fast. Nyuk nyuk nyuk."
We need this on a T-shirt and start #SickemJudd