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Donald Trump hugs the U.S. flag during CPAC 2019 on March 02, 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Getty/Tasos Katopodis)

Trump falls for fake news

Travis Gettys - Raw Story
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Battles over patriotism

Randall Curren, Charles Dorn - The Conversation
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Land of the free?

Paula Young Lee
Donald Trump supporters recite the pledge of allegiance at a campaign stop at Concord High School, Jan. 18, 2016, in Concord, N.H. (AP/John Minchillo)

Pledge of allegiance must go

David Niose
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No "war on christmas" here

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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"Dangerous patriotism"

Joanna Rothkopf
Neil deGrasse Tyson (AP/Richard Shotwell)

Tyson's Twitter hate

Joanna Rothkopf
(AP/Reed Saxon)

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Laura Ingraham (AP/Mark Humphrey)

Joanna Rothkopf
(Reuters/Mike Segar)

Pledge freaks defy SCOTUS

Heather Digby Parton
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Scrap the Pledge of Allegiance

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Prachi Gupta
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