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Topic: The Greatest Living American Writer

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"Let us now praise the pot!"

Neal Pollack
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"I alone have Trump's ear!"

Neal Pollack
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"Only literature can save us!"

Neal Pollack
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"My email affair with Hillary"

Neal Pollack
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"Courageously, I'm with her!"

Neal Pollack
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Neal Pollack
Hillary Clinton; Richard Nixon; John F. Kennedy; Donald Trump (AP/Andrew Harnik/Richard Shiro/Salon)

"I shall win Sunday's debate!"

Neal Pollack
Taylor Swift; Beyoncé; Justin Bieber (TaylorSwiftVEVO/YouTube/Coldplay-Official/Reuters/Danny Moloshok)

Joys of Cultural Appropriation

Neal Pollack
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"I stand against kneeling!"

Neal Pollack
Jeffrey Tambor in "Transparent;" Caitlyn Jenner; Laverne Cox (Amazon/Getty/Salon)

Adventures in gender editing

Neal Pollack
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"I have found white America!"

Neal Pollack
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"Yes, I really killed Gawker!"

Neal Pollack
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GLAW to Trump: "Pshaw!"

Neal Pollack