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The Atlantic Compares Walter Kirn to Donald Trump

Matt Taibbi
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May 4
The Atlantic Compares Walter Kirn to Donald Trump

The Atlantic churned out a paint-by-numbers hit piece on my friend Walter Kirn this week, and yes, I’m pissed about it. Really, is there no end to this nastiness? The chief complaint of “The Blindness of Elites” is that Walter, formerly well-regarded smart person, spends too much time complaining about “elites” instead of Donald Trump:

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