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Wandering into Bookstores Barefoot

Jeff and Rebecca note a coming 10 years of discourse, are unimpressed by the bestselling books of the year so far, and chew on a big nothingburger about Obama’s reading list.

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The “secret” behind how Obama’s reading lists get made

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