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In denial, as his country bleeds

It’s only been two weeks since the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, and the United States is now dealing with another gun attack, this time in California, with 12 dead in a shooting by an ex-marine. In 2018 so far, more than 12,000 Americans have died in firearms incidents. Of these, around 600 were under 11 years of age. This, in a country where the President has just blocked a CNN journalist from entering the White House, and hours later fired the Attorney General, in order to hinder the power of the judicial system. The midterm elections on Tuesday, in which the democrats gained control of the House of Representatives have angered Trump – who denies his emotions’ role in his country’s downward spiral.

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