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As Trump Eyes D.C. Golf Course, Patrons Putt in Purgatory

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By Sam Fortier
| The Washington Sun Verified
On the morning it was supposed to shut down, East Potomac Golf Links woke up just as it had for generations. Bicycles buzzed to the north. Jets growled to the south. The bleary-eyed toted their clubs — clank, clank, clank. The first golfer walked into the pro shop at 7:01 a.m. “We’re still here?” Sito Pantoja said. “We’re still here!” replied a beloved clubhouse attendant known as “Country.” Pantoja, a retiree from the suburbs, felt terrible for the employees.
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The Kids Competing to Make America Patriotic Again

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By Sam Fortier
| The Washington Sun Verified
HARPERSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio – The White House had chosen one boy to lead a reading from the Bible, so Reagan Tuck Dukes III, the blond-haired, blue-eyed linebacker from Texas, stood before dozens of other teens who had come from all across the country for a new athletic contest known as the Patriot Games. They’d all heard the haters online who called it propaganda, compared it to the Hunger Games, blasted its overwhelming whiteness and labeled its athletes the new Hitler Youth.
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Chris Murphy Demands Answers From Education Department Over Disputed Civics Competition

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By Sam Fortier
| The Washington Sun Verified
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy demanded “transparency” from the Department of Education Wednesday regarding the disputed results of a national civics contest for high school students. “This competition was supposed to be a celebration of this nation’s founding, uplifting principles of equality and justice,” Murphy wrote in the letter addressed to Education Secretary Linda McMahon, exclusively obtained by NOTUS.
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