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Early Addition: Trump Asked Bill Gates To Explain Difference Between HIV & HPV
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Early Addition: Trump Asked Bill Gates To Explain Difference Between HIV & HPV


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Ben Yakas

Published May 18, 2018

Modified May 18, 2018


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Published May 18, 2018

Modified May 18, 2018


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  • Jordan Peterson is an absurd little man who is trying to keep the patriarchy alive, and Nellie Bowles artfully exposes him for who he is in her NY Times profile.
  • Bill Gates says that in both meetings he had with Trump, Trump asked if HPV and HIV were the same thing.
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