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Slack.com slash DHQ. Well, summer is drawing to a close and here in California, the leaves

are turning from green to still green as autumn comes sweeping in, bringing with it the

same temperatures as always. But in the news business, everything is changing, as journalists

say goodbye to months of becoming hysterical about Donald Trump for no apparent reason

and look forward to becoming hysterical about Donald Trump for apparent reasons, that are

actually no reasons at all. Over the summer, of course, reporters covered such important

stories as a recession that might be coming, but didn't, but would be Donald Trump's

fault if it did, a war that might be starting but wouldn't, but would be Donald Trump's

fault if it would, a scandal that might be uncovered but wasn't, but would have been

Donald Trump's fault if it was, and a storm that might be forming but hasn't, but

will be Donald Trump's fault when it has. Another big summer story was that time Trump

said something completely true, but used an unfortunate choice of words which revealed

him to be worse than Hitler would have been if Hitler had ever stoop so low as to use

that choice of words. There was also that tweet that Trump sent out that was clearly

a joke, but if it had been serious, would have revealed that the president was unfit for

office, and there were the reports from anonymous sources that the president said something absolutely

outrageous that will quickly fade from memory as no one bothers to either confirm or correct

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