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I'm Jules Gil Peterson and you know I gotta say

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finally getting to be sweat-a-weather. It is also that time of year where just every time I turn on the TV or the radio or go online basically encounter the same three political

ads over and over and over. And you know, if you're tuning in from any number of places in the United

States, maybe you too can relate.

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otherwise would be.

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