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My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm currently broadcasting from my friend's walk-in closet in New Orleans.

I was on my book tour, but some bad, unsurprising news. All of my Texas book events next week for all American nativism, Houston, McAllen, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas,

all are postponed due to coronavirus. If there is still a United States of America

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