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Antifirst amendment advocate cass sunstein, who served as office of information and regulatory affairs throughout most of president obamas first term, wrote a paper in 2008 advocating thought and speech control titled conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories resist falsification and are reinforced by circular. Nor does he even mention the clinton conspiracy theories of the 1990s. Discover book depositorys huge selection of conspiracy theories books online.
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