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  • ASK IRA: Could Heat’s Tyler Herro prove to be one who got away from Blazers?
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  • Ex-officer sentenced, another withdraws plea in Lauderhill police misconduct case
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  • Trump’s big victory brings only despair | Letters to the editor
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    It seems like a lifetime ago that I would wake up feeling hopeful for our country and America’s future. Now I wake up with a sick feeling in my stomach. Will it ever go away? I doubt it. I’m 77 years old. Did I ever believe that this would be the last stage of my life, knowing that our children and grandchildren would be in the hands of a tyrant? Donald Trump ran on hate — and won. I’m having trouble looking at friends of mine who I know voted for him.

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