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" I had to ask my grandchildren, 'What does it mean? I threw shade?' "
Maxine Waters
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New
Language
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People
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" A lot of young people don't have a lot of faith in politicians. You can't depend on what they say. They talk in circles. They don't speak the kind of language that has truth to them. I'm speaking differently. "
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