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An Incredible Con The Queen

Slate Presents: One Year by Slate Podcasts

Jun 5, 20193:51Society & Culture

In the 1970s, a pair of very different men fought to define Linda Taylor’s image. For presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, Taylor epitomized the brokenness of the federal bureaucracy and the broader trend of poor people...

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