opinion
REALITY CHECK
Every electrical impulse in the brain that can effect voter behavior matters—and the moment that “honest” fires in a synapse next to “Don” may coincide with election day for some.
Allen Salkin is a journalist, podcaster, actor and documentarian with bylines in Vanity Fair, The New York Times and The Ankler among others. He has written books on Trump, Food Network and Festivus and appeared in a dozen documentaries, most famously the #1 Netflix hit Bad Vegan, based on his article. He lives in Los Angeles.
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