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The Freedom to Be Fat? The Politics of Movie Popcorn, Obama, and the FDA
Someday we’ll look back on this week’s White House movie-popcorn brouhaha as madness. By Michael Tomasky.
Michael Tomasky
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Apr. 8 2012
4:45AM EDT
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