Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country

No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner.

This is a work of non-fiction, which is to say: a radically subjective version of events that objectively took place. I’ve changed a few names and identifying characteristics.

Book design by Mark E. Cull

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Control Number: 2017043371 (print)

ISBN: 978-1-59709-226-5

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