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rampartd

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1. honest graft plunkett of tammany hall

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Thu Jul 2, 2026, 04:08 PM

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the fine art of municipal statesmanship begins with knowing the difference between "honest graft" and the criminal kind. chapter 1 of plunkett's essential political manual .

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2810/2810-h/2810-h.htm

trump never read the book.

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