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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.

Aaron McGruder

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Aaron McGruder
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: May 29
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
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Chicago
Illinois
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