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I'm only 42, and I've got a lot more tricks up my sleeve.

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Van Jones
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 20
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Now I think liberals have gone from underreacting to Trump and saying that Trump is just a clown and a buffoon, and that Hillary Clinton's going to kick his ass, to now overreacting, and saying, Oh my God, 60 million people consciously endorsed a white supremacist for president.
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