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    Google started moving legacy search campaigns into its AI Max product on Sept. 1, and the migration just happens automatically.
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    For the past three centuries, science has been the driver of reality. Now our media has reversed the tide from embracing science back to building a bulwark of our beliefs.
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    If you don't think Trump can destroy America, look at what happened to the brands that carried his own name.
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