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It was so deeply buried under the torrent of Trumpian insults and invective, and so badly obscured by an epoch-shifting moment of American self-humiliation on the global stage, as barely to be discernible.

From Salon

He is, however, at least slightly better dressed than a peasant screaming invectives in a whiny British accent.

From Salon

Do’s willingness to involve his family in his scheme pointed to his “moral indifference,” prosecutors said, while his campaign of invective against the press aggravated his culpability.

Or to believe it's compassion to scream invective at a woman entering an abortion clinic, which gets reimagined as "counseling" the women to stop sinning.

From Salon

This invective is delivered with a sneer, a wink, and finally a cackle of laughter.

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