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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters flat-out that “Mr. Homan never took the $50,000 that you’re referring to.”

If progressives go down this route, we may wind up fomenting even deeper distrust with a public that might be skeptical of RFK Jr.’s claims about vaccines and Tylenol but will find it flat-out absurd to argue that there is no problem with 1 in 31 American children being diagnosed with autism, even if only a minority of them are living with conditions severe enough to require around-the-clock care for the rest of their lives.

“Neither Steve nor the Clippers organization had any oversight of Kawhi’s independent endorsement agreement with Aspiration. To say otherwise is flat-out wrong.”

Yet, the surprise here is Cumberbatch, who seizes his rare opportunity to be flat-out funny, while occasionally rolling over to show Theo’s vulnerable belly.

It’s flat-out false that feminists are encouraging young women to turn their noses up at good men.