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The question then becomes: Will fans still tune into college games when there’s no pretense the players are students?

If there were any doubt left, the painful images of the White House literally being torn down have made it crystal clear: The president is not the least concerned about the pretense of propriety.

Becerra told ProPublica he believes the suspicion of drugs at the party was a pretense to pull people out of the house so ICE officers who lacked a warrant could take them into custody.

Even the slightest touch from a resident was construed as an “attack” that was then used to justify street brawls under the ludicrous pretense of self-defense.

“I urge my colleagues…to act swiftly to vacate the majorty’s order before the illegal deployment of troops under false pretenses can occur,” she wrote.