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Back in January 2019, the president’s lies and attempts to shape reality with Sharpies were startling but feckless, to drop that era's defining term.

Then, as Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff snapped pictures, Harris used a Sharpie to sign her desk drawer, a tradition that dates back to the 1940s and has been carried on continuously since the Ford administration.

That is, once the company stocks back up on Sharpies.

This whole incident tends to be remembered in a comical light, as the time Trump took a Sharpie to a map rather than admit he was wrong.

Gone are the days of receiving a mail-order catalog and circling the items you wished to buy with a bright red Sharpie.