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Overhaul
Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
—John Maynard Keynes
Lindsey Postrel had no business being in the United States. Various groups from both the Blues and the Reds had been trying for years to drag her into court to face lawsuits for publishing revelations associated with diverse scandals.
But she had had a truly exceptional forger make up several new identities for her, including a RealID-enabled driver’s license.
So Lindsey Postrel—which was to say, Lucy Palmer—was now at the White House, attending the California Governor’s announcement of his Presidency.
Yet another reporter asked the same question again. “So, when do you plan to hold elections?”
The Acting Presiden
