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Summer Friday: Why Do We Call Every Scandal “-Gate”?

It all started with a hotel

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Damakant Jayshi
May 29, 2026
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Happy Friday, and welcome to the first edition of The Preamble’s Summer Friday newsletter! To give us all a little break from the news, every Friday from now until Labor Day, we’ll answer questions on the big topics that really keep us up at night, like “Why do we eat popcorn at the movie theater?” and “Why are barns red?” — you know, the serious stuff.…

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