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Happy Friday. This is Zack Stanton. Thanks for waking up with Playbook. Get in touch: [email protected]. But it’s abnormal in this way: For the second week in a row, Trump’s Friday centers on ...

There’s now a thriving industry based on expediting heartbreak. The lovelorn can check into a Heartbreak Hotel on London’s Broadway Market; do Yoga with Adriene classes to help them “tend to” their ...