Brittany Shammas

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One of the most popular Facebook news sites in America is run out of a pool house in Los Angeles by a pair of Mexican-American twins.

How Occupy Democrats became so big on Facebook

One of the most popular Facebook news sites in America is run out of a pool house in Los Angeles by a pair of Mexican-American twins.

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