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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s new book, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong With Politics and How We Move America Forward” was reportedly designed to increase her chances of being chosen as presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate. Instead, it has brought her an abundance of negative publicity. Noem has drawn widespread criticism — even among fellow Republicans — in response to an anecdote in the book in which she describes taking a puppy to a gravel pit on a farm and fatally shooting it. On top of that, the Dakota Scout reported that Noem’s description, in…