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French fishermen blockade Jersey. Boris Johnson is not Lord Nelson.

Because of new post-Brexit rules, a marine boundary dispute required the UK to dispatch two naval vessels to deal with a blockade of French fishing boats off the main port of the island of Jersey. Not exactly the Falklands crisis of 1770, or the Anglo-Vichy war of 1940-42, but there...

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May 6, 2021

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Ma'Khia Bryant called for Columbus Police help. They shot her four times, killing her (Warning: Graphic Video)

While they were reading the verdict of Derek Chauvin, 16 year old Ma’Khia Bryant was being shot 4 times by Columbus, Ohio police. She died at the scene. The police had been called because an adult woman tried to fight Bryant. (Updated) Warning: graphic videos: The Columbus Dispatch reported that police officers were sent...

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April 21, 2021
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At least the Columbus Police Department didn't draw a tiny mushroom

Whether it’s harassing Stormy Daniels to show their support of the previous guy or killing demonstrators, the Columbus Ohio police seem to have exceeded their authority. Skywriting seems a bit past the remit for a police agency that has three times more helicopters than the Chicago police. “The city's annual...

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April 17, 2021

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There is no defense in pulling an apprehended suspect out of a squad car once in custody.

I am watching the murder trial and I am flabbergasted as what I am witnessing as a former police dispatcher. Witness #1 KNEW there was something terribly wrong when she observed the suspect being pulled from the squad car after being apprehended. This is just something you know. It is...

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March 29, 2021

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MO-Sen: Another One Bites The Dust! Sen. Roy Blunt (R) Announces That He Won't Seek Re-Election

Big news today out of Missouri: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO): "After 14 general election victories, three to county office, 7 to the US House of Representatives, and four statewide elections, I won't be a candidate for reelection to the United States Senate next year."https://t.co/6HOm3KamIL — Dylan Wells (@dylanewells) March 8,...

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March 8, 2021

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The former guy's nutty attack on Karl Rove reminded me how grateful I am he's no longer on Twitter

The tweets are gone, and they’re never coming back. You probably already saw yesterday’s dispatch from the McRib-bespattered writing nook of our ex-pr*sident. (Is the McRib back yet? I can never keep track. They’re like meaty cicadas crawling out of the ground when you least expect it. Though if anyone...

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March 5, 2021

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Ohio GOP wants to declare a 14 June state holiday because it's 'Trump's Birthday'

And he’s not even dead yet, or even a son of Ohio, but there remains Trumpist delusions. Then again shouldn’t James Buchanan get his national holiday on 23 April. Republican Reps. Jon Cross of Kenton and Reggie Stoltzfus of Paris Township sent an email to their House colleagues Friday asking...

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January 30, 2021

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In wake of Capitol siege, 'radioactive' Ivanka and Jared are losing their few remaining friends

Vanity Fair’s Emily Jane Fox has a dispatch from Jared and Ivanka’s World. (It’s the same world as yours, but without all that accountability and ability to feel shame and such.) The gist? The couple have about as much chance of reentering elite Manhattan social circles as this guy has...

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January 8, 2021

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White House counsel told staffers to 'stay away from Trump' or risk committing treason

This is one of the weirdest days of my life—just slightly behind that time I astral projected to another timeline where Trump was a middling car salesman in Des Moines and Fred “Rerun” Berry was president. (Rerun is a revered and beloved leader, by the way—with or without the beret.) And...

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January 7, 2021

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Josh Hawley goes all snowflakey because 'antifa scumbags' came to his house

Speaking of criminal behavior, protesters left strongly worded placards and votive candles at Josh Hawley’s house, which he called vandalism and an attack on his wife and child by “antifa scumbags”. x So, they left signs (with words spelled correctly) and flickering candles. Those were very grammatical and polite “vandals.”—...

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January 6, 2021

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MO-Gov: “Emails show Parson was warned about virus outbreak before visit to state office building”

From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Gov. Mike Parson proceeded with an event at a state office building last month after staff warned his office of a cluster of COVID-19 cases among state workers in the building, according to emails obtained by the Post-Dispatch. Parson, a Republican running for a four-year...

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October 23, 2020

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MO-Gov: Can We Please Get Rid Of Missouri's Racist Dog Whistling, Superspreader Governor

There aren’t a lot of Governor races for me to cover this year. Governors Roy Cooper (D. NC) and Jay Inslee (D. WA) are looking good heading into re-election and Montana’s Governor race is the only real toss-up. But if there’s one race that could possibly break late, it’s the...

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October 11, 2020

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Trump reportedly 'furious' at Mark Meadows for blowing his big COVID lie

Donald Trump wants to project a hale and hearty mien, even though he’s basically a VW Beetle-sized hunk of whale blubber wrapped in extra crispy chicken skin, Nickelodeon slime, and shamelessness. So yesterday, as Dr. Nick Riviera and his team were dissembling up a storm in front of Walter Reed...

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October 4, 2020

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Former West Wing official on POTUS COVID: 'It’s as if the campaign ended yesterday'

The redoubtable Gabriel Sherman has a post-POTUS-COVID dispatch from the wondrous, maskless land of the West Wing, where no one ever gets sick from a coronavirus that’s already killed more than 200,000 Americans. (Guess this all makes sense. Washington, D.C., is a blue jurisdiction, and the administration doesn’t really care about...

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October 2, 2020

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“And I will tell you something, that’s the way it has to be. There has to be retribution.”

In an interview yesterday, Trump went all in on sanctioning extralegal political killing, because death squads seem right for his presidency, shooting people on the avenue, Fifth Avenue. x Trump on a purported antifa sympathizer who allegedly killed someone in Portland being killed by federal forces: “This guy was a...

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September 13, 2020

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Republican governor blasts Trump's bungled coronavirus response in new op-ed

Remember when a dyspeptic, misspelled, barely comprehensible tweet sent GOPsters near and far scurrying for cover? Are those days over? Because Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan sure doesn’t sound like he’s scared of the ocher abomination. In a new Washington Post op-ed, Hogan blasts Trump and his administration over our nation’s...

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July 16, 2020

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another car hits protesters: This time in Seattle. three hit, one critical

High speed attack on peaceful protesters in Seattle on Interstate 5. Cops have caught the suspect. Car ran barriers and swerved to hit people. TRIGGER WARNING x #seattleprotests Please pray for the victims of this cowardly and senseless attack. They were peaceful protesters. This is terrible. pic.twitter.com/wMpAuna50Z— Larry Subramanian (@LarrySubramania) July...

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July 4, 2020

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Trump 'furious' at Kushner over polling; Republicans giving Trump till Labor Day to right the ship

The redoubtable Gabriel Sherman has a new dispatch from the Land of Make-Believe (née the White House). Seems the current occupant, Donald John Trump, is feeling a bit like a gimpy gazelle flushed into one of Marlin Perkins’ nets. (According to Sherman, Trump, sensing electoral Armageddon, recently called Fox News’ Tucker...

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July 2, 2020

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KY-Sen: By Withholding Federal Aid To States During A Pandemic, Moscow Mitch Is Defunding The Police

A billboard in Horse Cave, Ky., referring to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. as Moscow Mitch has been erected on northbound I-65 Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Fox News recently highlighted that Moscow Mitch is totally against the “defund the police” movement: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday slammed the growing liberal momentum behind the “defund the police” movement as “outlandish.” His comments referenced the growing left-wing movement in cities such as Minneapolis — where George Floyd died last month in police custody...

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June 15, 2020

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curfew's coming … stay safe out there because Trump has authorized “show-of-force missions”

Show of Farce. Peaceful protest in the day, now earlier curfews. x JUST CONFIRMED: Denver Police seized these guns and tactical gear from two men who showed up to the protest on Friday. One of them, Chevy McGee, tells me he didn't break any laws. McGee is part of the...

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June 2, 2020

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Matt Gaetz needs to hunt Identity Evropa. Day protests versus Night “unrest” as curfews continue

We are at an interesting point, the necessity for socially distanced behavior and the imposition of De Facto martial law. Even as there is peaceful protest during the day time, there will be problematic police behavior in the evening. Remember that Trump needs martial law or at least its quasi-military manifestation to...

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June 2, 2020

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shooting at mall in AZ

Scene is now secure. Two people shot, one suspect in custody. Suspect may have posted a video identifying himself and discharging rounds seemingly at random. x I saw 2 victims with my own eyes. Not sure how many others I saw the shooter. Being told not to say anything else...

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May 21, 2020

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Trump has reportedly turned on Lindsey Graham over Obama-bashing strategy

The redoubtable Gabe Sherman has another dispatch from the land of cray-cray kookaburras. And in this episode of the Fluorescent Lipo-Fat Golem Show, our intrepid protagonist is heartlessly tossing his most loyal puppies under the sputtering Trump Train. Seems Trump doesn’t think his campaign team is doing a good job of...

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May 19, 2020

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Dispatches From Behind Enemy Lines (Covid-19 edition)

“The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” Donald Trump, February 17, 2017 It has been a while (a few years) since I have posted a last Dispatch. I thought though with most (sane) people finding...

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May 16, 2020

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ME-Sen: Maine Women, “Susan Collins (R) ‘right’ and our ‘right’ aren’t the same thing anymore”

AUGUSTA, MAINE -- 12/05/18 -- Maine Speaker of the House, Sara Gideon, D-Freeport. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

From Salon: Women voters who propelled Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, to wins in four consecutive Senate races have increasingly soured on the so-called “centrist” Republican as her record has drifted farther right since President Donald Trump's election. Maine is a uniquely women-dominated state. About 77% of women residents are registered to vote,...

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May 10, 2020

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Group aligned with Don Jr. reportedly buying stake in OAN: 'Trump is really aiming to take down Fox'

The redoubtable Gabriel Sherman has another dispatch from the Phantasmagorical Land of Cray-Cray. It seems Fox News is not nearly obsequious enough for Donald John Trump, so he’s itching to cut them off at the very knees they’ve been shamelessly bending for the past five years. Vanity Fair: Trump’s view...

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May 5, 2020

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Live Blog – Trump on face coverings: “I would wear one if I thought it was important.”

Live Blog below. (Why yes, doing this is getting tiring, and I may give it up soon if only because the lies and campaign talking points are increasing. My interest in them is mainly for sound bites that often get edited out in transcripts) IMPOTUS* is expected to attend, expect...

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April 6, 2020

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The Daily Bucket–Frog Court–Capital Crimes Division (Trigger)

“Oyez, I call Frog Court into session,” rumbled Chief Justice Jeremiah, himself a very large bullfrog. “Bailiff, read the opening Declaration.” The impossibly tall Bailiff stood and began reading: “In accordance with resolution of a civil suit involving a Reagan cabinet member and prescription drugs, The Department of Fish and Wildlife...

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March 27, 2020

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Trump reportedly angry at Kushner over coronavirus screw-ups

The redoubtable Gabriel Sherman has yet another dispatch from the D.C. extension of the Trump Clown School. This time, it appears that Grampa Rage Diapers is peeved at his son-in-law, who insinuated himself into the White House CoronaShitShow last week and made a right mess of things. Vanity Fair: “In...

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March 17, 2020

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NBC News: Elizabeth Warren campaign to launch five-city Latino tour in Texas

I’m liking this: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, who heads to New Hampshire with an apparent third-place finish in Iowa, is looking ahead to Texas and its bevy of Latino voters. On Monday, the Massachusetts senator's campaign is launching a five-city tour, starting in San Antonio, the hometown of former...

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February 6, 2020

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'Puppet Master and Agent': Russian state TV openly mocks Trump

How is it that everyone in America is skeptical of Russia’s intentions except the very people who for decades have had the most jaundiced view of the country? Now we have a pr*sident who openly favors Vladimir Putin at the expense of Ukraine, and they’re actively attempting to cover up...

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December 16, 2019

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The GOP is now the party of Russian disinformation; Sen. John Kennedy is the latest dupe

During the impeachment hearings last week, I kind of wanted Fiona Hill to float down from the ceiling after the lunch break like Mary Poppins and spank the ever-living crap out of Gym Jordan and Devin Nunes. Or maybe give them a royal death glare and intone, “We are not amused.”...

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November 25, 2019

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Kurds throw tomatoes and rocks at departing U.S. soldiers

Jenan Moussa is a roving reporter for Al Aan TV, and she has a dispatch from the heart of Donald Trump’s latest colossal failure: When American troops first arrived in North Syria, kurds received them as heroes with flowers and ululation. Now terrified Kurds in Syria are throwing tomatoes and stones...

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October 21, 2019

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Why there's no room for a Shepard Smith in today's right-wing, Trump-boosting media

Shepard Smith’s sudden departure from Fox News signaled that the drawbridge has effectively been raised, and all Trump nonbelievers belong on the other side of Rupert Murdoch's cable castle. No longer a place where any serious dissension—or Trump fact-checking—is allowed, Fox News has embraced its core mission of disseminating propaganda. The...

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October 14, 2019

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Portman Criticizes Trump for Asking Ukraine and China to Investigate Biden, but Opposes Impeachment

http://www.dispatch.com/… Ohio Senator Rob Portman joins the slowly growing ranks of Republican Senators who have found fault with Donald Trump for soliciting investigations of Joe Biden by foreign governments. Although opposing impeachment as too extreme, Portman acknowledged that Trump was wrong. Portman’s comments to the Columbus Dispatch basically blow out...

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October 7, 2019

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Check out this very, very sad turnout at Donald Trump Jr. event in Kentucky

Please clap … Ryland Barton is a statehouse reporter for Kentucky Public Radio, and he’s got the scoop from today’s “Puppet Show and Donald Trump Jr.” event in Pikeville, Kentucky: x Organizers have asked the audience to move out of the seats and closer to the stage ahead of Trump Jr/ Gov. Bevin...

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August 29, 2019

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Slow News Day in KY: GOP Establishment Does Not Like Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY 4th).

Seems some folks in the Republican establishment want to send a message to Republican Congressman Thomas Massie (KY-4th): we don’t like you being a pain in the ass. Phillip M. Bailey of the Courier-Journal has a couple of sources who confirmed that the GOP establishment is trying to recruit a...

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July 3, 2019

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How the press played along with Trump's Iran 'crisis' charade

Dubbed “the decider,” Donald Trump basked in lots of undeserved media glory last week after he invented a crisis with Iran, then claimed to have solved it by calling off a planned bombing raid on the country at the last minute. Largely missing from the tick-tick “crisis” storytelling was the media...

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June 24, 2019

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Turkish media alleges CIA has recording of MBS ordering Khasshogi hit

Take a step back and imagine this is a James Bond movie. Where does Donald Trump fit in? He’s clearly the corrupt government official in league with the diabolically evil Bond villain. There’s simply no way to make him look sympathetic in the wake of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. Now, Turkish newspaper...

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November 22, 2018

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Not Surprising the StL Post Dispatch Endorsed McCaskill. It is Surprising They Called Hawley a Liar.

Well, this is brutal… St. Louis Post Dispatch “This newspaper endorses McCaskill, 65, in the Nov. 6 election for U.S. Senate. We had expected a harder choice, but GOP candidate Josh Hawley, the state attorney general, has made it easier by undermining his own competitiveness with political miscalculations and blunders....

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October 15, 2018

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Ohio's Wealthiest Republican Donor Quits the GOP. He Felt “Dirty” and “Ashamed”.

The good news is that Les Wexner, owner and CEO of L-Brands in Ohio, won’t be funding the GOP anymore…. The Columbus Dispatch “After former Democratic President Barack Obama made a quiet stop in Columbus on Thursday night, the wealthiest Republican supporter in the state told a small audience at...

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September 15, 2018

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Yes, the Kentucky 6th Congressional District Is a Toss Up.

Amy McGrath is in a statistical tie with Republican Congressman Andy Barr in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District. As for the highlights of this article: Barr, R-Lexington, led McGrath, D-Georgetown, by one point in a telephone survey conducted Sept. 6-8 by the New York Times Upshot and Siena College. The poll has a...

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September 12, 2018

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MO-Sen: Josh Hawley (R) Wants To Give Religious Organizations More Political Influence

Well, this is a big Fuck You to the Separation of Church & State: Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley supports repealing a provision in the federal tax code that bars politicking in the pulpit. In an Aug. 21 speech to pastors and church members in St. Louis, the Republican nominee...

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August 29, 2018

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The activism is working. A dispatch from the front.

As you read this today (I wrote this last night), we are 108 days away from the November 2018 midterm elections. Polls continue to show high levels of Democratic enthusiasm, and the future hold the prospect of a world class bummer for His Lowness and the GOP 109 days from...

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July 24, 2018