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Trump-Jugend try for parody, but demonstrate their racist ignorance.

The sponsors of campus speakers like Ann Coulter and Milo Yiannopoulos, Young America’s Foundation took on Pete Buttigieg, thinking that they were delivering trenchant criticism. Instead, they’ve revived the critical history of urban planning and design, now articulated by the Trump-jungend. Anyone who’s encountered urban elevated highways has experienced the social divisions...

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Economics: The Key to Voter Justice

It is exceedingly disturbing that media outlets are playing the game of ‘Where’s QAnon,’ searching to unravel the GOP’s puzzle of voter restrictions. The use of voter suppression and the excusing of insurrectionists by Republican lawmakers have made the GOP a group of Q-watchers. Despite the circumlocutive excuses made by...

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April 5, 2021

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Trump was in fact impeached while he held office. His lawyers file brief with skidmarks

What, sophistry or what sophistry. That Trump deposition will be a doozy. Brakes will not be pumped as Trump’s lawyers fail to deny that he incited violence against the Government of the United States. The utterance ‘Sit Your Ass Down!’ however performative, is only an example of symbolic violence. Trump impeachment response...

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February 2, 2021

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No vaccines for 2nd dose. Lies about releasing more…imagine that .

Well, this is awful. All the sleeves rolled up and no more vaccine for the second dose. What does that mean? The first does was useless without the second? Caught the news on the radio and I just got bug eyed and thought… Do we even know how this affects the...

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January 16, 2021

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I hope ALL armed personnel in DC have been thoroughly vetted.

The extreme right are known for their affinity to the police and armed forces. This is a critical question, and one that concerns both active duty military members and veterans. But to understand the current problem, it’s helpful to examine the history of the relationship between the U.S. military and...

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January 14, 2021

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COVID has killed as many nurses as had died in WWI, nurse burnout, to be the next looming crisis.

As the pandemic continues on its unabated spread across the United States and a few other countries that refuse to act containing the virus, many nurses have lost their lives. The evil in the White House continues to spread this pathogen as government policy purposely. Now, Matt Gaetz and Mark Meadows...

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November 7, 2020

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Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday – Living close to the 50%

Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by to talk about music, your weather, your garden, or what you cooked for supper…. Newcomers may notice that...

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October 24, 2020

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SC-Sen: Data For Progress Poll Confirms That Jaime Harrison (D) & Lindsey Graham (R) Are Tied

Here’s the latest news today out of South Carolina: x #SCsen:Graham (R-inc) 45% (+1)Harrison (D) 44%Bledsoe (C) 2%.Head-2-Head:Graham (R-inc) 47% (+1)Harrison (D) 46%@DataProgress/@IndivisibleTeam (D), LV, 9/23-28https://t.co/55FmXfCK4Z— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) October 1, 2020 Also: x SOUTH CAROLINATrump 47% (+4)Biden 43%Jorgensen 1%Hawkins 1%.Head-2-Head:Trump 50% (+5)Biden 45%@DataProgress/@IndivisibleTeam (D), LV, 9/23-28https://t.co/55FmXfCK4Z — Political Polls...

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October 1, 2020

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Trump admitted his coronavirus plan is to let millions die to achieve herd immunity

Recent Trump appearances have revealed that his giving lip service to vaccines has remained secondary to a continuing belief in herd immunity as if death would be a luck of the draw, or just bad luck, perhaps sacrifices rationalized by some religion. The vaccine is a panacea in terms of any pre-November announcement...

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September 17, 2020

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Trump tries to cut federal funds to “lawless zones”, like his sanctuary city threats, it's a stunt

Like the fantasy airline flights filled with numerous thugs, the delusional election stunts continue. The riff here is on “autonomous zones”. x This is the latest attempt to distract from the fact that COVID-19 has infected over 6 million Americans, killed 185,000 people, and destroyed the American economy. The only anarchy...

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September 3, 2020

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Accountability for crimes against humanity: Trump killed tens of thousands of Americans

Will Saletan discusses “Trump’s interference or negligence in every stage of the government’s failure: preparation, mobilization, public communication, testing, mitigation, and reopening.” Then America’s luck ran out. “The U.S., which accounts for less than 5% of the world population, leads all other countries in global coronavirus infections and deaths” —...

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August 10, 2020

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PR-Gov: Bernie Sanders Helps San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto Become Governor Of Puerto Rico

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Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT), in support of San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto’s (D. PR) gubernatorial campaign: Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto In a moment I’m going to ask you to support our efforts to ensure that Mayor Carmen...

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June 28, 2020

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NC-Sen: Thom Tillis' (R) Ad Features Restaurant Owner At Center Of A Racial Bias Lawsuit

Wow: x YouTube Video A new TV and digital ad campaign for U.S. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis features one of the owners of Lancaster’s BBQ & Wings in Mooresville, which was sued by the federal government in 2018 over accusations that it “subjected a black employee to a racially hostile...

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June 19, 2020

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Trump admin claims Obama pandemic playbook was a 'paper packet' and much worse than Trump's 'plan'

People have now discovered that the Obama administration left the Trump administration a detailed pandemic response playbook, so there’s only one thing to do: Release the lying monkeys! Lie, my pretties! Lie! Trump and Kayleigh McEnany are now trying to dismiss the pandemic response plan Obama left for Trump as...

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May 14, 2020

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Flynn charges could be dropped just as new Mueller documents are unsealed

Remember that DoJ dropping charges against Flynn is being done in the context of a diversion and a pandemic. There are Mueller investigation files being unsealed. With imminent release of #RussiaTranscripts Fox News is already spinning it as raising doubts about @RepAdamSchiff saying there was evidence of collusion. So, here's...

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May 7, 2020

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dropping Flynn charges just as new Mueller documents are unsealed, darn coincidences

Remember that DoJ dropping charges against Flynn is being done in the context of a diversion and a pandemic. There are Mueller investigation files being unsealed. x With imminent release of #RussiaTranscripts Fox News is already spinning it as raising doubts about @RepAdamSchiff saying there was evidence of collusion. So,...

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May 7, 2020

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Moscow Mitch Willing To Kill His Fellow Senators To Get Political Toadie On Court Of Appeals.

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)

Moscow Mitch is willing to risk the lives of his fellow senators in order to force a vote on one of his political toadies to the Court of Appeals to D.C. The toadie in question: Only 161 days after he took his seat on the U.S. District Court in Louisville,...

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May 3, 2020

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The 'Grift' of Gab

Grifters have always been with us, spreading self-serving lies to improve their stature, politically, athletically, financially and for entertainment. Examples like Benedict Arnold angry over being passed over for promotions betrayed his country; Bernie Madoff currently cooling his heels in prison grifted massive amounts of money; Pete Rose and the...

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March 23, 2020

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How is it that Facebook had 750,000 facemasks lying around and other Trumpian absurdities

We are now beginning to see the dimensions of the crisis as Trump in his presser continued to not actually implement the DPA but rather use it as a threat to encourage corporate volunteerism, as if getting a Pernod distillery to produce 1,000 gallons of hand sanitizer was a big...

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March 23, 2020

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H1N1 was the last “American” epidemic, will COVID-19 see the same US numbers

Trump tried to brand COVID-19 as a “Chinese virus” to distract from his incompetence. TRUMP REFUSED 1.4 MILLION TEST KITS AT THE END OF FEBRUARY BECAUSE… REASONS. x Anyone who didn't vote to impeach Trump owns this – and every death that comes because of it. https://t.co/mpO8R82wMt Ã¢Â€Â” Eric Garland (@ericgarland)...

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March 17, 2020

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ME-Sen: Collins (R) Argued Against $870 Million For Pandemic Funding In 2009 Stimulus Package

Kudos to Newsweek for reminding us of this: As U.S. health officials have expressed concern over the insufficient amount of testing and overall unpreparedness in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, a 2009 stimulus bill has gained attention for the removal of funding for pandemic preparations. Politico senior writer Michael...

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March 13, 2020

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Roger Stone gets 3.3 years. With IMPOTUS acquittal, Congress's GOP declared themselves “Trumpocrats”

Justice gets done, despite the tweet-bleating of Trump and the intervention of Barr. The Trumpocracy’s court jester is sentenced to 40 months in prison (three years, four months, $20,000 fine, two years probation, plus community service). There will be an appeal, as well as speculation about a Trump pardon/commutation, as the...

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February 20, 2020

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Trump's Pyrrhic victory over Xmas

x Hundreds of kids in Texas are spending Christmas Eve taking care of each other. Freezing cold, insufficient food, water, medical attention, hygienic resources. No contact with their parents. Many as young as 1. pic.twitter.com/JJ1OC9KZur Ã¢Â€Â” Charles Finch (@CharlesFinch) December 24, 2019 x Are you calling the kids your husband...

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December 25, 2019

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White House holiday mashup signals war on Christmas, Hanukkah, and all our brain cells

The next time a Christian upbraids you for showing insufficient deference to FUCKING CHRISTMAS, YO!!!!!!!!!, show them this (second tweet): x Who was the first president to observe Hanukkah by lighting the National Menorah in a ceremony in Lafayette Park? Find out on the Advent Calendar! https://t.co/lchzvlRI3J pic.twitter.com/AeHzM61DtO— The White...

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December 23, 2019

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Yes, I said it…

Attorney General William Barr is either incompetent, stupid or lying, take your pick. Yesterday in an interview, following the release of the Inspector General’s report absolving the FBI of working in concert to keep Donald Trump from the presidency, Barr responded with the words, “I don’t know about the Ukrainians”...

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December 11, 2019

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DoJ Inspector General report available: Russia Probe justified and not politically motivated

Did we really want a criminal in the WH. The DoJ IG report is available. BREAKING: US Justice Dept. inspector general report on Russia investigation: Overall investigation was justified and not politically motivated; FBI mishandled parts of its application to monitor a Trump campaign aide.https://t.co/grwkPSZKV2 — NBC News (@NBCNews) December...

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December 9, 2019

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Of course Trump should be kicked off Twitter

Enough is enough. If there was a tipping point for Donald Trump’s blatant abuse of Twitter with his hate speech, it may have come when he recently posted a series of tweets warning of a second Civil War if he were to be impeached and removed, quoting Pastor Robert Jeffress...

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October 20, 2019

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Individual-1 is cast in an impeachment drama so simply intriguing, even a bad actor can play it

It’s unfortunate that the criminality of someone so pathologically flawed as Trump requires a simple plot line like Ukraine-Gate, but when compared using some simple criteria the urgency of impeachment becomes clearer. This is a qualitative hot take and appropriate caveats apply (the list is not comprehensive and the categories...

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October 12, 2019

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Biden Signals How He Will Take On Warren And Sanders In Tomorrow's Debate.

Not that Warren and Sanders had not already figured this out, but CNN reports that Biden will obliquely criticize Warren — and IMO Sanders — with the line “We need more than plans” from the eventual Democratic nominee. According to Biden, you need someone who knows how to get things done and...

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September 11, 2019

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Thoughts on debate topics – Medicare for All

This is the second post on a topic featuring in the Democratic Presidential debates of the past few nights where I think there was a chance that was missed to make some key points. I decided to offer this one after listening to what I thought was a totally misunderstanding...

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June 28, 2019

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Oklahoma, How Does It Work? SCOTUS buys time to try to figure it out…

Supreme Court news today is dominated by the ugly mess that is the political gerrymandering case and the (at least temporary) victory on the Census citizenship question. Buried way down on the SCOTUS page, the Court did something very unusual. Instead of ruling on a case that it heard this...

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June 27, 2019

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FEMA fesses up they are 'short a few thousand employees' as Atlantic Hurricane Season begins.

“What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening,” Donald J. Trump The country is currently facing unprecedented rainfall, flooding, and tornadoes in the mid-west and Southeastern states while fire season has erupted in the Western states. Alarmingly, the ever-increasing power and horror of hurricane season beginc for...

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June 12, 2019

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EPA chief: The media need to do a better job of whitewashing environmental crises

So earlier in the day I read this Vice article that seemed pretty doom-and-gloom. It’s about an analysis from the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, an Australian think tank. The gist? The paper argues that the potentially “extremely serious outcomes” of climate-related security threats are often far more probable than...

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June 4, 2019

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I have resigned from my teaching position

effective June 30. I did so even without having another job, although I am exploring moving to an independent school next year as well as the possibility of employment using my skills as a writer and an editor. I am a retired/rehired teacher in the Prince George’s County Public School...

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May 4, 2019

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April Fool! Mitch McConnell writes op-ed whining about Democratic 'obstruction'

So, yeah, Mitch McConnell thinks the Democrats are engaging in mindless obstruction. The Democrats. The Democrats. In fact, he’s so fired up about this he wrote a whiny op-ed for Politico titled “Time to Stop the Democrats’ Obstruction.” And just in time for April Fools’ Day! Anyway, just in case you have the...

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April 1, 2019

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Today In EVs: Prices go down? BOO! Prices go up? BOO!

Making EV news today: Hyundai and Tesla generate price dissatisfaction… but for opposite reasons! Tesla Prices Go Down? Some Existing Owners Angry In response to Tesla announcing a massive reduction in prices in the Model 3 to launch the $35k variant, most people were pleased by the price reduction. Some people, however, who...

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March 2, 2019

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Pence Equates MLK's “Promises of democracy” to Trump's Campaign Bile. Even He Ain't That Stupid.

So Mike Pence went on Face The Nation this morning and compared Trump’d hateful campaign boilerplate about building a wall to MLK’s stirring oratory challenging this nation to fulfill Jefferson’s promissory note that “all men are created equal.” x Pence quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have A Dream” speech to...

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January 20, 2019

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Progressive Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth As Budget Committe Chair Is Good News.

While we all have been focusing on Speaker Nancy Pelosi returning to power, I want to give a shout out to Congressman John Yarmuth who will be chair of the House Budget Committee. I know that many of us in the progressive movement are scared of Democrats handcuffing themselves with...

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January 4, 2019

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Outgoing GOP congresswoman Mia Love slams Trump in her concession speech

Stinging from the sudden realization that he’s a total, abject, moronic, mewling, mephitic, sad sack of a loser and garbage human being, Donald Trump famously lashed out at some of his fellow Republicans in the wake of the midterm elections. Why? Because they hadn’t worshiped him sufficiently, and in his wee...

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November 27, 2018

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Gwinnett County GA. Rejecting Higher Percentage of Minority Mail-In Ballots. ElectProject is On It

Gwinnett County is a majority minority district… (The ethnic composition of the population of Gwinnett County, GA is composed of 345,977 White residents (38.1%), 240,970 Black residents (26.6%), 189,050 Hispanic residents (20.8%), 103,900 Asian residents (11.5%), and 20,447 Two+ residents (2.25%). -Data USA) …in the northeast environs of the Atlanta metro area where it...

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October 14, 2018

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Amnesty International Calls for Halt to Kavanaugh's Nomination Process.

Amnesty International has called on The Senate to halt the Kavanaugh nomination process until his involvement in the Bush era abuses of human rights can be determined. The Hill “Amnesty International is calling on senators to to halt the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over his “possible involvement”...

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September 24, 2018

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NV-Gov: HuffPost, “Education Funding Never Recovered From The Recession. Dems Want To Change That.”

The Huffington Post has a great piece out about how increasing education spending has become a key issue for Democratic candidates running for Governor in states like Nevada, Michigan, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. The reason being is that since the 2008 great recession, many states have made deep...

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September 22, 2018

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@nycsouthpaw Identifies Key Questions Dems Might Ask About Bret Kavanaugh's Finances.

(@nycsouthpaw is a lawyer and writer, followed on Twitter by the likes of President Obama, Josh Marshall, Ezra Klein, Meteor Blades and yours truly. His real name is Luppe B. Luppen and he writes this article about Kavanaugh’s finances at everyone’s favorite Yahoo News) Democrats may question Kavanaugh’s personal finances: WASHINGTON —...

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September 5, 2018

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Ask your Senator if Trumpcara™ is right for you

Are you ashamed to be seen with your healthcare bill? Do you fear facing your own constituents? Are you plagued by feelings of dread and mild nausea at the thought of disappointing your seething supporters, angry activists and demanding donors? If you answered “yes” to all these questions, you might be a...

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June 17, 2017