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SEN. GRASSLEY’S ALL IN
I mean, you’d think toward the end of their lives, the old white rich GOP Senators might want to do something patriotic. Instead, dessicated with corruption, they assault the United States mercilessly. Grassley’s call for the FBI’s Deputy Director McCabe to … Continue reading
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WE KNEW SHE WOULD
Sen. Collins sold out her constituents, tried her coquettish little dance again as she bobbed and weaved on the Senate floor. This is GOP “moderation” in action. You can tell that to the Marines, last-term Congress member, and your constituents … Continue reading
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DEVIOUS
Firing Rosenstein would be a way to cripple Mueller’s investigation w/o actually firing Mueller. Asha Rangappa at Just security details why it seems a very attractive option for Herr Trump to kybash Mueller. Be it Rosenstein or Mueller, we will … Continue reading
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‘BYE, BOB
Sen. Corker ends his Senate career in a blaze of self-dealing disgrace.
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CAN YOU BELIEVE?
In 1981/2 I interviewed two people who’d seen Nijinsky dance. One was the School of American Ballet’s Muriel Stuart, the other was British actor Clifford Mollison. They liked him.
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PUBLIC INVESTMENT THAT STILL BEACONS AFTER DECADES
(No, I didn’t mean “beckon.” Could have used that word, too, however.) Pick up the new postal stamps reproducing WPA posters of the 1930s.
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GOP GRAND LARCENY
We’ll all be able to see play out before our eyes without delay what the GOP has done to this country.
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ORRIN HATCH GIVES HIMSELF AN ADD’L TAX CUT
Do the words “miserable human being” mean anything to you? Hatch’s greed is out of control, like that of his GOP colleagues as well as the sociopathic billionaires who dictate GOP policy. It’s not just the Corker Kickback; it’s the … Continue reading
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GOP PITTING SENIORS AGAINST POOR CHILDREN
The House GOP demands that Medicare be held hostage if CHIP is reauthorized. I know many decent Republican voters, but how can they countenance what the party is doing?
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GIVEN PRUITT’S CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
his paranoia is justified: We taxpayers just paid $25,000 so that he can conduct meetings isolated in a soundproof glass booth, and $3,000 so that he could look for surveillance devices in his office. Unfortunately, no such devices were found.
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