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Know When To Fold ‘Em

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On March 21, 2020
It's not quite as poetic as Leonard Cohen dying the day before Election Day 2016, but: From bold psychedelic rockers and cinematic story songs to sentimental country-pop, Kenny Rogers covered considerable musical turf throughout six decades of recording and performing, using his gravel-tinged vocals to...
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Pardon My Outflanking

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On March 19, 2020
BOSTON - OCTOBER 29: William Bain Jr. (right) and Mitt Romney, at Bain's offices in Copley Plaza. (Photo by Justine Schiavo/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) The economically populist Republican Party had made its proposal! Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), a close ally of the...
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Test Failure

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On March 18, 2020
This is an excellent documentation of one of the Trump administration's most critical failures: When cases of the new coronavirus began emerging several weeks ago in California, Washington state and other pockets of the country, U.S. public-health officials worried this might be The Big One,...
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Bye-bye, fucko

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On March 18, 2020
The worst member of the Dem House caucus -- who remained so despite his seat district turning pretty safely blue -- was turfed out last night by an excellent replacement: Representative Dan Lipinski, a conservative Democrat from Illinois whose opposition to abortion rights and the...
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