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“blocking the Speaker from raising money to help challenge any GOP incumbent in Congress” but Citizens United is OK. Apparently, in the GOP a corporation is a person but the Speaker of the House is not.

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"So far, the Freedom Caucus has not rallied behind a candidate. But supposedly they have one - and it's not a member of the House." A while back, there was a suggestion to nominate Trump as Speaker. Nightmare stuff!

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Elect clowns, get a circus

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Wooden shampoos. Haven’t seen that one in a while

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I had to search that one. New to me. Excellent.

Jamie has a gift for prose way above other journalists. And I particularly like reading Nine Eleven rather than seeing the numerals.

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It is so pleasantly refreshing to see Congress getting work done on behalf of the American people. I don't think we'll see much of that under a republican Congress.

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In a way I wish the primary system would go away and instead just let a group of the party leaders in a dark and smoky room, perhaps with some bourbon or scotch, pick their candidate. We'd be less likely to get candidates who cater to the fringes (DJT for instance) and I think it would also cut down on just the overall acerbic tenor of the nation.

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