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2016 The truth will set you free
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The Unfolding Disaster
by Erick Erickson
by Erick Erickson
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Nuns Defeat nObama in Court
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of religious liberty Monday and handed yet another defeat to Barack nObama. In light of all the insanity with transgenderism and bathrooms in recent weeks, this comes as great news for Little Sisters of the Poor and others who "bitterly cling" to deeply held religious beliefs and the Constitution. To be sure, nObama has had a bad run with the courts lately, having lost on nObamaCare last week and received numerous rebukes for EPA regulations. His immigration actions also ran aground in lower courts, and may likewise end in a Supreme Court loss.
For the Little Sisters, the High Court's ruling is a huge victory, giving them the ability to operate under their religious convictions. Further, the ruling means that they will not have to pay $70 million in fines per year for not complying with nObamaCare's onerous contraceptive mandate.
As Roger Severino and Elizabeth Slattery of the Heritage Foundation note, "[T]he Supreme Court now says that 'the government may not impose taxes or penalties on petitioners for failure to provide the relevant notice.' This is precisely what the Little Sisters of the Poor have been asking for as relief." Further, it means that "all the lower court opinions that went against the religious freedom of the Little Sisters of the Poor and the other religious nonprofits are wiped away and their flawed reasoning cannot be used as precedent in the future."
To clarify, the Supreme Court in its unanimous decision did not rule on the merits of the case, meaning that the case will be kicked back to the lower courts for further consideration. Further, the Court did not rule on whether the law addresses a compelling state interest. Yet while it seems like the court punted this case, it really didn't.
National Review's David French highlights why: "First, the Supreme Court vacated the lower court ruling holding that the Little Sisters had to facilitate access to contraceptives and [denying] that the mandate substantially burdened their religion. When the court vacates a ruling that you're challenging, that's a win. Second, the Supreme Court provided a roadmap for an excellent resolution to the case — by outlining the accommodation it suggested, the Little Sisters endorsed, and the government reluctantly agreed to."
Moreover, the Court's decision was unanimous, while most political analysts expected a 4-4 split that would have allowed a ruling against the Little Sisters to stand. Given the context of this case, it's the second time the Supreme Court has pushed back against nObama's regulatory efforts to restrict religious liberty, and this case is another setback for nObama's contraception/abortifacient mandate.
Unfortunately, from a strategic viewpoint, nObama has accomplished a lot in pushing for left-wing causes, and in doing so, he has tied up conservative resources beating back his advances. In all of his mandates, edicts and overreaches, he moves the needle further left and takes credit for doing so. He creates a political issue out of everything, and faithful leftists everywhere will defend him and demand even more.
The contraception mandate that he imposed on religious organizations like the Little Sisters of the Poor was never really about providing contraception, it was about power.
After the Court's ruling, nObama spun the decision, saying, "The practical effect is, right now, that women will still continue to be able to get contraception if they are getting health insurance."
"Be able to get"? Translation: Most Americans will still be mandated to buy health insurance from companies that are forced to provide certain benefits. nObama also insisted that his administration is already "properly accommodating religious institutions who have objections to contraception." That's because the Court has in essence ruled that nObama can't violate their objections.
So while this was not a decisive victory in the courts, it is nevertheless a significant win for Little Sisters of the Poor, their petitioners and ultimately for religious liberty. Perhaps slowly chipping away at nObamaCare mandates will lead to full repeal of it. Maybe that's wishful thinking, but it's at least a step in the right direction. -The Patriot Post
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OPINION IN BRIEF
Dennis Prager: "Republicans and conservatives have spent almost eight years attacking President Barack nObama. For good reason, to be sure, as the case can and should be made that he has done more harm to America than any president in American history. But all harm he has done ... is a function of his being a man of the left. No more; no less. Vice President Joe loose lips-Biden, Rep. Nancy Pulosi, Sen. Harry dinky-Reid, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders and virtually any Democratic senator, would have tried to do similar damage to America. But Republicans focus their ire on individuals — first Barack nObama, and now liar-Hilly Clinton — as if they individually, not the left and leftism, are the problem. Think, for example, about how much conservatives attack political correctness. They are, of course, right to do so. But all their attacks are almost meaningless because they never mention the source of political correctness: the left. In fact, the very definition of 'politically correct' is 'that which is acceptable to the left'; and the definition of 'politically incorrect' is 'that which is unacceptable to the left.' ... Our colleges have been ruined, free speech is increasingly suppressed, the economy is stagnant, the federal debt is doubling and young Americans no longer see America as exceptional in any way, all because of the left. But almost no one dares mention the word. Why?" -The Patriot Post
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Time to Leave UNESCO - Again
by Guy Millière
by Guy Millière
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{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ On April 11, 2016, the Executive Board of UNESCO adopted a resolution called "Occupied Palestine." The title immediately exposes it as a biased document. That is not surprising... All the texts adopted by UNESCO concerning the Middle East are biased. However, those who read it carefully can see that a further step was taken. UNESCO's resolution is not only biased: it is negationist. All traces of Jewish presence in Jerusalem and Judea in ancient times are eliminated at the stroke of a pen. The Temple Mount is never mentioned. It is only called by the name al-Aqsa Mosque / Haram al Sharif. The name "Western Wall" is placed between quotation marks, to indicate that it is an invalid name: Al Buraq Wall is used without quotation marks. The graves of Jewish cemeteries are described as "Jewish fake graves." It is a radical anti-Semitic resolution: denying historical fact, claiming that what exists does not, presenting the history of Judaism and the Jews as lies. Accusing Jews of "planting Jewish fake graves" is the lie. It is saying that Judaism is a sham and Jews are liars and falsifiers... http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/8048/leave-unseco
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Congressman Introduces Bill to Withhold Funds,
Travel Visas from Countries That Refuse to
Repatriate Criminal Aliens
by Melanie Hunter
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{cnsnews.com} ~ Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) introduced a bill on Friday to withhold foreign aid and travel visas from countries that refuse to take back illegal immigrants who have been given a final order of removal from the United States... The Criminal Alien Deportation Enforcement Act of 2016 or H.R. 5224 was filed in response to a House Oversight Committee hearing on criminal aliens. As CNSNews.com previously reported, 86,288 criminal aliens were released by the nObama administration from 2013-2015 after committing over 231,000 crimes. One of those criminal aliens was Jean Jacques, who served over 10 years for attempted murder. Haiti refused to take him back, and six months after he was released from prison, Jacques killed Casey Chadwick in New London, Conn... http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-hunter/congressman-introduces-bill-withhold-funds-travel-visas-countries-who
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{cnsnews.com} ~ Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) introduced a bill on Friday to withhold foreign aid and travel visas from countries that refuse to take back illegal immigrants who have been given a final order of removal from the United States... The Criminal Alien Deportation Enforcement Act of 2016 or H.R. 5224 was filed in response to a House Oversight Committee hearing on criminal aliens. As CNSNews.com previously reported, 86,288 criminal aliens were released by the nObama administration from 2013-2015 after committing over 231,000 crimes. One of those criminal aliens was Jean Jacques, who served over 10 years for attempted murder. Haiti refused to take him back, and six months after he was released from prison, Jacques killed Casey Chadwick in New London, Conn... http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-hunter/congressman-introduces-bill-withhold-funds-travel-visas-countries-who
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Muslims Brutalize Inmates to Convert Them to Islam
by Daniel Greenfield
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{frontpagemag.com} ~ Islam has always spread primarily by force. It originated as a warlord's gang religion. That is still how it functions in prisons. And not just in prisons... This story comes from Australia, but there are similar tales from around the world. The situation was exposed after several prisoners approached guards after a number of inmates were beaten up for refusing to convert. Three Muslim inmates believed to have been responsible for the forced conversions were then moved to separate jails. Sources said the inmates had requested an imam visit the jail to officially endorse the conversions but one was unable to attend before the offending prisoners were moved... http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/262885/muslims-brutalize-inmates-convert-them-islam-daniel-greenfield
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nObama Inc. Wants Iran to
Hide its Missile Tests from Americans
by Daniel Greenfield
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{frontpagemag.com} ~ A senior Iranian military commander claimed that U.S. officials are quietly encouraging the Islamic Republic to keep its illicit ballistic missile tests a secret so as not to raise concerns in the region, according to Persian language comments... Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace and Missile Force, said in recent remarks that the nObama administration does not want Iran to publicize its ongoing missile tests, which have raised questions about the Islamic Republic’s commitment to last summer’s comprehensive nuclear agreement. “At this time, the Americans are telling us: ‘Don’t talk about missile affairs, and if you conduct a test or maneuver, don’t mention it,’” Hajizadeh was quoted as saying during a recent Persian-language speech that was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute... http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/262888/obama-inc-wants-iran-hide-its-missile-tests-daniel-greenfield
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BREAKING NEWS:
Rev. Al Sharpton IS GOING TO PRISON!?!
by Kosar
by Kosar
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{mrconservative.com} ~ Rev. Al Sharpton has become a millionaire and MSNBC host by race baiting. But for decades, he hasn’t paid millions in back taxes... Now, according to a bombshell report he’s about to lose his American passport and faces possible prison time! WOW… I didn’t expect this! According to American News, nObama’s new law H.R. 22 moves to strip passports from anyone who owes more than $50,000 in back taxes. The law went into affect this year, and nObama clearly wasn’t aware that it could hurt one of his closest friends and allies. Sharpton seems to not understand that not paying your taxes is ILLEGAL! Either that, or he’s confident that his relationship with nObama puts him above the law, as the president will do whatever it takes to keep him out of jail... http://www.mrconservative.com/2016/05/72738-al-sharpton-gets-the-worst-news-of-his-life-may-go-to-prison/
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nObama: We don’t need no stinking laws!
by Joe Messina
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{lidblog.com} ~ The Dictator is at it again. Mr. nObama really has a mental health issue. After nearly 8 years, he still hasn’t figured out that he is not a “dictator,” he is not a “king,” he is not our “supreme leader nor grand imperial poohbah.”... Nope he is just the president of the republic known as the United States. Either this “constitutional professor” doesn’t understand it or doesn’t think it applies to him. You see, he can’t just whip out his pen every time he feels like issuing an edict and expect everyone is going to fall in line like good little Borg drones. He has been doing this since he arrived on the scene. With the Department of Education, Homeland Security, and the EPA, just to name a few. He has single-handedly put thousands out of work in the coal industry and created more part-time, underpaid jobs than any other president...
{lidblog.com} ~ The Dictator is at it again. Mr. nObama really has a mental health issue. After nearly 8 years, he still hasn’t figured out that he is not a “dictator,” he is not a “king,” he is not our “supreme leader nor grand imperial poohbah.”... Nope he is just the president of the republic known as the United States. Either this “constitutional professor” doesn’t understand it or doesn’t think it applies to him. You see, he can’t just whip out his pen every time he feels like issuing an edict and expect everyone is going to fall in line like good little Borg drones. He has been doing this since he arrived on the scene. With the Department of Education, Homeland Security, and the EPA, just to name a few. He has single-handedly put thousands out of work in the coal industry and created more part-time, underpaid jobs than any other president...
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Greenhouse gases are down — thank fracking
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{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ President nObama announced in November 2014 what was supposed to be an "ambitious" new climate agreement with China... The Chinese obligation was derisory: The world's most populous nation would try to slow the growth of its carbon emissions so that they stopped growing altogether by 2030. nObama announced that America, meanwhile, would reduce its carbon emissions to at least 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. If you're wondering what sort of a sacrifice this is going to mean for you, we have some good news. By the time the ink had dried on the sham climate deal, the U.S. was already halfway to fulfilling its end of the bargain... http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2591501
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Prager University: What ISIS Wants
by TruthRevolt
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{truthrevolt.org} ~ ISIS has conquered territory across the Middle East and northern Africa. It has terrorized its occupied cities, sown terror across Europe, and spread its ideology around the world... But what does ISIS want? What does it believe? Where did it come from? And can it be stopped? In the latest Prager University video, Tom Joscelyn of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies explains it all. Check out the short video above. Transcript below: It seems that hardly a day goes by in which the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, doesn’t appear in a newspaper or on a TV news screen. And the news is always bad—hideous death and wanton destruction of a type rarely seen in modern history... http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/prager-university-what-isis-wants
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Texas Governor Refuses nObama’s Request to
Lift State Sanctions on Iran
by Pamela Geller
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Governor Greg Abbott
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{pamelageller.com} ~ Governor Greg Abbott today informed the nObama administration that Texas will maintain and strengthen its sanctions against Iran. Governor Abbott responded to a letter from the administration requesting that Texas “review” its economic sanctions against Iran... Governor Abbott reiterated his strong opposition to the Iran deal and informed the administration that he will continue to seek new legislation to strengthen existing economic sanctions against the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. “Entering into an agreement with a country that consistently calls for ‘death to America’ and repeatedly articulates anti-Semitic policies is short-sighted and ignores geopolitical realities,” Governor Abbott writes in the letter. “As a strong supporter of Israel, I am committed to doing everything in my power to oppose this misguided deal with Iran. Accordingly, not only will we not withdraw our sanctions, but we will strengthen them to ensure Texas taxpayer dollars are not used to aid and abet Iran.”...
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Navy Set to Deploy New Lethal Anti-Surface ‘Tactical Cloud’ Later this Year
by Sam LaGrone and Megan Eckstein
by Sam LaGrone and Megan Eckstein
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A Harpoon anti-surface missile is launched from the
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG-67)
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{news.usni.org} ~ The Navy is creating an offensive anti-surface network that will tie targeting information from satellites, aircraft, ships, submarines and the weapons themselves to form a lethal “kill web”... designed to keep pace with the expanding lethal power of potential adversaries, service officials outlined on Tuesday. The scheme will use information ranging from sensors in space to the undersea to share information in a so-called tactical cloud that will allow aircraft and ships to access a range of targeting information to launch weapons against surface targets, said Rear Adm. Mark Darrah, at the service’s program executive officer for Strike Weapons and Unmanned Aviation at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), in a presentation at Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition 2016. The All Domain Offensive Surface Warfare Capability is “integrated fires, leveraging all domains, the ability for us to utilize air-launched capabilities, surface launched capabilities and subsurface launched capabilities that are tied together with an all domain information network,” he said. “We call it the tactical cloud. We’re going to put data up in the cloud and users are going to go grab it and use it as a contributor to a targeting solution.”... https://news.usni.org/2016/05/17/navy-set-to-deploy-new-lethal-anti-surface-tactical-cloud-later-this-year?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=b476923c55-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-b476923c55-231491269&mc_cid=b476923c55&mc_eid=3999f18767
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The Unfolding Disaster
by Erick Erickson
by Erick Erickson
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{freedomsback.com} ~ In Nebraska Tuesday night, with only Donald liar-Trump still running for the Republican nomination, 40 percent of Nebraska’s Republican voters voted against him. In the last two weeks, Donald liar-Trump has publicly declared that he does not need the Republican Party to unite behind him to win and that he does not need conservative support.
liar-Trump, who aggressively denounced minimum wage increases in the primary, has now insisted he is for a minimum wage increase. When waffling on his own tax plan that he may not actually even understand, liar-Trump says he is allowed to change his mind. Donald liar-Trump changes his mind on things with metronomic precision.
Over the course of the next two months, Democrats will spend $20 million against Donald liar-Trump. His Republican opponents may have spent their time attacking liar-Trump’s small hands, but Democrats will use his own words against him. The attacks by liar-Trump’s Republican opponents had an impact on women. Polling and focus group studies suggest few of the attacks ever persuaded white men to distance themselves from liar-Trump. Democrats have time to find attacks that will persuade them.
Not only will Democrats attack liar-Trump in a sustained air war starting on June 8, liar-Trump himself will be out on the campaign trail. His campaign, which frequently behaves like feral animals, will be on full display. The media that gave liar-Trump roughly $2 billion in free media and softball interviews will dry up. Republicans will finally get a sense of the campaign Donald liar-Trump will run. The signs are thus far not encouraging.
liar-Trump failed to recognize that Paul Ryano’s refusal to endorse liar-Trump was an effort to inoculate Ryano’s Republican congressmen from fall out in tight congressional races. Some Republicans will need the ability to oppose liar-Trump just as Republicans in 1990 needed to run against George H. W. Bush and his tax increases to save their jobs. In failing to recognize what Ryano was doing, liar-Trump and his surrogates piled on Ryano. liar-Trump’s campaign declared that liar-Trump’s agenda, not Ryano’s would rule the party.
If that was not enough, liar-Trump then attacked Russell Moore, the head of the policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, as “a nasty guy with no heart!” In addition to not needing the Republican Party to unite, liar-Trump perhaps has decided he does not need Christian evangelical support either.
As all of this plays out, Republicans bound for Cleveland at the end of July need to ask themselves why they should not stop the disaster. They need to realize that they do not have to cast their votes for liar-Trump. For all the talk over the primary season about delegates being bound by the votes in their primaries and caucuses, the delegates themselves can vote to unbind themselves.
The next two months will more likely than not provide the delegates ample reason to unbind themselves. The polling averages now have liar-Hilly Clinton with a six point lead. While liar-Trump supporters say it is only May, it is worth noting that in 2008 and 2012 the polling stayed fairly consistent and President nObama’s margins only grew.
liar-Trump supporters say that in 1980, Ronald Reagan had a come from behind victory that surprised everyone. That is only true of Gallup polling. As several pollsters have noted, the polling average in 1980 had Ronald Reagan take the lead by the end of May and he never lost it. The myth of the come from behind victory is just that, a myth. Republican delegates in Cleveland need to separate reality from myth.
The reality is that Donald liar-Trump secured the support of a third of Republicans in the primary in a crowded field and even when running unopposed last week in Nebraska still had forty percent of the party oppose him. Since then, liar-Trump has done nothing to show he will actually grow up. When Republicans get to Cleveland in July they should understand that the Presidency, the Senate, the House, and a host of governorships and state legislative races are on the line. They do not have yield to disaster. They can fight it by unbinding themselves and rejecting Donald liar-Trump’s train wreck.
{freedomsback.com} ~ In Nebraska Tuesday night, with only Donald liar-Trump still running for the Republican nomination, 40 percent of Nebraska’s Republican voters voted against him. In the last two weeks, Donald liar-Trump has publicly declared that he does not need the Republican Party to unite behind him to win and that he does not need conservative support.
liar-Trump, who aggressively denounced minimum wage increases in the primary, has now insisted he is for a minimum wage increase. When waffling on his own tax plan that he may not actually even understand, liar-Trump says he is allowed to change his mind. Donald liar-Trump changes his mind on things with metronomic precision.
Over the course of the next two months, Democrats will spend $20 million against Donald liar-Trump. His Republican opponents may have spent their time attacking liar-Trump’s small hands, but Democrats will use his own words against him. The attacks by liar-Trump’s Republican opponents had an impact on women. Polling and focus group studies suggest few of the attacks ever persuaded white men to distance themselves from liar-Trump. Democrats have time to find attacks that will persuade them.
Not only will Democrats attack liar-Trump in a sustained air war starting on June 8, liar-Trump himself will be out on the campaign trail. His campaign, which frequently behaves like feral animals, will be on full display. The media that gave liar-Trump roughly $2 billion in free media and softball interviews will dry up. Republicans will finally get a sense of the campaign Donald liar-Trump will run. The signs are thus far not encouraging.
liar-Trump failed to recognize that Paul Ryano’s refusal to endorse liar-Trump was an effort to inoculate Ryano’s Republican congressmen from fall out in tight congressional races. Some Republicans will need the ability to oppose liar-Trump just as Republicans in 1990 needed to run against George H. W. Bush and his tax increases to save their jobs. In failing to recognize what Ryano was doing, liar-Trump and his surrogates piled on Ryano. liar-Trump’s campaign declared that liar-Trump’s agenda, not Ryano’s would rule the party.
If that was not enough, liar-Trump then attacked Russell Moore, the head of the policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, as “a nasty guy with no heart!” In addition to not needing the Republican Party to unite, liar-Trump perhaps has decided he does not need Christian evangelical support either.
As all of this plays out, Republicans bound for Cleveland at the end of July need to ask themselves why they should not stop the disaster. They need to realize that they do not have to cast their votes for liar-Trump. For all the talk over the primary season about delegates being bound by the votes in their primaries and caucuses, the delegates themselves can vote to unbind themselves.
The next two months will more likely than not provide the delegates ample reason to unbind themselves. The polling averages now have liar-Hilly Clinton with a six point lead. While liar-Trump supporters say it is only May, it is worth noting that in 2008 and 2012 the polling stayed fairly consistent and President nObama’s margins only grew.
liar-Trump supporters say that in 1980, Ronald Reagan had a come from behind victory that surprised everyone. That is only true of Gallup polling. As several pollsters have noted, the polling average in 1980 had Ronald Reagan take the lead by the end of May and he never lost it. The myth of the come from behind victory is just that, a myth. Republican delegates in Cleveland need to separate reality from myth.
The reality is that Donald liar-Trump secured the support of a third of Republicans in the primary in a crowded field and even when running unopposed last week in Nebraska still had forty percent of the party oppose him. Since then, liar-Trump has done nothing to show he will actually grow up. When Republicans get to Cleveland in July they should understand that the Presidency, the Senate, the House, and a host of governorships and state legislative races are on the line. They do not have yield to disaster. They can fight it by unbinding themselves and rejecting Donald liar-Trump’s train wreck.
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