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  1. 3 minutes ago

    MN gubernatorial candidate doing a Teen Wolf high five run to his first GOTV launch of the day

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    Aug 9

    To be clear, Melania Trump sponsoring her parents is a method many, many Americans use to bring their family to the US. It just happens to be a practice that Melania's husband -- the President -- wants to do away with.

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    1 hour ago

    Collins retiring

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  4. 1 hour ago

    Do I ever wonder if by saying “she’s running” and “he’s running” so much I have accidentally uttered a spell that will turn everyone into a presidential candidate? I don’t NOT wonder about it.

    Amy Kloubachar will be a featured speaker at the Polk County State Fry in Iowa next month per sources
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  5. 1 hour ago

    Meanwhile Swanson’s ad campaign, aimed at stopping Tim Walz from surging past her, says he won’t “fight Trump” because he skipped most of this year’s House votes

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  6. 1 hour ago

    TV news in the Twin Cities is all over ’s scoop about Lori Swanson’s politicized office. Swanson’s response is literally “this is a discredited publication.” (It is not.)

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  7. 1 hour ago

    Can’t knock the hustle

    Florida legislative candidate claiming fake college degree, even seemingly went so far as to create fake diploma and pose for photo with it when her credentials were questioned.
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    Aug 10

    the sanity expert has spoken

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    2 hours ago

    There is a striking contrast between the scoldy, condescending tone of coverage of ’s budget hand-waving and the decade of credulous-verging-on-worshipful coverage of the same from Paul Ryan.

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    Aug 10

    I wonder how or why a car did that. Makes you think

    One year ago, a car rammed into counter-protesters during a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. Activist Heather Heyer was killed. Now, her mother is trying to fulfill a promise made at her funeral.
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  11. 12 hours ago

    In talk w reporters after his speech, Avenatti tells me he “strongly disagrees with those in my party who want to eliminate ICE.”

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  12. 13 hours ago

    Game Change III

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  13. 13 hours ago

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    13 hours ago

    . at with the mandatory Iowa tie for any presidential hopeful: says he worked on Bonnie Campbell's 1994 campaign for Iowa governor. I hear 's music playing.

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  15. 13 hours ago

    In the room, Avenatti is getting the only hushed reception (with applause when he prompts it) of the speakers tonight; lots of chatter in the room when Delaney et al were talking.

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  16. 13 hours ago

    Avenatti bringing the bio: "I’m not just some TV lawyer. I’ve been fighting for Davids all my life. For 18 years, I have represented people who found themselves on the wrong side of power."

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  17. 13 hours ago

    Avenatti inverting Michelle Obama's 2016 line: "When they go low, I say, we hit harder."

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    Aug 10

    2016 GOP: Ugh, this is an awful awful binary choice. 2018 GOP: We must ensure that 2020 is an awful awful binary choice.

    Rubio: “If you primaried [Trump in 2020], you are doing a great service to whoever the Democratic nominee is.”
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  19. 13 hours ago

    Some strong "he's running" lines in the Avenatti speech: "I worked at a grocery store stocking produce. I umpired little league baseball games. I drove a Massey Ferguson tractor and a John Deere as well. I was the first in my family to finish college."

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  20. 14 hours ago

    He’s running.

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