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Little babbies crying for memaw.

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she's giving some major side-eye to whoever is taking the photograph

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Plus he was fucking tall - he loomed over everyone, from about 2 inches away

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Twenty-nine years ago, Pat Buchanan gave his famous cultural war speech at the RNC, which Molly Ivins famously described as “sounding better in the original German.” At the time, even many republicans were nervous his, “freedom can only exist if white people are in charge,” doctrine.

Today, it’s their party’s central dogma.

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Sure Beau. You’re here every single day pushing this idea that you know who “cost us” the 2016 election. But you don’t. Because you have no idea exactly who didn’t vote. It’s just more dishonest bullshit.

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It does mean bloody, but also means trying to be hopeful in a bad situation.

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Jumbo!

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I was ten when this legislation was passed. Solidarity forever.

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Somebody forces the issue. Actual American heroes.

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thank you jamie. i am in despair so often i forget that arc of history thing.

though i am worried it's bending really badly right now.

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I think Democrats in Congress should put this to the test. Just re-introduce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a bill, only without the title, and see how many Republicans vote for it today, as many of their predecessors did in 1964. It would be risky, but illuminating.

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Wait, am I reading this correctly? Gaetz *doesn’t* think she should be barred from competing?

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I wonder how long that would last once conservative media outlets get sued into oblivion.

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No, he doesn't. He likes legal weed.

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What makes you think the McConnell-appointed judiciary would let things get that far?

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