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But it would look good in a campaign commercial?.

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To be clear, Republicans are fine with immigration when it comes to eastern European trophy wives.

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When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers

https://www.npr.org/section...

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That picture of the woman holding her signs actually gives me a headache.

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I've never seen this photo before. So it's from 2015? As a member of the Spelling Police, I simply can't get enough of this. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

I do have a question, however, about the use of the "Y" instead of writing out "why." Is it simply to save space, or is there another reason? I've seen this used repeatedly, sometimes in advertising, and I don't see the purpose. They usually make the "Y" so large, they could easily fit in the entire word.

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That's an awesome story

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And not only vote for her--it was supposed to be a nail-biter, but Collins won handily.

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People who can't spell shouldn't make signs.

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It's not a left-leaning state. It has a left-leaning coast full of summer homeowners who sometimes register to vote there. Time we understood that Maine is not a swing state. Also: 95% white. Collins's big margin in the 2020 election should make that clear.

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We always suspected he was a commie.

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Darrell Issa's grandfather was born in Lebanon. His father sold truck parts. Under Darrell Issa's law, Darrell would be required to stay out of Congress and continue to sell car alarms.

Which almost makes his bill sound appealing.

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What's interesting is that even in South Carolina there are voters who like the Dream Act idea, or he would never have proposed a bill.

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Yes. I'm an Obama fan, but he deported a shit-ton of people. Of all issues to choose to try to please the GOP, it should never have been one that wrecked people's lives.

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Status quo only works if there's a regular new influx of cross-border labor because Issa is right about one thing: ag laborers have kids, who also work in the fields for a little while. But those kids go to school and grow up and - with or without the Dream Act - they do not become fruit pickers. They get better work. And their parents age out. So no matter what, every few years agriculture needs a new set of workers from over the border.

Immigrants know this. They hear about it from family and friends who are in the US doing ag work. That's probably the biggest incentive to come: they know they're needed and will find work.

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If you call Melanoma a trophy...

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