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I teach at a public liberal arts college. Send her here! We're apparently pretty inexpensive, with out-of-state tuition lower than regional in-state.

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Tolkien indicates that orcs were created by mutating elves but doesn't clarify how this was done: by making them manufacture sausage, perhaps?

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I looked up the Arizona statute: "For a vacancy in the office of United States senator, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy. That appointee shall be of the same political party as the person vacating the office..." So governor Douchy can pick any "Democrat" he likes, not a Republican but I bet there are some nominal Democrats in Arizona who would be even worse than Sinema. Eventually (November 2022) a replacement for the last two years of her term would be elected, but the appointee would have some incumbency advantage.

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In 2016, someone™ talked about just that. Guess which was the only sentence that was covered by The Liberal Media™?

So for example, I'm the only candidate which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity using clean renewable energy as the key into coal country. Because we're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business, right? And we're going to make it clear that we don't want to forget those people. Those people labored in those mines for generations, losing their health, often losing their lives to turn on our lights and power our factories. Now we've got to move away from coal and all the other fossil fuels, but I don't want to move away from the people who did the best they could to produce the energy that we relied on.

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Then maybe we learn from that and craft a statement that can't be quote-mined like that? That doesn't include weaponizable sound bites? Surely we have writers and editors on our side who could manage that?

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I don't care if we have to give Manchin and Sinema $10 million each in a briefcase under a bench at this point if they were to support the whole $3.5 trillion package.

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Sure, but you underestimate the ability of editors and modern editing software...

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6 white men hold a monopoly on 90% of American media.

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How long has Warren owned her home? It makes a difference. I live aboard my yacht. (It's an official Coast Guard designation, based on length, weight, etc ) It can be very economical. I own outright, and rent a slip outside New Orleans.Boats are high maintenance.Bring Out Another Thousand.Marine quality isn't cheap. But it must be used, or it rots out quickly. Not to mention needing a dinghy it you moor off somewhere. And fuel. It's worth it. https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

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Technically, my boat is a yacht, but is also my house. See above.🦑🦀👻🖖

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Why does Manchin have a reason to negotiate in good faith? It's easier to believe this is Kabuki theater for both of them.

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Just forget the whole damn thing, i'm not alone in saying these fuc--ing cons are getting tedious . Biden doesn't give a shit.

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Assumes facts not in evidence: that either heartstrings or conscience apply.

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Come to think of it, if his family owns or part-owns four coal companies, and he's the Senator, does that mean he just discusses his vote at the dinner table, or does he just debate himself?

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Well, it's already worked for COVID.

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