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Writer. Pittsburgh guy in Texas, hiking Hill Country. Irish & US citizen. Retired @DallasNews (31 years). Part of a team that earned a Pulitzer Prize for housing segregation series. #Sober
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Oh, I understand now. Thanks!
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What do you mean by “targeting?” Was the FBI surveilling, or arresting these folks? That word is carrying a lot of weight.
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Testimony from real patients threatened with losing insurance would help get this point across.
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That’s how he got the label “traitor to his class.”
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Is there a Venn diagram of MAGA and pre-Trump Republican party, where there is even a sliver of overlap? Other than abortion?
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He makes it sound like craft beer.
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Patriotism starts with the first line in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that ALL men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
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Greatness!
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Pittsburgh. Always surprises folks.
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We never believed the mook was Irish.
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at this point the country needs a designated driver
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Don’t knock till you’ve tried it.
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These so-called centrist billionaires are just part of the oligarchy who work to keep 95 % of the country down and struggling.
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Very high price for a 30-year-old subcompact. You’re paying for the ad, obviously. But still.
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Changes the goalposts constantly when confronted with facts during this exchange.
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Just now reading the NY Times piece. Congrats on the new book! It's on order.
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Welcome! Your experience will help others as well as yourself.
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Eroding coastlines, massive, destructive hurricanes and sinkholes that devour homes and cars.
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Thanks for the tip. I’ll check it out. Frick had much in common with today’s tech zillionaires.
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You’re an expert on the brain?
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When a NYT story sounds like a NYT Pitchbot idea, you’ve become a parody of yourself.
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Access is everything. AP lost access and no other org wants that. Even though access means shit these days.