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Friends, bullying and the one and only Jackson Bezzant

My bullies never called me a monster or a freak. I never told my parents I wanted to wear a mask to school. I never told them I wanted to kill myself.

Sorry, in the few moments it took me to type that, a new, terrible Obamacare replacement has been introduced and is rapidly heading toward the floor.

Sorry, can’t go to your thing. Have to beg for my life

Sorry, in the few moments it took me to type that, a new, terrible Obamacare replacement has been introduced and is rapidly heading toward the floor.

Kathleen Parker’s babysitter Dail Boxley Dinwiddie disappeared 25 years ago.

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25 years later, where in the world is Dail Dinwiddie?

The Dail Dinwiddie Safe Streets Foundation is aimed at helping find any and all missing adults, as well as educating young people about personal safety.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower — an early practitioner of concern trolling — told the New York Times in 1957 that he supported integration “in principle” but said activists in the South risked going “too far, too fast.” Give it more time. We need more details

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The three types of single-payer ‘concern trolls’

Concern trolls — “a person who disingenuously expresses concern about an issue with the intention of undermining or derailing genuine discussion.”

Graham-Cassidy is very close to the kind of legislation we would have ended up with if Republicans had an idea of what they wanted from the get-go and the Democrats were interested in compromise.

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Only one of two new health care bills is ‘extreme’

Obamacare made a problem worse: If you had an expense account where someone else covered most of the tab, how eager would you be to control costs?

Donald Trump recast his “America First” foreign policy as a call not for isolationism but for global leadership by responsible nation-states.

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Trump at the U.N. was classic conservatism

Donald Trump recast his “America First” foreign policy as a call not for isolationism but for global leadership by responsible nation-states.

It’s a mistake to blame Hillary Clinton’s loss in the 2016 election on outside influences or her own character flaws. Something much bigger and deeper was going on.

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Populist success of Trump and Sanders show ‘right’ and ‘left’ have realigned

It’s a mistake to blame Hillary Clinton’s loss on outside influences or her own character flaws. Something much bigger and deeper was going on.

Kurt Bardella worked with congressional Republicans, who vowed to hold President Barack Obama accountable. So why does Jared Kushner still hold a security clearance?

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My fellow Republicans are derelict in their duty to police Jared Kushner’s ‘hunt for cash’

Remember when candidate Trump accused Hillary Clinton of running a “vast criminal enterprise” out of the State Department? What about Jared Kushner?

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos formed a clay bowl under the supervision of Kansas City Academy students Spencer Weis (left) and Claire Kovzan on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, during a tour of the school.

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DeVos visits a Kansas City school with trans-friendly bathrooms, farm-to-table lunches

She did not limit herself to the sort of schools where a conservative Christian from the Trump administration could rely on a friendly reception.

There are better ways for Hollywood to reach out to Trump voters than to embrace the people who enable the president’s attacks on democracy.

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The shameful embrace of Sean Spicer at the Emmys

Object of ridicule or object of reverence: Is there a difference? Not if you’re a proven agent of ratings and not if you’re likely to deliver more.

Do not let Sanders pull the wool over the eyes of Democrats the way Trump snookered the whole country.

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Democrats don’t need their own snake oil salesman Bernie Sanders

Were Democrats lying about Obamacare? Didn’t they plan on running against those mean Republicans who wanted to take away your health care?

I already have all the proof I need that Hillary Clinton secretly orchestrated every bad thing that has befallen the country in the course of her lifetime, including but not limited to JFK’s assassination, 9/11 and that time when a swarm of bees flew onto the White House lawn and terrified some children President Barack Obama was reading to.

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Some reviews of the first line of the first chapter of Hillary Clinton’s ‘What Happened’

If you rearrange the words in these sentences it doesn’t spell “Benghazi” but I think that, in and of itself, is EXTREMELY TELLING.

A police officer stands guard outside the scene of a mass shooting in Plano, Texas, on Sept. 10, 2017.

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What do most mass shooters have in common? Hint: It isn’t politics, video games or religion.

Outsize attention is paid to mass shooters’ particular beliefs. What binds them together is but a history of antisocial, sometimes violent conduct.

Despite his “fake news” refrain, Trump doesn’t hate the mainstream media the way his most ardent supporters do. They sincerely believe it’s a hostile opponent in the culture war, while Trump’s anger is more that of a jilted lover.

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Trump cares about television ‘wins,’ not political ideology

Unlike his supporters, Trump’s anger at the mainstream media is that of a jilted lover. His whole life has been marked by an obsession with publicity.

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Read Trump’s own words. What did Jemele Hill get wrong?

“Black guys counting my money! I hate it. … I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks.”

“At this point, who DOESN’T want Trump impeached?” — Ann Coulter tweet, 7:05 a.m., September 14, 2017

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Immigration hawks licking their wounds after Trump’s about-face

Let me answer Ann Coulter’s question: I don’t want President Donald Trump impeached, at least not until he does something clearly impeachable.

Democrats say they have reached an agreement with Trump; Trump is suggesting there is an agreement, but emphasizing that there is no “deal.”

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The White House’s non-denial denials on Trump’s DACA deal with Democrats

Democrats say they have reached an agreement with Trump; Trump is suggesting there is an agreement, but emphasizing that there is no “deal.”

President Donald Trump and Steve Bannon “know where the numbers are, and where the reach and the clout is.” As usual with this president and his cohort, it’s all about the ratings.

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Team Trump’s hollow whining about the mainstream media

“They know where the numbers are, and where the reach and the clout is.” As usual with this president and his cohort, it’s all about the ratings.

President Donald Trump, center, bows his head during a prayer while surrounded by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, right, faith leaders and evangelical ministers after signing a proclamation declaring a day of prayer in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 1, 2017.

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Why evangelical Christians want immigration reform

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who wants to restrict immigration, charges that Catholic bishops are merely acting in their own self-interest.

Facebook has revealed that during the 2016 presidential campaign it sold more than $100,000 in ads to a Kremlin-linked “troll farm” seeking to influence U.S. voters. An additional $50,000 in ads also appear suspect but were less verifiably linked to the Russian government.

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Russia’s Facebook buy worth more than you think

The U.S. is so caught up in partisanship that we’ve lost our ability to keep a level head, and the whole world knows it — including our adversaries.

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