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bitterross

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3. Well, that is the ONLY work important to the GOP

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 03:33 PM

Jan 2020

The only things that are important to them are getting done. Big tax deductions for donors and life-time appointments of judges who will overrule any laws favorable to workers and the environment. Again, big windfalls to their donors - and portfolios.

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