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politicat

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56. Yeah, but other people read posts.

Sat Aug 5, 2017, 12:52 PM

Aug 2017

It's not completely shouting into a hurricane.

(Also, it's the Dallas (morning) news. Per Molly Ivins, who worked around it for decades, it tends to put stuff which can be broadly classified as "news that will upset our wealthy, white, republican base" not on the front page. Editorial is actually a good place for that article, given their readership.

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