Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.
AL FRANKENAnd if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
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Progressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build.
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As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It’s just hard to get comfortable with Gore.
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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.
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But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we’re an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we’re going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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I also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
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I think Hell exists on Earth. It’s a psychological state, or it can be a physical state.
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I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.
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