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A Bi-Partisan Murder: The Democrats Who Caved and the Americans Who Will Die
Eight Senate Democrats caved last night, breaking ranks with their party and partnering with Trump and the Republicans on a deal to reopen the Government.
They do so without the continuations of the ACA subsidies that precipitated the shutdown to begin with—a supposed dealbreaker for the Dems, one that, like so many other party lines drawn to oppose this authoritarian regime, has ultimately proven worthless.
Regardless of the way this will be spun by those breaking ranks and by those who wish to see this as some sort of political victory, this Dem defection is three things:
1) It’s a slap in…
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