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Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A Lemon



Saturday, May 21, 2016

RSN: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | Democrats Can't Unite Unless Wasserman Schultz Goes!, Pentagon Official Once Told Morley Safer That Reporters Who Believe the Government Are "Stupid"




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Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | Democrats Can't Unite Unless Wasserman Schultz Goes! 
DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaking in Washington, D.C. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) 
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company 
Excerpt: "To paraphrase the words of that Scottish master Robert Burns, the best laid plans of mice, men - and women - go often astray, or 'gang aft agley,' as they say in the Highlands. No one knows this better than Hillary Rodham Clinton." 
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Oklahoma Republicans Want to Impeach Obama Over Transgender Bathroom Rule 
Heide Brandes, Reuters 
Brandes writes: "Republican state lawmakers in Oklahoma have introduced a resolution urging the state's congressional delegation to start an effort to impeach President Barack Obama over a White House recommendation that schools accommodate transgender students." 
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Pentagon Official Once Told Morley Safer That Reporters Who Believe the Government Are "Stupid" 
Jon Schwarz, The Intercept 
Schwarz writes: "Morley Safer, who was a correspondent on CBS's 60 Minutes from 1970 until just last week, died Thursday at age 84. There will be hundreds of obituaries about Safer, but at least so far, there's been no mention of what I think was one of the most important stories he ever told." 
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Congress Approves a Major Step Forward for Medical Marijuana 
Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress 
Rupar writes: "In states that allow it, veterans are a major step closer to being able to obtain medical marijuana. On Thursday, both chambers of Congress approved measures prohibiting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from enforcing a policy prohibiting government doctors from prescribing medical marijuana to veterans. That essentially means doctors will now be able to recommend medical marijuana to veterans in the 24 states (plus D.C.) where it's legal." 
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Chronicle of a Strike 
Alex Gourevitch, Jacobin 
Gourevitch writes: "Bruce has worked construction for Verizon for nearly thirty years and he is on strike. Walking a picket outside a Verizon Wireless store, he explains why: 'I love this job. It's outdoors, you get dirty, you get to do things. You see that island over there, I can tell you where each of the manholes are. I've been in every one of these buildings here,' he says." 
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Brazil: Temer Orders Military to Surround Residence of Dilma Rousseff 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Senate-imposed Interim President Michel Temer has deployed military troops to cordon off the area surrounding the Palácio da Alvorada, residence of the suspended President Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian Senate Vice President Jorge Vianna said on Thursday." 
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House Science Republicans Defend Exxon Amid Climate Investigation 
Katie Herzog, Grist 
Herzog writes: "In March, a coalition of 17 state attorneys general announced they would begin an investigation aimed at corporate forces like ExxonMobil that have - over a period of decades - obstructed efforts to combat climate change. Now, corporations and their allies in Congress are striking back." 
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