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NEW CONTENT MOVED TO MIDDLEBORO REVIEW 2

Toyota

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



Tuesday, August 22, 2017

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John Cory | Shadows and Light 
A car plows into pedestrians and vehicles on the mall in Charlottesville during a white supremacist rally. The driver hit the knot of cars and people at high speed, then backed up and fled the scene. (photo: AJC) 
John Cory, Reader Supported News 
Cory writes: "Heather Heyer was killed with hate - hate that was fueled by ignorance and wrapped in the flags of fanaticism and bigotry. And the long dark shadow that haunts America fell across us all that day." 
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Juan Cole | Trump Flip-Flops on Afghanistan, Opts for Years-Long Quagmire 
Juan Cole, Informed Comment 
Cole writes: "Almost nothing Trump said about Afghanistan and South Asia made any sense, and of course Trump does not know anything about any of those subjects. His military advisers only know these subjects through the lens of military action, which isn't very helpful if the problems are cultural." 
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Black Caucus Has Had It With the President, Plans to Discuss Impeachment 
William Douglas, McClatchy DC 
Douglas writes: "The Congressional Black Caucus, a formidable bloc of lawmakers with a big say in the fate of President Donald Trump and his legislation, Monday sent him a terse, clear message: We don't think you understand us at all." 
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Police Have Made No Arrests Over Charlottesville Assault of 20-Year-Old Deandre Harris 
Michael J. Sainato, CounterPunch 
Sainato writes: "On August 12, five white supremacists were photographed and recorded on video beating 20-year old Deandre Harris in the midst of protests and counter protests regarding a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the racist ideology behind this icon." 
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Private Prisons Boom in Texas and Across America Under Immigration Crackdown 
Lise Olsen, Houston Chronicle 
Olsen writes: "In the first three months of his presidency, at least 113,828 immigrants were locked up in 180 different facilities nationwide - a 10 percent increase over that period in 2016." 
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Richard Florida Is Sorry About His Mistaken Creative Class Ideas 
Sam Wetherell, Jacobin 
Wetherell writes: "Richard Florida, one of the most influential thinkers about cities in postwar America, wants you to know that he got almost everything about cities wrong." 
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Trump Administration Halts Coal Mining Health Study 
Darryl Fears, The Washington Post 
Fears writes: "The Trump administration's Interior Department ordered the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to halt a study of health risks for residents near surface coal mining sites in the Appalachian Mountains." 
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