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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:

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Friday, September 22, 2017

RSN: Charles Pierce | The Republicans Aren't Even Pretending This Is About Healthcare Anymore




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Charles Pierce | The Republicans Aren't Even Pretending This Is About Healthcare Anymore 
Senate Republicans. (photo: Getty) 
Charles Pierce, Esquire 
Pierce writes: "Over the past few days, as all hands attempted to sell to the country and to their colleagues the planet-sized lemon that is the so-called Cassidy-Graham healthcare plan, I noticed that these folks had become so exhausted by the effort that they simply don't have the energy even to lie well about it any more. The mask has dropped." 
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Trump Is Lying About the Republican Healthcare Bill Covering People With Pre-Existing Conditions 
Chris Riotta, Newsweek 
Riotta writes: "Unlike former President Barack Obama's landmark health care law, however, the new Republican bill would not guarantee coverage for people living with pre-existing conditions." 
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Here's What the Key Republican Swing Votes Are Saying About Graham-Cassidy 
Addy Baird, ThinkProgress 
Baird writes: "As Republicans try (again) to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, a small group of Republican senators are in the spotlight." 
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Oklahoma Cops Fatally Shoot Deaf Man as Neighbors Scream 'He Can't Hear You' 
Eleanor Sheehan, Splinter 
Sheehan writes: "Police officers fatally shot Magdiel Sanchez, 35, who is deaf, outside of his home in Oklahoma City, OK, on Tuesday night. When authorities arrived at Sanchez's home investigating a hit-and-run, they found him on the porch carrying a metal walking stick." 
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Russians Appear to Use Facebook to Push Trump Rallies in 17 US Cities 
Ben Collins, Gideon Resnick, Kevin Poulsen and Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast 
Excerpt: "The demonstrations - at least one of which was promoted online by local pro-Trump activists - brought dozens of supporters together in real life. They appear to be the first case of Russian provocateurs successfully mobilizing Americans over Facebook in direct support of Donald Trump." 
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Buddhist Protesters Block Aid to Muslim Rohingya 
Al Jazeera 
Excerpt: "Police in Myanmar have clashed with a mob blocking an aid shipment in Rakhine state while nine people have died in a road accident involving a Red Cross truck in Bangladesh." 
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Mary Robinson on Hurricanes, Monsoons and the Human Rights of Climate Change 
Pat Mitchell, Moyers & Company 
Mitchell writes: "In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in the United States, and extreme monsoons in South Asia, I reached out to Mary to get an update on her work and where things stand now in terms of climate justice and the global fight to curb climate change." 
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