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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, February 22, 2019

Matt Taibbi | Thomas Friedman Is Right: Pie Doesn't Grow on Trees






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Matt Taibbi | Thomas Friedman Is Right: Pie Doesn't Grow on Trees 
Friedman has many singular qualities as a writer, but one that stands out is his fierce resistance to core ideas of his native language. (photo: Art Watcharpong/Zuma Press)
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Thomas Friedman, metaphor Jedi, is back."
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Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)
Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)
The Worst Lobbyist in America Is Leading the Charge Against the Green New Deal
Rafi Schwartz, Splinter
Schwartz writes: "The poster boy for Beltway corruption has joined the fight to doom mankind."
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Roger Stone, accompanied by his wife, Nydia, arrives at federal court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The former campaign adviser for President Trump has been forbidden to speak publicly about his case. (photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP)
Roger Stone, accompanied by his wife, Nydia, arrives at federal court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The former campaign adviser for President Trump has been forbidden to speak publicly about his case. (photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP)
Roger Stone Barred From Talking About His Case Following Criticism of Judge
Ryan Lucas, NPR
Lucas writes: "A federal judge on Thursday barred Roger Stone from talking publicly about his case after an inflammatory photo was posted on his Instagram account of the judge that included what appeared to be a crosshairs."
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Republican candidate Mark Harris listens to the state election board hearing on the NC-9 election fraud scandal. The board has voted to call a new election in the district. (photo: uli Leonard/AP)
Republican candidate Mark Harris listens to the state election board hearing on the NC-9 election fraud scandal. The board has voted to call a new election in the district. (photo: uli Leonard/AP)
North Carolina Elections Board Orders New House Election After Republican Ballot Tampering Scandal
Dylan Scott, Vox
Scott writes: "Voters will go back to the drawing board with new primary elections in the Ninth District after the board's vote."
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Philadelphia's District Attorney Larry Krasner. (photo: The Intercept)
Philadelphia's District Attorney Larry Krasner. (photo: The Intercept)
Philly DA Larry Krasner Stopped Seeking Bail for Low-Level Crimes. Here's What Happened Next.
Samantha Melamed, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Melamed writes: "One year ago, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced that his office would no longer seek money bail for a list of offenses that make up 61 percent of all cases in the Philadelphia criminal justice system."
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Central American immigrants walk along the border fence after crossing the Rio Grande river. (photo: John Moore/Getty)
Central American immigrants walk along the border fence after crossing the Rio Grande river. (photo: John Moore/Getty)
Department of Homeland Security Is Ill-Equipped to Protect the Lives of Indigenous Immigrants
Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Entralgo writes: "The language barriers between officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and indigenous immigrant and asylum seekers have life-or-death consequences, according to a new report released by the Center for American Progress."
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In this Oct. 12, 2018 photo, water contaminated with arsenic, lead and zinc flows from a pipe out of the Lee Mountain mine and into a holding pond near Rimini, Montana. (photo: Matthew Brown/AP)
In this Oct. 12, 2018 photo, water contaminated with arsenic, lead and zinc flows from a pipe out of the Lee Mountain mine and into a holding pond near Rimini, Montana. (photo: Matthew Brown/AP)

50M Gallons of Polluted Water Pours Daily From US Mine Sites
Matthew Brown, Associated Press
Brown writes: "Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the U.S. and into surrounding streams and ponds without being treated, The Associated Press has found."
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