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• Redding, California, Representative Shrugs Off Climate Change While Thousands of Homes Burn

  01-08-2018 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  “I’m not going to quibble here today about whether it’s man, or sunspot activity, or magma causing ice shelves to melt."by Katie HerzogRedding, California Justin Sullivan/GettyThe west is on fire. The Carr fire outside Redding, California, has scorched nearly 100,000 acres of land and destroyed over 1,000 homes. The Ferguson fire near Yosemite has burned over 40,000 acres and killed one firefighter, and there are over a dozen other major wildfires currently ravaging California,
  
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• Orca mother carrying her dead calf has triggered an outpouring of reactions. Tell us yours.

  01-08-2018 23:09
  Seattle Times reporter Lynda Mapes says she's never covered a story quite like this one.
  
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• 4 men awarded Fields Medal during congress in Rio de Janeiro

  01-08-2018 22:33
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Four mathematicians have been awarded this year’s Fields Medal, a prestigious award that many describe as the Nobel Prize of mathematics. Given every four years the prize goes to mathematicians under 40. Peter Scholze, a 30-year-old professor at the University of Bonn, was the youngest winner. The others were 40-year-old […]
  
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• We Must Let Go of the Whale Who Will Not Let Go of Her Dead Baby

  01-08-2018 22:23 via thestranger.com
  
  Some humans are really feeling this message.by Charles MudedeWhy no poems or posts about us happy whales? Because, as Hegel once wrote, "periods of happiness... are blank pages."Riegsecker/GettyImages.com
  And now there is a poem. It's for the mother orca whale who, for over a week, has been pushing the corpse of a baby she hardly even knew (it only lived for 30 minutes). Two days, I understand. Four days is the borderline. Eight days is just plain nuts, even for a whale. (I once read about a mot
  
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• That Poem About the Dead Baby Whale Is a Sure Sign That Things Have Really Gone Too Far

  01-08-2018 22:23 via thestranger.com
  
  Some humans are really feeling this message.by Charles MudedeWhy no poems or posts about us happy whales? Because, as Hegel once wrote, "periods of happiness... are blank pages."Riegsecker/GettyImages.com
  And now there is a poem. It's for the mother orca whale who, for over a week, has been pushing the corpse of a baby she hardly even knew (it only lived for 30 minutes). Two days, I understand. Four days is the borderline. Eight days is just plain nuts, even for a whale. (I once read about a mot
  
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• Death Valley sets tentative world record for hottest month

  01-08-2018 21:58
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Preliminary data show that Death Valley, California, set the world record in July for the hottest month ever for the second straight year. National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Lericos says the month’s average temperature at Furnace Creek in Death Valley was 108.1 degrees (42.28 Celsius). That eclipses the record set in […]
  
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• The Witch Trials Begin

  01-08-2018 21:41 via thestranger.com
  
  Will Paul Manafort talk, walk, or just hang out until Trump pardons him.by The StrangerEpisode 160 starts off with a discussion of Paul Manafort, the first witch to face trial. (Five other Trump officials have already plead guilty.)Alex Wong / Getty Images
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  Special council Robert Mueller sent his first “witch” to trial Tuesday morning in Virginia. Over the next three weeks, Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager, will fa
  
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• Should All Drugs Be Legalized?

  01-08-2018 21:15 via thestranger.com
  A Harvard researcher found economic benefits to legalizing all drugs. Are those enough?by Josh JardineFive years after Washington legalized cannabis, I think it’s safe to say it’s been a success. While it’s had an impact on medical marijuana, and our state’slicensed growers are currently struggling with a saturated market and depressed prices for their product—not to mention our lack of social consumption spaces and events, which still boggles my mind—the many
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Slow-Burning "Plaid Pants" by Rising Seattle Rockers the Black Tones

  01-08-2018 21:13 via thestranger.com
  
  The Black Tones' "Plaid Pants" hints at the simmering firepower these rising Seattle rockers can summon. Catch them at Summer Stag Party 3 on Aug. 4.by Dave SegalThe Black Tones tearing shit up in Barboza at Capitol Hill Block Party last month. Lester Black
  The Black Tones, "Plaid Pants" (self-released).
  Seattle trio the Black Tones are in a strange yet exciting phase of their career: They've accrued significant buzz and snagged sweet gigs at high-profile festivals, played live on KEXP and been
  
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• Inside the life of the world’s first self-driving teen

  01-08-2018 20:55
  Google offshoot Waymo has logged more than 8 million miles in fully autonomous mode and is now starting to test cars in Phoenix with no backup safety driver behind the wheel. As far as Kyla Jackson, 17, is concerned, it's great.
  
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• There's an Axe Throwing Bar Coming to Seattle

  01-08-2018 20:46 via thestranger.com
  AAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!by Katie HerzogA post shared by Blade & Timber (@bladeandtimber) on Apr 12, 2018 at 7:53pm PDT
  Huge scoop today from Capitol Hill Blog, which reports that Blade & Timber Axe Throwing, a national chain of bars where people literally (LITERALLY) throw axes at walls, has registered permits to open at 206 Broadway E, the site of the old Castle sex toy store, a block from the Capitol Hill lightrail station."The first Blade and Timber opened in Kansas City in 2017," writes C
  
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• There's an Axe-Throwing Bar Coming to Capitol Hill

  01-08-2018 20:46 via thestranger.com
  AAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!by Katie HerzogA post shared by Blade & Timber (@bladeandtimber) on Apr 12, 2018 at 7:53pm PDT
  Huge scoop today from Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, which reports that Blade & Timber Axe Throwing, a national chain of bars where people literally (LITERALLY) throw axes at walls, has registered permits to open at 206 Broadway E, the site of the old Castle sex toy store, a block from the Capitol Hill lightrail station. This will be the brand's first location in the area, but th
  
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• Detroiters Is the Funniest Show on TV

  01-08-2018 20:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Detroiters’ Sam Richardson and Tim Robinson bring Detroit to the rest of the world.by Ned LannamannI wonder if people in Detroit feel the same way about Detroiters as Portlanders felt about Portlandia. I doubt it—Detroiters’ cheerfully inclusive silliness is the polar opposite of its Portland counterpart. Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s brand of smug, barbed humor was one of too-cool-for-school kids at the back of the classroom, talking snark about everything and eve
  
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• Ever Wanted to Be a Porn Star For a Weekend? Now You Can! HUMP! 2018 Call for Submissions!

  01-08-2018 20:18 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  The 14th Annual HUMP! Film Festival, the world's biggest and best porn short film festival premiers in Seattle Portland, San Francisco this November! After the opening festival concludes its run, HUMP! will hit the road in 2019 and screen in more than 50 cities across the U.S. and Canada!HUMP! invites filmmakers, animators, song writers, porn-star wannabes, kinksters, vanilla folks, YOU, and other creative types to make short porn films—five minutes max—for HUMP! The HU
  
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• 10 Treats to Try in Seattle for National Ice Cream Sandwich Day

  01-08-2018 20:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffStreet Treats in the Central District specializes in made-to-order ice cream sandwiches. Street Treats via Facebook
  Tomorrow, August 2, is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, and a whole holiday devoted to frozen dairy smashed betwixt soft, chewy cookies doesn't sound half bad. For the occasion, we've rounded up a few notable options around town for you to try, from macaron sandwiches to vegan varieties. For more ideas for things to eat and drink, check out our full fo
  
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• US: 3 Ukrainians arrested in hacking plot that hit 47 states

  01-08-2018 20:01
  Some of the companies impacted included Chipotle, Arby's, Red Robin and Jason's Deli, says U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes in Seattle.
  
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• Three Ukrainians arrested in hacking plot that hit 47 states; they’ll face justice in Seattle

  01-08-2018 20:01
  The operation to steal and then sell debit- and credit-card information is one of the largest cybercrime cases the FBI has handled, in terms of losses, number of victims and the size of the criminal organization, said FBI Special Agent Jay Tabb.
  
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• 3 Ukrainians arrested in hacking plot that hit 47 states face charges in Seattle federal court

  01-08-2018 20:01
  The operation is one of the largest cybercrime cases the FBI has handled, in terms of losses, number of victims and the size of the criminal organization, said FBI Special Agent Jay Tabb.
  
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• 3 arrested in global hacking scheme

  01-08-2018 20:01
  Some of the companies impacted included Chipotle, Arby's, Red Robin and Jason's Deli, says U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes in Seattle.
  
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• Where to Go for National Ice Cream Sandwich Day

  01-08-2018 19:50 via thestranger.com
  Treats to try for National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, from macaron sandwiches to vegan options.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis Thursday, August 2, is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, and a whole holiday devoted to frozen dairy smashed betwixt soft, chewy cookies doesn't sound half bad. For the occasion, we've rounded up a few notable options around town for you to try, from macaron sandwiches to vegan varieties.Amandine Bakeshop
  Sara Naftaly's Chophouse Row gem offers gorgeous macarons glac&eacu
  
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• Two Badass Brass Bands Are Landing in Seattle Just Days Apart

  01-08-2018 19:44 via thestranger.com
  
  It's an explosion of second line brass Rebirth Brass Band and LowDown Brass Band land in Seattle a mere two days apart. See both and get your brass fix all squared away.by Leilani PolkRebirth Brass Band, a New Orleans standard since '83 Courtesy Crossover Touring
  One of my fondest New Orleans memories is stumbling out of a show onto a busy Frenchmen Street and walking right into a generous crowd of folks dancing, clapping, and cheering along to a second line brass band that was playing on the st
  
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• Deep origin of rare blue diamonds revealed in their flaws

  01-08-2018 19:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Blue diamonds — like the Smithsonian’s famous Hope diamond — are the rarest of all and how they formed more than a billion years ago is a bit of a mystery. Now scientists think they have a glimmer of an answer. They’ve long known that the blue tint comes from traces of […]
  
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• Warmer soil releasing more carbon, worsening climate change

  01-08-2018 19:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Even the dirt on the ground is making climate change worse, a new study finds. Plants capture massive amounts of carbon, pumping it into the soil where usually it stays for hundreds or thousands of years. Observations from across the globe show that as temperatures have warmed, bacteria and fungi in the […]
  
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• Man dead, woman injured in Tukwila shooting

  01-08-2018 18:38
  Tukwila police do not believe the fatal shooting was random.
  
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• Camps, trails closed as wildfire burns in Washington forests

  01-08-2018 17:17
  The U.S. Forest Service has closed the White Pass and Clear Lake areas.
  
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• Slog AM: The Heat Wave Is Over, A Wildfire State Of Emergency, Facebook Detects More Election Meddling

  01-08-2018 17:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Art imitates life for Chinese crime author, Boeing is going to Boston, James Allsup is the worstby Nathalie GrahamThis doesn't have to be you anymore. Not until next year. tommaso79/ Getty Images
  Wave goodbye to the heatwave: The National Weather Service, known for its accuracy (and sense of humor), is saying that we’ve made it through the gauntlet — the worst of the heat is over for this year in Seattle. Nothing can feel as hot as the stifling July heat because, from now on, the day
  
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• Taking out our failures on things down the food chain

  01-08-2018 15:00
  Sen. Maria Cantwell is getting blasted this week for proposing to shoot up to 900 sea lions a year to help struggling salmon runs. She deserves the heat, because her bill is a way to avoid talking about the real predator.
  
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• Bellevue builds its first downtown bike lane. But there’s a catch.

  01-08-2018 15:00
  For a year, planners will measure impacts from the bike lanes, including vehicle-travel delays, traffic volume, parking and the number of bicycle trips. Then the city will decide whether the lanes should be permanent.
  
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• Behind the Byline: Assistant sports editor Stefanie Loh on the inherent drama of sports journalism

  01-08-2018 15:00
  In our ninth edition of Behind the Byline, our interview series helping you get to know the journalists who bring you the news, we talk to assistant sports editor Stefanie Loh on the drama of sports journalism, being a woman of color in the field and more.
  
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• A crowded field vies for 34th Legislative District Senate seat

  01-08-2018 15:00
  The retirement of state Senate Majority Leader Sharon Nelson has triggered a scramble to fill her seat in the 34th Legislative District. It’s been 18 years since the seat has been open in an election, and 11 candidates are vying for the job as the Aug. 7 primary nears. Nelson, a Maury Island Democrat who […]
  
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• $200 million Superfund agreement reached to finish cleanup of 2 Hanford areas

  01-08-2018 15:00
  The cleanup of the two areas near the  Columbia River has been under way since the mid-1990s, a portion of a much larger response to the pollution from decades of plutonium fuel production for nuclear weapons at the 586-square-mile Hanford site in central Washington. 
  
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• Why there aren’t any Native American charter schools in Washington state

  01-08-2018 14:00
  The Trump administration is proposing a tweak to a funding competition that would prioritize applications for charter schools focused on Native American students. Here's why that probably won't change much in Washington state.
  
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• Trump’s short-term health plans are cheaper but cover less

  01-08-2018 13:01
  The new policies don't have to cover existing medical conditions and they offer limited benefits. That may not translate to broad consumer appeal among people who need an individual policy.
  
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• Trump’s cheaper short-term health plans have coverage gaps

  01-08-2018 13:01
  The new policies don't have to cover existing medical conditions and they offer limited benefits. That may not translate to broad consumer appeal among people who need an individual policy.
  
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• Consumers getting more options for short-term health plans

  01-08-2018 13:01
  The new policies don't have to cover existing medical conditions and they offer limited benefits. That may not translate to broad consumer appeal among people who need an individual policy.
  
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• Why Is Everyone in the Northwest So Obsessed with Serial Killers?

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  A review of Alice Bolin's collection of essays, Dead Girls.by Rich SmithAlice Bolin's debut collection of essays, Dead Girls, illuminates amystery that has plagued me eversince I moved to the Pacific Northwest: Why is everyone out here so obsessed with serial killers?Bolin approaches the question with a suite of four essays that lay out the mechanics of what she calls the "dead girl" trope, pulling from many specimens of noir and any other narrative instigated by the horrific murder of a beautif
  
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• Satellite Shows Orbiting Around Seattle Art Fair

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  These alternate exhibitions are worth checking out, and they're free.by Katie KurtzTucked in the farthest most corner of the country, Seattle has long struggled to get a seat at the international art world table. The Seattle Art Fair, still relatively new on the circuit, comes at a time in the art world calendar (August 2–5) when there aren't any other major fairs going on, and it capitalizes on the city becoming a growing tourist destination (which is still weird to us Seattle natives).A
  
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• Meet Seattle's New Police Chief, Carmen Best

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  How Carmen Best got the nod to be Seattle's new police chief, and what she thinks about body cams, the union, and more.by Lester BlackCarmen Best wasn't supposed to be our next police chief. When the mayor announced the three finalists for the position in May, Best's name was notably absent.On the list was a police chief from Minneapolis, one from Austin, and one from Baltimore. But Best, a 26-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department and the current interim chief, had not made it to the fin
  
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• Me, My Boyfriend, and Brian Williams

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  by AnonymousMy boyfriend loves getting blowjobs when he gets home from work, right as The Rachel Maddow show is starting. I'm supposed to be on my knees on the floor right at 6 p.m. with the TV tuned to MSNBC—and if not, he spanks me with a wooden paddle we bought at Doghouse. I love the spankings, but not as much as I love sucking his dick while he watches TV. It's a good thing I don't care about the news, because I can't see the TV in either of the positions my boyfriend likes me to be i
  
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• Looking Back on 30 Years of Triumphs and Tumult at Sub Pop Records

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  As record label Sub Pop turns 30, we survey the highs and lows of their history.by Sean NelsonAfter 30 years, Sub Pop Records has become as emblematic of Seattle culture as Starbucks, Amazon, and Microsoft—only without the corporate baggage that sometimes makes those companies feel like enemies of freedom.Against the odds, the label has thrived. How? Who knows? They signed a diverse array of interesting artists, they kept their scale reasonable, and they turned self-deprecation into a shre
  
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• Looking Back on 30 Years of Sub Pop Records

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  As record label Sub Pop turns 30, we survey the highs and lows of their history.by Sean NelsonAfter 30 years, Sub Pop Records has become as emblematic of Seattle culture as Starbucks, Amazon, and Microsoft—only without the corporate baggage that sometimes makes those companies feel like enemies of freedom.Against the odds, the label has thrived. How? Who knows? They signed a diverse array of interesting artists, they kept their scale reasonable, and they turned self-deprecation into a shre
  
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• Look at This Illegal Pot Plant Growing in Lake City

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  It's ridiculous that Washington State doesn't allow home grows.by Lester BlackThere's a pot plant growing in Lake City. It sits in a garden bed. On one side of it, three butternut-squash plants spread their vines. On the other side are the purple flowers of an Indian basil variety called tulsi.If Lake City were in California or Colorado or Oregon or Alaska or Massachusetts or Vermont or Nevada, this lonely pot plant would be completely legal.But Lake City is in Washington State, the only place i
  
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• Lauren Weedman's New Solo Show Is a Fever Dream About Fame and Family

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  A review of Lauren Weedman Doesn't Live Here Anymore at ACT.by Christopher FrizzelleLauren Weedman—a theater performer who parlayed a 15-minute piece at On the Boards into an off-Broadway show in 2001, a comic whose credits include Arrested Development and The Daily Show, an actor who was one of the best things about the HBO series Looking—could sleep onstage, and I'd be riveted. She is intense, and a spaz, and unbelievably funny.Lauren Weedman Doesn't Live Here Anymore, her newest p
  
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• Jack White's Most Interesting Moves

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Stadium-rocker Jack White is doing a lot for analog culture.by Dave SegalSay what you will about Jack White's music (I appreciate the impeccable influences he wears on his sleeve),he is perhaps the greatest preservationist of analog-music culture under the age of 50 today.If you value music's physical media formats, you have to respect White's unwavering dedication to keeping them alive and clicking (and popping). He puts his money—a chunk of which he earned by writing Beyoncé's "Do
  
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• If Bok A Bok Had Beer, It Would Be Perfect

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Eating Korean fried chicken with Connie Chang.by Charles MudedeI enter Bok A Bok on Capitol Hill. It's a tight space. Left of the entrance are two tables; on the right, two other tables. I choose one on the right, sit, and wait for Connie Chang, a local singer. She arrives in a dark-blue jumpsuit, a brilliant gold-colored necklace, and black high heels.Connie immediately walks to the counter and orders the food. She says this, this, and this (all items on the menu) and also this (something not o
  
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• Hey, Techies—Shit or Get Off the Goddamn Pot

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  by AnonymousI recently read that the most common job in Seattle is software developer, and four out of five developers are male. If you are working in this industry and need to take a shit in your office, you are well aware of this fact. I see your socks and sandals under the door as I hike uncomfortably between the bathrooms on each floor. Most of you are banging away on your phones or laptops in one of the limited stalls. Here's a message: Shit or get off the pot. I'm tired of wasting 10 minut
  
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• Dark Money Is a Rare Look at How to Fight Corporate Control of Our Elections

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  It's something to watch Republicans on camera say that money is not the same as free speech.by Eli SandersIn 2010, the US Supreme Court declared that pumping corporate cash into elections is a form of free speech. As Republican Mitt Romney put it later, "Corporations are people, my friend."We have been witnessing the consequences of the high court's Citizens United ruling ever since. But because so many of those consequences benefit Republican politicians, there can be a tendency to view opposit
  
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• Crossword Solution: Hoover

  01-08-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  The solutions to the crossword puzzle in the Aug 1, 2018 issue of The Strangerby Brendan Emmett Quigley[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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