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• Commentary: Five years later, remembering that glorious season of love and community

  16-12-2018 23:51
  Five years ago, Kody and I spent the morning of Dec. 20 being busy — she at Rowland Hall, helping with its food giveaway, and I with a grocery run for my mother. When we met up at home, our phones simultaneously went off with texts, emails and calls.My brother texted, “Congratulations.” Peggy Tomsic emailed, “We won!” and KSL called saying, “You’re live. Do you have a comment?”That’s how we learned that U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby had r
  
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• Max Boot: Conservatism needs a new Weekly Standard untainted by Trump

  16-12-2018 23:45
  The standard, so to speak, interpretation of the demise of the Weekly Standard is that it is symbolic of the fate of non-Trumpian conservatism. There is something to this analysis, but it is too neat by half. The Standard did not shutter its doors on Friday because it was rejected in the marketplace of ideas. Like most publications, it had lost print circulation in recent years but gained online readership. It did not make a penny of profit, but then magazines of ideas seldom do. They depend on
  
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• New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep

  16-12-2018 23:17
  Washington • A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia’s disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters' interests to help elect President Donald Trump - and worked even harder to support him while in office.The report, a draft of which was obtained by The Washington Post, is the first to study the millions of posts provided
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz Week 10 Outlook: Perplexing Jazz face tough slate

  16-12-2018 22:58 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz face a rough travel schedule and four daunting opponents in what could very well be an ugly Week 10 for them. It's almost starting to appear ...
  
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• Commentary: Utah Legislature’s disregard for the people’s initiative leads to legally invalid pot plan

  16-12-2018 22:45
  “All political power is inherent in the people.” That’s a “fundamental principle” the Utah Constitution recognizes as being “essential to the security of individual rights and the perpetuity of free government.” Under our Constitution, the people vested legislative power in the Utah Legislature, but retained the power and the right to pass their own laws through the initiative process.By passing Proposition 2, the people of the state voted, among other t
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Giuliani dismisses prospect of Trump interview with Mueller: ‘Over my dead body’

  16-12-2018 22:30 via sportspyder.com
  He replied that he was "not allowed" to say that. Cohen has admitted to facilitating the payments and running afoul of campaign finance law. Comments0facebook twitter email
  
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• Utah Jazz Week 10 Outlook: Perplexing Jazz face tough slate

  16-12-2018 22:15
  The Utah Jazz face a rough travel schedule and four daunting opponents in what could very well be an ugly Week 10 for them. It’s almost starting to appear as if the Utah Jazz may be allergic to a .500 record. Once again in Week Nine, they missed an absolutely excellent opportunity to even up […]
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• Giuliani dismisses prospect of Trump interview with Mueller: ‘Over my dead body’

  16-12-2018 21:49
  Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s attorney, on Sunday rejected the prospect of Trump sitting down for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller."Over my dead body," Giuliani said on "Fox News Sunday." "But you know, I could be dead.""Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace followed up, pressing Giuliani on whether the special counsel wanted to speak with Trump. Giuliani did not respond directly and instead said he was "disgusted with the tactics they have used in this case."On AB
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Lincoln Fillmore: New medical cannabis law is a workable foundation

  16-12-2018 20:44 via sportspyder.com
  When the Utah Senate was deliberating the Utah Medical Cannabis Act, I was returning from a legislative conference that had been planned and paid for months before the special session being called. While my absence was unavoidable, I regret that I...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Protect patient care and critical jobs by repealing the medical device tax

  16-12-2018 20:34 via sportspyder.com
  Before the development of medical imaging technology, the ability of patients and their health care providers to fully understand serious ailments was severely limited. Today, thanks to high-quality, real-time imaging, doctors can perform incredibly...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Environmental solutions depend on reason, not faith

  16-12-2018 20:34 via sportspyder.com
  Solid environmental solutions depend on reason, not faith.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - NBA Hall of Famer Spencer Haywood recounts lone season as Jazzman: ‘We had a nice run’

  16-12-2018 20:05 via sportspyder.com
  In the midst of Haywood’s legendary NBA and ABA career, he played in 34 games for the New Orleans Jazz during the 1978-79 season. The Jazz acquired him from the New York Knicks midway through...
  
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• NBA Hall of Famer Spencer Haywood recounts lone season as Jazzman: ‘We had a nice run’

  16-12-2018 19:59
  MEXICO CITY — NBA Hall of Famer Spencer Haywood won't get offended if you don't remember his short tenure with the Jazz organization."Most people don't," Haywood laughed while reminding a Deseret News reporter on Friday.In the midst of Haywood's legendary NBA and ABA career, he played in 34 games for the New Orleans Jazz during the 1978-79 season. The Jazz acquired him from the New York Knicks midway through the year for Joe Meriweather. He averaged 24.0 points and 9.6 rebounds on 49.7 per
  
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• Lincoln Fillmore: New medical cannabis law is a workable foundation

  16-12-2018 19:53
  When the Utah Senate was deliberating the Utah Medical Cannabis Act, I was returning from a legislative conference that had been planned and paid for months before the special session being called. While my absence was unavoidable, I regret that I wasn’t there to give my constituents a voice by giving this speech during the debate.“I joined the Senate just three weeks before the 2016 legislative session. Although there were many issues I was pretty well-versed in, medical cannabis wa
  
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• Commentary: Protect patient care and critical jobs by repealing the medical device tax

  16-12-2018 19:51
  Before the development of medical imaging technology, the ability of patients and their health care providers to fully understand serious ailments was severely limited. Today, thanks to high-quality, real-time imaging, doctors can perform incredibly complex surgeries with confidence.As the leader of GE Healthcare’s surgery business in Salt Lake City, I witness on a daily basis the importance image guided surgery for improving health outcomes and understanding disease.Despite our immense pr
  
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• Commentary: Environmental solutions depend on reason, not faith

  16-12-2018 19:49
  Solid environmental solutions depend on reason, not faith.Steven T. Collis (chairman of a nationwide religious institution and First Amendment practice group) argued the opposite in his commentary in The Salt Lake Tribune of Dec. 9. He suggested that the environmental movement has failed and a better solution can be derived from the scripture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Yet environmental solutions have flourished, are effective and sustainable, and have proven results bas
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Derrick Favors is the least productive, but least irritating Utah Jazz starter this season

  16-12-2018 19:48 via sportspyder.com
  It's been a frustrating first thirty games of the 2018-19 season for the Utah Jazz. While blame is being thrown at many players, Derrick Favors shouldn't s...
  
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• Rocky Anderson: Utah Legislature’s disregard for the people’s initiative leads to legally invalid pot plan

  16-12-2018 19:41
  “All political power is inherent in the people.” That’s a “fundamental principle” the Utah Constitution recognizes as being “essential to the security of individual rights and the perpetuity of free government.” Under our Constitution, the people vested legislative power in the Utah Legislature, but retained the power and the right to pass their own laws through the initiative process.By passing Proposition 2, the people of the state voted, among other t
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Rocky Anderson: Smoking its own dope: Utah Legislature’s disregard for the people’s initiative leads to legally invalid pot plan

  16-12-2018 19:28 via sportspyder.com
  “All political power is inherent in the people.” That’s a “fundamental principle” the Utah Constitution recognizes as being “essential to the security of individual rights and the perpetuity of free government.” Under our Constitution, the people...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Speaking of ‘protecting the children,’ here are some other ideas

  16-12-2018 19:28 via sportspyder.com
  Thank God the Utah Legislature, in partnership with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Utah Medical Association and Gayle Ruzicka, “protected the children” with the medical cannabis compromise bill.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Dana Milbank: The GOP majority’s last words: But her emails!

  16-12-2018 19:28 via sportspyder.com
  Republicans, in the waning hours of their eight-year reign in the House, are using this precious time to do what they love best: investigating Hillary Clinton's emails.
  
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• Two suspects arrested in fatal early morning hit-and-run

  16-12-2018 19:18
  Police say a woman is dead and two suspects are in custody after an early morning hit-and-run in West Valley City.About 2 a.m. Sunday, police responded to reports of a hit-and-run near the 2800 block of 3785 South. When officers arrived, they found Tequila Garcia, 36, with severe injuries. Garcia later died at the scene.Police say Garcia had argued with two people who live in the same house just before the hit-and-run. Police later took the pair — Andres Mendoza, 24, and Alejandra Molina,
  
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• Derrick Favors is the least productive, but least irritating Utah Jazz starter this season

  16-12-2018 19:13
  It’s been a frustrating first thirty games of the 2018-19 season for the Utah Jazz. While blame is being thrown at many players, Derrick Favors shouldn’t see any fingers pointed in his direction. You can critique and complain about almost all of the players on the Utah Jazz. That’s what’s happening in Salt Lake City […]
  Derrick Favors is the least productive, but least irritating Utah Jazz starter this season - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - New
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Men’s basketball preview: Florida A&M at Utah

  16-12-2018 18:49 via sportspyder.com
  UTAH VS. FAMU, located in Tallahassee, Fla., plays in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The Rattlers will continue their road trip Tuesday at Oregon and Friday at Portland.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - After ‘a difficult ride,’ Alex Smith goes home from the hospital

  16-12-2018 18:49 via sportspyder.com
  Finally, there's some positive news about Redskins quarterback Alex Smith.
  
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• Letter: Speaking of ‘protecting the children,’ here are some other ideas

  16-12-2018 18:49
  Thank God the Utah Legislature, in partnership with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Utah Medical Association and Gayle Ruzicka, “protected the children” with the medical cannabis compromise bill.One can now assume that this coalition will now work to pass legislation to reduce air pollution in the Salt Lake Valley to "protect the children.” I suppose it makes sense that this coalition will pass legislation to reduce sugar in soft drinks and other food items
  
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• Dana Milbank: The GOP majority’s last words: But her emails!

  16-12-2018 18:47
  Republicans, in the waning hours of their eight-year reign in the House, are using this precious time to do what they love best: investigating Hillary Clinton's emails.The House Oversight Committee had one last item on this year’s calendar — a hearing Thursday on the Clinton Foundation. But it didn’t stop there! Republicans and their witnesses used the hearing to reprise their greatest hits: her email server, Benghazi, George Soros, Sidney Blumenthal, Huma Abedin, Cheryl Mills,
  
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• After ‘a difficult ride,’ Alex Smith goes home from the hospital

  16-12-2018 18:40
  Finally, there's some positive news about Redskins quarterback Alex Smith.His wife posted an Instagram image Sunday morning showing Smith seated in front of a Christmas tree at their home. He's holding a Redskins mug and has a Redskins lap blanket covering his legs as he gives a thumbs up and a small smile.View this post on Instagram HOME...This last month has been a difficult ride. Our family is beyond happy to have this man with us and home. This experience has given us great perspective and g
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Tucker Carlson suggested immigrants make the U.S. ‘dirtier’ — and it cost Fox News an advertiser

  16-12-2018 18:07 via sportspyder.com
  In less than three minutes, Tucker Carlson suggested immigrants make the United States "dirtier," contradicted himself on their values and gushed over Mexicans frustrated with Central American caravans. The opening tear cost his Fox News show an...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Siaosi Mariner says he ‘lost Utah’s first-ever Pac-12 championship game.’ He’s determined to rewrite that story.

  16-12-2018 18:07 via sportspyder.com
  Utah receiver Siaosi Mariner wanted more than anything to make his name known this season. He succeeded in a way he never could have imagined.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: City council rules on inland port are an exercise in futility

  16-12-2018 18:07 via sportspyder.com
  The Salt Lake City Council recently approved several “new rules” concerning the inland port. The Utah Legislature has seized about one-fourth of the land area of Salt Lake City and given it to the Inland Port Authority. It is not all empty land,...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: The sad case of the dueling ‘Deadpool’ petitions

  16-12-2018 18:07 via sportspyder.com
  The recent Change.org petition battle between the “Once Upon a Deadpool” poster either 1) being a “form of religious discrimination” or 2) being based on a painting that itself is “racial discrimination” is coming to a head. Be prepared for multiple...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: The frustration with calling it ‘global warming’

  16-12-2018 18:07 via sportspyder.com
  As the air across the valley thickens with toxins for another winter, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert is attempting to thread the needle of addressing Utah’s poor air quality while simultaneously trying not to rock the boat of his very own political...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Here’s what the Utah Jazz experienced in Mexico City during their trip that lasted less than 30 hours

  16-12-2018 18:02 via sportspyder.com
  An inside look at the Utah Jazz's first-ever regular season game in Mexico City against the Orlando Magic.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gehrke: Are Utah’s $100 million homeless efforts working? Nobody knows, and that’s a problem.

  16-12-2018 17:59 via sportspyder.com
  A few years ago, Utah got national accolades for practically wiping out chronic homelessness, the crowning success of a noble decade-long crusade.
  
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• Here’s what the Utah Jazz experienced in Mexico City during their trip that lasted less than 30 hours

  16-12-2018 17:55
  MEXICO CITY — After a 3½-hour flight from Salt Lake City, the Utah Jazz landed in Mexico City a little after 5 p.m. on Friday for their Saturday game against the Orlando Magic.A police escort then assisted them to the elegant JW Marriott Mexico City Maximilian, where teammates Jae Crowder and Joe Ingles immediately noticed the higher elevation on the new soil (Mexico City is 7,382 feet above sea level compared to less than 4,300 in Salt Lake City)."We just climbed like two or three
  
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• Siaosi Mariner says he ‘lost Utah’s first-ever Pac-12 championship game.’ He’s determined to rewrite that story.

  16-12-2018 17:51
  Utah receiver Siaosi Mariner wanted more than anything to make his name known this season. He succeeded in a way he never could have imagined.When the football bounced off his hands, then off the back of his thigh and into the arms of Washington defensive back Byron Murphy, Mariner watched in horror as Murphy returned the interception 66 yards for the only touchdown of the Huskies' 10-3 victory on Nov. 30. Mariner instantly knew how he would be remembered. As he said last week, “I’m
  
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• Tucker Carlson suggested immigrants make the U.S. ‘dirtier’ — and it cost Fox News an advertiser

  16-12-2018 17:39
  In less than three minutes, Tucker Carlson suggested immigrants make the United States "dirtier," contradicted himself on their values and gushed over Mexicans frustrated with Central American caravans. The opening tear cost his Fox News show an advertiser, at least for now.Few advocates, if any, argue the economic merit of immigration, Carlson said in his opening monologue Thursday evening. The nation needs skilled workers, but Carlson said that is not who arrives here."Our leaders demand that
  
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• Commentary: The sad case of the dueling ‘Deadpool’ petitions

  16-12-2018 17:31
  The recent Change.org petition battle between the “Once Upon a Deadpool” poster either 1) being a “form of religious discrimination” or 2) being based on a painting that itself is “racial discrimination” is coming to a head. Be prepared for multiple social media comments of outrage and articles in the Utah news cycle.Clearly, both petitions are incorrect in their assumptions and attempts at changing the world, one movie poster or painting at a time.The Christi
  
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• Letter: City council rules on inland port are an exercise in futility

  16-12-2018 17:30
  The Salt Lake City Council recently approved several “new rules” concerning the inland port. The Utah Legislature has seized about one-fourth of the land area of Salt Lake City and given it to the Inland Port Authority. It is not all empty land, containing large business areas.The new rules of the City Council are an exercise in futility because the board of the inland port, consisting of 11 members (nine of whom do not live in Salt Lake City), has by law the ultimate authority to ov
  
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• Commentary: The frustration with calling it ‘global warming’

  16-12-2018 17:27
  As the air across the valley thickens with toxins for another winter, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert is attempting to thread the needle of addressing Utah’s poor air quality while simultaneously trying not to rock the boat of his very own political party — a party in which over half of the members don’t even believe in man-made global warming.In a recent survey of registered voters by Dan Jones & Associates, Jones found that “53 percent of those who said they belong to
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah State’s seniors have paved the way for the next generation of Aggies

  16-12-2018 17:19 via sportspyder.com
  Albuquerque, N.M. • Five days before the Utah State Aggies trounced the North Texas Mean Green to win the New Mexico Bowl, senior safety Jontrell Rocquemore sat calmly in front of a USU backdrop at the university’s activities complex.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘Where you can go to pee without people harassing you’: University of Utah students, LGBT center staffers audit campus restrooms for private spaces

  16-12-2018 17:15 via sportspyder.com
  When Bethany Runsten peered down a short hallway on the second floor and saw the restroom at the end, her eyes lit up.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - DNA left in paw prints in the snow aids wildlife tracking

  16-12-2018 17:15 via sportspyder.com
  Missoula, Mont. • A paw print in the snow contains enough genetic clues to identify the animal that made it, even if the track has been buried for five months.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A tale of two neighborhoods: How a homeless hospice has divided members of an east-side Salt Lake City community

  16-12-2018 17:15 via sportspyder.com
  When The INN Between moved to the east side of Salt Lake City in May, neighbors worried the medical care center for the homeless would operate as a de facto shelter and increase crime and traffic in their community.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Love’s criticism of Trump was too little, too late

  16-12-2018 17:14 via sportspyder.com
  In her concession speech, Rep. Mia Love took to criticizing President Trump for his leadership style.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Trump’s irrational obsession with the China trade deficit

  16-12-2018 17:14 via sportspyder.com
  “It’s time to look at the strength we get from making sure our businesses can compete, even if it means higher prices in the near term for American buyers.”
  
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• Utah State’s seniors have paved the way for the next generation of Aggies

  16-12-2018 17:05
  Albuquerque, N.M. • Five days before the Utah State Aggies trounced the North Texas Mean Green to win the New Mexico Bowl, senior safety Jontrell Rocquemore sat calmly in front of a USU backdrop at the university’s activities complex.He knew the bowl game would be has last game as an Aggie, as many seniors did. But until that point, he hadn’t thought about it.“I’m trying to focus on a lot of the different things,” Rocquemore said at the time. “I’m f
  
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• Two suspects questioned in fatal early morning hit-and-run

  16-12-2018 16:47
  Police say a woman is dead and two suspects are in custody after an early morning hit-and-run in West Valley City.About 2 a.m. Sunday, police responded to reports of a hit-and-run near the 2800 block of 3785 South. When officers arrived, they found Tequila Garcia, 36, with severe injuries. Garcia later died at the scene.Police say Garcia had argued with two people who live in the same house just before the hit-and-run. Those people were later taken into custody for questioning.FATAL HIT AND RUN:
  
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• Letter: Prop 2 backers should take the deal they have

  16-12-2018 16:14
  In 1972, Sen. Ted Kennedy and President Richard Nixon held secret negotiations on legislation that would, for the first time, require all companies to provide a health care plan for their employees, with federal subsidies for low-income workers. The negotiations broke down on Kennedy's side because labor unions wanted more.Later in his career, Kennedy realized the mistake he had made: "When it comes to historic breakthroughs in social policy, make the best deal you can get, leaving it to subsequ
  
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