And he didn’t run as one, either. Republicans should stop saying otherwise.
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Canada Is Attacked Again
Media coverage of yesterday’s monstrous van attack in Toronto, which as of this writing is responsible for ten deaths and more than a dozen other casualties, was punctuated by political press conferences of the sort that are now an inescapable part of the dark theater of public tragedies. At his first ...
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‘Real Indian’ Senate Candidate Sues After City Orders Removal of Signs Calling Elizabeth Warren a ‘Fake Indian’
A Massachusetts Senate candidate is suing the city of Cambridge, Mass. for ordering the removal of his campaign signs, which accuse Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) of being a “fake Indian.”
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Updated 6:36pm
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