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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/politics/opioid-bill-drug-companies.html

" Drug companies usually get what they want in public-policy battles on Capitol Hill, but a move by the pharmaceutical industry to grab $4 billion from the federal Treasury in a bill that is supposed to address the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic is meeting fierce resistance."

Regulate the drug makers.
If they did not make profits they would be bankrupt.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/politics/kyrsten-sinema-arizona.html

The first thing to do is win.
Political positions can change.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/politics/florida-april-freeman-congress.html

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"

"Natural causes" can be a cardiac accident and just bad luck.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/politics/rod-rosenstein-justice-department-trump.html

Amazingly Trump kept his foot out of his mouth.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/politics/trump-economy-fact-check.html

Trump does not hear.

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A long and ruinous fight is the best possible result.
Brett Kavanaugh is not the greatest misogynist available.

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https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000006124263/kavanaugh-protests-washington-yale.html
Protesters Rally Against Kavanaugh, and Back His Accusers: ‘The Wave of Women Is Here’
Brett Kavanaugh, Facing New Allegations, Vows He Will Not Withdraw

Brett Kavanaugh probably will not learn.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/politics/donald-trump-united-nations.html

    "Peace for our time."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_for_our_time
















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