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The Subway Is For TransportationWhich means you have to arrest people who smoke fentanyl there
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Is Ron DeSantis Savvy Or Not?He has been savvy in Florida, but he's not yet translating that to a national general election.
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Why Won't the Editors of Nature Follow the Data and Listen to the Science?A study published in Nature finds Nature's 2020 endorsement of Joe Biden was counterproductive. Nature's editors don't care.
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'Bailout' Is Not a Dirty WordA bailout is never Plan A. But it can be a pretty important Plan B.
Mar 14
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