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BornADemocrat

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March 24, 2017

Republicans say they lack votes to pass health plan in blow to Trump


Politics | Fri Mar 24, 2017 | 1:59pm EDT

Republicans in Congress said they lacked the votes needed for passage of their U.S. healthcare system overhaul and a key committee chairman came out in opposition after Donald Trump demanded a vote on Friday in a gamble that could hobble his presidency.

Amid a chaotic scramble for votes, House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, who has championed the bill, met with Trump at the White House. Ryan told the president there were not enough votes to pass the plan, U.S. media reported.


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-idUSKBN16V149

March 13, 2017

Arson suspect wanted to 'run the Arabs out of our country,' sheriff says

(CNN)A 64-year-old Florida man tried to set a convenience store on fire because he thought the owners were Muslim, St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara said.

Richard Lloyd told deputies he wanted to "run the Arabs out of our country" so he pushed a dumpster in front of the Port St. Lucie store and set the contents on fire, Mascara said in a news release posted on Facebook.

Lloyd told detectives he assumed the owner was Muslim and that angered him because of "what they are doing in the Middle East," Mascara said.

"It's unfortunate that Mr. Lloyd made the assumption that the store owners were Arabic when, in fact, they are of Indian descent," Mascara said.

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/11/us/muslim-florida-store-fire/index.html

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March 4, 2017

Anybody watch the AC 360 interview with Carter Page?

He seems like a pathetic lying fool, nobody could possibly believe the shit he's trying to fling. Is this for real? Was that really a live broadcast? Pathetic performance, Trump is doomed if fools like this are vouching for him.

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