So youβre telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?
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Now would be a great time for candidates to campaign on state-level universal healthcare
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which "national security" story is more important: Tim Walz retiring from the National Guard a year before this unit was deployed to Iraq or Trump stealing classified US intelligence and possibly selling it to Saudi Arabia? Which story have you seen more election year coverage of and why?
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If I may be sentimental and nigh-patriotic for just today, this Harris/Walz ticket looks like America to me. A smart, high-achieving Black woman with intersectional identities and a loving but fiery Midwestern dad who uses his power to take care of everyone he possibly can.
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