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Ukraine has been secretly launching rockets into space from an ‘air spaceport’ flying at 26,000 feet, lawmaker says

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Post date April 13, 2026

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Ukraine is feeding intel to Patriot interceptor makers as Russia mixes up its missile attacks, lawmaker says

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Post date February 13, 2026

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A Republican lawmaker is riding his motorcycle back to Washington, DC, because flights are too unreliable

Post author By crystalg
Post date November 11, 2025

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Minnesota Lawmaker and Her Husband Assassinated in ‘Act of Targeted Political Violence,’ Gov. Walz Says

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Post date June 14, 2025

Tags 'targeted, Act', Assassinated, Gov., Husband, lawmaker, Minnesota, Political, Says, Violence, Walz

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What to Know About the Democratic Lawmaker Ejected for Protesting Trump’s Speech

Post author By crystalg
Post date March 4, 2025

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Republican Lawmaker Tells Trump He May Vote Against GOP Budget Bill Over Medicaid Cuts

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Post date February 25, 2025

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Putin appointed his former bodyguard to take over Russia’s military response to the Kursk invasion, local lawmaker says

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Post date August 13, 2024

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U.K. Conservatives Suspend Lawmaker After He Accused London Mayor of Being Controlled By Islamists

Post author By crystalg
Post date February 24, 2024

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An Israeli Lawmaker Took an Anti-War Stance. Now He May Lose His Job

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 31, 2024

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Massive Russian missile strike sounded like ‘Armageddon,’ Ukrainian lawmaker recalls after blast blew her windows out

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Post date January 4, 2024

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U.K. Lawmaker Scott Benton Faces Parliament Suspension Over “Serious Breach” of Rules

Post author By crystalg
Post date December 14, 2023

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‘They Are Behaving in a Fascist Way:’ An Israeli-Arab Lawmaker on the Stifling of Anti-War Voices

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Post date November 11, 2023

Tags AntiWar, Behaving, Fascist, IsraeliArab, lawmaker, Stifling, They, Voices, way'

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A top South Carolina Democratic official dismisses Dean Phillips’ presidential bid as ‘not serious,’ says the Minnesota lawmaker has not yet contacted the party in the key early-voting state

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Post date October 28, 2023

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Republicans are accusing a Democratic lawmaker of pulling a fire alarm to buy time before a House vote on the stopgap spending bill

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Post date September 30, 2023

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A North Carolina gerrymandering effort could oust a Democratic lawmaker who wrote a bill to make it illegal for lawmakers to gerrymander

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Post date September 4, 2023

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Minnesota lawmaker Dean Phillips says Biden should ‘pass the torch’ in 2024: Democrats ‘would like to see an alternative’

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Post date August 13, 2023

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An Iowa Republican state lawmaker switched his support from Trump to DeSantis after the ex-president blasted Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds over her neutrality in the 2024 GOP primary

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Post date July 15, 2023

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Boris Johnson Quits as U.K. Lawmaker Over ‘Partygate’ Report

Post author By crystalg
Post date June 9, 2023

Tags ‘Partygate’, Boris, Johnson, lawmaker, Over, quits, Report, U.K.

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A Russian lawmaker wants to boost Russia’s army by using ‘large’ and ‘aggressive’ stray dogs as military assets

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Post date May 17, 2023

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A Missouri lawmaker defended child marriage, saying kids he knows who got married at age 12 are ‘still married’

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Post date April 12, 2023

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Arizona’s GOP-led legislature expels lawmaker — a Republican — for promoting conspiracy theory about Democrats and drug cartels

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Post date April 12, 2023

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CNN’s Van Jones presses a GOP state lawmaker on the Tennessee House voting to expel 2 Black Democratic legislators over their push for gun restrictions: ‘Why are you being so unreasonable?’

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Post date April 9, 2023

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A Japanese Lawmaker Asked ChatGPT to Write Questions to Ask the Prime Minister

Post author By crystalg
Post date March 30, 2023

Tags asked, ChatGPT, Japanese, lawmaker, minister, Prime, Questions, Write

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Lawmaker Faces Violent Threats for Trying to Make California the First State of Ban Caste Discrimination

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Post date March 29, 2023

Tags 'State, California, Caste, Discrimination, Faces, First, lawmaker, threats, Trying, Violent

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Student-loan borrowers with graduate school debt should get more relief under Biden’s new proposal to make monthly payments cheaper, a top Democratic lawmaker says

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Post date February 13, 2023

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Russian lawmaker accuses Putin of breaking his own law with reference to Ukraine ‘war,’ asks prosecutors to investigate

Post author By crystalg
Post date December 23, 2022

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Elon Musk told Mark Ruffalo not everything AOC says is accurate after the actor begged him to get off Twitter following criticism from the lawmaker

Post author By crystalg
Post date November 6, 2022

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Tags 'Begged', Accurate, Actor, After, Criticism, Elon, Everything, following, from, lawmaker, Mark, Musk, Ruffalo, Says, Told, Twitter

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Ruben Gallego ignites feud with fellow Democratic lawmaker Kyrsten Sinema, accusing her of wanting the GOP to win the House and the Senate

Post author By crystalg
Post date September 27, 2022

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Tags Accusing, Democratic, Fellow, Feud, Gallego, House, Ignites, Kyrsten, lawmaker, Ruben, Senate, Sinema, Wanting

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Arizona Lawmaker Endorsed by Trump Wins Republican Secretary of State Primary

Post author By crystalg
Post date August 3, 2022

Tags 'State, Arizona, endorsed, lawmaker, Primary, Republican, Secretary, Trump, wins

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January 6 committee requests testimony from a Republican lawmaker who led a tour of the Capitol complex the day before the attack

Post author By crystalg
Post date May 19, 2022

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Tucker Carlson called Kevin McCarthy a ‘puppet of the Dem Party’ after leaked audio revealed the lawmaker had wondered if Twitter could censor some of his GOP colleagues

Post author By crystalg
Post date April 26, 2022

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Tags After, audio, Called, Carlson, Censor, colleagues, could, Kevin, lawmaker, Leaked, McCarthy, Party, puppet, revealed, Some, Tucker, Twitter, wondered

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Russian lawmaker proposes accepting bitcoin for its oil and gas exports from ‘friendly’ countries like China and Turkey

Post author By crystalg
Post date March 25, 2022

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian Detained in Iran, Preparing to Leave, U.K. Lawmaker Says

Post author By crystalg
Post date March 16, 2022

Tags BritishIranian, Detained, Iran, lawmaker, Leave, Nazanin, preparing, Says, U.K., ZaghariRatcliffe

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Republican Gov. Larry Hogan says it’s insane anyone would view the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as ‘just tourists looking at statues’ in apparent jab at GOP lawmaker

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 2, 2022

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Tags ‘Looking, anyone, apparent, Capitol, Gov., Hogan', Insane, It's, Jan., Just, Larry, lawmaker, Republican, riot, Says, Statues, Tourist's, View, would

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Dad of a Parkland victim blasts GOP lawmaker who shared a Christmas photo of his family smiling with guns and asking Santa to ‘please bring ammo’

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Post date December 4, 2021

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Tags ammo, Asking, blasts, Bring, Christmas, Family, guns, lawmaker, Parkland, Photo, Please, Santa, Shared, Smiling, victim

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Tucker Carlson railed against a GOP lawmaker, asking why the US should defend Ukraine and not side with Russia

Post author By crystalg
Post date November 11, 2021

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Twitter Suspends Republican Lawmaker Jim Banks for Misgendering Biden Appointee

Post author By crystalg
Post date October 25, 2021

Tags Appointee, Banks, Biden, lawmaker, misgendering, Republican, suspends, Twitter

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A GOP lawmaker in Oklahoma referred to Asian Americans as ‘yellow’ immediately after a presentation about racism

Post author By crystalg
Post date October 23, 2021

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Tags 'Racism, About, After, Americans, Asian, Immediately, lawmaker, Oklahoma, Presentation, referred, Yellow

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U.S. Lawmaker Wants to Ban Booze ‘To Go’ at Airports Amid Surge in Unruly Passengers

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Post date September 24, 2021

Tags 'go', 'unruly', airports, amid, booze, lawmaker, Passengers, Surge, to, U.S., Wants

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Florida Lawmaker Proposes Abortion Ban That Mimics Texas SB-8 Law

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Post date September 22, 2021

Tags Abortion, Florida, lawmaker, Mimics, Proposes, Texas

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Missouri GOP lawmaker suggests Lincoln Memorial should come down after Robert E. Lee statue is removed in Richmond

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Post date September 11, 2021

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GOP Rep. Mo Brooks tweeted a sympathetic statement about the Capitol bomb threat suspect, prompting one lawmaker to call him ‘evil’

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Post date August 19, 2021

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GOP lawmaker Mo Brooks admits he wore body armor at Jan. 6 Trump rally, and says he was tipped off to ‘risks’

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Post date July 29, 2021

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Texas Lawmaker in D.C. on Testing Positive for COVID-19: ‘Let This Be a Reminder’

Post author By crystalg
Post date July 17, 2021

Tags 'Let, COVID19, D.C., lawmaker, Positive’, Reminder, testing, Texas, this

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A former US lawmaker known as ‘Putin’s favorite congressman” marched to the Capitol on January 6

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Post date June 14, 2021

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Dr. Deborah Birx says every American COVID-19 death after the first 100,000 could’ve been mitigated, but a Democratic lawmaker says she’s to blame for ‘enabling’ Trump

Post author By crystalg
Post date March 27, 2021

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A Georgia lawmaker was charged with a felony after knocking on Gov. Brian Kemp’s door as he signed a voting rights reform bill

Post author By crystalg
Post date March 25, 2021

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Floating virtual lawmaker pauses relief meeting

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Post date February 10, 2021

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A congressional lawmaker tested positive for the coronavirus after getting second dose of Pfizer vaccine

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Post date January 31, 2021

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Ohio lawmaker who questioned the COVID-19 hygiene of Black Americans now leads legislative health committee

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Post date January 23, 2021

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Hundreds of lawmakers and staff gathered in a ‘crowded’ location after the Capitol siege but some Republicans refused to wear masks, lawmaker says

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Post date January 6, 2021

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A GOP lawmaker objected to seating US representatives from battleground states in response to colleagues that plan to object to the presidential election results

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Post date January 3, 2021

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A Florida lawmaker is calling for Mar-a-Lago to be fined and shut down after video showed a ballroom packed with maskless partiers on New Year’s Eve

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Post date January 3, 2021

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A Mississippi lawmaker mistakenly says he wants the state to ‘succeed from the Union’ after Biden’s election win

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Post date November 11, 2020

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Louisville police arrest the state lawmaker who authored ‘Breonna’s Law,’ during a second night protests over the lack of charges related to Breonna Taylor’s death

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Post date September 24, 2020

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Seven, Including Alaska State Lawmaker, Killed in Mid-Air Plane Collision

Post author By crystalg
Post date August 1, 2020

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Democratic State Lawmaker in Georgia Breaks Party Ranks With Trump Endorsement

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Post date April 15, 2020

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GOP lawmaker ignores health warnings around coronavirus and tells Americans ‘it’s a great time to go out’

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Post date March 15, 2020

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A Photo of a Tennessee Lawmaker Seemingly Chugging Chocolate Syrup Went Viral. It’s Not Quite What it Seems

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Post date February 5, 2020

Tags Chocolate, Chugging, It's, lawmaker, Photo, Quite, Seemingly, Seems, Syrup, Tennessee, Viral, Went

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‘Drastic Action Needs to Be Taken.’ Britain’s New Youngest Lawmaker Wants a Different Kind of Politics

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Post date December 30, 2019

Tags 'Taken, action, Britain's, Different, Drastic, Kind, lawmaker, Needs, politics, Wants, Youngest

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Texas Lawmaker to Beto O’Rourke: ‘My AR Is Ready for You’

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Post date September 13, 2019

Tags ‘My, Beto, lawmaker, O'Rourke, ready, Texas, You”

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‘Deport Hate.’ Muslim Virginia Lawmaker Heckles Trump During Jamestown Speech

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Post date July 30, 2019

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A Georgia state lawmaker said a man told her to ‘go back to where you came from’ in a checkout line fight, but the story is becoming murky

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Post date July 23, 2019

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A Democratic lawmaker sparked confusion Sunday, suggesting that Robert Mueller had agreed to testify before Congress, before walking back his comments

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Post date May 7, 2019

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Democratic lawmaker asks IRS for 6 years of Trump’s tax returns

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Post date April 4, 2019

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Google should publicly address position on China, GOP lawmaker says

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Post date March 30, 2019

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‘Not Here to Make Headlines.’ Meet the Lawmaker Quietly Unearthing Trump Scandals

Post author By crystalg
Post date February 20, 2019

Tags 'Not, Headlines, Here, lawmaker, Meet, Quietly, scandals, Trump, Unearthing

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A Republican lawmaker invoked Paul Manafort’s adult children in a bizarre defense of Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen

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Post date December 21, 2018

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Georgia Lawmaker Says President Trump’s Alleged N-Word Use Should Be Held Separate From His Presidency

Post author By crystalg
Post date August 18, 2018

Tags 'Nword, alleged, from, Georgia, held, lawmaker, presidency, President, Says, Separate, Should, Trumps

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GOP lawmaker: ‘Nobody’s going to be surprised’ if Trump approved Russia meeting

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Post date July 28, 2018

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Georgia Lawmaker Who Used Racial Slur on Sacha Baron Cohen’s TV Show Will Resign

Post author By crystalg
Post date July 24, 2018

Tags Baron, Cohen's, Georgia, lawmaker, racial, resign, Sacha, Show, slur, used

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Fox’s Perino: Strzok marriage questions by GOP lawmaker ‘felt like a public lynching’

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Post date July 13, 2018

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Tags 'lynching', felt, Fox's, lawmaker, like, Marriage, Perino, public, Questions, Strzok