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#NotInMYNameWelcome back to another installment of the Watercooler, RedState’s daily Open Thread! Today, we’ve got…
But that’s exactly what Bad Check Barry’s teeing up as part of his Final Flipoff Tour.
“This situation is concerning for many reasons…your departments negotiated an international agreement regarding refugees without consulting or notifying Congress. Such information was not disclosed to Congress during the annual refugee consultation that occurred on September 13, 2016, even though your staff confirmed that the agreement had, at the time, been negotiated ‘for months,’” Grassley wrote in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Thursday afternoon. “The individuals who will be resettled are coming from countries of national security concern. In fact, two of the countries are officially designated by the State Department to be State Sponsors of Terrorism.”
Looks like another former bastion of Dem blue-collar vote has flipped:
One thing that Zito discovered regarding the Democratic collapse with white working class voters is the level of the destruction. I mean, it’s a total wipeout in the Appalachian areas. Out of 490 counties that dot this region, Clinton only won 21 of them, mostly because these places contained college campuses, which boosted the number of college liberals
Today’s Birthdays: President Franklin Pierce, 1804; actor Harpo Marx, 1888; chef-author Rick Bayless, 1953
Holidays Around the World: It’s Buy Nothing Day here (I won’t be observing; too many killer Daily Deals at various gun-parts suppliers), and Japan celebrates Labor Thanksgiving Day.
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Today’s quote comes from an old friend, on seeing his SO mount a Trijicon ACOG tactical optic on her Ruger 10/22 .22 rifle before a match…
You know they’re serious when the sight costs more than the rest of the gun.–Massad Ayoob
As always, the Watercooler is an Open Thread. Now that you’ve had a sip or two, the breakroom floor is all yours to Sound Off with your own juicy little tidbits.
#NoQuarter #TheParty’sOver
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