I have never been so disappointed in the amoral rot that Republicans have come to represent in the U.S. Senate and Congress. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, with a chance make a difference, sold her vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill in exchange for special carve-outs to protect the interests of Alaskans, only Alaskans, all 740,133 of them. The 339,459,867 individuals that make up the rest of the nation? Meh … she got what she wanted so who cares about them?
As late as May 22 of this year our Rep. Jeff Van Drew circulated a “fact” sheet denouncing the claims that under the…
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