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For the Siena poll, a better year
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CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union 
Nov 24, 2022
COLONIE (TNS) — Two years ago at this time, Don Levy was a man undergoing what he described as a public root canal. His polling outfit, the Siena Coll...
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In quest to get Trump, secrecy strikes again
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BYRON YORK 
Nov 24, 2022
Think back five years to the frenzy of news reporting and commentary over what was called Trump-Russia “collusion” — the allegation that the 2016 Trum...
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Bono’s moment of surrender to capitalism
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 22, 2022
It’s a beautiful day when one of the world’s biggest rock stars talks about the benefits of capitalism. Global icon Bono is known for both his music a...
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Is Biden fatally stubborn, or virtuously tenacious?
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DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Nov 21, 2022
Sunday was Joe Biden’s 80th birthday. Our first octogenarian president is two years older than Ronald Reagan was when his presidency ended in 1989. Bi...
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The message to NY’s Democratic establishment
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HARRY SIEGEL New York Daily News 
Nov 20, 2022
NEW YORK (TNS) — There was a funny thing about New York’s brutal election. Congressional losses cost Democrats control of the House of Representatives...
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World Cup in location of controversy
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 20, 2022
No sport on Earth is more popular than soccer — football, as the rest of the world calls it. And with the possible exception of the Olympic Games, no ...
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Even a small nuclear war would mean mass famine
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FAYE FLAM - Tribune News Service 
Nov 20, 2022
This century’s worst-case climate scenario isn’t global warming of 4 or even 5 degrees Celsius. It’s a nuclear winter that would trigger global coolin...
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Kevin McCarthy’s task
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RICH LOWRY 
Nov 18, 2022
Kevin McCarthy may now have the hardest job in Washington. Assuming that he becomes speaker of the House, which will require the near-unanimous suppor...
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Some must-dos for Congress before Jan. 1
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 17, 2022
Democrats will control the Senate and, it seems, Republicans, the House in the 118th Congress starting on Jan. 3, but the current 117th session still ...
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Stefanik won’t jump off the Trump train
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CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union 
Nov 17, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — After last week’s flattened red wave, Republicans are at long last questioning their bond with Donald Trump. And for good reason: Candi...
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Trump obsession clouds midterm analysis
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BYRON YORK 
Nov 16, 2022
Remember when the conventional wisdom was that abortion would be a huge issue in the midterm elections? Then the election came, and a lot of data poin...
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Biden student loan plan ruled unconstitutional
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 15, 2022
Last week, President Joe Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan has been ruled unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman. While a fi...
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Don’t count Trump out yet
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RICH LOWRY 
Nov 15, 2022
Donald Trump is in his weakest political state since 2015 or early 2016. During his presidency, when he was at the center of countless intense controv...
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