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We need Archie Bunker now more than ever
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LORRAINE ALI Los Angeles Times 
Dec 08, 2023
“Archie Bunker couldn’t exist today.” It’s a refrain that’s landed in my inbox more than once since the death of “All in the Family” creator Norman Le...
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Who is Mike Johnson?
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SUSAN SHELLEY 
Oct 30, 2023
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — The weeks-long drama over who would become the next Speaker of the House of Representatives finally ended on Wednesday with the fr...
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Biden balancing act is only choice
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ROBIN ABCARIAN Los Angeles Times 
Oct 24, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Joe Biden’s voice may be more of a whisper than a roar these days, but on Thursday night, he was as loud and strong as he...
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No speaker? No problem
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NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Oct 23, 2023
You see a lot of “news” stories and editorials these days lamenting the “chaos” infesting the House of Representatives, which is without a speaker and...
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State causes, then erases, a marijuana farmer’s pain
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CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Sep 22, 2023
ALBANY (TNS) — Jeanette Miller’s comments to the Cannabis Control Board last week were raw, unfiltered and brutally honest. “I feel like I’m going to ...
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Saluting our first responders on 9/11
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JOHN FRANCO New York Daily News 
Sep 11, 2023
NEW YORK (TNS) — For me, 9/11 is the true identity of our 2001 Mets team. When the attacks hit, every member of our organization stepped forward and k...
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The federal government has it out for Elon Musk
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SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
Sep 04, 2023
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — When Elon Musk closed the $44 billion deal to buy Twitter on October 27, 2022, he walked into its San Francisco headquarters weari...
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Theater marquee gets new life in Wellsville
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KATHRYN ROSS Olean Times Herald 
Aug 29, 2023
WELLSVILLE — While problems loom, the Wellsville Village Board is looking at putting people’s messages up in lights. The village now owns the former G...
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Troubling attack on a newspaper
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Aug 16, 2023
It was the sort of conduct one usually associates with totalitarian governments: Law enforcement officers swarm a newspaper office and confiscate comp...
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