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Under current laws, when charter schools have failing grades — a ‘D’ or an ‘F’ for two years — they can’t accept new voucher students. Except in Indiana where legislators want to delay that penalty. Who said it was all about what is best for the children?

Allowing your Internet Service Provider to sell your records is like allowing your phone company to sell a list of everyone you called. Since when do corporate profits come before privacy for our citizens? This what is wrong with putting the fox in charge of the hen house. It is time for “Citizens United” to go and take the political power away from the corporations.

We have an entire GOP party that is acting like they don’t have a clue about running this investigation between Russia and our election. But they were vicious, unrelenting pit-bulls when it came to the Benghazi investigation.

If we desire to be energy independent, why aren’t we focusing on wind, solar, and other forms of energy? that would secure our energy needs in the future?

Clinton Watts says that Russia hacked thousands of US officials Democrats and Republicans, and will use this information against them.

Since the Cubs open in St. Louis on Sunday, they need to leave Jason Heyward down there where they got him. He is being paid millions and does virtually nothing at the plate. I use a cane and could hit better than he does. I wonder if last year he backed up to accept his inflated paycheck.

Talk about dense and tone deaf. After many complaints about Ivanka Trump getting a job at the White House she said “I have heard the concerns some have with my advising the president, so instead I will serve as an unpaid employee.” So just change your title and you are good to go.

It is time for the two party system to end. It’s not working. Let’s all just work for the best interest for the country. Not the Republican interest. Not the Democratic interest. The best interest.

What’s the big deal about fast food places and their “never frozen” hamburgers? Frozen beef is a lot less likely to be spoiled!

Jared Kushner has never run a business. He’s run a scheme with Daddy’s money. Daddy’s been in jail, though. Real estate mafia is not business.

I almost fell off the chair hearing Trump all but admit he just learned who Susan B. Anthony was. Last month, it was Frederick Douglass.

About those top 5 threats: If you think Democrats and unions are the problem, you are the problem.

Everyone is outraged that the Secret Service has to protect Melania and Barron while the child finishes his school year in New York. What outrages me is former presidents get Secret Service protection for life! The Secret Service protects the leader of the free world. It should not protect former leaders.

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