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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (1073037)	6/13/2018 7:20:00 AM
From: Mongo2116	1 Recommendation Recommended By sylvester80 Respond to of 1572187

Democrats just scored a stunning victory in Wisconsin special election BY BRIAN TYLER COHEN PUBLISHED ON JUNE 12, 2018 18k SHARES SHARE THIS STORY In a devastating blow to the President and his party, Democrats have scored yet another victory in a district previously won by Trump and the Republican Party. Democratic candidate Caleb Frostman, the former executive director of the Door County Economic Development Corporation, defeated Republican Andre Jacque, one of the Legislature’s most conservative members, in a race to represent Wisconsin’s 1st state Senate district, flipping the seat to Democratic control. The seat was vacated by former Republican state Rep. Frank Lasee, who retired on December 29, 2017 to serve as the administrator for the Wisconsin Department of Workforce. Facebook's new algorithm changes have decimated the reach and the ad revenue of independent news sources like ours. Please become a patron of our news website and help us pay our writers by making a small contribution: View our Patreon page > Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker had previously refused to call special elections despite a legal mandate to do so out of fear of losing. A judge then ordered the Republican governor to schedule the races, which ultimately validated Walker’s worries. Underscoring the victory is the fact that the 1st district voted 52-47 for Mitt Romney and voted 56-39 for Trump. It is also the first time that a Democrat has held the seat in a staggering 41 years. The flipped seat also reduces the GOP’s majority in the state Senate down to 18 to 15, putting a Democratic flip within reach for November. View image on Twitter

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (1073037)

6/13/2018 10:26:54 AM

From: Brumar89

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Why would some heroic prime mover be so enamored with thugs and tyrants like Putin and KJU?

He's NOT what you idiots say he is. If anything, he's the opposite.

A REAL Ayn Rand type would be Jeff Bezos, who corrupocrat Trump wants to destroy. Did you miss this post:

Can I be the only one who notices Trump's war with Amazon could've come out of an Ayn Rand novel?

Trump is our James Taggart type & Bezos our Henry Rearden.

Trump is a rich spoiled rotten brat. He's tried to combine a life as a wannabe "playboy" with that of a wannabe business tycoon. His independent business ventures have failed spectacularly, producing a string of bankruptcies and repossessions. He's been repeatedly bailed out by his father and his wealthy siblilngs. Using underhanded means, he's been elevated to the highest political office where he rules as a corrupt, incompetent plutocrat.

Bezos is a real billionaire and a self-made one. A man of vision, Rand would say.

"Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision. Their goals differed, but they all had this in common: that the step was first, the road new, the vision unborrowed, and the response they received—hatred." Ayn Rand

This is the real world, so Bezos won't shrug and take down the USPS though.