September 2, 2016: Snipers, Sharpshooters, and Mines, or a Border Wall?
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2. Ibid.
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4. Ibid.
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9. Ibid.
10. Schumer: With Illegal Drugs Flowing Into Border Crossings Like Peace Bridge and Buffalo-Niagara Airport, Senator Urges President to Immediately Sign Bill on Desk That Would Give Buffalo CBP Agents High-tech Detection Machines Needed to Stop Hidden & Deadly Fentanyl Before It’s Smuggled Onto Upstate NY Streets; Buffalo Should be Amongst First Cities to Receive Handheld Devices. Charles E. Schumer. January 8, 2018. https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-with-illegal-drugs-flowing-into-border-crossings-like-peace-bridge-and-buffalo-niagara_airport-senator-urges-president-to-immediately-sign-bill-on-desk-that-would-give-buffalo-cbp-agents–high-tech-detection-machines-needed-to-stop-hidden-and-deadly-fentanyl-before-its-smuggled-onto-upstate-ny-streets-buffalo-should-be-amongst-first-cities-to-receive-handheld-devices-, retrieved January 28, 2018.
11. Ibid.
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13. Ibid.
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16. Ibid., “What GAO Found.”
17. Ibid., p. 12.
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20. Ibid.
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28. Ibid.
29. Ibid.
30. Ibid.
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34. Ibid.
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38. Ibid.
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September 7, 2016: Threat to Democracy is Just a Con Job
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2.Ibid.
3. “Cicilline Asks President to Cut Off Trump’s Access to Classified Intel.” David Cicilline. July 27, 2016. https://cicilline.house.gov/press-release/cicilline-asks-president-cut-trumps-access-classified-intel, retrieved August 19, 2016.
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9/11 Dead Dishonored by Clinton’s Hateful Divisiveness
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2. Ibid.
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September 15, 2016: Families Don’t Need Zika Crisis Congress is Selling
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4. Ibid.
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8. Ibid.
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September 20, 2016: Working Class Must Fail So the Left Can Prosper
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3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. “Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2015.” United States Census Bureau. September 13, 2016. http://census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2016/cb16-158.html, retrieved September 18, 2016.
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7. “Remarks by the President at 39th Annual Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala.” The White House. September 15, 2016. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/15/remarks-president-39th-annual-congressional-hispanic-caucus-institute, retrieved September 18, 2016.
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September 23, 2016: African American Anger is About Money, Not Injustice
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September 30, 2016: Progressive Goals Build a Society That Hurts Everyone
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