Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue visited a fair in rural Minnesota today, probably expecting a warm reception. Instead, as Bloomberg reported, the farmers let him have it. “We are not starting to do great again,” the Minnesota Corn Growers’ Association president said. “We are starting to go down very quickly.” Read more
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Former Sen. Mike Gravel, who headed up a longshot campaign for president run by young people in order to inject anti-imperialism into the Democratic debates, endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders in a video today. As we reported last week, his endorsement had been sought by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. Read more
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Rand Paul’s long nightmare is over: on Monday, the Kentucky senator announced that he underwent surgery this weekend to have part of his lung removed, after it was damaged when Paul was attacked by his neighbor over an argument about lawns. Is this the last we’ll hear of that attack? Probably not. Read more
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