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On The Gist, what just happened? And are Democrats sniveling losers or Machiavellian savants?
McClatchy reporter Alex Roarty explains why the animating force driving both Democrats and Republicans right now is a loud conservative minority.
In the Spiel, Greece has beef regarding which part of world gets to be called “Macedonia.”
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