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I've covered whistleblower and accountability issues.
You know how the powerful often react when their malfeasance is exposed? Illegal retaliation. DARVO.
It's absurd and immoral to argue an institutional leader is the Real Victim when they face accountability for wrongdoing 🤮
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Unfortunately there's a broader story behind this absolute nightmare of a situation for Hannah & Hazel about corporate consolidation in the veterinary care industry
See, e.g., private equity gobbling up independent vet clinics to build monopoly power:
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If I were private equity firm
@TSGConsumer
, I would be funding an all-out effort to reunite Hannah with her dog Hazel
Or else it's going to look worse and worse for them if people start calling on antitrust regulators
@FTC
@TheJusticeDept
to investigate
St. Francis in Atlanta, the vet clinic that lost
@hannahcrileyy
's sick elderly dog, is owned by Thrive Pet Healthcare—which is owned by private equity
@tsgconsumer
An explainer on the very serious concerns with private equity gobbling up vet clinics:
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The constitutional crisis won't be if Trump fires Mueller. The constitutional crisis is if Congress takes no real action in response
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Larry Hogan is the *governor* of Maryland, which has jurisdiction. Does he not have authority to appoint an independent state investigator with subpoena power?
Republican governors Charlie Baker (MA), Larry Hogan (MD) and John Kasich (OH) call on the Senate to delay the Kavanaugh nomination and investigate the three allegations.
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The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun are good legislators with a pen.
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St. Francis in Atlanta, the vet clinic that lost
@hannahcrileyy
's sick elderly dog, is owned by Thrive Pet Healthcare—which is owned by private equity
@tsgconsumer
An explainer on the very serious concerns with private equity gobbling up vet clinics:
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It's as if that was deliberate
States that passed voting restrictions saw decreased turnout, flipped to Trump
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A few thoughts about a crucially important but underrated aspect of the Senate impeachment trial as the final votes near: the severe restrictions on press freedoms.
Why did Senate leaders go to the trouble of making it so difficult for the press to report on the trial? 1/
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Gah. The Trump Administration is literally going after puppies
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DO IT. How state Attorneys General could sue to force Trump to divest or even dissolve his business entities
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Pro tip for politicians: the best way to stop the people's protests about an injustice is to stop the injustice - not the people's protests.
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In Wisconsin today: gay couples threatening Western civ w/ their happiness & lifetime commitments of love & fidelity
http://t.co/DffdX9Ecz3
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"The left’s crucial flaw: playing by the rules" against a shamelessly ruthless opposition that plays dirty
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Someone somehow managed to slip in a complete exemption from FOIA, the Privacy Act, and the Sunshine in Government Act for the $42 billion broadband deployment program in the infrastructure bill (HR 3684)
I'm both aghast and impressed 😳😠 Congress needs to fix this asap
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"Those with the lowest turnout are hourly paid workers in service jobs in restaurants and retail." They are also the least likely to get paid leave on such a holiday.
An all-of-the-above approach with same day registration, easy mail voting, early voting etc would be best
Opinion: Want Americans to vote? Give them the day off.
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@HirokoTabuchi
Oh god, I'm so sorry. That's not just terrible, it's assault and I hope the perpetrator is caught & held accountable.
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That Paxton is FINALLY facing some accountability is shocking but very good news
Let us all take this moment to praise the whistleblowers who, at great risk to themselves, spoke up about his wrongdoing—which eventually led to this impeachment trial
Ken Paxton, a lead figure of the U.S. far-right, faces an impeachment trial starting Tuesday.
After nearly a decade of scandal & criminal charges!
@michaelsbarajas
has covered Texas politics for years, & his piece is your must-read before next week:
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Know when to throw a punch and when you do, make it count
Anything short of Senator McConnell and Speaker Ryan revoking their endorsements of Donald Trump is cowardice.
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Seeing the Chris Hemsworth trailer
http://t.co/RirMl3pS9c
via
@katienotopoulos
http://t.co/EytiECw5qr
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Date of PAPADOPOULOS *plea agreement*—showing direct links btw Russia & Trump campaign—is significant. Mueller kept this quiet until today
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In fact, if you get called out for being a racist bigot, you might even get to become President of the United States
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But don't underestimate the technically legal ways he can also stack the deck, like using the Department of Justice to fuel voter suppression. And dragging the country into another war
I think Democrats are vastly underestimating the ways a corrupt and lawless president can use the powers of the presidency itself to cheat in an election.
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I agree—the Dem winning the Louisiana Senate race would give vindictive Senate GOP pause
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These press restrictions include existing rules but also new ones—all of which combine to literally and figuratively keep the press away from a monumentally historic moment.
And remember, journalists inform the public and shine a light on government activities. 2/
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When even conservative pundits are comparing
#KimDavis
to the infamous bigot George Wallace blocking the schoolhouse
http://t.co/hqORDREtQ6
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As
@EileenAppelbaum
warned, "It’s not like they care about pets. They don’t care about pets."
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This reminds me of how gender quotas in Sweden actually improved the quality of leaders by forcing out the mediocre men
MUST WATCH: Republican
@SenJohnKennedy
asks one of
@realDonaldTrump
’s US District Judge nominees basic questions of law & he can’t answer a single one. Hoo-boy.
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This is quite something. Koch Industries rebuts Donald Trump & other conservs on crime stats
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Only Congress has the authority to declare war, so why are we letting Trump have the ability to end human civilization?
Cabinet member who had nuclear football calls for hearings on
@POTUS
' sole, unchecked authority to start nuclear war
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It's important to learn from your own regrets. But it's even better when you can learn from others' regrets
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Even C-SPAN video cameras are banned from the Senate chamber—which means the government is totally controlling, and limiting, the images you can see.
Here's Fox News anchor Chris Wallace explaining why that's bad. 8/
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@Sulliview
@rcfp
@demandprogress
@ACLU
So, today, keep in mind that if there's ever a time for robust press access, it's when the United States Senate is deciding whether to convict & remove an impeached President of the United States.
But that's not what we got. And that's a huge loss for American democracy. /End
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Why Rep. Xavier Becerra becoming California's Attorney General is a key move for Democrats via
@chrisgeidner
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This research shows conservative women have the highest implicit gender bias—higher than other women & men
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This is shocking, even in light of the sea of other shocking incidents. A society that allows a "privileged" few to hunt down terrified people for sport is the stuff of dystopian nightmares
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Yale study: making poverty visible to rich neighbors leads to more exploitation of the poor
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Speaking as a former staffer in the US Senate, I'll add: call your state/local electeds—and push THEM to push the federal electeds
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Example: this new magnetometer at the entrance to the only area of the Senate chamber that reporters can enter. This literally slows down the press by forcing them to leave to report on what they saw (b/c of the electronics ban) and wait in line to return
That there is a police officer and a magnetometer controlling journalists' access to the Senate Chamber. It's a modern first, it's wrong, and it portrays an institution unwilling to do the people's business in broad daylight.
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Trump's theory for attacking Judge Curiel = you can disqualify judges by just insulting them
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Congress should ban state bars and medical licensing boards from asking applicants whether they’ve ever sought professional help for depression
Happy to hear
@SenFettermanPA
is getting the help he needs and deserves. Millions of Americans, like John, struggle with depression each day. I am looking forward to seeing him return to the Senate soon. Sending love and support to John, Gisele, and their family.
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For non-DC folks, the Van Ness & Connecticut Ave NW area is one of the richest, whitest, most educated neighborhoods in the city. Lots of embassies nearby. Detached single-family homes here sell for millions of dollars
Hence the extra media attention and sense of shock
People here at the intersection of Connecticut and Van Ness said they saw shooting toward a nearby school. We have seen cops going down an alleyway with guns. This scene appears to be active. People here are distraught. (
@wusa9
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Why has there been so little first-hand information about where the members of the Senate stood on this extraordinary event of historic importance? Because the Senate leadership is hindering reporters from reporting. 6/
Press restrictions today: reporters are staking out GOP lunch. Sen. Murkowski walks in. Reporters go to talk to her about Bolton testifying. The velvet ropes are promptly put up. Press gallery is apologetic.
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Normalize impeaching executive branch officials who really do deserve to be impeached and held accountable to protect democracy
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Senate leaders also imposed a new restriction confining reporters to a pen, literally keeping the press at a distance that's aggressively enforced by heavily armed police officers. The consequences, demonstrated: 4/
Why press restrictions hurt ability to get info: Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski just walked by this press pen ignoring questions and down hallway, but reporters aren’t allowed to walk with them as we usually can. When we walk with them, there’s a better chance of getting answers
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Today is a good time to talk about how destructive Trump would be w/ abuses of govt power
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I was officially sworn into the DC bar today! I am now the 1st ever attorney in the history of my family on two continents. Not too shabby for a woman who grew up poor and came to America knowing no English 😎🍾🥳💅
❤️to family & friends for their support that made this possible
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Police officers have also abruptly stopped reporters' interviews with willing senators ().
Reporters have been physically stopped from even talking to trial participants WHO ARE NOT senators. 5/
I just saw Ken Starr in the Capitol. I tried to ask him a question but because of the impeachment trial limited press access rules, Capitol Police said I couldn’t talk to him.
This is the 5th time I’ve been stopped from talking to people in the Capitol bc of these rules.
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This is a great idea for public libraries: a check-out receipt showing you how much $ you just saved
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@realgirl_fieri
Also I’m in love with this bird feeder. I’m adding it to my own splurge list!
My husband got me a smart bird feeder for Christmas that sends me pictures of every bird that stops by and I’ve never been more delighted by a piece of tech in my life
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These press restrictions are not normal, and we have yet to hear specific, articulable security concerns justifying them.
Remember, the US Capitol already has one of the most heavily armed police presences in the country. 7/
The press has had the right to walk, unfettered, through those doors and others to witness public sessions of the Senate since the 18th century. Tomorrow, there will be a police officer and a magnetometer in our way for the 1st time ever.
This is a bad idea
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Dems in Congress, it's a trap: Trump's corporate welfare plan is more looting of America, not jobs via
@RonaldKlain
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It's happening. The Trump Administration is actually going after an anonymous Twitter account for criticizing it
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The Constitution did actually account for the possibility of corrupt presidents who are utterly unfit for office
It didn't account for a Congress captured by the president's party being unwilling to do much about it
As brilliant as the Constitution is, it leaves our democracy much too vulnerable to the schemes of a corrupt and power-grabbing President who has contempt for democracy.
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A reminder for folks in freakout mode today
Also in May 2008, McCain took a lead on Obama when Clinton was still in the primary contest.
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I just love this story. Former Dartmouth admissions director on the only rec letter by a custodian she'd ever seen
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In 2013, Trump started tweeting at all hours of the day and compulsively
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Rite of passage for women to learn the hard way that giving every man the benefit of the doubt could be how she dies
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How to push back on the Supreme Court's voter suppression ruling in North Dakota
Support
@4directionsvote
, the Native American voting rights group that's working with tribal leaders to help everyone eligible get the ID they need:
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Killer fact: fossil fuels get $5.3 trillion (trillion!) in subsidies per yr - more than ALL govt health $$ on earth
http://t.co/b85M8KVcO6
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As
@Sulliview
pointed out, the effect of these restrictions on the press corps covering the Senate trial is to create artificial distance between the public and the event.
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Trump has a stupid person's view of intelligence, a weak person's view of strength, and a bigot's view of tolerance
Trump offered to "take an IQ test" to prove his views on Islam were not ignorant, not grasping what "ignorant" means
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The anti-anti-Putin sentiment on parts of the left is bizarre. He's no ally to progressives or peace; he's a murderous megalomaniacal invader who oppresses journalists, gay people, etc. And criticizing his abuses of power & stopping sabotage of US elections isn't declaring WWIII
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That's why, e.g., when Senators reacted to Rep. Schiff's mention of Trump's "head on a pike" comment, we have no images of the moment.
Unless you're in the Capitol in person, you cannot see for yourself which senators are paying attention...or not. 9/
Covering the trial from inside the Senate gallery is "a little bit like Jane Goodall in the wild observing these creatures in their natural habitat,"
@MZanona
says
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Very smart observation. How the Trump campaign turned his contradictions on issues into a micro-targeting bonanza
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Striking photo. That's Barbara Boxer, Nita Lowey, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Pat Schroeder, Jolene Unsoeld, and Patsy Mink running from the U.S. House to the U.S. Senate — to protest the Senate Judiciary Committee's treatment of Anita Hill
Background:
My husband gave me this framed a couple of years ago, an iconic image of women’s eruptive challenge to the system.
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Jeff Sessions (AG nom) is big fan of civil asset forfeiture, which is fancy talk for corrupt police looting citizens
As our signatory
@GroverNorquist
explains, civil asset forfeiture is in directly conflict with constitutionally protected property rights.
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My sense of the GOP's repeal plans is they will rob regular Americans of something that is infinitely precious: time
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Sen. Heinrich even formally protested to the Senate Sergeant at Arms: "These restrictions are antithetical to a free press, good governance, and the ability of the public to be fully informed about what we as elected leaders do in their name." 11/
Indeed.
Sen.
@MartinHeinrich
writes to the Senate sergeant at arms, expressing “extreme concern and discomfort” about the press restrictions during Trump’s impeachment trial
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The "single strongest factor in the odds of escaping poverty," per Harvard study on inequality? Transit/commute time:
http://t.co/WQvVUWhIhi
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@Sulliview
For these reasons, journalists as well as 1st Amendment defenders and other civil society groups—like
@rcfp
and
@demandprogress
—have been calling for the restrictions to end ASAP.
The
@ACLU
also again wrote to the Senate urging their immediate end. 13/
The
@ACLU
drafted & sent a 2nd letter to every Senator asking them to rescind the unprecedented press restrictions on the Senate
#ImpeachmentTrial
:
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Great thread debunking a fear-mongering claim about North Korea—it's literally from a science fiction novel
5. Where does the North-Korea-could-kill-90%-of-Americans claim come from? A novel that a congressman read. It’s literal science fiction.
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Don't be surprised when the Trump administration's gross incompetence is used to
1) justify deep cuts to federal programs under the next president
2) justify frightening uses of executive power by the current president to deal with the crisis he keeps making worse
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Free idea: create Fantasy Trump Tax Return on a wiki platform, crowdsource speculations from tax experts, journalists et al on missing data
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This captures one of the reasons why I think "Love Trumps Hate" is lame. Also it's maudlin & doesn't fit the moment
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Reporters should also ask if the $750 he paid in 2016 and 2017 was actually income taxes or IRS fees/penalties
($750 two years in a row is an oddly specific round number)
Reporters: Again, always ask INCOME taxes of Trump spokepeople. They are specifically saying “personal taxes” and “taxes” about what he has paid because they are changing from INCOME taxes. When they give an dodge, say “you are saying he paid tens of millions in INCOME taxes?”
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Just to be clear, many Senators oppose these restrictions hobbling press freedoms during the trial, such as Sen. Schumer () and Sen. Schatz ().
Sen. John Kennedy has a great quote on this: 10/
“I think it’s a huge mistake. U.S. senators are grown women and grown men...we’re not children,” Kennedy says of media restrictions during the impeachment trial
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The Presidential Records Act allows a president to keep such records secret for up to 12 years
HOWEVER, PRA exceptions also give access to Congress or the current president (Biden). So Congress could also release the logs without Biden intervening
Jen Psaki says she'll check on whether the Biden admin can review and/or release the Trump visitor logs from the days and weeks leading up to the Capitol riot on January 6 to see if anyone involved in the riot visited the White House.
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My guess: he’s refusing to pay Twitter’s Amazon Web Services (cloud server) bill and cobbled together this suicidal policy after disaster hit this morning
He's limiting access to twitter if you don't pay him - you can only read 600 tweets a day if you aren't verified. He's really off his rocker now.
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Another important consideration: court filings that cite DCist articles will now be broken. That degradation of judicial records is a serious problem
It’s time for
@wamu885
and
@AmericanU
’s leaders to listen and immediately make
@dcist
’s extensive news archive public again. It’s a matter of public interest, of local history, of countless hours of work by people reporting on their communities. I’m 100% with
@WeMakeWAMU
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Suppressing negative consumer reviews is a stupid thing for
@Thrive_petcare
to do, as the
@FTC
frowns upon that sort of misleading business tactic
The FTC is in fact in the middle of a new crackdown on it:
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Interesting—let's put a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in every American hotel
Arrived in my hotel in Berlin and instead of bible I find 'universal declaration of human rights' in my room. Much better.
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For non-lawyers following this wild Hunter Biden case side scandal:
It is FAR more plausible and likely the clerks passing along messages misunderstood/mixed up what they heard, not that this seasoned attorney openly tried to get disbarred over such a stupid & trivial thing
Okay, the response is up. Latham atty says she called to ask about the procedure for redacting, did *not* tell the clerk she repped the House Repubs, and was later told the material was being removed as noncompliant with FRCrP 49.1
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@StevenTDennis
That Zillow listing shows that nearby homes have similar prices. There’s probably not much wrong with the house. It’s just in a dying and very poor town
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