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WHAT TO KNOW TODAY THE TAKE with ABC News’ Rick Klein The best defense can be your best offense, which is another way of saying that 2018 will be intense and intriguing every step of the way. Georgia Six will go down as a lesson in wasted resources and missed opportunities for Democrats, a stark reminder of party loyalties and of limitations to what even big, big money can accomplish.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — Twin defeats in the Georgia and South Carolina special House elections set off paroxysms of angst and second-guessing among Democrats on Wednesday, revealing a party confused by the political landscape and struggling to come up with a fresh message. The Republican victories gave President Trump and company a four-for-four sweep in defending special election seats since he assumed office.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Twin defeats in special House elections set off paroxysms of angst and second-guessing.  The Senate’s bill would repeal Affordable Care Act taxes and provide bigger subsidies for low-income Americans than the House bill.   Stein, a Lexington resident, told Politico she was accompanied on the 2015 trip by a single aide and her campaign paid for the travel.  Officials said the gunman acted alone and had no connection to terror groups.

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Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories The latest legislative trend to weave its way through New England? Efforts to deregulate hair braiding.  CAPITAL SOURCE “Here’s the summer line up,” the governor teased in an email to prospective donors.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Twin defeats in special House elections set off paroxysms of angst and second-guessing.  The Senate’s bill would repeal Affordable Care Act taxes and provide bigger subsidies for low-income Americans than the House bill.   Stein, a Lexington resident, told Politico she was accompanied on the 2015 trip by a single aide and her campaign paid for the travel.  Officials said the gunman acted alone and had no connection to terror groups.

Posted at 5:05 pm on June 20, 2017 by Jay Caruso Donald Trump and Republicans exhibit weakness when they blame the media and Democrats for their problems. Trump never takes responsibility for his problems. Unfortunately for him, the public doesn’t want to hear his whining, and they’re expressing it in job approval numbers that parallel George W.

Posted at 6:00 pm on June 20, 2017 by Susan Wright Weren’t things supposed to change with a Trump administration? The Obama-era wreaked havoc on our military and our public schools, using them as laboratories for social justice, at the expense of commonsense. With liberal social justice warriors, it’s always about feelings, and the utopia they imagine will be, once you eradicate silly, antiquated certainties, like gender and race.

Posted at 6:30 pm on June 20, 2017 by Andrea Ruth If there’s one thing similar between the ladies Trump it’s that they all have a rather aloof demeanor.

Posted at 9:30 pm on June 20, 2017 by Susan Wright They knew he was potentially vulnerable to Russia, but they kept feeding him CIA secrets. A new report from the New York Times suggests that even as former national security adviser Michael Flynn was under scrutiny, the fount of information he was exposed to kept flowing. Flynn was forced from his p