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Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onAugust 6, 2018
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Article snippet: Democrats can’t seem to win in their attempts at sloganeering. Every attempt only serves as a reminder that the party lacks a clear leader and that it has trouble conveying policy in emotional terms.  Embracing his breakneck return to campaign politics, President Donald Trump argued that Republicans needed to control Congress by casting the midterms as a referendum on himself.   The senator and potential Democratic candidate from Massachusetts delivered what she called “the hard truth.’’   The Supreme Court nominee helped build the case that President Clinton had an affair with Monica Lewinsky and obstructed justice.   Renée Graham Jeff Sessions’ new Religious Liberty Task Force is what’s really worrisome.  The two candidates shared the same positions on questions put to them during the debate.  It was the starkest acknowledgment yet that a statement Trump dictated about the encounter last year was misleading.  Governor Greg Abbott said he thinks there is growing opposition to the idea of further gun restrictions in the state.  After a US Supreme Court ruling weakening public-sector unions, labor’s clout is the subject of a state referendum.  The president defiantly questioned the idea that the party in the White House typically loses seats in the midterms.  <?EM-dummyText [This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This i... Link to the full article to read more

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