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A cove on Dutch Island. (Photo by Bob Plain)

Progress Report: Doherty the ‘Blank Slate’; Pension Vote Fallout; Junk Food Subsidies; Happy B-day, Social Security

By Bob Plain on August 14, 2012

First Brendan Doherty supported Paul Ryan’s draconian budget proposal; then he didn’t. First he wanted to foist anti-organized labor laws on Rhode Island; but he changed his mind on that one too. The Bush tax cuts? He changed his mind on that one during a single interview, so who knows what he’ll think by the [...]

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