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Fight Hurricane MAGA: VOTE

AI-generated pic showing Trump wading in flood waters

By V. Susan Hutchinson How scary were Hurricanes Helene and Milton for those of us living in South Eastern states these past two weeks? Very, but what is scarier is Hurricane MAGA, which has been spinning across America for more than eight years. Hurricane MAGA Both naturally forming hurricanes and the MAGA hurricane have much […]

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