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General News 4/3/2018 at 2:06 PM EDT H3'ed 4/3/18

Sorry, But American Democracy Is Still Edging Closer to Disaster

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Wisconsin became the 28th state in the Union to approve dismantling our democracy altogether by voting to have a Constitutional convention to amend the Constitution for the purpose of shrinking the government and abolishing Medicare and Social Security. I guess Ryan plans to retire after accomplishing that. Imagine all those tent cities and exploding ERs. . . . 2/3 of the states must ratify--that's 34--according to Article V of the Constitution. Koch brothers = Losing Fathers. Is it just a matter of time now. (Hat tip to Jennifer Cohn on Twitter)

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