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The Town Talk 11:02 p.m. CT April 12, 2017
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My liberal friends are fretful, Donald Trump has threatened to let Obamacare destroy itself and make Democrats bend to his will in it's remaking.
That's one sixth of the economy, that's one sixth of the jobs and somebody in every family, but the rich, maybe, the rich have cousins, it's possible they care. If Donald Trump takes America hostage and they aren't prepared to burn the country to the ground, like the Tea Party, AKA Freedom Caucus, he'll have to change his name.
Corporate Media will of course ignore the fact that the Tea Party and Judy Miller changed their names for nefarious purposes.
They betrayed the Republic, everyone knew it, they changed their names and, at least in the case of the Tea Party, Freedom Caucus went back to undermining the Republic with every fiber of their beings, in their God's name.
But hey, exposing the fact that the Freedom Caucus is a renamed Tea Party, determined to bend America to it's will or see it go up in flames, would elect Democrats and put downward pressure on shareholder value.
Damian Brumley Montgomery
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MOSCOW Russia's state broadcaster has said it will boycott this year's Eurovision song contest after the host country, Ukraine, said it would bar entry to the Russian contestant and Moscow rejected two possible compromises suggested by the organizers.
Ukraine said Russian singer Yulia Samoylova could not travel to Kiev for the competition next month because she had performed in Crimea after the region was annexed by Russia.
Moscow accused Ukraine of discriminating against Samoylova and of breaching the contest's rules. The contest organizers also condemned the Ukrainian decision but said the event will go ahead.
Russia's Channel One, the state broadcaster that transmits the contest to large Russian audiences, said organizers had offered the option of sending a different contestant or of having Samoylova perform via video link from Moscow.
"In our view this represents discrimination against the Russian entry, and of course our team will not under any circumstances agree to such terms," said Yuri Aksyuta, the station's chief producer for musical and entertainment programs.
"Naturally, we are not taking part in the Eurovision 2017 competition under the terms that are being offered to us, and we will not broadcast it either," he said.
"The absence of a Russian participant, in my view, is a very serious blow to the reputation of the contest itself, and for Russian viewers it is also another reason not to pay attention to the contest."
The annual singing contest attracts millions of television viewers across Europe. For many countries, especially former Communist states in Europe, performing well in the event is seen as a matter of national pride.
Kiev said that Samoylova has violated Ukraine's borders by entering Crimea without seeking permission from the Ukrainian authorities. Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014, but all but a handful of countries consider it part of Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed "regret that the Eurovision organizers have turned out to be unable to fulfill the terms of their own rules," and compel Ukraine to allow Samoylova to travel to Kiev.
The organizers of the contest, the European Broadcast Union (EBU), said in a statement they had done everything in their power so that all eligible countries could take part.
"We strongly condemn the Ukrainian authorities' decision to impose a travel ban on Julia Samoylova as we believe it thoroughly undermines the integrity and non-political nature of the Eurovision Song Contest," Frank Dieter Freiling, chairman of the events steering committee, said in statement released by the EBU.
"However, preparations continue apace for the Eurovision Song Contest in the host city Kyiv. Our top priority remains to produce a spectacular Eurovision Song Contest."
(Additional reporting by Denis Pinchuk; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
BEIJING/PYONGYANG China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped from reaching an "irreversible and unmanageable stage" as a U.S. aircraft carrier group steamed toward the region amid fears the North may conduct a sixth nuclear weapons test.
WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will travel to South Korea on Sunday in what his aides said was a sign of the U.S. commitment to its ally in the face of rising tensions over North Korea's nuclear program.
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