Louisville Steps Out of Its Comfort Zone

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        Louisville Steps Out of Its Comfort Zone
     
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          May 03, 2013
          
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The vice president admired another man’s appearance while visiting Maine — and added to his administration’s growing catalog of hypermasculine body talk.

These teen girls just wanted to participate, but the Trump administration decided to wage war on them rather than address other vital issues in this country.

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