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Sen. Chris Murphy Hospitalized After a Stroke, Aides Say He Is Alert
The Connecticut Democrat was taken ill Saturday and is at Johns Hopkins, NBC News and Fox News reported.
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An Actual Blue Wave. Prague’s Broadcasters Went Quiet. Their Listeners Showed Up.
A minute of silence in Prague and an emphatic “no” in Massachusetts. Both spoke volumes.
My favorite detail from election night came from Prague. Czech public radio workers went on strike and gave listeners a minute of silence. Thousands turned up in Wenceslas Square to back them. For a story about dead air, it got quite a response.
The broadcasters have a good case. The government wants to replace broadcasting fees with state funding and cut broadcasters’ budgets by about 15 percent. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš says the change would make funding more transparent. Journalists want to ask an awkward question on Tuesday without worrying what it might cost them on Wednesday. I’m with them.
Democrats won the House and Senate. Kansas elected its first Democratic senator since the Great Depression. The new Congress takes office in January.
Massachusetts voters rejected Question 8, so adults 21 and over can still buy weed legally at licensed dispensaries. A rare election result that translates from ballot language into English. Yay.
China accounted for 23 of the 36 major clean industrial projects worldwide that reached a final investment decision over the past year. The plants still have to be built. In a field well supplied with pledges, somebody putting up the money deserves a mention. (even if it’s China…)
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