Donald Trump seems to think he's playing a verbal game of "poker," claiming he's only targeting "Democrat programs" ... and Democrats are calling his bluff. They know (but does he?) that benefits cuts to programs like SNAP bring bipartisan pains. But it isn't just SNAP benefits: special education and the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund with its grants boosting private-public partnerships supporting low-income communities are impactful to Americans no matter their political leanings.

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I'm a Cathy Woolard fan; any time she's on 'The Georgia Gang' on WAGA-TV / Fox 5, it's "must watch." Her barbs are sharp and I *almost* feel for the conservative pundits in her crosshairs. Almost. She made a rather valid point when discussion of the Cartersville crazy at the Atlanta airport with an AR-15 came up: that Georgia Republican legislators passed a law letting anyone carry a concealed weapon into airports without a permit in the first place. Boom.

I've finally made contact with her, by the way, and once she's back from some international travel, I look forward to having her on the show!

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You can align with someone, ideologically, and still react to their transgressions with some questions about their rationale. Such is the odd case of Patty Durand, caught on camera, allegedly lifting "trade secrets" (stupidly labeled as such and left unattended on a table, by the way) and leaving a hearing room with them.

The video is pretty damning, though I must say - it feels like a baited trap, no?

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Finally, and indulging tirade for me, the beleaguered, vastly less-interested Atlanta Falcons' fan who's grown weary of poor personnel decisions for going on nearly a decade now. The parallels between that time period of poor planning with a football team and my preferred political party, incidentally, aren't lost on me.