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With EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt, Trump Continues String of Encouraging Picks

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, December 22 2016

This week, departing First Lady Michelle Obama invited derision when she lamented to Oprah Winfrey, "We feel the difference now. See, now we are feeling what not having hope feels like." Uncharacteristically for a First Lady, Mrs. Obama had campaigned desperately on behalf of Hillary Clinton, so perhaps her negativity should come as no surprise. Although she represents liberals' widespread post-election despair, however, other Americans apparently disagree. For example, a Rasmussen Reports survey released this week found that, "Following Donald Trump's election…

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