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    Being Icky Is The Job
    The Liberals, according to Conservative MP Scott Reid, are trying to "ram through whatever the f**** they want." In other, vaguely sexually-themed Conservative news, Brad Trost isn't down with the "the whole gay thing," while k.d. lang asks if Jason Kenney might be secretly fond of it. Kellie Leitch and Senator Lynn Beyak? Just crapping on Muslims and Indigenous peoples again, respectively. Nothing sexy there.
    April 4, 2017
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    The Liberals, according to Conservative MP Scott Reid, are trying to “ram through whatever the f**** they want.”

    In other, vaguely sexually-themed Conservative news, Brad Trost isn’t down with the “the whole gay thing,” while k.d. lang asks if Jason Kenney might be secretly fond of it. Kellie Leitch and Senator Lynn Beyak? Just crapping on Muslims and Indigenous peoples again, respectively. Nothing sexy there.

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