More reasons why we need to join together to reunite our country:

• America Wants A New Direction: According to the latest Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll, just 23% of registered voters believe the U.S. is on the right track.
• Peace, Love, And A Little Less Pork: "In a minor victory last week for the small army of conservatives who have been attacking waste-ridden earmarks," the Senate voted 52-42 to delete a $1 million grant for a Woodstock Festival museum from the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 2024, Washington Times reports. But, "tragically, the bill is loaded with more than 800 other earmarks that will cost beleaguered taxpayers more than $400 million. Each was inserted by lawmakers, who use these bills as personal political checkbooks, without any evaluation or approval by the committees that send them to the floor for enactment."
• Apparently, It's News When Republicans And Democrats Break Bread Together! Washington Post reports on a group of House members meeting for a bipartisan dinner. Eyewitnesses "were surprised" when Democratic Caucus Chair Rahm Emanuel, "who has long been known as a ruthless partisan," joined the group.
• Quotable: "I'm very worried about the direction of the country. We're polarized on many issues." -- Former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE).

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