Woman wins, Man parps, Insurance exchange

Simon McGarr

Jul 28, 2016 — 1 min read

Woman wins
Hilary Clinton won the Democratic Party nomination to be President. This would be ho-hum if it had been some fella. But it was the first time that anyone from the female half of the population of the earth had got such a nod. And that was a big deal.

Man parps
Meanwhile the man running for the Republican party started feeling antsy. It hadn't been about him for, like, three days. So he gave a press conference where he just said a bunch of mad stuff- amongst it an invitation to Putin's Russia to spy on his opponent, to help out.
Next week he starts getting told state secrets!

Insurance exchange

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