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“Liberal journalists expected Mueller to build a case for scandalous collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government,” said Tim Graham, director of media analysis for the conservative Media Research Center. Noting Mueller’s broad findings, he said, “So now it’s apparent the news channels merely channeled their wishful thinking. They had a grand denouement in mind, and it didn’t happen. They mocked Trump for saying ‘no collusion,’ and that ended up being the truth. . . . The voters should feel punked, swindled.”

Free at last from the investigation that has dogged him since taking office, Trump wasted no time in snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. On Tuesday, his administration announced that it wants a federal court to fully invalidate the Affordable Care Act. And, in the spirit of his bully pulpit, he said that "somebody" ought to investigate the origins of collusion allegations, as well as those in the media who he said advanced the conspiracy.

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Garden ponds help to create a safe place for wildlife to live, but how can you build one in your own garden?

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Red-winged blackbirds usually hunt for seeds of grasses and other grains. They hang out in marshy areas or fields. With spring on the way, the male birds now flaunted their brilliant red shoulder patches with thin yellow wing bars as they jostled for seeds at the bird feeders. At this time females seemed non-plussed and unimpressed. The sisters know as daylight lengthens and temperatures warm there will be ambitious males that will entice or coerce up to 15 females to nest within their territory. Not to worry. Female red-wings also acquire other mates, making this species very polygamous.

Dating back to the Plymouth colony settlers, colonial gardens were designed for function and survival. The size of the garden would depend upon the size of the family and the amount of produce needed to sustain them.

The decline of malls is not due to too much of a new thing, but rather too much of the same thing. According to Cowen and Company’s research analysts, the number of shopping malls in the United States grew more than twice as fast as the population between 1970 and 2015. In Central New York, after Shoppingtown in DeWitt became enclosed in 1975, two more large-scale malls — Great Northern and Carousel Center — opened fewer than 15 years later.

The Flyers played much better than they did the previous day, but their late-season fade continued Sunday afternoon as they dropped a 3-1 decision to Washington at Capital One Arena.

The New York Democrat and her chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, who served as her campaign chair, joined the board of Justice Democrats in December 2017, according to the political action committee’s website. It also said the two held “legal control over the entity” at the same time it was playing a key role in supporting Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign prior to her shock victory over incumbent Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in June 2018.”

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