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Our state’s senior senator continues to hitch himself to Trump’s wagon, even as things get rocky.
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Justin Miller covers politics and state government for the Texas Observer. He previously worked for The American Prospect magazine in Washington, D.C., and has also written for The Intercept, The New Republic and In These Times. Originally from the Twin Cities, he received a journalism degree from the University of Minnesota.
Our state’s senior senator continues to hitch himself to Trump’s wagon, even as things get rocky.
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