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Ashley Hinson’s convenient conversion

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Ed Tibbetts, a longtime reporter and editor in the Quad-Cities, is the publisher of the Along the Mississippi newsletter, where this post first appeared. Find more of his work at edtibbetts.substack.com. Suddenly, Ashley Hinson is trying to convince us she’s OK with Democrats; that she’s working with them to lower costs. This is quite a change for […]

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