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"This Russia Thing"

--> “This Russia Thing”             At this point, all Americans should be fully "woke!" But if you know someone who isn’t please wake him or her up!   As Sly Stone once wrote, “There’s A Riot Goin' On!” Something is happening on a daily basis in the nation’s capitol.   However, things are happening on Main Street as well. The Trump reality show continues to take center stage in the news, which means that if we don’t look far and wide, we might miss other important events. However, for about three weeks there has been a collision of sorts. Foremost, President Trump’s tariffs seemed to spark a trade war, which affected the stock market and the job market. The stock market took its biggest hit in a decade. China’s response to the tariff talk was counter tariffs and talk of increased prices.   The markets actually showed degrees of fear.   Several companies, including Hasbro and Mattel, responded with immediate cuts to the news that Toys R Us is liq