Not Quite

The poison to avoid:

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Wasn't it in 1871 that President Grant fine-tuned his acting skills into Presidential skills by releasing everyone from the lunatic asylums, and they all then formed a money-making scheme called the NRA?

Almost, but not quite.
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3 more questions:
Isn't it great that we now have drones to kill people and we are soon to have big lasers to burn people up?
Who needs Social Security or Medicare?
Who needs an honest President who works for, and not against, the common good?
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The 2 marks who do not like their jobs: Mark Begich and Mark Pryor