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Political Graffiti: "Suck It, Congress!"

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The Iwig family knew they'd run out of time to save their dairy - the bank was ready to foreclose, emergency funds promised by the federal government were slow in coming, and their congresswoman wasn't returning their calls. So they played the last card they had: their community.
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