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soldierant

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1. I have known about Sheldon Whitehouse long enough, and heard enough from him

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 03:17 AM

Yesterday

to know that he is exposing corruption. But the headline could be read to mean that he is the corruption - the one who is bought and paid for. Not your fault - you just used the headline that was on it - although splitting it the wat they did , I think, makes it clearer. The only thing I see that you could have done differently to clarify it would be to put "With" in front of his name. Or possibly have put his name before the rest of the title and the hyphen after it and before the title. Sometimes, our American English (and also British English) can just be confusing.

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Time to Wake Up 302: Bought and Paid For - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse [View all] Rhiannon12866 Yesterday OP

I have known about Sheldon Whitehouse long enough, and heard enough from him soldierant Yesterday #1

You are so right. I read the title and got really angry. quaint Yesterday #2

Very glad you went farther to get the real story. soldierant Yesterday #3