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If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.  This seems to be the message we heard last week, as disgraced and disgusting former Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene teamed up with backbencher Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna to plant the seeds for a new bipartisan coalition. From The Hill :  Former Rep.  Marjorie Taylor Greene  (R-Ga.) and Rep.  Ro Khanna  (D-Calif.) on Tuesday debuted their unlikely alliance in a CNN interview. Opposing viewpoints have not deterred their professional relationship in seeking justice for victims of convicted sex offender  Jeffrey Epstein  or voicing their opposition to the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, among other issues, Khanna told CNN’s  Kaitlan Collins  on “The Source.” Khanna last week said he was “game” to forming a partnership with Greene after she spoke out against  President Trump’s  threats against Iran . Both supported the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Khanna sponsored wit...

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