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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Documentary celebrates pioneering Texas columnist Molly Ivins

    Columnist Molly Ivins said whatever she wanted about powerful people, including Dan Quayle, Pat Buchanan, and Newt Gingrich. Hundreds of newspaper carried her syndicated column in which she took an axe to political hypocrisy.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 16, 2019 • 1 min read

    Columnist Molly Ivins said whatever she wanted about powerful people, including Dan Quayle, Pat Buchanan, and Newt Gingrich. Hundreds of newspaper carried her syndicated column in which she took an axe to political hypocrisy. She died of cancer in 2007 at age 62. Ivins is the subject of the documentary “Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins.”

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    4 of 5
    The calls to impeach Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
    1. 0:00What would it take to impeach Brett Kavanaugh?
    2. 8:29California might require all public universities to offer abortion pills to students
    3. 17:09Benjamin Neanyahu’s reelection might end hopes for a peace deal with Palestinians
    4. 27:28Documentary celebrates pioneering Texas columnist Molly IvinsYou’re reading this
    5. 41:59Remembering Ric Ocasek of the Cars
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