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From Suffragettes to #MeToo: The feminist battle lives on

By France 24
06 February 2018   |   10:45 am
US lawmakers vote to release the Democrat's memo, a rebuttal of the Nunes memo alleging to FBI and DoJ wiretaps on a former Donald Trump campaign aide.

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