The Christmas lights many of us put on our trees and homes this season may be unsafe, according to this article on CNN this morning.

http://www.cnn.com/...

The coating is made from PVC (polyvinyl chloride) which contains lead.  I just checked the light cord on our tree, and there is no warning about possible lead exposure.  

Last week, I received my first fundraising phone call from a popular Democratic presidential candidate's campaign.  Let's call this candidate X.  

I happened to check on CNN to see if there was any news on the home page about the raid on the Iranian embassy in Irbil, Iraq (there was not).  However, on the list of new stories is this:
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