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Pay to comment has been all across Salem’s sites (Townhall, Twitchy, HotAir, Bearing Arms, PJ Media) for a couple of months now. I was a regular commenter there, it was good while it lasted, but a lot of the non troll regulars were starting to migrate away around they time they threw up the paywall.
I miss when Michelle Malkin was there..