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Actor John Bradley  who plays Sam  Tarly  told TV Guide that characters are going to keep being pushed by new elements and traveling the seven kingdoms deeper and faster than ever before.
"Each of the characters this year is placed in a completely alien environment at some point in the season that they've never been placed in before "  Bradley  said. "The thrill is seeing how they react to it and how they respond... This season  I think  more than any other is stretching these characters."
But  Bradley 's comments are intriguing from a character perspective. An alien environment isn't necessarily a physical place; it's an unfamiliar situation (Arya  no longer sniffing out traitors)  an important task (Cersei trying to play nice with others)  or a new threat (White! Walkers!).
"The stakes definitely feel ramped up  " Bradley  told TV Guide. "We know that we've got a real job to do. This has been a part of people's lives for so many years. This is our eighth season  and we are kind of feeling the pressure to get it right because we want to satisfy people...we just kind of want to give them an ending that they deserve."
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Bradley


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California Gov. Jerry Brown (D)  delivers  his  final State of the State address in Sacramento on Jan. 25. Democrats who want to replace  him  are aiming even further left in a state already known for its liberal politics. (Pool/Reuters)
Here in the self-labeled âstate of resistance â the political debate is being pushed further left without any sign of a Republican renaissance to serve as a check on spending and social policy ambitions. Even some Republicans are concerned about the departure of Gov. Jerry Brown (D)  who proved to be fiscally cautious after inheriting a state seven years ago in deep recession.
âYou are going to be talking about Democrat-on-Democrat crime  for the most part â said Bill Whalen  a research fellow at Stanford Universityâs Hoover Institution. âWhat also is certain is that the next governor is going to be more progressive than Jerry Brown.â
In his final State of the State address on Jan. 25   Brown  said California is âprospering â a nod to a growing economy that is the sixth-largest in the world.
But in an interview after the speech   Brown  said that âdoes not mean all Californians are prospering â and  he  made a distinction between the coastal âconsulting classâ and rural laborers whose âculture of working with their handsâ is disappearing.
âThe state is more divided â  Brown  said. âAnd itâs divided this way right across the country.â
 Brown  said  he  is uncertain whether  he  will endorse in the race to succeed  him   even though Newsom also is a Bay Area Democrat who  on climate change in particular  supports the governorâs policies. Some of  Brown âs transportation initiatives  including a high-speed rail project from Los Angeles to San Francisco that is bursting its budget  remain in question.
âI donât think the people of Tulare County or Modoc County want to hear from  Jerry Brown  on who to vote for. Maybe the people in Oakland would  I donât know â  Brown  said. âIâll decide what to do based on 45 years of campaigning in this state.â
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Jerry Brown


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Jeff Flake's retirement  creates a wide open race for Arizona's Senate seat in 2018.
Far-right outsider candidates could also jump in  the race .
WASHINGTON — With  Sen. Flake 's decision to not seek reelection in Arizona next year  the Grand Canyon State's congressional delegation was sent into a frenzy of speculation about who might throw their hat in the ring for what will be a high-profile 2018 race.
 Flake  made the announcement to retire after just one term on Tuesday  citing as a key reason the deterioration of political discourse  much of which  he  attributes to President Donald Trump.
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Jeff Flake's