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    Alabama can prosecute those who help women travel for abortions, state’s AG says

    Sanger was interested in the good of the human race, not the Aryan race.
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    2017 Miss America Cara Mund (now with Harvard Law Degree) runs for North Dakota's sole House seat as pro-choice anti-Trump Republican

    Ex-Miss America-turned-GOP House candidate is pushing abortion as a conservative issue Miss America 2018 Cara Mund is vying to become North Dakota's first female member in the U.S. House of Representatives by running on a unique platform: she's is a pro-choice, anti-Trump Republican. "As a...
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    Alabama can prosecute those who help women travel for abortions, state’s AG says

    I admire the courage of a government that takes a stand on sterilization of the unfit and second, my admiration is subject to the interpretation of the word ‘unfit.’ If by ‘unfit’ is meant the physical or mental defects of a human being, that is an admirable gesture, but if ‘unfit’ refers to...
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    Alabama can prosecute those who help women travel for abortions, state’s AG says

    Regarding punishment, she wrote, in the same essay: "Society could not very well put a couple into jail for having a baby without permission; ... If punishment is not practicable, perhaps we can go the other way around and consider awards. If it is wise to pay farmers for not raising cotton or...
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    Governor DeSantis declares "Freedom Summer" by banning most of the rainbow for bridge lighting displays

    Freedom Summer comes with a Freedom Fund. DeSantis’ ‘Freedom Fund’ will target abortion, pot amendments on Florida ballot The committee — called the Florida Freedom Fund — was quietly launched late last month and its official chair is James Uthmeier, the governor’s chief of staff who also...
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    Poll - will Joe Biden Debate Donald Trump on National TV?

    How it started: Sean Hannity: Trump would 'wipe the floor' with Biden in 2024 debate. Hannity Joins F&F as Biden says he'll debate Trump before November How it's going: “There are some even saying ... Donald Trump might be wise to pass on the first debate, wait till he’s nominated, then debate...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    Why oil companies are raking in record profits under Joe Biden As Trump and Biden are set once again to face off in a presidential election, Trump has renewed claims that Biden’s agenda has hurt energy producers, promising to hit rewind on Biden’s environmental policies. But the oil and gas...
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    The common thread in Trump's defenders

    Nobody ever accused her of being dumb.
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    Public libraries - Conservatives team with politicians to remove books & board members

    No further news, but the headline (though wrong) is a keeper, and the story has a link to the decision (which did not restore the butt and fart books, which is still on appeal). Texas Public Library Can't Remove Books About 'Butts and Farts,' Federal Court Rules
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    The common thread in Trump's defenders

    Sure, but Cohen doesn't benefit from Stormy not talking. Who does? You've just been talking about Cohen's ulterior motive in currying favor with Trump. Why would Trump like Cohen to do that? Because it benefits Trump. And how does it benefit Trump in the final weeks before the election...
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    Alabama can prosecute those who help women travel for abortions, state’s AG says

    You have finally hit upon some quotes that aren't so deceptive. Sanger's association with eugenics is one that was long ago disavowed by Planned Parenthood. To the extent that she called for involuntary sterilization (and she did in the case of feebleminded people, etc.), this was wrong. But...
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    The common thread in Trump's defenders

    Nope! Payments to Hunter and Young In August 2008, Fred Baron, Edwards' campaign finance chairman, told NBC News that he had been providing financial assistance to both Hunter and Young without Edwards' knowledge; he further stated that no campaign funds had been used. Baron/Cohen was not...
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    The common thread in Trump's defenders

    You're getting your defenses confused. Correct. Cohen was the donor. He was not paying this money to benefit himself, but to benefit Trump's election chances. Hence, Cohen went to prison for this too-large campaign donation and his other crimes.
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    Alabama can prosecute those who help women travel for abortions, state’s AG says

    'Because that's not true. That's why we don't want this falsehood to spread.'
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    The common thread in Trump's defenders

    The drugs analogy again is helpful Donald Trump wasn't charged with buying drugs. Because he didn't buy drugs. Donald Trump wasn't charged with making an illegal campaign donation. Because he didn't make one. He was charged with falsifying business documents to conceal the fact that a crime...