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    The common thread in Trump's defenders

    Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance law violations specifically over that payment.
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    Public libraries - Conservatives team with politicians to remove books & board members

    For 1 and 2, if they are age appropriate, which seems unlikely, I have no objection. #3, I doubt 'promotional pamphlets' really meets the mission of a grammar school library. No objection.
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    Vermont Foster Care Rule Reveals the Left’s Terrifying New State Religion

    You don't have to accept anything, but if you want to take part in some government program, you have to qualify. If you refuse an eye test on religious grounds, We The People don't have to give you a driver's license. In some cases, religious exemptions may apply, but in the case of the...
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    Faster than light approaches and impact?

    Probably not substantially, at least in the way you're describing 'like a nuclear weapon'. Unless, as you suggest, one planet is antimatter. I mean, matter/mass is energy. Those fast moving planets have a lot of kinetic energy. Another way to think of that (relativistically) is that they have a...
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    The rise of menace as a mainstream political tool

    Latest Trump message to get people to donate: Subject line: I’m digging a trench big enough for two If this verdict has proven anything about our enemy…. It’s that if we lose, WE’LL HAVE NO COUNTRY LEFT AT ALL! So we DIG IN right here, right now - and we don’t give these DEEP STATE CROOKS...
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    LGBT Activists Spend $15 Million Reminding Voters about Biden’s Most Unpopular Agenda

    You can make it three. The subject line of this solicitation for donations is "I’m digging a trench big enough for two"
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    Republicans are exploring a shift away from pro-life strategy after election losses

    In April, Trump vowed to make an announcement on abortion medication. It’s not coming anytime soon Trump vowed on April 27 to release more details on how a future Trump administration would regulate the abortion pill mifepristone, telling Time Magazine he has “pretty strong views” on the issue...
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    Vermont Foster Care Rule Reveals the Left’s Terrifying New State Religion

    I call that the rule of law. You hippies with your counterculture 'do what you feel' attitude just don't 'get it'.
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    Vermont Foster Care Rule Reveals the Left’s Terrifying New State Religion

    The rules also bar foster parents from “engaging in any form of discrimination against a foster child based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability,” and they state that “foster parents shall support children in wearing hairstyles...
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    Tom Cotton Is Suddenly Among the Top Candidates for Trump’s VP: Report

    Several Trump running mate contenders have received vetting materials as search heats up North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance are among those who were sent the vetting materials, another source familiar with the process said. ...other candidates under...
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    Senate GOP blocks bill to guarantee access to contraception

    The bill – the Right to Contraception Act – would enshrine into federal law a right for individuals to buy and use contraceptives, as well as for health care providers to provide them. It would apply to birth control pills, the plan B pill, condoms and other forms of contraception. GOP Sens...
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    Houston-area school board votes to remove 13 chapters from state-approved science textbooks, citing controversial topics

    A Homeowner Mutiny in Florida Is Leaving the State More Vulnerable to Hurricanes The town’s only protection from the Gulf of Mexico’s increasingly erratic stormsis a pristine beach that draws millions of tourists every year — but that beach is disappearing fast. A series of storms, culminating...
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    Citadel and BlackRock back project to start a national stock exchange in Texas to target companies in the “southeastern quadrant of the U.S.”

    TXSE Chairman and CEO James Lee said the Dallas-headquartered group has raised $120 million with the support of more than two dozen investors. The Wall Street Journal reported on the endeavor earlier, saying the exchange is billing itself as a “more-CEO friendly” alternative to the New York...
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    The rise of menace as a mainstream political tool

    At the time, the response was "Oh, that's some tiny rabid sect. That's not what Real Christians™ are like." Now the state GOP can make a punny riff off of it.